On my own forums I just ban IPs from certain countries known for spamming, but that that's not as international as this forum, so that woulnd't be fair.

The other way is to use a plugin that ties in with StopForumSpam or similar, but that's no perfect as it relies on other forums reporting those spammers in the first place.

Considering the measures that have been put into place (no URLs, no PMs, etc.), I think the moderators are doing a reasonable job of controlling the spam. Spammy posts are usually cleared up within 24 hours of posting (although I do think having a couple of mods across the timelines would be helpful). Really the only next step that could be taken is to manually moderate each new user's first post (and preventing them from posting further until it's been done), but that can quickly become a heavy workload, and isn't all that friendly for legitimate new users.

EDIT: I'll add that spammers seem to sometimes put their URLs in the heading of the post, so that should probably be included in the spam filter.

Also, I guess that this post should be in Forum Issues, but at least it's getting some attention here.

Welcome! Grab yourself a C3 panic thread and settle in for the fun.

Also, dig through the tutorials, feel free to ask questions, and all of that helpful stuff.

This C3 thread spam is getting a bit much. I really don't think we need a separate thread for every single reaction people have to the "news" that Construct 3 will one day be a thing.

For the record, I think Scirra needs a PR person to jump on this sort of stuff asap. Transparency is key here, else people who react before thinking will start running for the hills.

Picked up news that Microsoft is running a competition that's loosely based around the recent Global Game Jam. Although they're being very vague about the focus: you can either port an existing game or make a new one. Only thing is that it has to be in by the 30th of March. You need to be registered with the Windows Dev Center, and publish to Windows Store or Windows Phone Store

Decent prizes:

First Prize: $10,000 USD

Second Prize: $5,000 USD

Third Prize: $3,000 USD

10 Honorable Mention Prizes: $1,000 USD each

Details here: http://www.wpdevcenteroffers.com/home/contest

I'm not a big fan of the format of this compo, but I might enter one of my old games and just port it to WP. There's no stipulation that it has to be a game used in the GGJ.

Ping!

There's nothing really to it, just give an object the Persist behaviour, and then its settings/placement/etc. will persist (i.e.: remember) when you switch layouts. What are you struggling with, exactly? Did you look at the example that come with Construct?

Joannesalfa, you need to set your animation name in the model to "DiffuseMap". I had the same problem the other day - I didn't realise the requirement.

On that note, QuaziGNRLnose, could you please set the default animation name to "DiffuseMap" when creating a new Q3DModel? I know it's a minor thing, but if it's possible, it'd be appreciated alongside the next update.

I noticed the same problem, but in my case the fps drop wasn't immediate after scaling back up. It took about four seconds before it started to waiver and then dropped right down.

What you want is the Persist behaviour. You'll probably have to manually record things like scrollX and scrollY as well. Check the example that come with Construct in the new project dialogue.

Nice going - this is a really good start!

Yeah, this would be great. I'd like to add in that pin should also (perhaps also optionally) keep up with mirroring. Again, trivial to do manually, but would certainly help.

I've successfully used C2 to develop an app in the past: for a company that was hosting an expo. As most of us have realised, with a bit of care, C2 is actually very suitable for non-game development, and so when I was recently approached by the owner of the expo venue to develop a bigger, more advanced app for them based on my previous success, I wasn't too worried. Once this app is done I'll finally be in a position to buy a business licence, and really kick my C2 development into high gear.

I'll be pushing my knowledge of C2 to the limits: interfacing with a third-party online database (the client will be able to update portions of the app this way, updating latest events, etc.), using push notifications, social network integration, and so on.

But now the client has asked if I could embed some e-commerce functionality into the app: they want users to be able to buy tickets within the app, instead of my initial plan to simply link to an external website. Obviously this has a lot of technical and legal implications, and I want to get some feedback from the community on the technical side of things. Assuming this ticketing system has an API of some sort, how reliable do you think C2 would be for this purpose? Would it be better (or good at all) to instead embed an iframe into the app which takes users to the website without leaving the app? Has anyone done something like this before and, if so, what was your experience like?