I've told my son to tell all his mates and all their mates. We'll get it on Steam if it's the last thing we do ;D

I asked a question about a game I'm working on. It involved a ship attaching to a block via a physics joint. The problem was, when you thrust up the screen with the block attached, the block moved gradually closer to the ship until it eventually was above it.

User R0j0hound mentioned it could be a bug with the physics joints. He's far more clued up than I am with the technical side of things, so just in case it is a bug, I'm posting it here.

R0j0hounds reply t looks like it's a bug with joints. I landed on a higher ledge and the orange box just sat above the rocket like you said. The joint offsets aren't the same at different positions.

Here's a demo of the CAPX showing what I mean. Move the ship above the block, then thrust up the screen and you'll see the problem.

System Spec

AMD 645 Athlon X4 Black Edition

4mb RAM

Nvidia 560 ti graphics card

Windows 7 64

Google Chrome Version 23.0.1271.40 beta-m (have tried with none beta version too and IE9)

DEMO

And here's the CAPX so you can have a proper look at what's going one.

CAPX

Cheers.

EDIT just added system specs and browser info etc.

Yeah just to clear it up, it's NOT my game, I was just letting people know that an Alpha has been released. :) You're still right with everything you said though, the game is an inspiration.

Thanks for clearing that up too Anim, I wasn't sure which version of Construct was used.

Not sure what version of Construct he's using but Konjak states on the FAQ that his new games (Iconoclasts being the first) are created with Construct. Either way it's an amazing piece of work and a testament to how great the software is.

Iconoclasts

Video

Oh, OK thanks R0j0. Maybe Ashley or Tom could confirm this? Saves me trying to find a fix. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Hi, just messing about with a CAPX of mine, trying to work out how to get an object tethered to another using a physics joint. If you try this CAPX and move the ship near the orange block, they'll 'connect together (no graphic to indicate that yet, just a text box). This works fine but if you then thrust the ship up the screen, the orange box slowly gets closer and closer to the ship, until it's above it!

Anyone know why it does this and how to fix it?

Cheers.

CAPX

DEMO

Another test app. This time I created the smoke manually instead of using a particle emitter. I got the method from a member of this site, MrFlibble, that doesn't seem to come on anymore for some reason. I'd lost the CAP he sent me so had to re-work it all out again.

By doing it manually it allows me to add a sort of physics to the smoke, making it bounce off floors etc. Think it looks OK. Now all I need is a game to use it in lol.

THRUST TYPE GAME

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VanDaL Just now

Absolutely THE best 2D creation software. I've tried them all and keep coming back to C2. Developed completly by two lads so do them a favour and help them out by getting thier software on Steam.

Good luck!

This is brilliant! I've just asked the lads at Scirra about the HTML5 file system API and I get a link to this! I need to stay upto speed on here, things are moving rapidly!

Top work.

One for the future though I think. HTML 5 is in it's infancy atm so there's going to be a lot 'for the future'. It's good to know things like this are on their way though, making HTML5 a more viable platform day by day.

Thanks for the link Rex, I'll take a look at that. :)

Just make your game, add the TOUCH controls with the tools in Construct 2 then export to iOS. You can only export to anything but HTML5 with a licensed version of C2.

Here's a tutorial for touch controls to help you out. TOUCH CONTROL TUTORIAL

Just sat here wondering if C2 will include the HMTL 5 File System API that allows the browser to read/write files and directories. I know we have a method of saving game info using cookies etc, but it's not as good as really accessing files. Having this in the long term would be great (although only Chrome supports it atm I think). Have you fellas (Ashley or Tom) had a look at it?

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/