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  • Ok we're going to get this thanks you your great help!

    So starting with your reply yesterday — you mentioned to insert some stuff. how do i insert? I know i can drag added events from the bottom up top, but it seems to merge them with whatever they sit next too. Maybe this doesn't matter but it doesn't make sense that the two would be fused.. seems like it would matter if they are connected.

    I'm going to tackle this more tonight when i have some quiet time as this is taking some serious concentration to wrap my head around what is happening when..

    you all rock for helping me through this! :)

  • procrastinator and jayderyu thanks for that examples! very nice. but because what i'm doing isn't exactly the same i'm having trouble lining the two projects up..

    in your example "LevelReached" this is the key right? is this never declared anywhere in the project other than at that moment?

    i try to follow your example as close as possible, but it still doesn't seem to retrieve the data..

    here is a link the the file so far.. dropbox.com/s/y5169lh4ymoypqs/save%20values%20trouble.capx

    I have a text field in the first stage that shows 0 or 1 to help me know what the value is for "PlayedBeforeVar"

    probably missing one tiny thing, but for the life of me i can't see what is wrong.

    Thanks!

    Caleb

  • Hi there everyone,

    I found this tutorial scirra.com/tutorials/266/webstorage-how-to-save-ingame-information which shows the process is pretty simple, but it still assumes I know something apparently I don't..

    the tutorial shows the command and such, but there is a gap. I'm not sure where this should go.

    my intention is to track when something has been done like "first time played" as a true/false condition for future visits.

    my assumption is that I add a webstorage object.. i then go into the event page and do a tough event when touching the start button.. i would want to pass a value at that time.

    however i don't see a "set local key" option in the system page. then each time the game is loaded i'd want to immediately check the webstorage data to see if its true that the player has been here before.

    Thanks!

    Caleb

  • LittleStain that's awesome. how do i install plugins?

    I downloaded rex_moveto but Windows 8 doesn't know what to do with it. I have the 64bit version running. Didn't see any folders that seemed obvious.

    Thanks!

    Caleb

  • ok using the bullet approach i got it to work.. somehow i had orphaned oneof my layouts from an event sheet not understanding how that worked.. so my earlier tests were failing

    had to throw my fair share of curses when i couldn't get a simple text field test to display in once scene and not work in the other.. ugh.

    but yea this is great. thank you so much for the insight!

  • you got it! :) that is perfect!   happy new years!

    Thanks!

    Caleb

  • EncryptedCow

    i'm interested in understanding this other approach you're mentioning.. it isn't clear though.. you mention:

    Object.Y > 100

    -> Simulate pressing up

    (Make sure you set it as custom movement in the properties)

    where would i put object.y > 100?

    i think i follow what you're saying using custom movement, but just not sure how i phrase it to tell the game to move in a direction until the objects y value is greater than 100..

  • procrastinator

    in the event sheet, you mean i select the sprite in question? when i do that, i don't see a condition "bullet set angle of motion". i have the set angle to yes in the bullet behavior.

    for angle conditions i see "is between angles" "is clockwise from" and "is within angle"..

    bullet conditions i see are "compare distance traveled" and "compare speed"

    thanks,

    Caleb

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  • ok i did the editor thing with bullet. that makes sense. I couldn't follow the simulate press up stuff and custom movement.

    next it's about figuring out how to do bullet movement for a specific period of time. I see the "every x seconds" but not "for x seconds".

  • i'll try that.. i've never simulated a movement action.. but i'll follow your example and see what i can do! :)

  • how to i change the angle? i see:

    speed

    acceleration

    gravity

    set angle (yes/no)

    there is nothing else that i know of to change this.. set angle sounds good but its just a yes/no condition

  • Hi there,

    So another big question that i'm struggling with is how to handle toggle buttons. The general idea to me is that i would love to touch an object and have it spawn the "ON" button and destroy itself.. triggering some kind of variable change to let other game mechanics know the button has "armed" the game.

    The thing i ran into before with GameSalad was putting these two objects over each other of course created rapid ON/OFF/ON/OFF as the touch action would be perpetually touching the next version making the idea of a toggle button pretty useless.

    The solution I was taught was the use of modulo(modular) math. this circumvented the problem of the touch action creating the instant other condition.

    In Construct 2, when I do this, i don't even get a flicker. I just get nothing. I can get a button to turn "ON" but the subsequent "OFF" action is eluding me so far.

    Thanks!

    Caleb

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