Elliott's Forum Posts

  • We would need your database details to do that.

    Here is the most concise and easily the best tutorial I've seen on the subject:

    scirra.com/tutorials/346/online-high-score-table-ajax-php-mysql

    It's very well explained and get's you up to speed in less than 30 minutes.

    Alternatively you could look into Clay.io

    scirra.com/forum/plugin-clayio-leaderboards-achievements_topic54357.html

  • I also experience a similar problem that throws up:

    Server Error in '/' Application.

    Unexpected XML declaration. The XML declaration must be the first node in the document, and no white space characters are allowed to appear before it. Line 1, position 26.

    Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

    Exception Details: System.Xml.XmlException: Unexpected XML declaration. The XML declaration must be the first node in the document, and no white space characters are allowed to appear before it. Line 1, position 26.

    Source Error:

    An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

    Stack Trace:

    [XmlException: Unexpected XML declaration. The XML declaration must be the first node in the document, and no white space characters are allowed to appear before it. Line 1, position 26.]

       System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) +73

       System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg) +122

       System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParsePI(StringBuilder piInDtdStringBuilder) +195

       System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent() +4114235

       System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() +145

       System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read() +15

       System.Xml.XmlReader.ReadToFollowing(String name) +103

       WebWizUserDetails.LoadByXML(XmlReader Data) +36

       WebWizUserDetails..ctor(String Username) +34

       UserProfile.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +3727

       System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +14

       System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +35

       System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +91

       System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +74

       System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2207

    Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272

  • I just tried with my iPad, incredibly the results are actually better than Chrome on a laptop(!) Started at 15 FPS before spiking to 83, and is now hitting an average of 60-65 consistently on the Safari browser.

    If you're having trouble with iPhone you may want to read up optimisation for mobile devices.

  • I had a brief loading time (About 10-15 seconds) and then a solid 50 FPS with canvas2d on Google Chrome, I'm not seeing a problem? Were you using a certain browser?

  • Seeing the work in question would be very helpful

  • Very interesting work, would it be possible to see a game with the Clay.io running? I tried looking around on the site, the store and the tutorials but couldn't find anything, would be great to see it from the players perspective :)

  • Comparing Java and C2 is a bit off.. Java is mid-level language with some low level components and C2 is effectively a visual based very high level language; I'd go as far to say it's pretty much WYSIWYG.

    In regards to what's better for making games? In depends who the person making the game is: If you're talking to a Java programmer with 6 years experience in software design, then obviously Java is the way to go, if it's just some guy who wants to make a game, then it's C2, every day of the week.

    Talking performance, personally I would find it very hard to justify the learning curve and time/effort required to learn Java against the negligible improvement in quality it would give you over the same game made in C2, if any at all. If you want to go into the games industry then of course learning a "real" language, especially a widely recognised one like Java will be much more beneficial, but if you just want to make games for fun then it's Construct 2 every time IMO <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

  • On your 6th question, that's not a language I recognise, but it's just a logical sentence with some Construct terms thrown in; plain text it reads:

    if (player.x - spearman.x) && (Distance(player.x,player.y,spearman.x, spearman.y) >= 30) > 0 --> spearman.x += 1; set mirrored.

    IF (the SUM of the player's x position take away the spearman's x position) AND (the sum of the player's x/y and spearmen's x/y is GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 30) is GREATER THAN 0 THEN set the spearman's x position to 1, mirrored.

    To the best of my knowledge, I haven't done logic for years. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can elaborate?

    As for inputting it, it was my understanding that whenever you read code laid out like that you simply translated it into the event sheet.

  • Set up a boolean variable called "cursor distance", set it to True by default.

    Set up a System event to run every tick, calling check on the distance between your cursor and the wall. If the value is less than 125, the action of this event will set "cursor distance" to false.

    On your current event add the condition: Cursor distance=true

    Change your current event to an If statement.

    This is where I'm going to have to delve into even worse pseudocode, apologies, I'm a bit rushed atm :S

    Set the Else to create your plank object at mouse.y+ the distance from wall (Call it from a variable updated every tick?)

    Sorry, that went off badly and probably isn't much help! :(

    There's also likely a much simpler solution using origin points or something! Sadly I'm new

  • That was actually really fun! As soon as I realised the twist I actually laughed out loud, and that kept me playing until the end. I'm "First?" btw

  • They said in the video that you're free to rip it apart and mess with it as you like, so...

    I really can't see this working out well, the manufacturers guarantee would be a tricky beast in this situation surely?

    I look forward to the OUYA as an additional platform to make games for, but I would never buy one, the marketing shot itself in the foot, they're right, I do own a laptop, a phone, a tablet and a games console, and they all do more than the OUYA in either alternate tasks or gaming alone; why would shell out more money for something I already have?

    That and slick corporate marketing really clashes against the raw bedroom programmer dynamic that not only seems to be the target of the console, but will also be responsible for it's survival after a few enticed devs ship their day one releases.

  • I have no .capx to post, but the image of an event sheet from a different project can be found here: i.imgur.com/mNMSn.png

    It was hotlinked above, but appears to have not displayed properly if you can't see it. It's a simple two event solution using collisions.

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  • Are you using the Platformer behaviour?

    Set your acceleration event to have the condition of "Is on floor".

    If not you could pull the same trick by having a boolean variable that set to True when your player is overlapping with the floor sprite.

  • Click on the text, the font type and size are in the property panel.

  • Had a quick look, played around a bit and got the teleporter working one way; then I remembered I recreated a Portal Gun in one of my other games and figured it's pretty much the same principle, so here's the event sheet for that:

    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/mNMSn.png" border="0" />

    I made it before I got my head around variables, so it's not elegant, but it works.

    IIRC the last two events should be enough.