I am trying to make a gun system in my game, that is extremely mod friendly. To do this, I plan to access a text file via the AJAX plugin, and then have the text in the file effect the properties of the gun.

For example you could put "BulletBounceFalse,CanAimTrue,ShootPhysicsObjFalse" Ect. (I Hope that made since)

I have already made a functioning prototype, that works pretty well. But I have ran into a problem that I cannot find a solution for. Pretty much I would like you to be able to put (for example) "Damage10,Accuracy5,Kick7" Ect. I simply cannot find anyway to convert text into a number. I do not know if this is even possible in C2, and I would appreciate any help the anyone could provide.

lamar I will try that

I am making a top down shooter, with controls/aiming similar to Hotline Miami. And I would like some of the weapons to shake the cross-hair, (The mouse) to simulate recoil. I was wondering if it is possible to set the mouse's position in construct 2.

The most realistic way is using boids algorithm. There is an example for that in forum. Alternatively simple hack would do the trick:

I love the example CAPX you showed. It is exactly what I was looking for! Except for one problem. The code you provided does not work with instances of the same object. If you know a way to make this work with instances of the same object, I would be thrilled!

PS I tried using Boids flocking algorithm. But it did not produce the type of behavior that I wanted.

PPS Sorry for the response being so late.

I am encountering the same problem in my game! I have not yet found a solution but I m actively trying to solve it. I will tell you if I find a solution.

Have you tried using containers?

Containers, work well, for one set of objects. While "Object Variable" Would work for many objects.

I have been using construct 2 for a long time now. And there is one feature, that I have wanted my entire C2 career. And that feature is, "Object Variables". What I mean by "Object Variables" is, a new type of variable, that could store an object in data. If you don't understand, let me give an example. You create a object called "Weapon". You than create a Object Variable called "Holder". You than spawn, "Weapon" and set "Holder", to a object called "Player". You than say, Every Tick, set "Weapon" Position, to "Holder". This is obvious, a crude example, and I am sure if this feature was added, the community could do so much more! This might already be possible in C2. If this is already possible, I would love somebody to tell me.

How so? It sounds to me like you just need 1 trace object and a for loop. Or is there a reason you need to keep information about a trace after you apply damage and effects?

While I could create one weapon with a loop, I plan on having multiple enemy's, all also using hit-scan weapons. I believe this could not be done with a loop.

Will you try to add support for multiple arrays? I know you can do it by create multiple Trace objects. But I am trying to create hit-scan weapons, and with guns like a shotgun, to is very inconvenient to create up to 10 different Trace objects.

Would a plugin suffice ?

Yes! A Plugin would work great.

I have been using C2 for a quite a while, and I have even bought a licence. But one big missing feature is Ray-Casting!

I know there are a couple people who have already made a Ray-Cast with the existing features of Construct 2, most notably Sqiddster. But there are a few problems with using this method. For one thing, is is very difficult to create multiple Ray-Casts, running at the same time. For another, when I did manage to create multiple working Ray-Casts, the frame rate dropped.

While a wide variety of ray-cast features would be nice, there are a few essential features that any Ray-Casting system would need. First off all you would need to be able to set the length of the Ray-Cast. You would also need to be able to access the length of the Ray-Cast, when it hit, as well as the hit position. It would also be nice to be able to visualize the Ray-Cast.

I would be amazingly happy to read the patch notes, and find out that a Ray-Cast feature was added to Construct 2! and I am sure many of you feel the same.

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( Sqiddster's post ---> https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/902/li ... raycasting)