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- sqiddster
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- 12 Nov, 2011
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It is very dangerous to use Set X to X + 4.

Instead, use Set X to X + 240 * dt.

This 240 * dt replaces the 4 and allows your game to use framerate independence. This is also essential if you ever need to pause your game.

Click here for a nice tutorial on it.
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Food for thought
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Doesn't the sine behavior do this already?

Good idea, but what improvements does it offer over sine?
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Excellent, Kyatric. Makes sense.
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- sqiddster
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Specify the correct number of images in the strip. If that does not work then the images are of different sizes and that will not work.
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Chances are easy. Use the random() function.

Make instance variable gold_chance.

So when monster dies set instance variable gold_chance to floor(random(2)). This will give you a number of either 1 or 0.

if gold_chance = 1 then drop gold

if gold_chance = 0 then drop no gold.

Hope I helped!
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If you put it in a sub-event and not in the first 'branch' it should automatically turn into a local variable for that 'branch'.
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No problem!

thanks.
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I have not really seen any good tutorials regarding the anchor behavior.

I have a HUD sprite, it is a specific size. I want it to stay in the bottom centre of the screen however I want to be able to adjust the position at runtime (by y = y + 2 etc).

How would this be achieved?
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The problem with the solid one is the fact that objects directly adjacent do not count as overlapping.

A good way to do it is to have an invisible detector object,non-solid, extending below the player, always set to the position of the player.

When this overlaps, put in your bounce code.
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Hmm, interesting. Very interesting.

It still happens to me:

<img src="http://i.imgur.com/O5Jga.jpg" border="0" />
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I have discovered a curious issue.

I am trying to make a simple wall-following method. It is going well. When you test it out as-is it works almost perfectly. Try it here.

Drag the target around and the enemy should seek you.

dl.dropbox.com/u/41931267/Pathfinder.capx
However. If one adds any more copies of the enemy, horrible things happen. I am NOT using global variables, so that isn't the problem.

The main issue is the fact that the enemies are getting stuck in walls. With multiple copies of 'enemy' it is easy to reproduce the bug.

Is it a simple programming error? or a native bug?

Interesting...