Thanks for sharing, RoJohound...

I will open it up and see if I can learn what makes it work!

I did more searching and this is the only other mention of a word search game that I was able to locate, so I thought if you had not run across the post yet, you might find it helpful or maybe you can get some advice from the individual who posted the response.

http://www.scirra.com/forum/how-would-i-do-this_topic41989.html

Thanks again for sharing and have a great weekend! <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle">

Hello Wink,

I recall reading somewhere that once you exported your game the gap disappeared. I actually haven't tried it yet because I am also creating the same game as a test to try to get it working with the parallaxing layers as suggested by Kyatric but my little player keeps running off the screen and falling into the abyss!

Try exporting and see if that works, maybe we can get some knowledgeable folks to explain the gap and maybe educate us a little on parallaxing layers and missing players! <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Have a nice weekend and best of luck with closing the gap in your game!

Does anyone know if there has been any examples or tutorials posted for a word search game? You have a list of words that can be forward, backward or diagonally within a grid of letters and you need to find the word, click on the beginning letter and then ending letter and if it is correct, strike through the word in the list until you have found all the words in the game. Standard word search game, without the pencil or pen, that is!

I've been searching the forum and tutorials but haven't found much of anything on the topic yet.

Thanks for any info!

Hello again,

So I have been busy making my other components for my game and I have been thinking about what I need to do in order to accomplish the suggestions Kyatric made with the background I previously created.

I'm okay with creating the sky, placing it on the bottom layer and adding the sphinx, pyramids, palm trees and other images by virtue of sprites on other layers, but I'm having trouble deciding how best to recreate my original image using this method, mainly because of the rolling sand dunes.

I'm posting my background image and am once again asking for suggestions on how best to replicate or recreate the sand dunes with a tile and still manage to keep it from looking like it is being repeated over and over again. I'm guessing it might be best achieved by stretching and contracting the tile, maybe...

Any suggestions from the pros would be greatly appreciated! Here's my image:

<img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42721278/Background.jpg" border="0" />

Thoughts and recommendations are welcome! Thanks in advance for all the words of wisdom!

Thank you soooo much for the help, Kyatric! Worked like a charm!

I do see a gap occasionally but if I recall correctly, I think this was discussed somewhere else and I think it was said that it disappears after export, is that correct?

So, here is another question... What is the general rule for Sprites and Tiled Backgrounds as far as size? Meaning, they should be no larger than...(pix by pix size and/or byte size)??

My background has all been digitally painted on a single layer so I will either have to slice it up and then put it all back together in C2 and then apply the scroll effect to it or start all over with from scratch! Yuck...

I have all my actual game sprites saved individually, just not my nice large bewful background! <img src="smileys/smiley19.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

A final note for others wishing to use Kyatric's example, I had to update to the latest release 58 as it did not work on ver 57.

Thanks again, I really appreciate your willingness to help! It is most appreciated!

Hello again,

I don't know if this is actually all site related but I just installed the latest version of C2 and then when I clicked on the Beginners Guide to Construct 2 (in the actual program itself), this is the error I encountered when it opened the page. I was not logged in as a forum user at the time:

Sorry for all the yucky posts, maybe I should take a nap, get a tan, take a drive..... :(

Server Error in '/' Application.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

Line 100:

Line 101:            

Line 102:            context.Response.AddHeader("Location", Settings.MasterDomainRoot + "/" + RedirectURL.ToLower());

Line 103:        }

Line 104:    }

Source File: c:\Websites\Scirra\Handlers\PermRedirect.ashx    Line: 102

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]

   PermRedirect.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in c:\Websites\Scirra\Handlers\PermRedirect.ashx:102

   System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +624

   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +269

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.1

So, I have created a nice Egyptian background (640x480) that I would like to scroll left continuously and I've looked over Classic code until I have thoroughly confused my feeble little brain cells! <img src="smileys/smiley5.gif" border="0" align="middle" /> The last example I looked at was here:

scirra.com/forum/fog_topic44497_post278614.html

I know my tiled background is large but it contains pyramids, a Sphinx, palms, etc and it will tile seamlessly if I can just get it to scroll, dang-it!

Anyone willing to help out a boob, (oops!) er, I mean noob? HeHe...

Thanking you in advance!

Hello again,

There's another issue that one might consider looking into, this also only occurs if I am not logged in but just visiting the site.

Every time you click on a link another browser tab is opened and if one does a lot of searching on the site while not logged in you end up with a whole ton of opened tabs. This is a non-issue if you are logged in as a member but if you are just visiting, well, it can sorta get out of control!

Thnx!

PS And one more thing... it would be nice if we didn't receive the 404 page not found when you click on the help features in Construct 2, pretty please! <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Hello Kyatric,

If I come to scirra.com (not logged in to forum), click on the upper right-hand link (tutorials), then click on random tutorial (or any of the other tutorial links), I get the error. If I am logged into the forum, I do not get the error and all the tutorials I clicked on so far seem to be in working order.

I am using FireFox 6.0.2

Here's what I get (sorry for such a big paste!

Server Error in '/' Application.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]

   CommentCommon.highlightAuthorReferences(String Comment, String Author) +21

   Controls_Discuss.RepeaterItemEventHandler(Object Sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e) +8584

   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateItem(Int32 itemIndex, ListItemType itemType, Boolean dataBind, Object dataItem) +203

   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateControlHierarchy(Boolean useDataSource) +626

   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.OnDataBinding(EventArgs e) +166

   Controls_Discuss.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +1152

   System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +24

   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +70

   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189

   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189

   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189

   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189

   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +189

   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3063

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.1

Hello,

Most of the links on this page scirra.com/tutorials are returning the following error: (When you are not logged in to the forum)

Server Error in '/' Application.

(Still can't use the forum "insert hyperlink" to insert the link for you, sorry!)

Thanks....

I just wanted to thank Ashley and Tom for being so helpful since I arrived on the scene and I also wanted to say that I have noticed that there are a good many members that take time to help others out and I just thought it would be good to start a thread and let you all know that your efforts do not go unnoticed and that they are truly appreciated!

Have a wonderful day!

Ashley et al,

I need to know where to bring the wet noodle as surely I deserve a big whippin' with one for making such a foopah! I had originally made my game in Construct Classic and then upgraded to C2 and was so excited to have the extra event sheets and layouts that I put a big fat image on my start page, which I later decided I did not need since it was working so great without it and then it got late so I went to bed and then today I got the dropbox account and uploaded and it worked fine in Firefox, never even missed a beat! So then I decided to check it out in IE and it didn't work so I came to the forum and read and read and then I ran across the old bug thread and thought there must still be an issue. I mean after all, I have had the 2 programs since Sunday and have made one whole game, it couldn't possibly have been anything stupid I might have done, right?? <img src="smileys/smiley9.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

I am so sorry that I caused you to take time out of your schedule to look into something that I was at fault for! Can I do anything to redeem myself?

Boy, I feel really rotten to have caused you any angst! Please accept my sincerest apologies!

Go ahead, roll your eyes! Dang, being a newbie can be such a pain in everybody's er, side! Huh?

xoxoxo