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• • dop2000
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  LineOfSight can pick multiple instances. If you need to process them one by one, use For Each loop. You can add another parameter to the function - the amount of damage to deal, based on the distance.

  Mine has LOS to Enemy
  For Each Enemy : Call DamageEnemy(Enemy.UID, 100/distance(Mine.x, Mine.y, Enemy.x, Enemy.y))
  

  Also, you don't need LineOfSight check in "Enemy On collision with Mine".

• • dop2000
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  Don't use expressions like distance(Player.X, Player.Y, Enemy.X, Enemy.Y) without picking the enemy first!

  And you don't need distance() at all if you have "Line of sight" behavior. Just configure its settings correctly:

  

  You can also add several "Line of sight" behaviors to Player sprite with different settings. For example one for detecting enemies at short distance, another for long distance, another that ignores obstacles etc.

• • dop2000
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  Use "Set vector" actions. But you can't set a vector higher than the maximum speed, so you might need to temporarily increase max platform speed.

• • dop2000
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  Here are both options:

  dropbox.com/scl/fi/bru0vpvahhmzqpfdbjizq/TextTweening.c3p

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• • dop2000
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  You can past multiple objects. If they are all sprites, you can add them to a family and paste in one action.

  The second option sounds intriguing but wouldn´t it just take the "low res" screenshot then and scale it up to the bigger resolution, making everything blurry?

  Well, Construct isn't really suited for this task. You can zoom everything in before pasting on the canvas if you want to make a higher quality snapshot.

• • dop2000
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  You can instead use a drawing canvas with fixed resolution and paste the images on the canvas. Say, set canvas resolution to 500x500, resize it to the image size, then paste, then use "DrawingCanvas Save Image" action. The resulting PNG should be 500x500 px.

  Or, if there are too many objects to paste - make a snapshot, load it into a sprite, paste the sprite onto the canvas.

• • dop2000
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  One option is to attach the text object to an invisible sprite using hierarchy. And tween the sprite size.

  Another workaround is to use a SpriteFont instead.

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  It depends on the platform. In a desktop application you may be able to delete project files if the app has necessary permissions to the folder. In a mobile app this is likely not possible.

  Why do you want to delete a sound? Just ignore / don't play it.

• • dop2000
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  like this?

  dropbox.com/scl/fi/4bfw04pppxvo960150ubt/BlendMode_ColorMask.c3p

• • dop2000
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  I don't understand - what should be the end result?

  And could you make a small project file?

• • dop2000
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  No, you can't move the real cursor.

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  Two methods:

  dropbox.com/scl/fi/1s4r66k2cqp2lfyxmb13o/GamepadCursor.c3p

  howtoconstructdemos.com/aiming-with-gamepad-analogue-stick-or-mouse-capx

• • dop2000
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  That's why I suggested JSON, it's a lot easier to work with. Say, if each player has a unique name, you could access any value directly using an expression like JSON.Get("Name.value")

  With a 2D array you need to find the X index of the player first. You can use a loop, or Array.indexOf() expression. For example:

  Array.at(Array.indexOf("name"), 0)

  Refer to the documentation:

  construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/plugin-reference/array

• • dop2000
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  Apparently construct 3 for some reason does not digest the "str" operator well???

  No, str expression works as expected. You need to read again all the comments in this post.

  "tag1"&"tag2"="tag1tag2" <- a single tag

  "tag1"&" tag2"="tag1 tag2" <- two tags, separated by space

  "tag1"&" "&"tag2"="tag1 tag2" <- also two tags, separated by space

• • dop2000
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  It's super easy to make your own progress bar with a sprite or TiledBackground object.

  dropbox.com/scl/fi/cmyfnjnr0w1k9wy95ymg6/Healthbar.c3p