Sounds like you want the erase effect instead. Erase reveals things on the layers underneath, not used the mask effect myself yet so I can't say how it works.

The on step event is run every "step" the bullet takes as it moves. You then put collision checks/other conditions or add sub-events.

I think it's only needed when you're using instant hit bullets but I'm not sure on that.

Ah you might want to try posting this in the Construct 2 section here: https://www.scirra.com/forum/how-do-i_forum45.html

That is pretty difficult unfortunately. Do you need the objects to collide like solids or just perform events when they touch?

If it's the latter, I'd say check for a collision with the masked object, and then check to make sure that it's not overlapping with the mask itself. That way you know you're touching the object where it's visible (might need some tweaks on overlapping at offset and etc to get it to work in every case though).

rexrainbow, ah that's cool! I hadn't seen that.

> Velojet, A simple avatar chat program like ThePalace, IMVU, could easily be done through simple chat-like messaging between clients. I made one in Construct Classic with SciDave's plugin here: "Pixel People Online"

Jayjay

Thanks for that - very useful in getting an idea of what you have in mind. Your 'Pixel People Online' looks cool and is a great demo of what might be made.

SciDave's Network CC plugin looks pretty low level, being packet-based (e.g. "GetToken(Network.PacketData,1,":")"), and if that's the sort of addtional functionality you're wanting in C2, I wonder just how many of those you called "beginner devs" would have the sort of networking savvy needed to "make decent things without much effort".

I had some experience with game creation for a few years already, but that game was actually my first time making a networked game and took around 3 days, so I think beginners could definitely come up with something like it without any prior knowledge of javascript/coding <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Fimbul oh wow I didn't hear, that would be perfect <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Velojet, A simple avatar chat program like ThePalace, IMVU, could easily be done through simple chat-like messaging between clients. I made one in Construct Classic with SciDave's plugin here: Pixel People Online

There's no real "cheating" possible (just remove kick commands), but it allows people to hang out and socialize.

Fimbul, I know, but I really want it included with Construct 2 so that anyone could use it if they didn't know to come to the forums, or so that they even know the plugin exists.

I guess a good method would be to highlight some types of third party plugins that exist in a list on the C2 download page, and forward a "See more plugins" link from there to a list of complete plugins on the forums.

I definitely agree on the point of exporting a serious node.js being too low priority, anyone making an extremely efficient multiplayer game with proper authentication will likely be able to do that themselves in good time.

Velojet Fimbul, I have to disagree with both of you on the user/benefit ratio part. I think even the most extremely basic of multiplayer built-in features would attract beginner devs to multiplayer concepts, make Construct 2 even more viable in educational uses, and also would allow people to still make decent things without much effort outside of the program. Literally, sending messages between each other is all they need to do built-in for it to be useful.

I finally got a chance to capture some footage of my CC zombie game I Had Hope alpha version (Razer GameBooster has awesome screen capture tools <img src="smileys/smiley4.gif" border="0" align="middle">). Here's the video: http://youtu.be/Pxa9Xp2dUUw

Quality didn't look so good after YouTube imported it for some reason though =S

Urled, this is just awesome <img src="smileys/smiley4.gif" border="0" align="middle" /> All I want now is style points and using Enter to open the car doors <img src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

If you're using WordPress on your site you can try the BrowserBlocker plugin to easily give a custom image/text splash screen depending on the browser they are using: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/browser-blocker/

Heh, I actually found a GIF matching the situation exactly: <img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4714446/drm_in_action.gif" border="0" />