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- dop2000
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This is a big topic, try googling procedural generation site:construct.net

There are also a few tutorials about random map generation.
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- dop2000
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Yes, you can "crop" an image using canvas. Say, your sprite is 500x500 px, you can set canvas to 300x300 px, paste the sprite on it, then destroy the sprite. And you end up with a cropped image on the canvas.
- dop2000
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C3 r148 stable was released yesterday, this feature should work there.
- dop2000
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Yes, you need Destination In blend mode. See "Blend Modes" template in Construct 3.

Another method is to paste your shadow onto a DrawingCanvas object (smaller in size).
- dop2000
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Since the target and obstacles position constantly changing, you need to re-calculate and find a new path more frequently, maybe every 1-2 seconds.

This may cause performance issues if the map is too big or cells are too small. In case native Pathfinding is too slow, you can try EasyStarJS plugin, here is C3 version:

github.com/erenertugrul/construct-plugins/tree/master/ported_plugins/behaviors/easystarjs
EasyStar is very fast and it has a few cool features like directional cells - where cells are walkable in one direction and blocked in another.
- dop2000
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I'm not sure I understand.

Try this new version, maybe it'll be of any help:

dropbox.com/s/wz0qi2ih5hh8376/LettersOnBoxes.c3p
- dop2000
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Indeed, so each time a box is dropped it checks if there is a match and if so, the lettersMatch instance variable becomes 1.

Instance variable on which box should becomes 1? The one that is dropped, or the one that has the same letter? Or both?

Also, when you pick up a different box, it should have instance variable set to 0 by default. Instance variables have different value for each object instance.
- dop2000
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I don't really understand your game.. If you need to set lettersMatch variable per each box, then you need an instance variable. If you need to count successful matches, use a global variable.

You can add a pair of instance variables startX and startY to the box, set them to box.x and box.y on start of the layout. When the box is dropped and there is no match, return its position to box.startX, box.startY
- dop2000
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Well, to make thing easier you can use tags in your text, like "apple /t banana /n". Create a function that will replace these tags with proper characters and call it before printing.
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Try this:

Set text to "The quick brown fox" & Browser.ExecJS("String.fromCharCode(9);") & "jumps over the lazy dog."

9 is the ASCII code for Tab character.
- dop2000
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What I'm struggling with right now is how to place specific letters on to specific places (so not randomised image frames)

Here you go - re-download the file:

dropbox.com/s/wz0qi2ih5hh8376/LettersOnBoxes.c3p
If my example I'm changing the opacity when letters match, you can set a variable or do something else.
- dop2000
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That wasn't what I said :) I said that the bug in your code is not in event 384, but somewhere else.

In fact, I am pretty sure it's in event 393 - the problem is with condition "CHAR_Sticky_TileCheck_Move not overlapping SPAWN_Sticky_Pipe_Point"

And the reason it doesn't work is because "nofam" object has a different collision polygon, slightly bigger. It causes overlapping, event doesn't trigger, status doesn't change, nothing works.