mikeadamski26's Forum Posts

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  • I found it! I will take a look through this all. I wish I could find a tutorial that is more geared towards something like I'm trying to make. It's difficult to find!

  • Really enjoying learning Construct 3, but most of the demos/tutorials I see are for games I am not interested in designing, like side scrollers and other games focused on physics.

    I get that the principles of game design in these can still apply, but it would be super helpful to find some tutorials that would walk someone through the design of, for example, an educational game such as the classic Oregon Trail (I know there's one sample game of OT here but I'm hoping to see the event sheet, for example).

    Eventually, I would like to build a sports simulation game of some sort, mostly in the style of a text simulation but not one that's just text on a screen. I might even "just" start out with something like a Sports Agent Simulator game as it would help me get an understanding of:

    Generating conversations and responses based on random pulls from dictionaries or something like that.

    Tracking of data based on decisions, such as discussions around money, an agents patience wearing thin, etc.

    General text-sim principles of a bunch of numbers and randomness driving the story versus the arrows on my keyboard moving a sprite around.

    Learning how to save a game such as this (I'm a novice to game design, sorry!)

    Potentially implementing multiplayer in some way (especially if I move into a bigger game someday).

    For reference, I'm referring to wanting to build a (much smaller and simpler to start) version of something like Out of the Park Baseball, or Front Office Football.

    Thanks for helping me find potential resources for this! The community has been nothing but helpful so far.

  • Thank you!

  • Definitely no reason. I know nothing about how these dictionary entries work and thought I had to do it that way. How do I properly set them up in the dictionary then? Taking my time to get a good base of understanding working. The FAQs I've been reading don't seem to connect to what I'm trying to do.

  • Ok, so now when I run it, the WriteUp textbox only shows 0.

    I am wanting it to show one of these dictionary pulls, based on the number:

  • Definitely getting closer. I was surprised that this did not work.

    Side question: I see how I can add comments like you have that sort of appear overtop of the action, but how do you "hide" the comment if you want to review the code?

  • For example, this is what I have (and it's not working, obviously). I want this all to happen with the button click, but when I move the system number checks up, they don't line up with the correct action. I must be misunderstanding how it works.

  • Thank you! I am a bit confused where I actually add in the "is r between..." parts in the event sheet. Learning curve!

  • I'm quite new to Construct 3 still, so I'm just dabbling on some little projects to learn.

    I have a dictionary with two instance variables: Excellent and Awful. They both are just a sentence of text.

    I am randomly generating an integer between 50-100. I have a text box that I would like to populate with my Excellent instance variable text if the random integer is 80-100 and would like to populate the text box with my Awful instance variable text if the random integer is 50-79.

    Thanks for the help!

  • Here is a bit more detail of what I'm struggling with on these else statements:

    This image should change the down and distance from 1 and 10 to either 2nd and X (X being anything that is less than 10, in this case) or ELSE if the NetGain is greater than distance, it should reset down and distance back to 1 and 10.

    It should also reset to 1st and 10 (and switch directions aka which team has the ball) if down is greater than 4.

    Also, it will reset the ball to the 30 yard line if either team "scores," that is reaches one of these x positions that represent the position of my goalline.

    Above this the NetGain is being generated randomly.

  • Thank you. Those scoreboard texts are actually more than one item, but it does look confusing in the image because they are named things like "ScoreboardDown" and ScoreboardToGo", etc.

    I'm a bit deeper into this now, and have a duplicate thread (didn't realize posts needed to be approved) that I'll move the discussion to:

    construct.net/en/forum/construct-3/how-do-i-8/trouble-learning-event-sheet-175175

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  • Hey, sorry I don't seem to have notifications turned on for replies. Thank you for assisting me!

    I am exploring around a bit now with using else conditions, and while I understand the concept (and use them in other applications), mine always seem to be red/unreadable.

    I have read the tutorials a few times now, but the hierarchy of events is very confusing to me still.

    To use a simple example, how would I use an else condition for:

    If NetGain(v) is greater than or equal to ToGo(v), set ScoreboardDown(text) to 1 and ScoreboardToGo(text) to 10.

    //This basically just generates a new set of "1st and 10" for the team as they gained more than the yardage needed for a 1st down.//

    Else

    Subtract NetGain(v) from ToGo(v), set ScoreboardToGo(text) to ToGo(v).

    Add +1 to Down(v), set ScoreboardDown(text) to Down(v).

    If Down(v) is greater than 4, set ScoreboardDown(text) to 1 and ScoreboardToGo(text) to 10.

  • A bit of hyperbole there, as I don't think this is all that bad. Nonetheless, I cannot get this to work!

    Below is a simple test image. I'm simply trying to make a football move forward (or backwards) based on a random interval. That part is working fine.

    The issue I am having is that I want to have my scoreboard update the down and distance to go based on the NetGain variable. The scoreboard starts at 1st and 10, and here is what I'm trying to get to work:

    1) If the random NetGain number is greater than ToGo, then it's a first down! Therefore, I want the scoreboard to indicate 1 for Down and 10 for ToGo.

    2) If the random NetGain is less than ToGo, we simply add +1 to down (max of 4) and then subtract the NetGain from ToGo to show the remaining yardage left for a first down.

    This is something obvious I'm messing up with the ordering of things and an understanding of the Event situations hierarchy. I've read the manual on this section multiple times, but it doesn't seem to align with what I am doing, exactly.

    Thank you for the help!

  • This will be very easy for you, I'm sure, but I'm having trouble with the following:

    What I'm trying to do is:

    1) Move a football icon across the field based on the NetGain variable (that's working fine in this random test setup)

    2) Update to show 1 for Down (textbox) and 10 for ToGo (textbox) if the random NetGain from the mouse click was greater than or equal to the ToGo variable (defaulted to 10).

    3) Similar to #2, but if the NetGain was less than ToGo, it would then add +1 to Down (variable) and subtract the NetGain from ToGo (variable).

    I'm guessing I just have a hierarchy issue or things tabbed in the wrong places.

    Thank you!

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