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SkinkLizzard
28-11-2009, 01:00 PM
heh I couldn't find the previous gamemaker 8 thread so I decided to start a new one
for the rc2 which expires the end of December 2009.

over all it seems to be pretty much the same as gm7
the new script editor though is uber, as it should be, it's also necessary if you plan on updating gm7 games to gm8 (unless an easy tool comes out) as gm8 no longer recognises some of the functions that you might have used in your gm7 games.
so far I've only noticed this with external resource loading :
background_add() now has one less parameter
sprite_add_alpha() doesn't exist.

and for those who have bought gm7 this year you'll be glad to know that upgrading to gm8 will be free, to everyone else who bought it earlier it seems an upgrade fee may be in the works depending on how things go.

and for those of us who upgraded from 6 to 7 for free well its only $25.

other news is that it is still going to have online activation but most likely not softwrap.

GM8 RC2 (http://gm.yoyogames.com/beta/gmaker80beta.exe)

Nandrew
30-11-2009, 03:52 PM
I hope that the online activation works better this time around. To this day I still have to use a crack because I can't connect to the servers and redeem my code.