well since that happens upon every click of the window pane and every entity dragged into the work space that would take forever. Not had any problems with the maps other than some wandering vertices (which, can I say, is the biggest issue I seem to have in general, I like to throw down a lot of brushes in between tests and having to go back and redo entire areas due to wandering vertices makes me not want to map). 

Make sure to enable the "force integer plane points" option in the map properties. The other problem is likely related to Windows 8 or your Surface tablet, but I'll try to fix it for TB 2. Or you could just use the context menu to create entities instead of dragging them from the palette. 

Win7 has that issue too. 

I'll persevere. I clicked force integer plane points after I went back and corrected everything. I thought this caused problems though?? 

Not having integer coords causes problems. 

why is this not default?! 

but it will be different in TB2, trust me. This has caused too many problems for too many people. 

It's a bugbear. With it on there's less precision, with it off you can produce bad geometry. I turned it off, then bound 'snap verticies' to the space bar and hit that whenever I'm vertex editing brushwork. 

First off, add me to the chorus of folks praising this editor. Even more mind-blowing is that it runs Mac-native -- thanks!

Anyway, I wanted to know if there were any Mac GUI compiling tools out there, a la Necros' work? Yes, I have TyrUtils (for which I'm grateful), but I just feel a little dirty using Terminal ;) . For that matter, is there any chance of in-editor compiling arriving with TB 2? 

To answer your questions, there is nothing like necros' tool for OS X, and yes, in-editor compiling is on my todo list. 

Huh, I wasn't aware of a Mac port for Necros' compiler. Actually, I can only find the Windows version; could you (or anybody, really) post a URL to the OS X file? 

that there is literally nothing for the Mac OSX that is like Necros' compiler. 

What drew says, only necros' tool is not a compiler but rather a compiler frontend. 

Sorry, I misunderstood. TyrUtils for the time being it is, then. Thanks again! 

would be a feature I request. mouse 2 bringing up the entity menu thing is annoying me because it's also the move view button and the menu pops up all the time. I'd prefer to have the menu be the alt key or mouse 3 perhaps. 

if you didn't move the mouse in between mouse down and mouse up. Does it pop up regardless of whether you moved the mouse? 

I have a problem with the mouse? 

I don't have good luck with hardware, I don't know if this shows. 

That's bad for you but good for me I guess - one less bug to fix. 

Buy a Logitech. 

G400, and it is great. But as I am on the surface I tend to use the Cerulian keyboard/mouse combo thing I have. I'm looking to replace the keyboard with a type surface 2 as the keyboard I have is also garbage (but with only 1 usb port on the surface I needed an all in one thing, luckily I just bought a usb hub).
At some point I am going to get a proper desktop PC again I think, looking to get some evil genius set up involving several monitors and an all-black scheme (and fulfilling my dreams of owning a das keyboard). 

totally offtopic 

I really cannot see myself dropping so much on such a keyboard. And I'm the kind of guy who would drop lots of cash on a keyboard too. 

I have two of those Pfu keyboards. I've been using one of them for almost 15 years. The other is stored in a closet in case the first one ever breaks. Built like a tank. 

The ones I have are the Happy Hacking Lite 2 which are much less expensive than the one in mfx's link. Still not cheap though.