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  • 28 Nov, 2023
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  I just fell for the same thing... It seems dynamically created global layers don't create the objects on that layer?

  I haven't tinkered with this feature yet but this is what I kinda hoped/expected actually. That I can basically create a Layout that holds something like menus in global layers, and then I can spawn in the layer whenever needed and remove it ezpz when I'm done menuing.

  Good to see that recreate initial objects action does that, but I think it would be perfect if we could get a single action that just recreates all instances of all objects for global layers. Something like "recreate global layer"

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  • 27 Nov, 2023
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  There's some memory management actions

  construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/system-reference/system-actions

  The object/images in question have to not be present initially on the layout, otherwise they are loaded automatically. Then you can do something like "on start of layout > load image into memory" or you can also simply create the object which will also load it into memory. You can also add "loading zones" that trigger when the player reaches a certain point in the layout.

  I'd be curious to see what images cause your layout to load slow though. I've pretty much never managed to get layouts to take much longer to load than the blink of an eye, to the point where it was so jarring that I added a fake loading screen (fade to black)

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  • 26 Nov, 2023
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  One thing I found to work really well depending on the case is to simply stop and restart the sound.

  
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  • 24 Nov, 2023
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  The button object can be customized via CSS.

  A sprite button can simply be done by using Mouse > On object clicked.

  Opinion: Don't use the button object

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  • 24 Nov, 2023
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  You'll have to regenerate the obstacle map. This is cost intensive and thus not done automatically.

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

  You have "Regenerate obstacle map" which is probably not needed for your case since it regenerates the entire map.

  So you probably wanna use "Regenerate region" and just select a region around the deleted tile.

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  • 24 Nov, 2023
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  Oh you want to avoid the black bars... I dunno if theres really a way around changing the scaling mode. You probably could go with "scale outer" and just strech the background out a bunch without changing the position of your game objects. Or maybe "scale inner" works better in your case?

  construct.net/en/tutorials/supporting-multiple-screen-17

  Unless you somehow figure out why the css doesn't work. Perhaps there's some specific css property you have to set for ios or something in xcode? Maybe the url path is different on ios and it just loads a white image? Maybe try url('./paper_background.png')

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  • 24 Nov, 2023
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  Hmm I can't tell what could possibly be wrong but why even bother adding it via CSS? You should be able to just add the image as a tiled background, with maybe a little bit of tinkering with the Anchor plugin so it scales properly to the screen size. construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/behavior-reference/anchor

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  • 24 Nov, 2023
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  I just tried it and r0j0 is correct. I can't update the project on my server right now but if you replicate the screenshot it will work perfectly. Also it will work fine with timescales :) Thanks r0j0

  
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  • 23 Nov, 2023
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  Hmm I just can't quite get it to work

  wackytoaster.at/parachute/notquitephysicstargeting.c3p

  I've tried various versions of the equation but it never quite works for all distances. I'm not sure what I'm missing...

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  • 23 Nov, 2023
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  Nouan

  It's hard to make any guesses based on that. If a crash happens, you can maybe check the developer console (F12 in chrome) and see if there are any errors showing up.

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  • 23 Nov, 2023
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  Hmm now that I think about it, this is probably a bit more complicated. The physics plugin uses more variables that will affect the trajectory. Like mass/density and dampening. Since construct uses box2D under the hood I searched if there's something on that and found this answer but the math is beyond me and I don't have time right now to read into it.

  stackoverflow.com/questions/20208642/draw-dynamic-projectile-curve-in-box2d

  Maybe R0J0hound can help here.

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  • 23 Nov, 2023
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  You will have to cook up a system that checks for that. Something like: Go through all keys that should be there and if it isn't, add it.

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• • WackyToaster
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  It's hard to make any guesses based on that. If a crash happens, you can maybe check the developer console (F12 in chrome) and see if there are any errors showing up.

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  • 23 Nov, 2023
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  Perhaps this can help you, although it's not directly made with the physics behavior in mind. The math should probably be roughly the same I think.

  howtoconstructdemos.com/trajectory-calculation-two-methods