GS creator keeps changing my values to 0... any tips?

Crazybreadman

So I'm getting really frustrated working on a project because after about 3-5 minutes after opening and working on my project GS decides to start changing my attribute values to 0 or a previous value that was there before I changed it. I have to close the project and reopen to work for another few minutes before it does it again. It also has been changing the values after I exit an actor to the scene. I'm using the latest version of GS. I'm working with the jetpack template that was created on a previous version of GS, so is that a problem? I'm really trying not to pull my hair out... any tips to help me keep my beautiful head of hair? Is this a known issue with a fix? Maybe I didn't get the memo.

jonmulcahy

I think it's a bug in the 10.3 build, not sure if it is in the nightly builds. I see it too, but I'm not changing values too much anymore, i store as much as possible in tables. that's a workaround if you can use it.

Crazybreadman

@jonmulcahy - Thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately I'm building from a template so changing all those attributes into tables won't be much fun, but maybe that's what I'll have to do. Or if the bug isn't in the nightly builds I'll have to renew my Pro membership that expired a little while ago and see.

BlackCloakGS

@jonmulcahy does this happen on the nightly builds as well?

jamie_c

I'm using 10.3 and it happens there when I use the expresion editor. Sometimes, not always my values are changed when I exit the editor. I'm now in the habit of closing it and re-opening it to see if it's changed or not.

Gappsoft

You press enter once you put the value in.

GOG_Games

@Gappsoft - I'm not sure that's what he means.

And maybe this is why I'm having some troubles... Hmm.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

@blackcloakgs yes the expression editor dumps it's contents most times hitting return after help keep it set. Also it seems to happen most when modifying a value already entered in.

sawkastee

Happens to me too I'm running v10.3

dimps620

I'm glad I'm not the only one going crazy with this. I have been having problems with this as well. I'm using 10.3 as well.

jonmulcahy

@blackcloakgs yes the expression editor dumps it's contents most times hitting return after help keep it set. Also it seems to happen most when modifying a value already entered in.

I'll test it in a nightly, but yea, it happens most often when altering a value that has already manually been set (like width or x location). I also noticed it seems to happen every time after I alter one attribute, and immediately alter another attribute in the same actor. The second actor rarely saves, I usually alter one, save and exit and alter the other one.

Crazybreadman

I noticed that sometimes I'll put in a value or equation and press return, but it won't close the expression editor box. Then if I press return again it will close it but then the value is almost certainly corrupted. Also, it seems like this all starts happening after a random amount of time and then every value change made will be corrupted until the project is closed and reopened. Man, it really makes progress on a project slow to a crawl when u have to save & exit an actor then double check every value u input. I hope this gets fixed soon!

sneighbors

I have seen the same problem using v10.3. I have noticed if I enter a value in the expression editor and click the green check the value will persist but otherwise its a crapshoot.

lycettebros

When this starts happening to me it is a sign that GS is about to crash. I save the file ann reopen the software and sometimes reboot the machine. It seems to me to be related to RAM demands of GS, it progressively sucks more and more RAM from my Mac and then starts crashing.

BlackCloakGS

We need some help on this. QA and me can not find steps to reproduce this. Can any one provide us some steps that reproduce this 100% of the time?
Thanks