Oh my. I never noticed the Set visible setting for the layers... I just searched for "layer" but it didn't show up! I feel ashamed. I will try this out tomorrow, as my brain is too tired now xD

Thanks for responding, folks!

Yeah. I actually wanted to create a sort of tabbed layout first, but since I found out that wasn't possible, I wanted to use a list instead, and when clicking on the list a part of the interface would appear. I wanted to do this with layers, and I planned to make layers invisible depending on what option was selected. However... That's not possible, it seems

Hey there, folks.

I'm working on remaking an interactive fiction engine I once made with Multimedia Fusion. I also started working on an editor for it, and so I've been working on the layout.

Then it came to me. Is it impossible to make a decent application layout? I mean, tabs don't seem to exist, and the layout plugin seems to be broken or something...

How can I make a decent application layout?

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i tried to simulate it with a variable that was increasing itself every frame and once it reached certain point the music positon was changed, but that doesn't work right if the framerate isn't perfect 60fps all the time, and all it'd need would be a slight hickup or pause and the faked synchronization would be over.

Use timedelta for this. Working with timedelta. However, I doubt this is a very accurate method.

To make a perfect loop, I always manually cut the file. But first things first, what format are you using? OGG is the best format if you want things to loop (it's also the best format overal). Also, when you want to loop, you want to make sure that the waveform is at the 0dB line at the beginning and the end of the file. This is usually a pretty good guideline to make good loops.

I do that with Audacity. Be sure to remove all the silence at the beginning and the ending by zooming in an incredible amount. Also, like I said, make sure that the waveform is at the 0dB line at the beginning and the ending. Then save the file as an OGG file. For me OGG has always looped perfectly, unlike MP3 for some reason.

I hope that helps you a bit

Not just values, but event group status as well. I guess the whole global thing is quite interesting, but it requires a different way of thinking the events out. Unlike in MMF

I just thought that, since the player event sheet is included in the layout, it would include it with the way I set it up in the event editor. And I thought, in combination with going to a layout it would basically reset everything, because everything would be included again.

It's rather confusing though. I'm used to everything restarting like in MMF. From a different perspective it makes sense to me though. It reminds me of the time when I was experimenting with game development with C++, having to set the variables and all myself, of course programming a reset function for that.

I was actually thinking of that save/load function yesterday. Might try that out, it should work fine, I think

How I'd love to see the cap for this :')

ive been able to make 3d engines, complicated IK solving systems, detailed editors and alot of other stuff using only events. this is coming from someone with 0 coding experience and who hasn't even learned trig yet at school.

Hmm. Darn. Why haven't I created a Source-like engine yet?

Reaallyy cool Too bad the events make my brains shiver in fear.

Can you consider Construct not being finished a real problem? I mean, it's still in development, right? Seeing as it's in development, it isn't supposed to be finished, and it's doing a pretty good job at that

Or quite a bad job (considering it's quite good), depending on how you look at it.

Oh yes Construct is wonderful~

I own Game Maker 7 and MMF 2, but even with it's occasional bugs, I'd choose Construct over both of those

What I'm working on is not very original at all, and this is even more true with the graphics. I ripped them all I'm still learning pixel art xD

But here's what I'm working on now It's more of an experiment to get to know Construct a bit better. It's my first little non-serious project ^_^

Luigi's Anger

EDIT: I just worked on level 2. I'm having trouble beating it myself

Hahah! Wow, very nice! The simulation sure worked for me :') When I erased a part of my drawing, I blowed at my screen. Not surprisingly, the eraser parts didn't move XD

What did I learn today? I apparently learned how to smash a pencil on a table without breaking it

I like how that 3D pencil looks!