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• • sqiddster
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  • 3 Sep, 2012
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  That's exactly what I'm looking for. Interestingly enough, I got it working using 'source atop'... curious.

  Now, is there a way to do this so the subtractor is on a different layer? If that's not possible, is there a way to simulate parallax? The subtractor really needs to have parallax.

• • sqiddster
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  OK, Ashley, this is what I want exactly:

  Main layer. Everything on this layer should be effected.

  Background layer. Should not be effected at all.

  I tried what you said, but it doesn't seem to be working. Any tips?

  EDIT: 'source atop' makes it work perfectly! Cheers mate.

• • sqiddster
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  Not sure what you mean there. I'm open to any ideas.

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  I think so, but you better know server-side stuff and whatnot.

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  If variable 'stop' equals 0, every X seconds:

  --> set frame to floor(random(0,number of frames in animation)

  On space bar pressed:

  --> set 'stop' to 1.

  You might need a +1 to the number of frames due to the floor(), not sure. Try it out.

• • sqiddster
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  I think (I may be wrong) this actually impacts performance, so options like this and rotation were left out on purpose.

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  I would imagine that Awesomium would have problems with the Browser plugin, simply because it is not designed to be a fully-functional browser.

  I'd create my own alert window with sprite, etc.

• • sqiddster
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  Hey there,

  I have a mostly transparent object that covers most of the screen. It has a shader effect (subtract) that changes the pixels below it, but I want it to effect only certain objects (i.e. a family of objects). Is there any way to do this?

  Thanks!

• • sqiddster
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  • 2 Sep, 2012
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  whiteheat, that's an interesting problem. It's certainly more complex than it appears. You'd need some formula to keep them away from each other.

  Hmm...

• • sqiddster
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  • 2 Sep, 2012
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  Here you go!

  Basically, you need an ID variable to keep track of which button belongs to which slider to which image. I also added a for each loop so we check all the sliders.

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  Internet explorer... why must you be so painful?

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• • sqiddster
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  • 2 Sep, 2012
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  Indeed, every C2 game can run offline after being downloaded once.

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  Just play Super Meat boy for a few weeks. Shift gets veeeeery comfortable ;)

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  This means people will have to redownload the game every time, however...

• • sqiddster
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  What you want, then, is a random shuffle of certain elements.

  Keepee's solution would work however he is right in the fact that it is not the most efficient solution.

  What I think you might need to do is fill out a 1-dimensional array beforehand, either manually or procedurally, then shuffle it.

  Shuffling the array is not simple, but here's a nice example of it being done.

  I might have missed a better way of doing it, but I think this will work if done right.