Shady's Forum Posts

  • Something I've been working on today. Took me a few hours and was pretty much a challenge to see how much of Construct I've learned.

    Last night I actually kind of thought of trying to make destructible terrain (not deformable)! I know it's simple, but here's the catch. You can draw the level, press enter and it generates it! Pretty interesting and there's probably a much better way to do it, but it was kind of fun.

    First draw the level (with a pen tool created through events):

    <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/23s6r6e.jpg">

    Then hit enter to generate the level:

    <img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/jrffom.jpg">

    Then Destroy!

    <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/5dnguw.jpg">

    You can't really see the destroy process through images, but that purple orb drops bombs and which deletes whatever it comes in contact with.

    Here's a more solid preview of the program:

    <img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/ve3kie.jpg">

    <img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/1ze9lzr.jpg">

    Right now it was just for fun, but if a multiplayer plugin ever comes out, I have big plans for this (no, not a Gunbound-esque game or anything like TONKS, but remotely similar concept).

    I have two others projects which I'm working on, one which I've been working on for a couple of months (long-term) and another which I started yesterday (to test myself at first, but now I'm turning it into a tower defense game with a twist). The latter is going to be 720p, so I'm going to really focus on getting this high-resolution game somewhere. I'll try to post more screens of them when I progress.

  • I just downloaded this and it has so much potential. The terrain effects are pretty damn awesome too.

  • A weird glitch is happening when running my game in debug mode using this plugin. On all my layouts it runs fine when I preview it, but when I try to debug it, the scroll position gets set to (-1.$, -1.$) and obviously makes my game unplayable. The mouse position is also locked at (-1,-1)

    I've isolated the problem to the Advanced Camera Plugin by disabling it and enabling 'Scroll to Object', which works fine in both debug mode and preview mode.

    This plugin has been great so far and is crucial in my games, as I use it for cutscenes, so it's going to set me back quite a bit if no resolution can be found

    Any help appreciated

    • Shady

    EDIT: Actually, my other layouts work only when I select them through the debug window, but the main one doesn't work. The only difference between the one which doesn't work and the one that does is the amount of objects on screen. The one that doesn't work has over 1000 objects in the layout while the others have below 400.

  • Do you think it's possible to implement an encryption library made in Python to encrypt things like save files outputted to a text file?

    Since I'm going to learn Python soon, I was thinking of creating a plugin which created a virtual text file incorporated inside the executable which data can be saved to. But instead of waiting a year before I could even attempt that, using an existing library to encrypt save files and not making them easily editable will be pretty neat.

    http://www.freenet.org.nz/ezPyCrypto/

  • Just realized a glitch present in previous versions. When copying a bunch of objects and pasting them on a zoomed out layout (e.g 50%), the objects do not get pasted near each other, but there is a large gap between each one.

    I'd post it on the tracker with a cap, but I'm in a rush to get to Uni! I'll do a quick diagram here

    OOOOO <---- objects near each other

O   O   O   O   O <---- objects pasted when the layout is zoomed out (<100%)

OOOOO <---- objects pasted when the layout is normal size[/code:v36jjsxf]
Hope that made sense!

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  • Thank you! I was concerned with my game having 14 megs of VRAM in one layout which was only half complete, but it looks like I shouldn't worry about it too much anymore.

    By testing a game on a lower-end system, how low end do you recommend going? My laptop with integrated graphics can only run it at an average of 15 fps, while my sister's computer which has a Geforce MX4000 (or something like that) get's 60 fps. Should I just ignore the laptop's performance?

  • I'm working on a leveling system myself. Just wondering, but, where were you going to put your save file anyway? (Unless you don't need one.) Saves have to be locked up tight too.

    I was thinking about that earlier. An ini file would be stupid for a save file, so naturally the next choice is an array. The problem is I just created a program which can read and modify any Construct array file and if I can make such a program, so can anyone else. That's why I'll probably not release it since if a developer chooses to use an array to store save data, it can be easily edited...

    After thinking of this I had another idea. Maybe one of the talented plugin developers could created a text file plugin, where it acts just like a text file, but it's saved into the actual game file. Then when the player chooses to save, the array can save to that file... but I guess to do that, the array file would have to be modified too... but it'll surely add an extra layer of security.

    So, right now I'll likely go down the array route for my save file and hope no one else has created an Array Editor since I have no other choice. And I'll probably make an event saying 'If Str is greater then X, set text to "YOUR A FILTHY CHEATER" and "set Health to 1" '

  • > It doesn't run for me. This is the first Construct game to crash upon opening... using Windows 7 64-bit.

