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  • 25 Jul, 2008
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  The square root bug was fixed, you'll get -1.#IND if you try to take the square root of a negative number, which is not mathematically possible. Remember the formula is:

  sqrt(x*x + y*y)

  If that still gives -1.#IND, try deleting the sqrt and see if the middle expression is negative.

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  • 25 Jul, 2008
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  Vinny was close, but the syntax is wrong. Try setting editbox2's text to:

  int(Editbox1.Text) * int(Editbox2.text)

  int() converts the text typed in to the edit box in to a number, which can be multiplied.

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  • 25 Jul, 2008
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  I don't think that's really possible. The runtime uses a true motion blur effect, which simulates camera exposure time over the duration between two renderings of the frame. In slow-motion, objects are moving even less over the duration of a rendering, so motion blur takes less effect. You can't just boost it up even more. On the other hand, if you speed up your game with timescaling the motion blur should become even more prominent for the opposite reason.

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  I don't think its quiet here - I've seen lots of new people turning up!

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  It works fine for me! The object destroys after I finish dragging it. Something else in your events is probably wrong. You could post your .cap file, possibly.

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  Runs perfectly smooth for me here. Excellent artwork, great job!!

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  I love this game! It's addictive, but its also really hard!

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  Wow, nice! I love that algorithm

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  I guess it means... you're out of memory Does windows task manager actually report you're low on memory?

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  I suppose you're talking about the movement like in Asteroids, right?

  i'm having a lot of trouble getting it to look in a different direction to the way it's going.

  A simple solution is to use two sprites: one with the movement being invisible, and the other showing the spaceship. You can always set the spaceship graphic to the position of the invisible marker, and then rotate the graphic to any angle you want.

  [quote:1gc3edjy]But what i'm finding HARDEST to achieve is realistic bounces from collisions

  If you're using the ball movement, the 'Bounce off object' action can take care of all that for you.

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  I was actually working on something similar today, so I whipped up a quick example for you

  Great example! For Each is the key there, and that's pretty much how I'd have done it as well.

  One minor change though: in event 4, if you replace the random number with the object's unique ID (object1.UID) - that makes it bulletproof. With randomness, there's always the tiniest possibility it'll duplicate IDs. With object unique IDs, that never happens.

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  These bugs are really difficult to fix. To help get to the bottom of this, reproducability is absolutely essential. If anybody can reliably reproduce a save error, that would help us immeasurably. SuperV, can you reproduce this with your own steps?

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  Try inserting the File object, and using the Execute File action.

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  I think screenshots are a pretty good way to show your interface

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  • 24 Jul, 2008
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  I dont think anybody ever actually said the tech demos were crap because they weren't made specifically in MMF2 - I think this is in danger of spilling over in to a dumb argument, so preemptive lock on this one.