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Fred,

Thankyou for your update on status. Still waiting patiently

Fred,

What I needed was a transparency mask for my sprite (only certain areas). I read the forums, documentation, and everything I could find. The only thing I could do was adjust the transparency for the entire sprite. Perhaps I don't understand. I am not experenced enough yet to try bringing in c ...

Guys,

Blitz vs Pure. I know this. On on a Mac platform, BlitzMax works (demo and all) and PureBasic is vaporware. I have confirmed IO (joystick and such) and fundimental graphics (PNG transapanency). None works in PureBasic on PPC. PureBasic Mac PPC, is not to deal with embedded alphas or masks ...

Thanks for the info. Saved me a bunch of time. So I guess, like you, curb it for a while and wait. Perhaps, I'll just bite the bullet and go to Xcode or maybe BlitzMax.

Bummer!

Oh well, I think Purebasic has the potential, but right now is near vaporware for any graphics use on Mac.

Best Regards

Being a newbe, perhaps there is something I do not understand. I am trying to use sprites and wish a part of the sprite3D image to be transparent (but only a part). I have read about setting the tranparent color, looked at the forum, and all that. But I cannot get it to work. Is it supported on OSX ...

Sorry that I posted this, as I found the solution on the Max OS forum. Per their post, it is a bug and may be gotten around by <shift> + <enter>.

Cool!

I'm a newbe to purebasic. I tried the demo and it seemed to do what I might expect. I purchased Mac version and it seems that I can enter text in the Editor but the return/enter key at end of line is not recognized, so no new line.

; just some sample text

I used the above comment. Samples and code ...