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- Nimtrix
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Do you have any "Physics torque towards position" conditions? In that case, it's a reported bug with r98.
- Nimtrix
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Sure, here you go:

railslaves_game.capx (r98)

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- Nimtrix
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Make two global variables, let's call them SaveX and SaveY. When your character hits the block, set variable SaveX to PlayerObject.X and SaveY to PlayerObject.Y. Then you just put an On start of layout event where you place your character at SaveX, SaveY.

This way you save the players position in the variables, then place him at the saved location when returning to the layout.

Edit: I forgot to mention, if you use "on start of layout", you should set the variable's initial values to where you want the player to start.
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You have to put the origin image point of the shadow sprite to the top left corner.
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Here's one way to do it:

SpawnWithinSprite.capx (r98)

I set the image point of the sprite to top-left, then made the random expression spawn between the sprite's position and the position + the width/height of the sprite.
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- Nimtrix
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Variables in construct are declared when you make them, you have to put in an initial value. There's no need to "declare" it by setting it to a value on start of layout, unless you want the variable to reset whenever the layout starts. So as far as I know, he used the wrong term.
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Hmm, manual says loopindex returns "Current (top-level) loop index". My guess is it returns the Z index for each X you go through, it works fine if you use "Array.CurX" instead of "loopindex".
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aridale
Yeah I see the problem, but if you use a single coloured image with opacity set down it looks OK in my opinion. You don't get any border around the selection though.
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You can save the position you start clicking in two variables, then set the create a sprite and set it's size to the distance between the mouse position an those variables.

Like this: SelectionBox.capx (r97)

Edit:

Better version:

SelectionBox2.capx (r109)
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I only set oldX and oldY once, so in order to constantly check which direction it's moving in, you'll need to update the variables.

So something like this:

DragAxisRestrict_Direction.capx (r97)
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It's not perfect, but maybe this will do? I compare movement in X direction to movement in Y direction, then lock movement to the axis that has seen the most change. Click top/bottom to move vertically, left/right to move horizontally.

DragAxisRestrict.capx (r97)
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Picking an instance is a condition because you pick which instance you want to perform actions on. That makes sense, doesn't it?

Anyway, here's a quick example of picking an object in an array based on UID:

ArrayPicking.capx (r97)