arcalaus's Forum Posts

  • Hi!

    I'm been around for many time and even published a tutorial, but never introduced myself. So, after reading the "forum upgrade" newsletter, I decided to be a polite man and introduce myself.

    I'm a Spanish teacher of literature, but computers were, and are, my secret vice for years. I'd like to make a educational game literature but, at this time, my only educational games are the tiny and ugly "Caballo" and a simple game about African rivers and mountains.

    I also have a small handicap: I'm color-blind and have difficulties to see the difference between green and red wavelenghts (you could consider this an advantage in case you believe the insurance company mith about red making people aggresive). That's the reason why I made a couple quick-and-dirty filters (chroma filter and plane replace filter) you can see in the filters forum.

    The third thing about me: I try to balance my computer "vice" by avoiding latest technology. So, though I program for Android, I dont have an Android phone. But soon I will be forced to improve my gadgets, since my old-fashioned no-camera, no-apps, not-even-java phone has died this week.

    Well, If you reached this point, you'll also know I am not very skilled in English, but I can write thousands of words no matter how simple the message is.

    Have a nice day!

  • OK. Thanks.

  • Hi!

    I have all my incoming PMs, but i've lost sent PMs.

    Is on your to-do list to import sent PMs also?

  • Hey I like the new forums and the new forum engine. Good work, guys!

  • Please tell me if it works or it is buggy. I didn't find any bugs after imothep85's comment. It worked for me, but maybe I have something in my computer preventing me see the bug.

  • If you finally add a section with links to screensavers, it could be useful to you visit "http://www.theuselessweb.com/". That page has random link to useless flashlike webpages, some of wich are screensavers.

  • OK, I worked around it easily.

    I thought you had two different "variables" to check state, so you could see if a flashing object was already invisible (in my "weltanschauung", the flashes of the invisible flashing man are invisible).

    I use to employ "turn invisible" to get rid of objects without destroying them despite of events they could activate.

    Well, this feature has an advantage. I can make the object visible by simply making it flash, so I can save the "make visible" action.

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  • Link to .capx file (required! If link is blocked remove the http and www parts):

    dropbox.com/s/twi6aie8vp7lrt3/StopFlashBugDemo.capx

    Steps to reproduce:

    1. Make a text object.

    2. Add the Flash behaviour to it.

    3. Make it flash.

    4. Make it invisible.

    5. Stop it flashing.

    Observed result:

    Object is visible.

    Expected result:

    Object should be invisible.

    Browsers affected:

    Chrome: yes

    Firefox: yes

    Internet Explorer: yes

    Operating system & service pack:

    Windows 7 SP1

    Construct 2 version:

    Release 160.2

  • What if according to html5test.com my browser should support speech, and my app does not detect it?

    apagada.com/varios/speech_test

    Source: apagada.com/varios/speech_test/sample_s.capx

  • Thanks, Ashley!

    An important question is, what languages are supported and where are browsers available.

    My chrome 32 says it is "up to date"; chrome 33 is not available for my system (or maybe for my country), and chrome 34 (a "canary" beta for developers) does not support my language.

    Another important questions is, wich exports do allow using speech.

    I just tried to make an Android speech test with XDK and, while XDK builtin emulator seems to support speech synthesis, when you export your project, it is not supported at all. So many features are "lost in translation" unless you use node-webkit or HTML5-site export.

    I want to make an "interactive fiction" speech game, but I need something to both talk and listen non-english languages.

  • That makes Apple rule! I don't use to like Apple, but I have to concede they have been working on speech since the old days of Mac Classic.

  • cherbert Does Windows 8 Chrome 33 support Speech synthesis for French, German or Spanish?

    thejbos Does OSX safari support Speech synthesis for French, German or Spanish?

  • Google Canary/34 under windows XP has speech synthesis. There is a flaw: it speaks any language (like "es") with English speech. It sounds like the good old "English Sam" supplied in (what?) Spanish versions of Windows from the late nineties. Hey, Silicon Valley people, there's life outside the USA!

  • Hi!

    I've tested c2 voice recognition. It is even better than the builtin voice recognition from my operating system. But it does have a flaw: the user has to use the right browser for it to work.

    I suggest making:

    a) A list of browsers with speech recognition

    Chrome 31/Windows XP => ok

    Opera 19/Win XP => Fail

    Explorer 8/Win XP =>C2 not supported

    b) A list of browsers with speech synthesis

    Chrome 31/Windows XP =>Fail

    Chrome latest / Windows 7 => Fail

    Opera 19 / Win XP => Fail.

    Explorer 8/ WinXP => C2 not supported

    Did anyone heard about a browser supporting speech synthesis?

  • Well, if you can enable support for colorblind people in a game, first step is design: always mix shape with color (i.e. in a bubble shooter game, bubbles should have different shapes according to their colors).

    You can "simulate colorblind" by applying a "red from green, green from green" effect to all objects.

    (You can't use this effect to "prevent" color blind side-efects with games unless your game uses a limited palette. I use this effect to turn red to blue, but it is at the cost of clearing blue color)