Ashley's Forum Posts

  • Yes, the javascript in Construct 2's HTML5 runtime can do anything it can on a webpage, like XMLHttpRequest. Also, HTML5 adds websockets which can do realtime server-client communication.

  • I think the error message will be fixed in the next build, but what picture editor is brought up by Construct? It's the default system PNG file editor, so if that program doesn't save over the temporary file C2 creates, it won't save the texture and you'll just get a transparent square.

  • Yes, you should be able to enable and disable behaviors in families, as well as on a per-instance basis. As with attributes they will appear in object pickers so you can do the for-each you proposed.

  • DtrQ: no, you'll just add a 'solid behavior' to it, not a platform movement, they're different things. I don't see any reason it'll reduce performance either.

    Having a 'solid family' is a good idea, but I think everyone's forgetting a limitation on families: due to the way family events work, you can only have one plugin type in a family (e.g. all sprites, all tiled backgrounds, all text objects). So if this limitation is kept, you can only make either sprites or tiled backgrounds solid - not both! If this limitation is removed then there's a big question about what happens with the events. I'm also not sure what effect it would have on the runtime, which in many places assumes there's a single plugin type in a family.

    Something else to consider is we're planning a new model for families when we get round to them. Objects will inherit the variables and behaviors from the families they're in. So instead of family variables and behaviors being all-those-in-common, you define them seperately and all objects in the family get them, no questions asked. In this case, you can add a 'Sprite solids' family with a solid behavior, and any object in that family also gets the solid behavior. This way you get both! You can make an object solid either by adding the behavior, or adding to a family you made with a solid behavior.

    With that in mind, does this sound better?

  • Well, I think you could argue all behaviors could be a list of checkboxes that you tick as well. It's not what you're used to, but I think it still makes a lot of sense - an object behaves as a solid, so it has a solid behavior.

  • What's still kind of limiting about it? How is adding it as a behavior more limiting than ticking a checkbox?

  • Hey everyone,

    As I was working on behaviors for the next build, I had an idea. Previously in 0.x attributes have been added as a series of predefined checkboxes in the properties, such as 'solid' and 'centre view on me'.

    It seems to me kind of pointless having a separate set of checkboxes for this. I think a better way is simply to merge them all in to behaviors. In other words, to make an object solid, you'd add the Solid behavior to it.

    IMO this simplifies the editor - there's no distinction between behaviors and attributes - and this is simpler to write as well. (No need to program attributes as a separate thing.) It also could add some flexibility - if you can enable and disable behaviors at runtime, you can enable and disable attributes like solid.

    The only thing I can think of that's lost is user-defined attributes. However, families (when they get done) pretty much substitute them completely.

    This seems like a pretty good thing to do to me, but I thought I would check and run a quick poll to see what people think. I like polls anyway If you have any suggestions or variations on this which you think would be good, do mention it in a reply!

  • If you need general javascript help it might be better to try a dedicated programming forum or a site like Stackoverflow.

    MDC is also an excellent reference for javascript - check out the doc for Math.abs().

  • Didn't I add an anglelerp expression a few builds ago? I can't check right now, my laptop's broken!

  • We could eventually make a WebGL exporter - it just won't run on IE, which will make it a lot less useful for real-world use.

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  • Formula Input information:

    Have you tried the latest build? Try typing lerp(. You get exactly what you describe.

    [quote:2sj4vkn6]New Blank Subevent:

    Added for the next build.

  • Arima's right, Windows doesn't really support window controls in fullscreen DirectX apps. Sprite button is the better choice.

  • You could join the Scirra Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/ScirraOfficial

  • It's possible, but would probably be an amount of work on the order of rewriting the runtime.

    That's exactly what we plan to do for C2 - rewrite an EXE runtime using OpenGL - but we're not sure when we'll get round to that. Definitely on the cards though.

  • It's early days yet for C2 - we're planning some AJAX type plugins later in development.