signaljacker's Forum Posts

  • It's hard to tell without looking at a .capx - but have you tried something like floor(lerp(Self.width,Self.Width*2,dt*self.scrollspeed)) - not 100% sure of the syntax - but using floor will force integers rather than fractions, which is what could be messing up your sizes perhaps.

  • Thanks, this is a really great resource!

  • I tested this in Chrome and it looped fine, but then when I tested it in IE there was a short gap like you said. I'm guessing this is an issue with how different browsers implement audio rather than an issue with Construct itself - have you tried on different browsers?

  • Asha, there's an article here on some good practices for creating game graphics it goes into a bit of detail about power of two images - they aren't mandatory, but it's good practice to use them from both a memory usage and compatibility standpoint. Here's another article that goes into more depth about power of two images and why it's a good idea to use them. I've found it's sometimes a bit frustrating to conform to these rules, but eventually you learn to work within the confines and it can be quite rewarding. As for the resolution of Constructs screen, I'm not sure. I do my game graphics in 72 dpi, I don't see a need to go higher, but it's possible that using higher resolution images wouldn't affect performance (they would affect game size however).

  • There are advantages and disadvantages to both vector and raster graphics, but as far as I know Construct 2 only supports the latter (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). I do all my art in Photoshop as it allows for far more flexibility in style, the hardest part is thinking like a game developer (making sure your images are power of two sizes etc). So yes, Photoshop is ideal for making art assets for most games, I would only ever use vector graphics if I were aiming for a specific style or needed to manipulate the images in certain ways (eg scaling without image degradation) or for other technical reasons such as size/memory usage. Flash is built on a vector graphics engine so it makes sense that flash games would use vectors, but outside of flash games it isn't the norm.

  • You could try something like this https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70305965/push2.capx - its a very basic example, and only good for the simplest of uses, it will fall apart if you try and animate the character whilst pushing and you'll notice the box will move slightly if you jump on it, nevertheless something like this can be modified a bit with some further variables to fix such issues.

  • Ahh yes, I understand now. I can't seem to find a way to do it either, I thought perhaps making a custom particle system that spawned particles along the width of the base might do the trick, but it yielded similar results when the base is rotated to anything other than right angles. If there was some way to offset the x and y values along the width of the emitter object as it is rotating I guess it would do the trick, but something like that is way out of my league.

  • Santhenar - ok I think I may understand now, try this one https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70305965/particle_angle_2.capx It's probably not a very elegant example, but unless I've misunderstood again it seems to do what you want.

  • https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70305965/particle_angle.capx - is this the kind of thing you wanted, or have I misunderstood?

  • Hi, I'm having some difficulty understanding what you're trying to achieve here, but it looks like the function will only run once because you have it set to on mouse click. If you wanted it to keep running you would need to set up a variable and if it was true then run the function every tick, if it was false stop the function.

  • Try this video http://gamedev.tutsplus.com/tutorials/from-scratch/build-a-canabalt-style-infinite-runner-from-scratch/ - it's done for Multimedia Fusion, but I can confirm that it translates over to Construct 2 fairly easily.

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  • Hey, sorry it took a bit to get back to you. Try deleting the block of code highlighted in the screenshot below - this block constantly tries to set the volume to muted so sounds play for a split second, but then when this block is processed they are muted and this is what seems to be causing your audio issues.

    <img src="http://www.masspanicmusic.com/construct/screenshot3.jpg" border="0" />

  • Hey, I tried that - but it didn't seem to fix the problem for me, could you explain in a little more detail or post an example? Thanks!

  • I'm downloading your new version, but it's massive and will take over an hour (I'm about to go to sleep). I will look at it tomorrow if I have time. In the version you uploaded the other day, all I had to do to get the sound to work in game was change one thing - see screenshot below. I guess your game has changed quite a bit since then, but with your old version changing this last line made all the sounds, shooting explosions etc work.

    <img src="http://www.masspanicmusic.com/construct/screenshot2.jpg" border="0" />

  • There's a line at the bottom of your game field event sheet that Says "If cursor isn't over continue box set audio to muted" - this is what is cutting your sounds out - right click this code block (17) and select "toggle disabled" then run your game, it should work. You can fix this up in the same way I fixed your title screen - the "set muted" action isn't necessary so you can just get rid of it. That should hopefully fix your audio issue. I've noticed though that your game is very big, and it doesn't need to be - you will be able to get it running much better if you use a "tiled background" instead of multiple sprites as your backdrop. Try those things and see how you go, if you need any other optimization tips let me know.