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- Ashley Construct Team Founder
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It is intentional: currently all exported files are flattened to a single directory. It was done years ago probably as it simplified some cases around fetching project files, but it's probably a mistake. However it is now difficult to change as fixing that would break all existing projects that depend on the flat folder structure.
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The IObjectClass method getPickedInstances() returns an array of all picked instances in an event.
- Ashley Construct Team Founder
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The scope in modules works per-file rather than globally.

This is all covered in the Learn JavaScript in Construct tutorial series. I'd recommend going through that to learn the basics of JavaScript, scope, and how it all works in Construct.
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IIRC you only actually need a Mac to publish to the app store, but you should definitely have a real device to test on. That's the only way you can be sure your app actually works and runs well.
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AFAIK NW.js does not support Linux on ARM chips, and the Raspberry Pi uses an ARM chip. It only works on Intel-based chips such as those commonly found in PCs and laptops. Raspberry Pis come with Chromium though so web exports can be run in the browser.

Also on Linux the name of the executable file is the name of your project ("Swimming" in this case).
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- Ashley Construct Team Founder
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OK, I can reproduce an issue saving a project folder. We'll probably issue a patch release for that tomorrow.

In the mean time you can either roll back to r277, or clear recent projects in settings and use a different save option for the time being.
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If you use thing.addEventListener("tick", callback), then the callback will only run if thing fires an event named "tick". Otherwise, nothing happens.

Check the documentation for which objects fire which events. In Construct, "tick" is only fired by runtime.
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Instances don't have a "tick" event.
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It works fine for me. Are you sure it's not a third-party addon? (Try testing in a private browsing window to check)

Can you share the platform information too? That gives a summary of the setup you're using.
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I can only repeat that if there is a problem in iOS, and you actually want it to be fixed, the fastest thing is to cut us out the process and go direct to Apple. Try contacting their developer evangelists yourself if you think that will help. In my long experience though, the best way is to file a good bug report directly with Apple. Anything else is just beating around the bush.
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Posting binary data (as in your last screenshot) means the entire posted body is a single block of binary data. The server needs to handle this and not try to parse a string of parameters or anything like that.

That means you can't put extra string parameters in the post data, but you can put them in the query string.
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My standard response is: don't do that, it will waste the device battery. Why do you need to send a message on a regular basis? If you need to do something like simulate the passage of real-world time in a game, then you can just measure the time between the app suspending and resuming, and simulate that much time passing, allowing the device to save battery in between.