I like Cosmigo´s Pro Motion (http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion/index.php), with which you also can animate, create tile maps etc.

It´s not free though (but well worth the money in my opinion).

As for the spriting itself there seem to be some nice tutorials on the pokemon community site:

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=176686

Godd luck!

Thank you!

Yes, version 230 seems to work!

I´m also experiencing a similar problem (weird dll-file missing, or entry point can´t be found).

There is a thread with much more info here:

I seem to be able to use beta 226, but not version 227, 228 or 229.

Hi again!

fathijack1999:

I wrote about this problem here for two reasons.

1) C2 was/is the only program (so far) that has this problem.

2) I was thinking that someone here might have encountered a similar problem and perhaps had help to give

Kyatric:

Thanks! I first created two new users (one with admin rights and one without). I tried reinstalling C2 with both users, but the same error showed up.

I have also installed the latest version of nw.js, just to make sure.

Anyway, so this morning I succumbed and upgraded to (free) Windows 10. I updated the drivers for my graphics card.

However, the problem still exists, but now the error message is slightly different again, but still something unsearchable like "Can´t find entry point in (/¦.dll"

Waltuo:

Thank you!! I tried Beta 226 now and it seems to work. I haven´t bought anything from the store lately, so my problem may have other origins. I would however very much like to know what dll I might be missing, or what else causes this problem.

Thanks!

Yes, it feels like I´m missing a dll-file. I do have the KERNEL32.dll though. Perhaps it´s corrupt or something?

Is there a way to see what dll-files C2 needs/uses, and compare to those I have, and that way find out which one is missing?

The dll file name in the error message ( ÿÿ•.dll) is so strange. It looks like my computer is trying to translate the file name from another language without having the right language pack installed or something.

And yes, I´ll download the latest microsoft visual c++ and see if that might help.

That did solve other (gaming) problems on my old computer!

Hi,

Pixel Power: I do not want Windows 8 or 10 <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":-)" title="Smile">

davidochoa; I´ve run sfc /scannow at a command prompt (as administrator) but it says everything is fine.

I don´t actually think there is a problem with C2, but rather that I´m all of a sudden missing a dll-file or two (or have the wrong version). I just don´t know how to figure out which ones when the computer won´t give me a better error message than the ones I mentioned above.

I did a system restore to a point when I know for sure that C2 worked fine, but that didn´t help either.

I checked some other (non C2) forums for similar problems, and someone got the tip to run a tool called Dependancy Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to figure out what files were missing or corrupt,

i tried that, but I don´t really understand how to interpret the results there. And as I understand it the tool is kind of old and can give "false" results on newer windows versions.

But, all tips are welcome!

I really want to get back to working on my game again!

Hi!

Thanks for the tips!

I´ve tried running it as an administrator, and also installing it as an administrator, but still the same results unfortunately.

It´s annoying that the name of the dll-file is so strange that I can´t google it.

Hi!

Thanks for the answer!

I´ve done several scans, including one with Malwarebytes, but haven´t found anything yet.

So far I don´t have problems with any other programs.

But as I wrote, C2 will launch immediately after reinstallation if i choose the option "Launch after installation", but not when starting it by clicking the icon or exe-file.

Isn´t that strange?

Hi all!

Since about a week I´m having troubles starting C2 (version r227) due to an error that says something like (translated from Swedish):

"Can´t start the program since ÿÿ•.dll is missing. Try to reinstall the program"

I have tried to google that weird file name but don´t get any hits.

I´ve tried to reinstall C2 several times but sadly the problem persists.

Two weird things though:

1) If I try a newer version (beta 228 or 229) a get a slightly different error message:

"Can´t find procedure entry point • in DLL-file KERNEL32.dll"

2) When I reinstall the program (any version) and choose "Launch after installation", C2 starts just fine everytime.

But if I close it and then try to start it the "normal" way (by clicking the icon on the desktop or in the folder) I get the above messages.

Apart from reinstalling I have:

• made several virus scans (that came up with nothing)
• run the sfc/scannow, which said everything was fine
• checked that I have the latest graphics drivers
• searched the forums here, and some kernel32-problems seem to have arisen in the past, but usually they have been solved when a later C2-version is released.
• checked that I have the latest Google Chrome version

Any suggestions what else I could try?

EDIT: I´m on Windows 7, 64-bit.

I should mention that I set the x and y to be slightly on the side of next level's exit object, to avoid the infinite teleporting. But I suppose it's actually more versatile to have a destination object ( like you do) instead of setting the x and y. That way if you change the level you don't have change the coordinates in a lot of places, but rather just move the object.

Hi!

I´m actually trying to do the same thing, and what I´ve done and which seems to work ok so far (even if I´m sure there is a smarter way of doing it), is something like this (pretty close to what you have done)

I have two global variables: DestinationX and DestinationY

I have an "Exit Sprite" with three instance variables: nextX, nextY and NextLayout.

I place the sprite where I want an exit to be.

Then I set the variables in that sprite instance to where I want the player to "teleport" to.

Then I have an event saying something like (if I recall correctly):

Player -On collision with ExitSprite -> set DestinationX to ExitSprite.NextX

-> set DestinationY to ExitSprite.NextY

-> go to Layout(ExitSprite.NextLayout)

And on each layout I have an event saying:

On start of layout->create player at DestinationX, DestinationY

Also, I noticed that I had to have the player sprites (I have a hitbox, a "movebox" and the actual animated sprite) on a separate layout not used in the game to avoid duplicate players to spawn in the layouts.

Zenox98: Ah, yes, that seems to do the trick! Thank you!

I didn´t know arrays even had that setting, so now I´ve learned something.