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  • I know we are getting off-topic here, but I would definitely be interested in an advanced JSON example. The JSON plugin been really useful for me. I've replaced using project globals with using JSON objects, which helps with organization. I also use JSON for levels, configuration, user data, etc. I would also appreciate a better JSON editor (e.g. w/ collapsing hierarchy, detect repeated keys in the same levels, etc. I do appreciate the existing color coding and error checking.)

  • Thanks for the comments, that all makes sense. Good to hear about the experience. In terms of the development environment, yes I hope that someday we can use an external editor at least for the JS files included in the project.

  • Thanks for the tip! How was the experience of doing all of the game in JS vs using events? Better perf? Faster dev? Other?

  • Thanks all!

  • Ported a new effect - Spark!

    construct.net/en/make-games/addons/340/spark

    Includes an example project.

    If you use it, it would be great to see it in action in your game, post a link or share a picture!

  • Some example code, set globalThis.globalRuntime = runtime in startup scripts.

    Also see: construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/addon-sdk/runtime-reference/object-classes/worldinfo 

    var topLtX = localVars.topLtX
var topLtY = localVars.topLtY
var topRtX = localVars.topRtX
var topRtY = localVars.topRtY
var botLtX = localVars.botLtX
var botLtY = localVars.botLtY
var botRtX = localVars.botRtX
var botRtY = localVars.botRtY
var effectIndex = localVars.effectIndex
// Get instance details
var inst = globalThis.globalRuntime.GetInstanceByUID(localVars.uid)
var wi = inst.GetWorldInfo()
// Find bounding box
var minX = Math.min(topLtX, topRtX, botLtX, botRtX)
var minY = Math.min(topLtY, topRtY, botLtY, botRtY)
var maxX = Math.max(topLtX, topRtX, botLtX, botRtX)
var maxY = Math.max(topLtY, topRtY, botLtY, botRtY)
// Calc bonding box
var width = maxX - minX
var height = maxY - minY
// Set bounding box
wi.SetX(minX)
wi.SetY(minY)
wi.SetWidth(width)
wi.SetHeight(height)
wi.SetBboxChanged()
// Calc normalized relative range (0-1) for texture X,Y coords from pixel locations
topLtX = (topLtX-minX)/width
topLtY = (topLtY-minY)/height
topRtX = (topRtX-minX)/width
topRtY = (topRtY-minY)/height
botLtX = (botLtX-minX)/width
botLtY = (botLtY-minY)/height
botRtX = (botRtX-minX)/width
botRtY = (botRtY-minY)/height

// Set effect parameters (takes 5%+ CPU @ 2000 objects)
/*
inst._sdkInst.CallAction(C3.Plugins.Sprite.Acts.SetEffectParam, effectName,0,topLtX)
inst._sdkInst.CallAction(C3.Plugins.Sprite.Acts.SetEffectParam, effectName,1,topLtY)
inst._sdkInst.CallAction(C3.Plugins.Sprite.Acts.SetEffectParam, effectName,2,topRtX)
inst._sdkInst.CallAction(C3.Plugins.Sprite.Acts.SetEffectParam, effectName,3,topRtY)
inst._sdkInst.CallAction(C3.Plugins.Sprite.Acts.SetEffectParam, effectName,4,botLtX)
inst._sdkInst.CallAction(C3.Plugins.Sprite.Acts.SetEffectParam, effectName,5,botLtY)
inst._sdkInst.CallAction(C3.Plugins.Sprite.Acts.SetEffectParam, effectName,6,botRtX)
inst._sdkInst.CallAction(C3.Plugins.Sprite.Acts.SetEffectParam, effectName,7,botRtY
*/

// (take 1%+ CPU @ 2000 objects to find index by effectName), instead pass in effectIndex to function
// var effectIndex = inst.GetObjectClass().GetEffectList().GetEffectTypeByName(effectName).GetIndex()

// Set effect parameters by ref (faster than CallAction)
var effectParam = wi.GetInstanceEffectList().GetEffectParametersForIndex(effectIndex)
effectParam[0]= topLtX
effectParam[1]= topLtY
effectParam[2]= topRtX
effectParam[3]= topRtY
effectParam[4]= botLtX
effectParam[5]= botLtY
effectParam[6]= botRtX
effectParam[7]= botRtY

  • Playing with adding a procedural noise effect to the particles. Adjusting the procedural noise texture offset parameters based on location gives a sense of movement/rotation/animation. Also adjusting color based on x,y, and gravity. Looking for more ways to use this with particles going forward.

  • Ashley,

    Thanks for the link on the shader compositor, very interesting reading.

    For now, what I have done is remove the pixelSize uniform from my shader and instead pass in similar values for the text object custom effect via user uniforms. I pass it '1.0/Text.width' for my own pixelSizeUser.x and '1.0/Text.height' for pixelSizeUser.y. This seems to work ok so far for iPhone mobile, safari and chrome on MacOS, with both high and low quality fullscreen and multiple resolutions. If the text box size changes, I must update the uniforms. Also if I spawn a Text object with the effect, I also must update the uniforms for the Text object spawned.

    I understand your comment on the complexity, I see different behavior of the effect compositor on mobile and desktop with existing effects, so I see that adding more uniforms, etc. may be difficult.

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  • Oh sorry, maybe I was not clear, I’m just going to do the work around in my game for that one object put two shaders). I am not asking for a change to C3. I may even make a dummy shader to try to lower the perf impact a little. I just wanted to see if you thought that was ok.

  • Thanks for the reply and info.

    Do you see any issue with my work around then? Apply a simple shader first that does not use the texture uniforms and then after that apply the shader with that uses the uniforms, since they are then set and available (works for me now.)

    I know there could be some perf impact, but will deal with if we have to.

  • Also, good timing - on the Construct Twitch channel, they just started a tutorial on developing a dialogue system with JSON!

    twitch.tv/constructteam

  • Thanks. The uniforms do get set when you have 2 or more effects on text. Are they then set to the intermediate FB source rectangle and pixelSize? That’s my work around for now to stack two effects on the text object.

    Could you do the same when it’s just one effect? Don’t you render the text to an intermediate texture already and you should know the source rectangle and pixelSize of that intermediate texture and could set the uniforms based on that?

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