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Manual entry about text object :

ote if WebGL is enabled in project properties, due to technical limitations all Text objects appear on top of everything else in the game. For example, Sprites cannot be displayed on top of Text objects when WebGL is on, because the text is rendered to an overlay above the game. It is recommended to design your game so it is not necessary for other objects to appear on top of text objects, since turning off WebGL can reduce performance.

For scrolling some block of text inside a text object I had done this capx a while ago.
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There are at least two custom plugins to allow you to do that I think.
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Hello to all the new comers.

Interesting stories, interesting backgrounds, interesting goals, interesting nicks.

A Very nice wave of new faces.

Welcome on the Scirra boards, hope to see you all around often.
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septeven fixed too, thanks.
—: I added the link to the post. It is still a sticky though so quite easy to spot. You may have to browse through the "Your creations" forum for more submitted programs, or on the Ludum Dare website look for entries with the HTML5 keyword.
I hope all C2 game makers thought about putting this tag there.

newt: Thanks added both here and in the plugin list.
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Because if you are using only the X (width) size of an array to stock values, you don't need to indicate the Y and Z locations.

So

Set Player.maxHP to Playerstats.at(2) is enough

Getting a 0 out of an array cell often means the cell doesn't exist/is blank.

Also if Player.maxHP is a number instance variable you might need to cast the result returned from the array.

The values stored in arrays are string, you need to convert them when affecting them to numbers.

Set Player.maxHP to int(Playerstats.at(2))

(int() will return integer number, float() will return a float number)

In the how do I FAQ, section "Arrays" you have several topics on the subject that explains the very same thing.

You can, for example, find that commented capx.
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septeven: indeed. Corrected, thank you for the notice.
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<center><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36472942/construct/wymhm/wymhm.png" border="0">

<font size="5">in April 2012</font></center>

3 beta releases for Construct 2 :
- Release 85 (beta) - Engine improvements
- Release 86 (beta) - New advanced event features (else, or, while, ...)
- Release 87 (beta) - XML plugin, JSON support (load, save) for arrays, misc bug fixes, fixing of th "OR" blocks.
(The features listed here are only the "highlighted" features for each release. Check each release page to see the complete changelog and comments for each version)

<font size="4">Be sure to keep updated to the most recent release of Construct 2</font>

<center><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36472942/construct/wymhm/C2logo32.png" border="0"></center>

Quite a bunch of new custom plugins and behaviors for Construct2 were released from the crazy third party devs who are pushing the limits always further:
- Plugin Bork - Joe7 - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-bork_topic50742.html
- Plugin SLG pack - rexrainbow - http://www.scirra.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=50640&PID=321105&title=demo-of-slg-plugins-package#321105
- Plugin aStar - 00rez - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugins-behaviors-rez-repo_topic51087_post322118.html
- Behavior PathFinder - 00rez - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugins-behaviors-rez-repo_topic51087_post322118.html
- Behavior autotile - 00rez - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugins-behaviors-rez-repo_topic51087_post322118.html
- SpriteURL - 0plus1 - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-spriteurl_topic51261.html
- Pode HTML pack - Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugins-pode-html-pack_topic51522_post324677.html
- Plugin PDF creator - Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-pdf-creator_topic51521.html
- Behavior recolor sprite - Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-recolor-sprite_topic51640.html
- Behavior inject text on Sprite - Pode - http://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-inject-text-on-sprite_topic51516.html
<center><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36472942/construct/wymhm/C2logo32.png" border="0"></center>

4 blogs articles were written, with the first ever guest blog article by Lucid.
- Fullscreen HTML5 gaming experience with Construct2 by Ashley - an article about the new "Fullscreen" option (in the browser object) and a bit more explanations on how to use it
- How we got over funded in just one week on KickStarter by Lucid - The first guest on Scirra's blog is Lucid, an active member of the Construct's community, who has had a Kickstarter campain running for his animation tool : Spriter. The campain got funded in a week and in this post Lucid give his opinion as of why it happened and tips one might reuse in launching a KickStarter campain.
- Why running a startup is like playing poker by Tom - An article where Tom draw a comparison line between playing poker and running a startup, explaining some aspects/tools that should help you win some pots and define a clear plan/risk course for your company.
- Avoiding insanity with an office by Tom - A reflexion upon the advantages that bring having an office after having used your home as a working site for an extended period of time.
<center><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36472942/construct/wymhm/C2logo32.png" border="0"></center>

A few posts from the forum that deserve your attention.
- A critical bug was reported but seems happily to be restricted to a specific day of the year. More infos
- Apparently Microsoft has noticed Construct2 and is looking for US C2 developpers for their Win7 Phones
- Construct 2 and custom files - A discussion around the status of "file management"-like HTML5's current abilities
- Post about Ludum Dare competition where you can find discussions about the competition as well as submitted games.
<center><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36472942/construct/wymhm/C2logo32.png" border="0"></center>

Here that wraps up this April month. Some jokes, some serious releases. Lucid got rich, Scirra got a new HQ.

2012 goes on, see you next month.
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- Kyatric
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And also check the how do I FAQ at the section "Arrays".

Lots of great examples and topic to explain the subject.
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Construct 2 manual ?

Edit: Also the usage of photoshop has little to see with "Game making".

It's a tool to perform some operations/ressources on the path of game making.

Photoshop is not the only tool available (gimp, paint.net, sai, graphicgale deluxe, etc...) and being a complete software with its vocabulary, workflow, tips and habits, etc... once again it goes far beyond the scope of this forum.

There are already tons of documentation (and in multi-languages as opposed to scirra being english only at the moment) nothing that could be written on scirra on that subject could surpass what's already out there.

Searching for documentation is one of the skills required in game making, practicing is the best way to train it.

The internet is wide, don't be scared to explore it, most of the time it doesn't bite.

If you're just coming to this one site waiting to be spoon-fed informations, you're already doing it wrong.
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Your chrome is using too many extensions ?

Edit: In Chrome 18.0.1025.162 m and FF12 I get 60 FPS on your skier example.
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I don't know if you understand but I think you will.

I did not understand your question.
- Kyatric
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Just use another variable.

Consider two globals : Score and oldScore

On start of the tick (so on top of your event sheet) set the value of oldScore to the value of Score.

Then during the event sheet, there may or may not be changes to Score's value.

At the bottom of the event sheet have events

OldScore < (less than) Score => Show Happy face

OldScore > Score => Show Frown face

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