    >

    You could try running it in Compatability Mode.

    Tried. Still didn't work...

  • It doesn't run for me. This is the first Construct game to crash upon opening... using Windows 7 64-bit.

  • Okay, my Construct Array editor is complete and I just realized I basically created a program which cheaters can use to edit both my Array file (which I wanted to avoid) and any other Construct Array file for that matter I'm not sure if it works only with an Array file generated by Construct as I don't have an Array file generated by another program...

    Maybe I won't release it... don't really think the mods or users would be too happy with this tool.

    What it can do:

    • Load/save Array file
    • Display Array file allowing one to edit
    • Generate Array file by inputting number of rows and columns (max 8*8 for now)
    • Clear Array sheet

  • Too impatient for a reply, I created my own array editor in Construct! Works wonderfully, with a load and save function

    If anyone is interested, I can try to expand it where the user enters how many rows and columns are available.

  • Okay... Array, how do I use it? I've search the forum and read the Wiki but have no idea what's going on.

    And this just hit me: If it saves and loads in a binary format, how am I going edit my values in? Ah well, the equation option sure is looking more realistic at this point... seems very confusing at the moment.

    Googling a bit showed me that it creates something like a matrix, so I'm going to set to have to set it out like this?

    Lv.(X)    Str.(Y)   Def.(Z)
{1            1            1}
{2            2            3}
{3            4            5}
[/code:4uziiekv]

So, the value of X in (1,1,1) is 1? And the Value of Y in (3,3,3) is 4?

I'm pretty sure I have this is not how it works...

[b]EDIT:[/b] Okay, I think now I understand it.

For an array of Width (X) = 2 and Height (Y) = 2, it'll appear like this right?

[code:4uziiekv]
{ a1            a2 }
{ b1            b2 }
[/code:4uziiekv]
So Array(1,1,1) will be a1, Array (1,2,1) will be b1, Array (2,1,1) will be a2 and Array (2,2,1) will be b2?

So this means I can create something like this
[code:4uziiekv]
Lv.		{1	2	3	4	5  }
Str.		{1	1	2	4	6  }
Health	{20	25	40	60	90}

[/code:4uziiekv]
To retrieve the Strength when at level five, I simply do Array(5,2,1) which is 6?

Okay, now all I need to know is how I create a file with these values in them to be read by the Array object...

  • Thanks for the quick reply guys!

    Any file that you save is editable, even the game exe itself. But if you mean if it is readable by human, then no, Array saves in binary format.

    Don't worry about players modifying the game to cheat - if they want to cheat, they WILL find a way. There are programs that allow them to search the memory and adjust values, such as health, current experience etc.

    Focus on your game first!

    Thanks. I've never used the array object before, so it should be interesting. I can't stop the dedicated cheaters, but I can always stop the average Joe from modifying it

    Also - perhaps there's a way to find formulas for the levels - will take a little time, will save some time later if you decide to change the level structure.

    Like,

    Strength adds 3 each level? Strength = Level*3

    Agility adds 1 every 3 levels? Agility = Floor(level/3)

    If you want exponential growth just have something like: Health = Level*30*1.25

    Etc.

    If I can't get it working well with the array object, I'll probably just do it this way. Though the reason why I opted for a preset system is to have more control over my stats.

  • The Array object can save and load a file.

    But will the file created be editable by the user? That's what I'm trying to avoid since it defeats the purpose of a leveling system.

  • I'm having a second go at creating a leveling system and am contemplating including it in my game. I can manage everything from being able to modify the defense of the character and the amount of HP he removes from an enemy and also experience gain as I've done it with my old system, but I can't figure out how I'm going to modify the experience of the player without having to create an event like this:

    If player equal level 2

    • Set Def 3
    • Set Str 2
    • etc.

    If player equal level 3

    • Set Def 4
    • Set Str 4
    • etc.

    and on and on and on...

    I'm using a level system which reaches ten, so it's pretty simple. The old system used an equation to calculate level gain and stats increase, but I created a file which has preset values of the levels as follows:

    Level________EXP____Strength____Endurance____Health______Defence__
Lvl. 1 		 0 			1				1		20				1
Lvl. 2 		 25			3				2		32				2
Lvl. 3 ....[/code:1ms0op86]

Now, I don't want to use an ini file, since anyone playing the game can simply edit the experience needed to level up and max out all the stats! Instead, is there a way to do this, for example, with a timeline or something which isn't as tedious as creating events for every level?

Thanks in advance