Auntie Val's Forum Posts

  • Perhaps you can create a game where children can create or build things, rather than destroy them.

  • Hey Ashley!

    Thanks for clearing that up for me. It can be an extremely daunting task trying to sort the truth from the horsey poo poo on the net these days.

    Now I'm a little behind on trying them out... I'd better get busy (before the brown dwarf arrives).

  • Hi all,

    I wanted to mess around with the new shader's. I noticed my browsers webgl setting was off by default. Not knowing how to activate it, I searched the net for "how to's" on activating it. I noticed a lot of articles claiming that enabling the shader's would leave your computer vulnerable to different sorts of threats, and should not be used while surfing the net for other purposes. Does anyone know anything more about these claims?

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  • Did you try adjusting the angular damping in the limbs physics properties?

    I'm pretty much a newbie, but I am awake pretty early in my corner of the planet. I hope this idea helps you.

  • Did you try using a ogg file also?

    I was also wondering if you tried "on start of layout...preload music?

    I could never get the sound to load the same time every run, so I set it up to start about 6 to 8 seconds in. I used a couple of really small sound files in the beginning to fill the gap.

    Hope that helps, I'm just a bit of a newbie too.

  • ramones,

    Thank you for you offer of guidance. I just got back from vacation, and appreciate seeing your invite to learn more. I'll holler when I need a hand.

  • Hi Ramones,

    Thank you very much for your input. I was not following every step exactly as in your tutorial. However I thought by knowing how to access the panels in your guide, it would help me to navigate through the following processes. I was actually trying to set up chord arrays to store notes (sound file info). However I have a big weekend coming up, and as soon as I can get my browser to display the new effects, I'll probably be spending most of time working with those. I may just learn to do arrays in js first.

    Again thanks Ramone I'm glad you seem to understand some of my frustration.

  • Thank you Yan!

    I was able to set up two arrays following the tutorial using "on start of layout" as you mentioned.

    The tutorial then says...

    To retrieve a value from the array we can use

         

       1| Array.At(index)

       This step baffles the dog donuts out of me as well.

       How do I use the line above?

    Then the following step...

    To set the variable animal to the first animal in the array:

    there is an image of a panel titled...

    "parameters for system: Set Value

               Not sure how to access that panel either.

    However, I really do not have the time for this right now. Even with a basic understanding of events and actions, etc. I still cannot follow this tutorial on my own.

    I'm done ripping into Alexey's thread.

    I'm going to just wait for a step by step tutorial.

  • Hi,

    Yeah its me again. I started following the tutorial, but hit my first big snag right in the beginning on the first page under "Setting Values". The tutorial shows a panel titled "Add Action" with the system, array, and text, as its choices. To be honest I searched for quite some time (nearly 2 hrs) throughout the forums and website for a possible missing step. I thought you could only add an action following an event or condition. However the first step in the tutorial goes straight to an action panel. Should there be an event or condition to build from? I do not know how to add an action with out it following an event or condition.

    I'm curious how far Alexey made it into the tutorial, and or got his questions figured out. Anyhow that is probably the step that tripped me up the last time I tried out the tute. I quite confident though once I get the first part figured out, the rest of the tutorial will not be to difficult.

  • Kyatric,

    I'll go back and do the tutorial again, that I may find the steps I had difficulty with. There may be two tutorials called "arrays for beginners". I'll go check. I'm very much aware of what an array is. Do you think that possibly because you are capable of using C2 in your sleep, that you may have overlooked some steps in the tute that a raw beginner would not understand, yet comes second nature to you? Again I must aver that I mean no disrespect to the tute or Ramones, it just felt a bit to advanced to be called "beginner".

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    Your awesome! Not my questions, but seeing the time you took to answer...very cool! It took me a while to notice #5 and it helped me a lot once i started using it.

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    I learned a great deal by studying the example files that came with the download. You can study the event sheets and the sprites behaviors etc.

  • Alexy

    You are NOT alone! I have had a very difficult time with arrays. I absolutely do not mean anyone any disrespect, but the tutorial mentioned above may be awesome, but it is not for beginners. Perhaps beginners to arrays, but definitely not for beginners at construct, arrays, and coding in general. I was not able to follow that tutorial. I only got so far before I had to give up. The tutorial expects you to know very much about construct. I would love for someone to finally come up with a step by step tutorial on arrays. I may purchase a license and set it aside to grant the first person that comes up with a comprehend able step by step tutorial on arrays. I believe there are many people that would be harnessing the powers of arrays if they were not arrayophobes like me.

  • Gamer Gon

    That info was NOT on the page when I bought my license.

  • Hi Zsangerous,

    I totally understand your frustration, in an earlier post on this thread, someone mentioned googling for the answer, and if you don't get the right answers, you are probably asking the wrong questions. OK so what are the questions? I have a grasp of basic mathematics however, I was not sure what questions to ask. Not everyone wishes to have their equations solved for them once, as that will only help them once. My son got straight A's in math in high school because his teacher was vivid in his explanations. Visualizing the causes and effects, helped to determine how much he was able to absorb, understand and implement. When he got to college his professors refused to explain the equations, insisting he just memorize the formulas. His math grades fell. I think it would be nice to have a thread here where the people who have these sorts of questions, can meet up with people who will help with explanations of the processes. "Give me a fish I eat for a day, Teach me to fish and I eat forever". (or something like that).

    Anyway I searched "linear algebra" etc. Looked around, went back to a site where I learned a great deal already. I found this video (in a series) that looks like it will be helpful to me. It will seem like kids play to most. I graduated from high school in the 70's, got an "A" in algebra, yet the years eroded all the memories.

    Anyway if you get a chance here is a beginners video, linked to a series that might be helpful.

    thenewboston.org/watch.php

    I will be studying these in my spare time.

    Good luck Zsangerous!

    UPDATE

    Here is another good explanation of factoring for beginners

    youtube.com/watch

        

    his main menu....

    youtube.com/user/deandreasmith2

    another on basic algebra

    youtube.com/watch

    If anyone else knows of any good math tutorials, would you mind posting links here? Got link?

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