Hello. I am hoping that someone can help me with an issue. When I launch a GameStudio created application or game I get two things that flash by very quickly before the actual game runs: a white box with the loading info and a quick flash of a black, command-box like window. Is there any way to suppress these so that they are not seen at all? I am running the Pro version, by the way.

Why do I want to suppress these? Well, I am building an application via a programming environment that allows me to run a GameStudio compiled game or app within the application itself. This allows me to launch the compiled GameStudio application and display it in a specific place (a designated rectangular area) as if the GameStudio app were a part of the application (sort of like running a game in a window in a browser from the Internet). But the illusion is partly broken because, when launched, the end-user first sees the white startup screen and then the flash of the black window before the actual GameStudio game or app is up and running. If I could suppress these somehow so that they were not seen at all, then this would be fantastic.

Does anyone know if this is possible?

well.. when you own the PRO Edition of 3DGS, you can hide the Startup Screen with the WINSTART commands in a WDL Script (same name as your main lite-c Script).

With Commercial and lower, you can try the Window Overlay Project:
http://www.opserver.de/ubb7/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showgallery&Number=340545

Okay. Thanks for that. Please forgive my ignorance, but where do I put this code in my WLD script? I tried simply adding the following code:



But I get an error when I try to run the game. It tells me that WINDOW is an undeclared identifier.

main.c => Your startscript
main.wdl => the wdl file with winstart inside

You start the game with the *.c script ^^

I am learning to program and am testing all this. I have a main script file called test_level_main.c and another file called winstart.c. test_level_main.c has #include "winstart.c". winstart.c has the code (as above). However, I am getting the same error.

Obviously I don't know what I am doing.

And, yes, I have the Pro edition.

create a wdl with the name: test_level_main.wdl
dont include it
put your window code into that file

(afaik it must be in the same folder as the test_level_main.c)

rename winstart.c to to test_level_main.wdl
Do not include it!
Publish the wdl file
In the published folder you´ll find a wdf file, copy it in your work folder and delete the test_level_main.cd folder

When you now start your game from WED or SED there should be no splash anymore.
The wdf file is needed in the published version, too.

For whatever reason, this does not seem to be working for me. I now have my test_level_main.wdl file with the basic window code AND my test_level_main.c code. In WED I have the test_level_main.c code attached to the map. The map compiles and runs fine, but the startup screen is not suppressed.

fogman, I am not sure I follow your instructions. How do I "publish" just the WDL file? If I only attach the test_level_main.wdl file to the map, which only has the window code in it, then when I publish this I do not get a WDF file at all.

File -> Publish -> Check "Starter"

Thanks, Superku. But now I get a little window with the standard MS min, max and close buttons that flashes for a second.