MMF2 Build 249 - Beta #6

Hi everyone,

The 6th beta version of the build #249 is available :

MMF2 Standard
MMF2 Developer

This build is a BETA version, please make backup copies of your applications before loading them with this version!

Let us know if any problem with this build, thanks !

Yves.


New features and bug fixes in this version

- Application properties : full screen ratio tolerance not saved in mfa files

- Frame editor : refresh issues when you drag the frame and the window is splitted.

- Event editor : custom check mark not transparent (note: always use white as transparent color for the check mark).

- Event editor : wrong selection in object selectors with 2 tabs when you select an object and switch to the other tab.

- Build : warning when building an applet or a web start application that contains objects or actions that might prevent an unsigned applet from working.

- Runtime (all versions) : Restrict action did not work with a calculation.

- Runtime (all versions) : jump to frame action of sub-app object couldn't jump to frame 0.

- Quiz Object : black border no longer drawn around the images included in the pages.

- Java runtimes : issues with binary files.

- Java runtimes : collision detection with the background of a vertical line on the right of a sprite did not work.

- Java Active System Box object : crash in sub-applications.

- Java Date & Time object : now works on the Mac.

- Java Date & Time object : used to clip the display without restoring the clipping, resulting in active objects being only visible over the clock (or not visible at all if the clock was out of the frame).

- Java Standalone : Load Image Frame did not update the current object.

- Java Standalone + Applets : the Picture object has been ported to Java.

- Java Standalone + Applets : Edit, Button, List, Combo object not working correctly when the "Follow the frame" property was unchecked.

- Java mobile (MMF2 Dev) : crash with XMouse and YMouse expressions.

- Java mobile (MMF2 Dev) : new NokiaKeys object, allows you to detect key presses on the two special keys below the screen on Nokia devices.

- Java mobile (MMF2 Dev) : new MobileFont object, allows you to define a graphical font which will replace any font used in the text objects (string, counter, questions/answer, score and lives).

- Java mobile (MMF2 Dev) : new Screen rotation property in the Window properties of the application. Allows you to rotate the screen by 90 degrees.

Awesome. I especially was looking forward to the Java Mobile additions. :)
Let's try to find some bugs!

EDIT: Ouch. I haven't used MMF for multiple weeks, and I was very confused because there was no Java in the "display modes" combo box in the runtime tab... :crazy:

EDIT: I was not able to locate the "screen rotate" propery.

EDIT: An application with a Mobile Font doesn't load for me.

Time to find that MMF2 cd again, aye aye.

Still, any chance we'll ever see a development period of "return to the event editor" additions, for structure support instead of java/flash/etc? Or will we have to wait until MMF3 for that. I've been dying for a "Create object of type PARAMETER" action for ages

Mh... can someone make a tutorial for the mobilefont extension? this works for me somehow not.

Okay i have a new problem.. the mobilefont ist not work..

..when I create a game with mobilefont then I can not run it on my cellphone or the emulator. ( The game freeze before start )

That's really great work, thank you very much!
I will test it as soon as possible.

Really nice. Thanks.

Thank you very much!!!

The Load bug still isn't fixed. :(

Very nice Yves :) Agree with Pixelthief lol~

So, when we can expect the Unicode version will come out?

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when we can expect the Unicode version will come out?

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When it'll be ready. ;) The program is OK but the installer is not yet done.

Looki Screen Rotation appears after choosing Mobile Java and looking in Window Tab. It's on the bottom!

Not here. :( Post a picture?

It's there for sure. Can you redownload and reinstall this patch and check it? Leave me your mail in PM so I will sent you a screenshot.

Nokia softkeys working in device Sony Ericsson W380 :o !!!!!!!

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That's a great info :) Even Francois is surprised XD

Great! I did not expect that!

I found next bug. When we choose clone application we can easily select 1920x1080 resolution (it was planned only for BD Fusion from what I remember!) but after choosing it and selecting OK it sets on 1440x1080.

i still think iphone support would be a real benifit for MMF 2.

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I found next bug. When we choose clone application we can easily select 1920x1080 resolution (it was planned only for BD Fusion from what I remember!) but after choosing it and selecting OK it sets on 1440x1080.

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Probably you have selected the "keep ratio" option in the Clone Application dialog box. If this option is selected, the application is resized so that its height/width ratio doesn't change => in the final resolution one of the dimensions will be the one you chose, but not the other one, unless the height/width ratio of the selected resolution is the same as the one of your application.

Hmm it's possible but from what I get know the 1920x1080 resolution was for a BD Fusion and we can't select it from list in window property tab.

Err... this resolution is not in the default resolutions listed in the popup menu but you can enter it manually... I don't see your point, do you want me to remove it from the default list in the resize dialog box?

Since it's not a final release yet i was thinking it would be handy to have HWA for the HWA build in MMF's title bar. It's not hard to find out if it's HWA i guess with the effects etc but it would be useful for the beta testing versions. Nothing major though just a quick idea to make things simpler.

Ehm, Yves you din't understand me. I thought that it was a bug because we can select it in Cloning but not in Window Tab and IMHO it should be in both or in none. But OK if it's not a problem never mind about it.

I agree with Atom, I've been wanting this for ages! It gets annoying if I accidentally open an HWA mfa in non-HWA, and although its not too different opening a non-HWA mfa in HWA, its still worth it to define which is which ;)

I just noticed in my project (were I'm using only new definied animations none standard ones) that sometimes object changes it animation to anim 0 (stop animation) which isn't definied - I've got graphics from anim 12-22. It showed few times earlier but I'm trying all the time prevent this bug which destroys my whole engine :/

Send an example to Francois please, thanks!

PS: I don't think the animation engine has been modified, so probably this behavior happens in old versions too, unless you have noticed a difference?

In older versions I almost never used only own animations. I think that there was a bit similar bug with Active Picture and Hero animation in MMF 1.5 but it was only similar.

Ahh the same bug was in previous build... So I will try to figure out where the heal I placed antibug code so it doesn't appear xD.

OK I found one of plenty places where it happens. In short if the custom animation ends and we don't recall any other animation (for example change animation to 12 - which is in my case stop animation) it changes as default to animation 0 (coded Stop) which doesn't have any graphics in it.

Hi Yves. I'm really exited because... i'm sendig a message to the "MMF" and "TGF" creator!!!! you are one of my heroes!

Only two things... When be ready the final version of build 249?

and the link is broken, please restore it...

Hi Zombie. Beta 249 is up to Beta 10. That is the Beta Version you should be uploading, not Beta 6.

Marv

:D

Yes, download beta 10. It's a pre-release version, only a few bugs in the Java runtime have been fixed in the next version.