winkr7's Forum Posts

  • You can try this:

    Make both moving objects solids (disabled) and give them custom movement.

    Check each tic if they overlap and are both moving along the path.

    if so enable one to solid.

    use custom movement push out solid.

    set them both back to disable solid.

    This will make them not overlap but one of them will have to wait while the other moves along the path if you want to get tricky you can give one of them priority and use push out solid on the other non priority one.

    I hope this is useful.

    yours

    winkr7

  • worth it because you can edit on android for me. You can edit away during your commute.

  • hello;

    I found a big drop below 6 in performance. But I test on my old used androids and don't know the statistics for a wider base.

    yours

    winkr7

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  • Fib;

    Thanks. Thats it. I knew I had seen it somewhere.

    yours

    winkr7

  • Hello;

    I want to make a pie indicator (its just a little slice when almost empty and grows clockwise to a full pie when full). I read somewhere that with 4 half slices (two black to block out what is below and two red overlaid at angles to show the growing pie) this can be done. I think I saw this in c2 about two years ago. Does anyone remember how this was done or where the link was?

    thanks for your time

    yours

    winkr7

  • I edit and run the code on my little android while I commute. When I get to work I switch to my PC without missing a beat--same project, same line of code even.

    I can deploy a full HTML game to my website in a minute--honestly one minute.

    If you want to get something up and running C3 is a dream.

    yours

    winkr7

  • When is an object pickable as RoJoHound points out is the center of most of my bugs in C2 and C3. If you use lots of functions (which most people tell you is a good programming practice) you have a tendency to shove created objects further down as you build functions that call functions and since you can't access a newly created abject except by "Pick by UID" or "last created" it can get pretty complicated.

    If you start putting wait 0 here and there because well--I don't know it makes it work--you are doomed. Yes this pickable thing is a feature of the construct methodology and it messes just about everyone up from time to time.

    There are a few things you can do to get around it:

    1) avoid creating objects you can put in the layout since they are pickable right away.

    2) keep a UID array of stuff you create and use pick by UID looping in the array. This seems like overkill but it will save you countless hours of debug time.

    There are many upsides to how C3 works, and I obviously love it--but it is clear that when an object becomes pickable is a source of programming problems.

    yours

    winkr7

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  • Alon;

    I want to do the same thing--and I would like to point out that some layers in my layout change their opacity or are invisible. So when the capture is done I need to set these layers for the capture.

    Yours

    Winkr7

    Hello;

    Sorry this is a little off topic--but how do you get your code snippets to print out so neatly. I always have to take a screen shot. Are you using cut and paste to generate those?

    thanks, and I hope you solve your wait problem.

    yours

    winkr7

  • Newt;

    I am not sure how to get hold of you. It seems we can't PM.

    I am working on a game and want to see if you are still interested in employment.

    you can view the alpha here: space4x4good.com/rb

    yours

    winkr7

  • Thanks AllanR and Plinkie. I think I will go with the two family solution.

    I appreciate your time, both of you.

  • Hello;

    Box is a family of sprites. I want to write a function that returns a 1 if two specific box.UID values overlap. so it is functions.DoTheseOverlap(boxOne.UID,boxTwo.UID)

    How do I write this?

    If I just say box overlapping box I get a big SOL of all the overlapping boxes, not just these two.

    thanks for your time.

    yours

    winkr7

  • dop2000;

    thankyou very much. This is very clear.

    yours

    winkr7

  • Thanks for your time dop2000.

    So I think I am almost there, but I have a few questions.

    I want to store and save the object UID in outString, I don't know if it is also a member of the ball family or also a member of the monkey family or a toy. I just want to send the string out and then rebuild the object.

    How would I get hold of object.AsJSON. outstring=object.AsJSON doesn't exist because I can only pick the UID by family I can't pick it as a sprite or as an object. So I have to save it as either a toy, or a monkey or a ball. I can't save it as a sprite or object (or tell me how if I can). You say they are the same anyway. So lets suppose I get my outstring somehow.

    Now what?

    what object do i create to reload it? If I create a toy and then try set from JSON string outstring what if it was a ball?

    I think I am close, but it seems I have to be specific about the family I am recreating as I have to call create before I can call set from JSON string.

    thanks for your help so far, and I appreciate your time.

    yours

    winkr7