Posts by Christian_Wheel

Likewise, is there any archive of the old forum? There was a wealth of information in there with tips, techniques, solutions and showcases going back over a decade. It seems the old forum threads have already been de-listed from Google Search. Would hate to lose access to all those resources.

Hi all,

The installer treats #Program Files# as 32-bit always, yielding "C:\Program Files (x86)\" on most systems. I need to install to the 64-bit "Program Files" folder and also abort installation with an informational message if the system is only 32-bit.

How can this be accomplished?

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Thanks for your quick reply. Sounds fancy! Unfortunately I don't know (yet) how to host a python script that will work with the GET object but it sounds like something to try out...

It's really the only way to make it secure. You wouldn't want to embed your API Key in your Fusion app because people could disassemble it to get free run of your openai account and cost you a lot of money.

If you write a python script to handle the communication with openai's servers, you can host it somewhere and use the GET object to communicate with it. Probably the simplest way at the moment.

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Try the HTML5 surface ext on clickstore
If it's a paid project it should be worth the money

Didn't know this existed! Thanks, will take a look.

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The only example I remember was one a while back. It doesn't use extentions. Perhaps you could adapt it? Please login to see this link.

That's actually a brilliant way to do it. Appreciate the link.

Sadly it won't meet my client's specifications because the top layer has to be an image instead of a pattern.

What you really need to pull this off is the ability to control alpha masks at runtime, which unfortunately is not a feature Fusion provides.

Thanks anyway and Happy New Year to all.

Forgot to mention it needs to work on the HTML5 runtime, which rules out the Alpha Channel Object.

Don't get me wrong, I love Windows 10. But despite any technical difficulties we may encounter on Win11 I would encourage you to use 11 for development since that's the platform the majority of users will be on going forward. Especially as new DirectX APIs are released and updated and bugs emerge, it'll be important to know how your game or app runs on the latest version.

Been using Clickteam products for 25 years and it's been a while since I haven't known where to start... lol.

I want to create a "scratch off" engine that loads two images from the web on different "layers." When the user clicks and drags across the top image, it erases the pixels under the mouse (with a predefined radius) revealing the lower layer.

The end-product should look like this:

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Any ideas on how to approach this?

The general advice with all software development tools is not to do it in Dropbox, because Dropbox has issues with rapid file changes, file locking, deletions, etc.

I'm not certain how the Fusion runtime works but I wouldn't be surprised if it's trying to unpack the DLL to the EXE's folder and then access it, which something in Dropbox might be breaking.

The bottom line is that this is more likely to be a Dropbox glitch than a bug in Fusion.

You're trying to get OpenGL and DirectX to play nice together, and they just don't. You might try changing the display mode to Standard and using the window control to keep your window on top, but this might still not work and even if it did, it is a very kludgy solution. Your best bet would be to build the hud in opengl and run it from the same process as your other game.

I updated using the link from the Owner's Lounge.

Just did a complete uninstall and reinstall of Fusion and the runtimes, then a re-update with the link in the Owner's Lounge and it appears the files in Data\Runtime\Mac are now current. Dated July 29th 2022.

Thanks for your help in tracking this down and sorry for the trouble.

LOL well it looks like the forum resized it to an unreadable degree. Here's an imgur link: Please login to see this link.

Image attached. Thanks for the help!

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Your example ran perfectly! That's a good catch, would make sense that my exporter is borked.

The majority of the files in my data\runtime\mac folder are dated Feb 25 2017, with a few .dat files dated Jul 27 2020. Version.ini is the newest file in there, dated today. It was probably set when I tried reinstalling the patch, but none of the files updated. I've verified that the folder is not read-only and I can copy files to it successfully.

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No, I meant purely in VB, without Fusion.

For functionality I could do that. But I wanted to use fusion's graphics and sound engine for the UI.

I tested the binaries on an M1 Mac Mini and it's also broken there.

Here are my binaries if that helps you track it down.

Test1 has the button and the frame is broken.
Test2 does not have the button and the frame renders fine.

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It is indeed running in Rosetta for me. When I export a Mac app I don't get a universal app, it's all in Rosetta.

Here's what I see on that frame:

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Did you build your app with Fusion?

Thanks for the reply!

Unfortunately not built with Fusion. I guess the best solution is not to offer the ability to run the app from the installer.

Hi all,

I built a program based around drag-and-drop functionality. The problem is that when Install Creator Pro runs my app at the end of installation, it runs it with elevated permissions, which breaks drag-and-drop from user folders. Is there any way for it to run with user permissions instead of as Administrator?