> I've seen this when upgrading movies from D6 to D7. D6
> allowed periods in symbol and variable names, while D7 and
> later do not.
>
> Was this an upgraded movie?
No it was authored from scratch in D8
> I've never seen sprites spontaneously lose their property
> values, except there are several reasons they would lose them
> (and the explanation for it):
>
> 1. If you edit a behavior and inadvertently chose to use the
> default values instead of the "current" values.
I'm pretty sure I didn't do this as I had just spent 10 minutes entering
values into the gpdl dialogues
> 2. You upgrade a movie from D6 to D7 that has member
> references as property values. D6 stored these as strings and
> they don't get converted properly to D7 member references if
> you open the parameters dialog and then re-close it. It is
> too painful to rehash this issue, but I believe it was fixed
> in D8 (I was told it was fixed, but I never tested it).
See above.
It is something that I have seen once or twice before (D7 and D8) .
Rob's reply seems to fit the bill; it's just one of those fruity-loop
things... and sure enough the behaviour is now working fine. But thanks
for the reply anyway.
regards
Jon
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