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  • 21 Jan, 2022
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  Yeah, I'm creating the tiles in Aseprite but was wondering if C3 supported diamond / iso tiles within the built-in Tileset function.

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  • 21 Jan, 2022
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  Is it possible to create isometric Tilesets within C3? I haven’t tried it but does the engine support diamond / iso tiles?

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  • 21 Jan, 2022
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  I'm trying to figure out how "Toggle Camera Perspective" 3D demo functions but I'm having a hard time.

  I'd like to be able to have a billboard character with animations (like Idle and walking etc) how the demo's set up. But I can't figure out how it's done? Seems like there's a Billboard, and a Collision, and a Sprite, but I can't for the life of me figure out how it's actually put together.

  I wish 3D objects supported animations for their faces. :/ That would be great. Hoping it'll be a feature sometime soon.

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  • 26 Oct, 2021
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  I don’t have an example but I think you could do this with global variables or an array?

  Basically instead of hard coding the Jump button to Spacebar for example, your code could say “when JUMP is triggered”. And somewhere in your code you have the user assign the JUMP key to what they want and save it to the array / variable.

  Hope this helps!

  Edit: a better way would be using key codes construct.net/en/forum/construct-2/general-discussion-17/clever-ways-remap-controls-117579

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  • 17 Oct, 2021
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  Oh I understand now!

  A simple way I did this in an early game was when in “build” mode, snap the mouse pointer to the size of tile grids.

  Here’s two ways of snapping mouse to grid in this older post:, I think you can use this info to move units too: construct.net/en/forum/construct-3/how-do-i-8/follow-mouse-snap-grid-142225

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  • 17 Oct, 2021
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  Have you tried using tile maps?

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• • d1ebf4d8-e416-4555-be48-ae3aefaf6ed8
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  • 12 Oct, 2021
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  Glad you got it working! That’s what i was describing to you earlier. Isn’t C3 wonderful?

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  • 12 Oct, 2021
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  Ashley, could you provide a bit more detail on how to measure the time elapsed between those conditions/when a user opens the game again? I’m still new to C3 but would love to learn how to do this. It sounds really useful.

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  • 12 Oct, 2021
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  The only way to go around it that I know of is to have a dummy layout at start. A simple screen that says “press any key to continue”. It can have informative info, too. Like disclaimers etc. then on any jey cinrjue to your games real start layout.

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  • 12 Oct, 2021
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  I’m still a novice with C3 but I would guess to add a short “wait” between presses, and instance variables.

  Give the npc an instance variable something like “chat” and set the value to 0. When you overlap the npc, press Space, add 1 to the instance variable. Then do a event that checks for the instance variable chat value 1 and if true, show dialogue.

  It’s late so I’m sure there’s some steps missing but give that a try, it should be a good starting point.

  Here’s mare about instance variables. construct.net/en/tutorials/beginners-guide-construct-1/using-instance-variables-6

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  • 7 Oct, 2021
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  Please provide a C3 file we can look at / see what the problem is. Your issue is hard to diagnose without knowing what you’re exactly doing.

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  • 28 Sep, 2021
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  A dictionary would be a good thing to use. You can add the dictionary object to the project and then create a dictionary JSON file in Files, name it “hints”. And each key/value could be a hint. You load the file into the project with the AJAX object.

  More info can be found here: construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/plugin-reference/dictionary

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  • 26 Sep, 2021
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  Maybe I’m real tired but I couldn’t find this condition. It feels like for something so important and built into C3, shouldn’t there be a way to check if a named save slot exists? Or if there’s an existing save slot at all. Feels cumbersome to add LocalStorage and do a check etc.

  If there’s another way please let me know cause I couldn’t find anything. Thank you.

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  • 21 Sep, 2021
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  I’m working on a small survival / crafting game and this just blows my mind. I’m new to programming and was researching arrays, dictionaries, AJAX, how to stack items, etc and this asset is a genuine gem. Intuitively let’s you create inventories, chests, shops, the sky’s the limit. It honestly feels like something that should’ve been built into C3.

  Just wish there were more videos / slower paced videos on the YT channel.

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  • 21 Sep, 2021
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  The newest beta release has added mouse control camera features. Please take a look at the release notes.