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  • 10 Mar, 2008
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  There's an every X ticks condition in the system object... and the Function object can call a function after a delay (in milliseconds). Generally it's a good idea to use times in milliseconds instead of ticks, because if you have V-Sync on, your game will be ticking at different rates on different computers.

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  • 10 Mar, 2008
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  Not yet, will try sorting that out soon.

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  • 10 Mar, 2008
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  Don't judge a whole nation just yet, doppel

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  • 10 Mar, 2008
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  Does 'Set activated' do what you want?

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  • 9 Mar, 2008
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  I'm happy with a modest community at the moment - we're still in the testing phase, and there are still often problems which prevent people completing their games, which are pretty serious. So likewise, I was going to wait for 1.0 before I tried spreading the word. Feel free to spread the word yourself beforehand, though.

  Also I think we'd notice if the community got any smaller, so it's not that bad.

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  • 8 Mar, 2008
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  When we get round to gamepad support, I'll try to make sure we cover all the gamepads out there - but remember, not everyone has one, I know I don't, so I think you should always code an alternative control system for your game too!

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• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 8 Mar, 2008
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  You can alter the family icon by opening the Families folder in the Construct install directory, and editing the associated .bmp file. It might not update until you restart Construct.

  I think most of those bugs in the original post are fixed for the next build, let me know.

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  • 8 Mar, 2008
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  I've heard a handful of reports of the system object disappearing, but I've never been able to reproduce it. Can you send the .cap that is doing this to ? Also, are you using families at all?

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  • 8 Mar, 2008
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  It probably would have varied from computer to computer. The timer was simply inaccurate over the motion-blurred frames. Should be back to normal for next build.

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  • 8 Mar, 2008
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  Very interesting idea... I'm really interested in adding better lighting effects, but it's quite tricky to implement. I'm not sure Z ordered lighting would be very intuitive to design in a 2D world - since there's nothing 3D about it - but still, dynamic shadows being cast as lights move around is a great idea. It's not simple though, I'll give it some thought.

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  • 8 Mar, 2008
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  Does it work if you use a full path? Try:

  AppPath & "Music\" & ListBox.LineText(1)

  Remember to use backslashes for local paths.

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  • 8 Mar, 2008
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  I see... I'll have a look and see if I can sort that out.

  Edit: fixed for next build.

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  • 8 Mar, 2008
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  Shouldn't be too hard... I'll put it on the todo list!

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  • 7 Mar, 2008
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  Don't know - wait and see!

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  • 7 Mar, 2008
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  1. Yes

  2. You can use a Sprite and private variables, or global variables for now, but the Counter object isn't done yet. Is there something wrong or missing with Construct's built in platform movement?

  3. Yes, should be.