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  • 21 Feb, 2009
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  Oh, btw, is there a way to check how much fps we get for the runtime? That'd be helpful for debugging and making sure that the thing runs even on older hardware.

  Enable 'FPS in caption' in Application Properties. However, exported EXEs won't put the FPS in the caption, only the preview. You'll need to show FPS in-game for other people to know their FPS, or use a program like FRAPS to tell you.

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  • 21 Feb, 2009
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  For now you can try simulating a layer effect with a window-sized canvas object and 'grab layout before drawing' enabled.

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  Then I propose

  random(N) returns 1 to N

  and random(A, B) would return any number from A to B inclusive (so random(1, N) is the same as random(N)).

  This means any cases of random(N) that currently exist must be changed to random(0, N-1). This will break a lot of things, but (hopefully) Construct will only grow more in future, so the least damaging time to do this is definitely now.

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  I think everything in Construct should be 1-based index. 0-based makes sense in low-level programming, but for Construct, it's just more intuitive to have everything 1-based.

  I think it's worth seriously considering making Random() return 1-N instead of 0-(N-1) for the same reasons. However I can imagine that breaking a lot of stuff. What do you think?

  Also, I thought LoopIndex was 1-based already - if you find anything like that which is 0-based, report it as a bug and I'll correct it back to 1-based.

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  • 20 Feb, 2009
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  Your expression would look more like this in Construct:

  Shooter('Cannon Power') * Sin(Shooter.Angle)

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  • 20 Feb, 2009
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  I'd like to see a object that allows you recolor a sprite's pallette. Like in the Megaman games.

  How would that differ from the existing colour filter?

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  • 20 Feb, 2009
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  The way I see it, people want a 2D perspective transform, so they can make 3D things. Construct is not a 3D tool and if you want to make something 3D, an object like 3D box is way more intuitive than stitching together perspective-transformed sprites. Therefore, I do not see a reason this should be implemented.

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  • 20 Feb, 2009
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  I think arrays are 1-indexed, so you'd want (random(3) + 1)...

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  • 20 Feb, 2009
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  Go for filters. If I remember right, changing the filter has zero impact on performance. So making new sprites would waste VRAM.

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  • 19 Feb, 2009
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  This is fixed in the next build.

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  • 19 Feb, 2009
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  Which object was causing it and why? The bug should still be fixed so it doesn't affect anyone again.

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  • 19 Feb, 2009
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  Error 126 means the module wasn't found. If you browse to the given path, does the file exist?

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  • 19 Feb, 2009
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  Don't worry about the .cap file - it's fine. If the runtime crashes, it doesn't affect the IDE in any way.

  However, crashes are always bugs - best put this on the tracker so it gets fixed.

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  • 19 Feb, 2009
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  Have you tried the Platform School tutorial? It covers a lot of topics like animations.

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  • 18 Feb, 2009
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  Yes, that's definitely a bug.