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markyparky56 wrote:

sparks wrote:

markyparky56 wrote:

Ok guys, big problem, my game didn't save, it was beeping at me, but why hasn't it?! all thats left is the very basic stuff I added at the begining!

that happened to me once with Panther, red boxes left right and centre. It wouldn't let me save and I had to export all the sprites and force Panther to close using ctrl+alt+del menu.

No, i mean its like i didn't save, its obviously saved before, but i didn't get any red boxes, it had pinged at me several times, like it was't happy, the same noise that i makes with the full screen thing, im going to have to look at the pictures I took and go from there. 

Highscore update!
Not that well, I'm having trouble re-making it... kind annoying, plus its having trouble collecting information from the highscore file... I've got another idea, but i dont know if it'll work.

OH!!! DUH!!! Why wasn't I thinking? You need the dlls to save! Go to C:\Program Files\Scratch if you have windows and copy

CameraPlugin.dll
Mpeg3Plugin.dll
UnicodePlugin.dll
ScratchPlugin.dll
WeDoPlugin.dll

Now paste them in the Panther folder.

there, once those .dll's were added, fullscreen worked fine 

things to do before release:
1) add dll's
2) get everthing that works in editor mode to work in presentation mode (eg cloning)
3) replace scratch cat image with Panther image.
4) change the folder name "scratch projects" to "Panther projects"

possibly:
5)create a new folder in the Panther folder called "text files" or something.
6) supply 3+ temp files called temp1.txt, temp2.txt etc.
7) set the new "text files" folder as the default path for the I/O blocks so no path is needed.

sparks wrote:

ooh! Panther can read Word documents! unfortunately it also adds a load of gobbldygook at regular intervals that would be invisible if it was viewed in Word. It would probably be possible to get a script to edit this out, but tbh, what's the point? good old notepad is fine.

Word documents are just a bunch of jibberish when viewed in something simple like NotePad. Word parses the gibberish and then displayes the actual file.

ok,ok, stop making fun of my ignorance and get back on topic. (I felt that the gobbldygook was there to structure the text for Word, and no, I DIDN'T think that Panther was putting that gook in during translation.

while we ARE off topic, can someone tell me what the heck "bounce" means in the forums and why on earth some topics light up blue? It's been driving me crazy!

sparks wrote:

ok,ok, stop making fun of my ignorance and get back on topic. (I felt that the gobbldygook was there to structure the text for Word, and no, I DIDN'T think that Panther was putting that gook in during translation.

while we ARE off topic, can someone tell me what the heck "bounce" means in the forums and why on earth some topics light up blue? It's been driving me crazy!

I don't know what you mean by bounce but the topics turn blue when someone post something since you last on Scratch.

aaaaaaaaanyway! PANTHER TALK PEOPLE!

sparks wrote:

aaaaaaaaanyway! PANTHER TALK PEOPLE!

You heard the man!
Ok... It seems it seems my project has saved this time.

waveOSBeta wrote:

Maybe you could release a public beta. Scratch does. It would give users an idea of what panther is like and you won't keep us waiting.

haha! no... hidden motives in that suggestion at all 

good point. though at the moment we haven't announced Panther outside this forum.

It's not my descision anyway, though I think there are too many chinks left to fix. maybe when the fullscreen problem we are experiencing is fixed it would be good for a release.

Is Sep in charge? You could ask him!

Oh, beta release?

First Dev beta, then semi-public (Chosen tester) beta, and then full public?

Thanks! When will that be?