Very nice response. I'll implement that right away.

Any advice as to my boundary problem?

This next question applies more in game creation in general, rather than to any specific action.

In gamemaker, your objects were stored in a list, and you could add them to the world freely. However, in construct, is seems to me that if you have an object that isn't created on start up(like a bullet), you must still place it in the layout. Although you can place it outside of the game screen, the object still exists in the game.

For example, if I have a projectile, and I want to create it from a ship when I hit the space bar, I have to have it created in the layout already, somewhere outside of the game screen. That's all fine and dandy. However, the problem arises when I make something like a homing missile. Even though it's outside of the game screen, it will still enter the game screen and chase down a target as though it had been fired.

I guess my question is, in simple terms, how do I deactivate objects outside of my game screen so that they do not carry out any actions? Hope my question made at least some sense.

Edit: Also, I ran into a problem with using solid objects as boundaries.

Apparently, at corners of the map, where two objects overlap to form a wall, I can move into the corner, and glitch through the boundaries and out of the level. If you don't know what I mean, see for yourself:

http://www.filedropper.com/wip_1

In the upper left corner of the screen, check the boundaries, and then try glitching through them. Fairly easy right? How do I fix that?

Hmm, thanks for the info on timers.

I like the idea of placing walls outside the play field, but the things is, I don't even know how to set up impassibility. Like, how do I make a collision event that just prohibits movement. *scratches head*

I'll keep looking around. Tutorials for construct seem so limited. Good thing the forums are very newb friendly.

EDIT: Didn't see deadeye's post.

Thanks guys, I got my alarms working, and my random numbers.

Hmmm. What about making a boundary for my level? My plane can fly right off the screen x.x.

Also, after I add a behavior(such as 8 direction movement) is there a way I can view the behavior as events with conditions and actions, so that I may make changes? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, but I figured there would have to be a way to break a behavior down into its minor parts.

I tried this at one point and it did not work.

Let me try it again, and I'll get back to you.

EDIT: Hmm, I think it might be working. I'll post if I'm mistaken. In the meantime, what do I type in for x and y values in object creation events to place them at random values. I thought it would be randomx and randomy but I was wrong.

Hey everyone, I'm new to Construct, and to game creation in general.

So I tried gamemaker, and I liked it. I messed around learning the basics, and created a game meant for learning purposes. I then decided to expand my horizons, and downloaded Construct.

I must say, Construct is awesome. I'm currently learning some basics via tutorials, but I've came across something I don't know how to do. I've been searching the forum, and I can't,for the life of me, figure out how to do what I want to do.

In gamemaker, there are events called alarms. One can set alarms to a certain duration, and when the alarm's duration expires, actions are carried out. Using this, you can do many things. One of the main things I used it for was delay between firing projectiles.

In gamamaker, I made an object with a variable "canshoot." On creation, canshoot was set to 1. When I pressed space, it checked to see if canshoot was set to 1, and if it was, it did the three following actions:

1.) create a projectile

2.) set canshoot to 0

3.) set an alarm to a certain duration

I then had an alarm event that would, when the set duration expired, set canshoot back to 1. This would allow me to shoot a projectile, be unable to shoot for the duration of the alarm while canshoot was at 0, and then be able to shoot again after the alarm duration expired. This kept a delay between each and every shot.

However, enough about gamemaker. This is a construct forum.

I can't figure out how to get the same results in construct. There doesn't seem to be an alarm event, or any object types related to time. I can't seem to find anything other than "every x milliseconds" which doesn't produce the same results. I just want to be able to set a timer for a length of time, and upon the time running out, have an action occur. How do I do this in construct?

I need to make my projectiles fire with delay in between each shot, regardless of whether I'm tapping the key, or holding it down.

Thanks in advance.

-Sil