GM 8.1 is out!

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:19 pm

Go get it right now!

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:45 pm

Are you for real? I'M SO HAPPY.

I thought they were done with new GMs and they would stick with making Iphone games with it!

MyNameIsKooky · Post by **MyNameIsKooky** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:45 pm

What are the new features?

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:46 pm

Let's hope less glitches.

MyNameIsKooky · Post by **MyNameIsKooky** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:47 pm

I haven't found any glitches, aside from a little blip in the Draw event that caused a glitch in Evil Toaster 4, but it was an easy fix.

MyNameIsKooky · Post by **MyNameIsKooky** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:53 pm

There are lots of stupid tweaks. Now you'll have to press CTRL and right click to delete stuff and the mouse button pans around the room instead of scrolling through it. -.-

There are lots of neat little shortcuts, but it's not worth it for what I mentioned above - that makes everything feel clunky.

I think I'll wait until Game Maker 9 until I download another Game Maker version. I'm just so used to what I have now.

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:25 pm

Here is a link to something on the Yoyo games forums talking about it's features. It said "bug fixes" in there, so I think I'm ok with the stupid tweaks Kooky mentioned.

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:33 pm

Shoot.

My version of "windows framework" or whatever it's called isn't high eneugh.

Ah, whatever.

jozsefkoma · Post by **jozsefkoma** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:04 pm

What's wrong with it?
I've got a newer version of framework.
It needs 2.0.50727 and I have 4.0.

Technos72 · Post by **Technos72** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:07 pm

MyNameIsKooky wrote:There are lots of stupid tweaks. Now you'll have to press CTRL and right click to delete stuff and the mouse button pans around the room instead of scrolling through it. -.-

There are lots of neat little shortcuts, but it's not worth it for what I mentioned above - that makes everything feel clunky.

I think I'll wait until Game Maker 9 until I download another Game Maker version. I'm just so used to what I have now.

For what you said here, I'll be wating for it too

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:10 pm

It was too low...but I updated it.

Now it won't open because, apperently, the updater incountered a problem. I had 8.1.something, and they want me to get that something a tiny bit higher...I think. I said remind me later, not go ahead and break it.

And, I can't find where to use my pro code, even if it does decide to work.

If you haven't downloaded this yet, I don't think you should bother, it's pretty much just a waste of space.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:15 pm

Looks like I am the only one who is using this.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:17 pm

D.P.

HOLY CRUD YOU CAN LOAD 8.0 GAMES

AND I FOUND THE RELEASE NOTES

Release Notes

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:18 pm

Wait, the room has zoom in/out? I've allwas wanted that, but I can't use it because my computer is a idiot.

jozsefkoma · Post by **jozsefkoma** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:18 pm

It's look like GM 8.0
Can you show us more previews?

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:23 pm

Okay.

1. GMK is now GM81.
2. WHAT IS THIS?

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:30 pm

Oh, yeah, that.

Whatever you do, don't hit remind me later! I did that and now it won't open!

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:32 pm

Restart your computer.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:05 pm

Sammy_P wrote:HOLY CRUD YOU CAN LOAD 8.0 GAMES

I don't use Game Maker, but how is this surprising? It's not like it's a different program altogether, just an updated one.

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:08 pm

Sammy_P wrote:Restart your computer.

Thanks for the idea. I did, but no luck.

I uninstalled it, and that was a stupid mistake, because it won't let me re-install it or delete the few files left.

I'm gonna go try re instaling it in another directory, and if that dosen't work, I'll try another computer.

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:17 pm

Ok, I tried another directory. This is just plain stupid. It still won't work.

I want to punch a hole through my computer screen. If I were allowed to swear this post would be at least twice the size it is now.

I would try the other computer, but you know what? Vista is probaly too dang stupid to do anything well. Because vista sucks at evreything. I don't get why they called it a upgrade.

Yoyo games, you are a team of idiots.

I'm gonna get out of here before I freak out and end up throwing my monitor through the wall or something.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:27 pm

Okay, for one thing.

TELL YOUR PARENTS TO GET A NEW COMPUTER THAT IS NOT VISTA AND SELL YOUR CURRENT VISTA COMPUTER RIGHT NOW!!

Vista SUCKS an everything.

Technos72 · Post by **Technos72** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:48 pm

What about Windows 7 because I'm using it?

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:51 pm

Windows 7 was built off of Vista, just most glitches are removed.

MyNameIsKooky · Post by **MyNameIsKooky** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:51 pm

Windows 7 is basically the "sequel computer" to Vista.

Windows XP is the best, but I don't think they make those anymore.

Technos72 · Post by **Technos72** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:53 pm

I'm still running GM8 on windows 7. it's just not 8.1. It's working fine

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:23 pm

MyNameIsKooky wrote:Windows XP is the best, but I don't think they make those anymore.

Windows 7 fixes a huge amount of issues Windows XP has, and support for XP in general is getting dropped in a few years (2014, IIRC).

I already told you when you mentioned it before, if your computer's running slowly on 7, it's a problem with your computer, not 7 itself - which is what you were saying sounded like. I've had more problems with XP than I have with 7.

As for Vista - the problem was they were trying to do too much, without enough resources or time. It was rushed, leading to many of the problems it has - Windows 7 is more of an "as-it-was-meant-to-be" thing, I think - as it's an actual upgrade over XP as opposed to Vista (which decisively wasn't).

MyNameIsKooky · Post by **MyNameIsKooky** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:36 pm

The problem is that much of the Windows 7 interface is dumbed down so much that it's wasting power.

I had to get a new PSU and GPU for my computer to run smoothly. Now it runs Minecraft at 60-200 FPS, but that's about what my XP had without such impressive hardware.

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:45 pm

I think I'll stick with 8.0

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:37 pm

Sammy_P wrote:Okay, for one thing.

TELL YOUR PARENTS TO GET A NEW COMPUTER THAT IS NOT VISTA AND SELL YOUR CURRENT VISTA COMPUTER RIGHT NOW!!

Vista SUCKS at everything.

Yeah, we know vista sucks...selling it would be a good dea. Thanks, I'll ask them when I need some food...