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  • 25 Feb, 2025
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  Here's a simple method to do this.

  wackytoaster.at/parachute/tokenAlongPath.c3p

  You could also use an array to define your path but since you're a new user I think this approach is just easier.

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  Trust me I've spend multiple hours to pick out the right song. :D It's not easy. I've also worked with some music artists before, also not easy (and more expensive)

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  igortyhon Played it a little bit. Works decent, couldn't find any bugs. I think it could use some polishing in general, but especially the sound loop of the tank driving. Because it doesn't loop properly and it's one of the main sounds you hear. Also, I think you could add some music. You'll probably make at least a few bucks on crazygames, so invest that in some music. ;) You can buy on audiojungle or whereever, it's not super expensive that way.

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  Thanks for explaining ^^ I suppose it makes sense in a way.

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  DiegoM Actually the 0-1 range is only for when using it in the plugin SDK. If you use the expression in events it's 0-100. According to construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/system-reference/system-expressions

  But I still don't understand the purpose of rgba() and rgbEx() with the values from 0-100. Not a single program I've ever used in my entire life did use 0-100 for setting RGB-colors. Except Construct. I guess it's easier to set something to 30% red, but that's such a specific thing I don't think I've ever needed that. Anyway, I'm glad there's still the variants that just take 0-255 values.

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  It was fixed for the mouse plugin, but it seems that the same fix is needed for the touch plugin. You can open an issue in the issue tracker, attach your test project for demonstration and perhaps also link to the old issue for reference.

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  It looks more specifically like this issue.

  github.com/Scirra/Construct-bugs/issues/8027

  It works as expected with the mouse plugin, but not with touch. I'd assume this is essentially the same bug.

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  Afaik Constructs layouts are set up to only ever have one layout active at a give time.

  What could possibly work is that whenever you detach a UI component, it launches a second instance of the project with the specific layout open. Then hook them up with a websocket somehow. But then again, Construct also suspends the engine when the window is out of focus, and it sounds like a bit of a nightmare to get working.

  Second thing I can think of is that you just emulate what Construct itself is doing. I don't know the exact workings of it though.

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  Compare two values

  Object.count <= 0 -> action

  Note that this will run every tick as long as theres 0 instances.

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  Check the manual, it's not much different than creating events.

  construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/project-primitives/events/functions

  You just create the function, add your actions (add 1 to variable, play sound) and then just call that function whenever you want to increase the players extra lifes.

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  That's where you wanna use a function. Create a function that increases the variable and plays the sound (not looping). Then just call the function whenever the player gets an extra life.

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  Just scroll through the releases

  construct.net/en/make-games/releases

  The stable releases usually sum up the important stuff including a little update video

  construct.net/en/make-games/releases/stable/r424

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  Make a square sprite that you use for clicking, set it invisible, then use hierarchies to add the deflector as a child to that sprite. There's probably more nuance to this but I don't know your project exactly so I can't comment on that.

  construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/interface/layout-view

  You can then use the "Pick children" condition of the sprite to pick the deflector itself if you need it for something (like rotating)

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  I wonder if official plug-ins should be versioned just like 3rd party one. And have some setting somewhere where you can choose a version of the the official plug-in to use for cases like this where bug fixes or changes might have unintended consequences

  That would probably be the best way to handle this! The current solution would be to stay limited to the specific editor version, but if there's other stuff and fixes in the newer version you need/want, you're out of luck.

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  Glad to find another thing that will introduce a breaking change to a plugin if fixed :^)