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  • 19 Nov, 2021
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  Start with the official beginner's tutorials to see if the event system makes sense to you, even though they are not for visual novel type games.

  I believe there are other game engines that are focused on make visual novels that would be more suitable for you if your intent is to make a visual novel.

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  • 18 Nov, 2021
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  I'm not quite sure I understand your question, but it seems like the timer behavior and it's expressions should have everything you need.

  construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/behavior-reference/timer

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  • 18 Nov, 2021
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  Use tags in the solid behavior, and the sprite object's 'set solid collision filter' action.

  construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/behavior-reference/solid

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

• • oosyrag
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  • 18 Nov, 2021
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  I would avoid layers simply because it is inflexible, as it requires manual creation of the layers and can't be done at runtime, as well as not scaling well for larger puzzles.

  I'm not sure if 36 layers would have any performance issues, but I suspect it might, since (I think) force own texture will draw each layer individually, and drawing your entire screen 36 times over every tick sounds like it might run into fill rate issues. The more layers you have the problem will only get worse, so again it is inflexible and unscalable.

  As will all performance issues, try it out yourself and test if it is acceptable on your target platform.

• • oosyrag
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  • 18 Nov, 2021
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  Familiarize yourself with blend modes and force own texture on layer. This will be used to 'cut' your pieces out of the image.

  The straightforward way would be to have a layer for each puzzle piece, which consists of the cutout with blend mode over the image. We want to avoid using so many layers, so instead use a single layer to temporarily define each piece, and paste it to an instance of a canvas object.

  If I were to attempt it I would probably approach it over time, pasting one canvas instance/puzzle piece per tick and moving it out of the way, while cycling through animation frames of the various cutouts in place and moving the main image accordingly.

• • oosyrag
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  • 17 Nov, 2021
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  Well... slightly less tedious, as I consider changing the size of an object is easier than modifying collision polygons. You could for example, put all the visible sprites in a family, then use a single set size action on start of layout (self.x/y*1.01 or similar)

• • oosyrag
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  • 17 Nov, 2021
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  You cannot.

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  • 17 Nov, 2021
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  construct.net/en/forum/construct-3/general-discussion-7/report-bugs-amp-post-128538

  construct.net/en/forum/construct-3/general-discussion-7/announcing-new-construct-161682

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  • 16 Nov, 2021
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  construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/plugin-reference/common-features/common-conditions

  Pick top/bottom

  Pick either the top-most or bottom-most instance, taking in to account layers and Z index. For example, the instance at the front of the top most layer is the top instance.

• • oosyrag
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  • 16 Nov, 2021
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  Does it work without minification?

  Are you using any plugins?

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• • oosyrag
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  • 16 Nov, 2021
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  If interested in function maps for calling functions by name, also see the function maps section in this blog article along with the example project. construct.net/en/blogs/construct-official-blog-1/constructs-new-functions-1060

• • oosyrag
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  • 16 Nov, 2021
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  Either remove the block is overlapping minterals or add a pick all block before pick by uid in the last event.

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  • 15 Nov, 2021
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  You can pin a visible sprite representing the object on top of an invisible base object sprite with the physics behavior. The visible sprite can be resized to be slightly larger.

• • oosyrag
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  • 15 Nov, 2021
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  Is it as simple as converting all the actions using WebStorage, over to LocalStorage?

  That's pretty much it. Unless it uses other depreciated/outdated features you didn't mention. Generally speaking construct has pretty good backwards compatibility though.

• • oosyrag
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  • 14 Nov, 2021
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  If they are on separate tabs no.

  If you built in the settings into the project like normal in a separate layout or layer, then yes changes to your settings could be applied live.