dop2000's Forum Posts

  • You can try installing r244, exporting your project in that version, see if it compiles.

    To be able to open your project in older C2 version, save your game in r252 as a folder project first.

    Then open .caproj file in Notepad and change this line:

    <saved-with-version>24400</saved-with-version>

  • Oh, ok, thanks. Will check it next time.

  • newt , what am I supposed to see there?

  • Sebastien , thanks, that's one option. But I often work on other people's projects and I would really prefer a keyboard shortcut.

  • Sebastien

    Ctrl-F5 previews active layout. Most of the time I need to preview the entire project and there is no shortcut for it..

  • Volume changes from -42 dB (I think) to 0 dB

    All you need is to translate this value to movement.

    Here is an example:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/5thzh6wwfnapy ... .capx?dl=0

  • Ashley,

    1. I don't have any information about these crashes except for a screenshot of "Oh snap" message..

    2. Thanks, saving to the browser works fast. But will the save survive Chrome crash? I guess I will still need to save to disk file every now and then.

    3. Is there a shortcut for Debug Mode? I couldn't find it.

    6. Dark theme does looks better, thanks. Will take some time to get used to its colors.

  • You can use Timer expressions CurrentTume and Duration:

    remainingTime = LightSwitch.Timer.Duration("TurnOff") - LightSwitch.Timer.CurrentTime("TurnOff")

  • Sorry, missed one bracket, also change "int" to "round":

    Set value to (round(value*10)/10)

    Set text to str(value) & (int(value)=value ? ".0" : "")

  • Try this:

    Set value to (int(value*10/10)

    (this is to remove any possible digits after 1 decimal, as sometimes float numbers are displayed like 5.300000000009)

    Set text to str(value) & (int(value)=value ? ".0" : "")

    (this will add ".0" if the value is integer)

  • This question is asked frequently on this forum.

    Unfortunately, even in C3 there is still not possible to change pitch.

    I found that "Ring modulator" effect can be used to add variations to some sounds. Also you can change playback rate (but this will obviously decrease sound duration).

  • Marcos12 , use "Car Is overlapping Wall" condition to slow the car down.

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  • If you pin them together and they are not in a container, you can use PinnedUID

    To pick Ship: "Ship -> Pick by unique ID=Antenna.Pin.PinnedUID"

    To pick Antenna: "System-> pick by comparison Antenna where Antenna.Pin.PinnedUID=Ship.UID"

  • I bought C3 license yesterday and spent about 10 hours editing a big(ish) project - 55Mb, 1000 events.

    I must say, it was not a pleasant experience.

    1. It CRASHES!

    Chrome is constantly running out of memory and dying with that stupid "Oh snap!" message. This often happens when I'm trying to open a big layout. I have 8Gb of RAM, how much more does it need?

    Desktop C3 version is no better.

    After I repeatedly lost 20-30 minutes of work, I started saving my project after every change. And this leads to the second problem:

    2. Saving.

    Internet in my country is slow, especially for uploads. Saving 55Mb to a cloud takes 5-10 minutes, so it's not an option.

    Saving to a local file is really annoying! You need to press Save, confirm save dialog, wait 1-2 seconds until the file is downloaded, select save location, rename the file, confirm.

    In C2 you simply press Ctrl-S and that's it.

    3. Keyboard shortcuts.

    I've been using C2 for two years and naturally developed a habit of pressing Ctrl-F4 to open Debug Mode or Ctrl-W to close a tab.

    I shut my C3 window about a dozen times yesterday! Desktop version can survive Ctrl-F4, but still closes if I press Ctrl-W.

    Debug Mode is one of the most frequently used features in Construct. And now it takes 3 clicks to access it!

    Menu -> Click -> Project -> click -> Debug -> click

    Arrgh...

    4. Other browser-related issues.

    Event dialogs sometimes lose focus. Pressing Backspace sometimes causes Chrome to display "Press alt-left to go back" instead of deleting last character. These things are rare, but still happen.

    5. Built-in editor for files is a nice new feature, but some keyboard combinations don't work there, for example Ctrl-Right, Ctrl-Left.

    This makes it hard to edit long lists of values.

    6. Interface.

    This is just my preference - I like thin window borders. C3 windows are so bulky...

    I really hope Scirra will continue to support C2 and not retire it.

    As with all these issues I don't think C3 will ever become a good replacement for me.

    EDIT from 23 Feb:

    I'm a bit of an idiot.

    Just realized that I've been using "Desktop shortcut" created from Chrome and thinking that it was the "Desktop build".

    (I did download the Desktop build, but forgot to add a shortcut to it)

    Can confirm that the real Desktop build works better and doesn't have some of the issues I mentioned above.