Which version of AGS studio do you use to make games?

[Volcan]

This question is for AGS authors only.

Which version of AGS studio do you use to make games and why?

I downloaded new AGS games. Most in time, it's version 2.72 is used.

Myself, my next AGS game would be 3.2.1 because it's easier to make games than the previous versions.

[Ghost]

All in all 2.7x has been around longer, so there are more games made with it- larger games that have been in the making for a while are unlikely to switch versions, too, so that's another factor.

I'm using 3.2.1 these days. It's nice to work with and has a couple of convenient little extras earlier versions lacked.

[Calin Leafshade]

A new user should defintely use the latest version.

Some people use the old one because they know how it works or because they are luddites.

[Ryan Timothy B]

Some people use the old one because they know how it works or because they are luddites.

[KodiakBehr]

I use Alan v. Drake's draconian version of 3.2.1.

[Radiant]

the interface for the 2.7 editor is more efficient, therefore I use that.

[Andail]

I use that old DOS version, where all variable are defined using small flags. Boy do I love them flags.

[AGA]

Only n00bs use anything above AC 0.1b.

[Crimson Wizard]

C++.
No. C.

I mean, QBasic! 

Spoiler

Seriously, I use AGS 3+.

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[Radiant]

Sarcasm aside, I do find the tree-containing-everything and the multitude of tabs inconvenient, as well as the fact that the control-1 and shift-control-1 keyboard shortcuts no longer work.

[Crimson Wizard]

Sarcasm aside, I do find the tree-containing-everything and the multitude of tabs inconvenient

Exactly the reason I made this suggestion for the Editor: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=46483.0
I really hope someone will get to it eventually.

[Eggie]

I use 3+ but I do get where the version 2 people are coming from. I'd already got in a habit of writing code for everything by the time the interface changed because it suited the way I worked but some folks prefer picking functions off a list and I think that's cool and I think if someone ever made a plug-in for that so the people who preferred that method could use all the new features then that'd be a cool thing to do for them.

[m0ds]

Everything I've made has been in 2.72 I think. It's the one I consider best. I don't really like the way you make walkable areas and hotspots in 3 etc, it's all a bit fiddly and to me it seems harder to keep track of what you've already placed. 2.72 loads onto any machine, with 3 you have to download Framework which is a bitch download and then you get tabs and my copy also crashes after the third 'run game in fullscreen' which becomes infuriating. There are certainly some epic improvements, but I just don't feel the interface added anything more convenient, if anything, it made it less, but that's my circumstances, being brought up on Dos and Win 3.1, etc I like clunky software though that looks like a gnarly windows application...always have!!

Sadly 2.72 rain snow plugin hates newer computers or something, so it has a major downfall too ;(

[Stee]

I believe back when I attempted to make games in AGS I used 2.6 and 2.7x. When 3 came out the whole redesign confused me so I decided to leave it long enough that I forgot everything to do with ver 2, before I got to grips with learning 3.

Now I just dont have the time to learn it so many of my game ideas / designs get left in my book unfinished. They get worked on from time to time, but at this rate we're talking longer dev times than Duke Nukem Forever and FOY combined (and nowhere near as  good as either).

Straying back on topic I think  a lot of devs here use 2.72, purely because of familiarity. There were a lot of big changes in 3.x (the whole editor was rewritten) and I guess it makes more sense to stick with what you know than to relearn a whole system.

It's common everywhere not just AGS. Some people still use XP for instance (on here, probably the same culprits that still use 2.72)

[Ponch]

It's common everywhere not just AGS. Some people still use XP for instance (on here, probably the same culprits that still use 2.72)

XP? So soon? I'm not sure I'm ready to move up from Win95. It hasn't even been twenty years yet.

[AGA]

Well you definitely can't use AGS 3 on Windows 95, since it doesn't support .NET Framework.

[Technocrat]

It's common everywhere not just AGS. Some people still use XP for instance (on here, probably the same culprits that still use 2.72)

XP? So soon? I'm not sure I'm ready to move up from Win95. It hasn't even been twenty years yet.

I still have Windows 3.1 on my computer.

[Ponch]

I still have Windows 3.1 on my computer.

You, sire, are hardcore retro. Do you and Snake get together and play the Atari 2600 in weekends? If so, I am very jealous.

[cat]

When I first discovered AGS there was version 2.72, I think. I didn't like it. The interaction editor felt clumsy and the handling inconvenient. However, there was already the news that there will be a completely new version. So I focused on story and graphics for my game and waited for 3.0.

Now I use 3.2.1. I love that it has the look and feel of Visual Studio and is most of the time easy to use.

[Radiant]

It's not about the interaction editor, I think that was removed because pretty much nobody used it. Rather, 2.x requires less mouse clicks and scrolling to perform the same tasks, and has a number of keyboard shortcuts that 3.x lacks.