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• • blackhornet
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  • 15 Oct, 2017
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  http://www.blackhornettechnologies.com/Construct2Stuff/nn81_strange_speed_BHT2.capx

  Same thing, just with better sprites.

• • blackhornet
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  • 15 Oct, 2017
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  I said they wouldn't look right in the sample. Did you try the mechanism in your game?

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• • blackhornet
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  http://www.blackhornettechnologies.com/Construct2Stuff/nn81_strange_speed_BHT.capx

  You need to calculate the delta from the player's position. So store the last X and then move the bullets by the same amount. May not look right in the sample, but try it with your flames.

• • blackhornet
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  • 15 Oct, 2017
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  To get the effect you want, then, means you either need to just animate what you want, and the animation would play pinned in front of the player, or you would need move the bulllets relative the the player (on top of the bullet's movement), so they stay in the same relative position, as the player moves around.

• • blackhornet
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  • 15 Oct, 2017
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  Try this. In your original example, slow the bullets to 200. You'll see what happens.

  It's the same thing. The flames are drawing on top of each other as you go forward and farther apart as you go backwards.

  Think of it. If you had a flame throw and sprayed in front of you. If you ran forward, you would get burned - the flames are still in the air in front of you. They don't move forward just because you did.

• • blackhornet
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  • 15 Oct, 2017
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  Add a background image so you can see the relative movement. They are not changing speed. You are not accounting for the fact that you are moving towards or away from the bullets.

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  • 15 Oct, 2017
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  This is from another thread, but shows how to address the array with two for loops.

  http://www.blackhornettechnologies.com/Construct2Stuff/2DarraySample.capx

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  • 11 Oct, 2017
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  Store the random result to a local variable (local=int(random(100)), and use it to test the result. If the values are actually 1 to 5, just add two conditions for local >= 1 AND local <= 5. Other wise you need to check each value , but in an OR block instead of an AND block.

• • blackhornet
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  • 11 Oct, 2017
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  Scaling any bitmap will distort it. The clearest version will always be at scale=1.

  Are you importing the spacing data correctly? Post a sample CAPX to show the problem.

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  • 10 Oct, 2017
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  http://www.blackhornettechnologies.com/Construct2Stuff/vicplay_pickbyuid.capx

  Modified Test2.

• • blackhornet
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  • 10 Oct, 2017
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  It will, but you have to pass in both UIDs and pick by UID.

• • blackhornet
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  • 10 Oct, 2017
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  Actually they don't exist - fully. You can not pick, except by UID, until the next top level event after an object is created. There are countless threads on this - it is just part of the design.

• • blackhornet
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  • 10 Oct, 2017
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  More migration issues. In general migration works, except for 'distortion' effects. They all seem to go wonky in some way. I've tried multiple third-party effects, but for the sake of simplicity, I've copied the Scirra Lens effect, migrated it, and made a C2 CAPX that works just fine in C2, but imported into C3, the behaviour changes. Running the attached CAPX, C2 shows the same result in the editor, and in preview. In C3, the editor shows the lens area greatly magnified, but correct in preview (which is actually the exception - generally I see the same problems in editor and preview).

  On top of that, if you then clone the lens object in C3, the original sprite's effect changes! It should not do that. Each time you clone, the previous spites all change. This does not happen in the C3 version of the Lens effect.

  Since I don't know with 100% certainty that I'm not doing something wrong, I don't want to post a bug, but Ashley, if you could comment, that would be helpful. Other issues are in the OP.

  http://www.blackhornettechnologies.com/Construct3Stuff/Bugs/C2lenscopy.zip

  http://www.blackhornettechnologies.com/Construct3Stuff/Bugs/C3lenscopy.zip

  http://www.blackhornettechnologies.com/Construct3Stuff/Bugs/C2LensHack.capx

  Thanks.

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  • 9 Oct, 2017
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  I had a second case of 'safe-mode' being ignored, so I have logged a bug for this issue.

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  • 8 Oct, 2017
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  Tween is a Behaviour, not a Plugin - you've put it in the wrong directory - move it to "behaviors".