Well, I deleted the PERSIST file and it came back with everything intact -- but now, I can't run it at all. No matter what I do, it simply won't run.

Nope, nothing... If it's hiding, it's hiding extremely well.

I have no idea what happened here, but the layout editor is simply gone. I switched to a new tab for a few minutes and clicked Run All when I came back to test something, and Construct crashed -- after another try I realized it was because the layout isn't there anymore. There's only the event sheet editor, and seemingly no way to get back.

I've looked through every option I can find and I can't seem to bring it up... This is probably something really simple, so forgive me for being so noobish. On the off-chance it isn't, though... Am I screwed?

Alrighty, just about everything you did works out perfectly. There's only one somewhat unrelated thing I wanted to ask you about.

EDIT: Never mind. Got it!

Wow, you cleared up almost everything... That's really impressive, thanks! I don't have time to look too closely at it and see what you changed tonight, but I'll definitely make sure to do that tomorrow. I'll get back to you with any further questions. Thanks again.

Thanks for the link! Here's the file, hopefully it works:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19702035/mariosonic2.cap

Like I said, I'm new to this, so my events aren't well organized at all. It makes sense to me, but sorry in advance if your head starts spinning looking at that big old mess.

First of all: I've been using Construct for all of, oh, a day at most. The past week has seen me bouncing between game creators trying to find the perfect one to help me achieve my goal: at the moment, a humble SMW clone.

After a day of toiling away, I've managed to get most of Mario's movements down, but there's a handful of aggravating things I just can't seem to figure out. Hopefully some of you can help me with these.

1. Turning animation. When the real Mario's walking/running in one direction and quickly switches to the next, he does this little turning thing that I can't replicate for the life of me. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, or even how to approach the problem -- I'm simply baffled!

2. Crouching. When the real Mario crouches, he slides for a little bit before coming to a complete stop, and I can't find a way to do that. The only way to keep him from moving seems to be to set horizontal movement to 0, but then he doesn't slide, he just crouches and stops immediately. If I REALLY have to do that, it isn't horrible, but it looks pretty jarring.

3. Varying jump heights. Mario's supposed to be able to cut his jump short if you release the jump button before he reaches his maximum height, but I'm not sure how to get that working. I see it probably has to do with jump sustain and things like that, but even so, I got nothing.

I think that's it... I'd include the .cap file, but I honestly don't know how. Just point me to the right place if you need the file, though. Thanks SO much in advance to anyone willing to help!

EDIT: Here's the file -- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19702035/mariosonic2.cap