TheDom, thank you very, very much, am so grateful. That worked, except I had to do one more thing: select the correct layout number on the right side under Layout folder, and then change what was in the property box on left. If I did not do this, the number I put on left side reverted to to whatever layout was selected on right side.

One last thing - I did as you suggested, restart layout, but where is the selection for resetting the values of global variables on start of layout with manual entries? Can't see it under System selections.

TheDom, am not sure where you could see this. I copied most of items in event sheet 1 and created a blank event sheet 3 from layout 3 and then pasted in what I copied from event sheet 1. Or put differently, how do I link layout 3 to the correct event sheet, to event sheet 3?

In event sheet 3 of a game I'm working on to learn C2, if a player loses 3 lives, and game is over, and so I set up event sheet #3 (at end of it) to go back to Layout 3, but it ALWAYS goes back to the menu layout, #2 when I play it. Here's link to my file in Dropbox:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/315 ... kout2.capx

It only goes to #3 if I change it in event sheet #1. Why is this doing this, and how can I fix it? Is it because a global variable created in a prior event sheet cannot be over-ridden by a global variable created in a subsequent event sheet? Trying not just to fix this problem but understand what's going on.

I cannot get into any Forum topics I had bookmarked, e.g.:

http://www.scirra.com/forum/with-multip ... 87085.html

This and many other pages I have bookmarked all give a 404 error code.

Reminds me of SF writer Sturgeon's "Sturgeon's Law": "ninety percent of everything is crap."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_Law

High quality is not the only variable in success, as we have seen things in the market where it's clear lesser or bad quality sometimes wins over good - high quality is no guarantee - but good quality I think will lead, in general, to higher probability of winning, especially on the games market.

GameSalad offers templates for creating interactive storybook books. Would love to have such a thing C2.

Mr. K, have you made progress in doing storybooks in Construct 2?

blackhornet: thanks, will try your file when I can DL it.

anata: thanks a big bunch! It worked!!! I'm so pleased!!

Really appreciate the help, am a total ground-floor newbie on this. The Udemy video I'm learning C2 from works most of the time, but not in this case.

I started from scratch on another machine, creating a spawning bullet the same way, and the same problem occurs - the bullet comes out everytime I press z key down, and is not delayed 4 seconds as it should be. Am I doing something wrong is this a bug?

Alright, I deleted empty file and place working file (which I tested to make sure). Here is link again:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3152611/test02.capx

Here's the file to look at from my Dropbox account: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3152611/test02.capx

I recently purchased C2 and am learning how to use it. I am having trouble with the spawning other object/bullet action. I set up the "spawning other object" - a bullet - from a small image.

C2 allows you to select "Wait until next action" for timing when the bullet comes out of image when I press the Z key. When I put in say, 5 seconds, and hit F5, then press down Z key, it spits out bullets from the elephant every time I press Z key. If I hold it, it emits a long black line. It's supposed to wait 5 seconds until the next bullet, even if I hold it, no? The bullets spit out as fast as I press the Z key, too. Help!

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I just found out about C2 yesterday, and have been looking into it. Is it possible to insert videos, that short excerpts (made with a video camera) into a game of C2 production? Any risks or downsides to doing so? What would be the recommended video file type, say .mov, or .mp4 or divx?