Zerei's Forum Posts

  • Hello, comunity .

    I'm a neuropsychologist. I study brain and cognition. A neuropsychologist's main weapon in study, are the psychological tests.

    Yes, you may have seen some psychological tests online. Forget about them. We work with precision and scientific validation. If there is no evidence, it's not worth using. And if the evidence is weak, we must polish the test.

    I chose construct 2 because it's awesome. And easy to use. But i'm very worried about one thing: The timer's precision.

    How precise is the timer in construct 2? It's known for us, psychologists, that a 2ms difference is a difference that cannot be ignored.

    So I ask you... How precise is the timer in Construct 2? Should I use it for research? Keep in mind that the precision cannot be too oscilating. I know that there are a lot of factors involved, like responsiveness of the keyboard and the computer's processor. But i'm not a programmer, so I don't know it for sure. Can you please explain it to me, or give some reference? (it VERY important for me)

    In a matter of information, there is only one scientific article showing that Flash's timer precision is reliable for research propourses, so, to make your life easier, you may tell me: Is Construct 2 more reliable than Flash in this aspect?

  • Yeah. I'll study more.

    Because my aim is to use construct for neuropsychological (and psychological) research. So the data is extremelly important for me :)

    Also, how precise is the timer in "HTML5"? A respected psychological test needs to be accurate. That's why I must know if construct 2 is good for reaction time tests.

  • Zerei

    I'm not sure want you want.

    CSV can transfer its 2d array into string, so that it can be saved into webstorage.

    If you only need to save 3 variables, you can try hash table plugin, it can transfer data into string, too. (and more easy to use)

    I see.what I want is to keep track of that players scores through a file.

    I'll check that plugin and come with an answer by tonight. Thanks! :)

  • Rexrainbow all your plugins seems to be very polished and useful. Thank you for your contribution.

    I'm new to construct 2 and and read the whole thread. But something is not clar for me.

    Let's say that I have 20 stages. And I need to store 3 variables:

    Player health

    Hits taken

    Total damage done

    (also the current stage number)

    I need to save those variables in a file every time the player passes through a stage. So that I can analyze the players progress.

    Is that possible with this plugin? Or, can someone highlight how I can do this?

  • It's amazing. I have done things that I wouldn't usually do without some trouble. Im really considering buying a better version.

  • Thank you :D

    Tomorrow I will read some tutorials. Right now I need to change the animations frame based on a variable. Like, if variable is 5 them the frame is one. Or if a variable is reduced that frame is reduced by the same amount

  • That's my question. How do I reload it? :)

  • Thanks a lot! I've read some tutorials, but just the basic. That's because I don't have much time right now.

    Anyway, another question if I may.

    I have an enemy that will move up and down, while shooting things at my character. Its movement is random and it shoots like, 50 bullets. Is it complicated to do?

    By the way, adobe flash has an option wich enables me to update my images. For example, if I edit tha images color, I press the update button on flash and that image color is changed. Does construct have an feature like that?

  • I have those 3 sprites that are characters. Any idea of how I can create a character selection screen?

    Thanks!:)

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  • there is not really a tutorial needed. A quick look into WebStorage should help you out :)

    http://www.scirra.com/manual/120/webstorage

    If you like to store the data on your server, you have to deal with a Server Side Script made yourself (PHP, Perl, ...) and run scripts using Ajax:

    http://www.scirra.com/manual/107/ajax

    Then I think that i'll have some bad time with this. Because I'm not a coder at all =\</p>

  • Hey :)

    I'm very interested into buying construct 2. But I need to know how complicated it is to keep track of a player's score.

    I mean, player X starts playing the game, and he played it for 8 hours, then he must have some sleep. So far, he collected 200gold Earned 30XP and has 10health.

    Next day, player continues his journey, and at the end of the day, he finishes the game with: 30000gold, 4000xp and 100 health.

    Is there any way for me to check how much gold, xp and health he has? If yes, is there any tutorial about how to do that?

    (keep in mind that i need to know this for every player that played my game)

    Thanks for help :)