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  • I like the idea of a series of "How-to" mini-articles that just explain how to get something done. Somebody could start a page on the wiki. Maybe a thread on the documentation project forum.

  • I really like the idea of time-scaling, so you could slow down really slow and still keep a good framerate going. I don't think it's actually too difficult to do - all I need to do is mess about with the runtime clock and all the plugins will see time going by half as fast, and the entire runtime will slow down ('Every' events will trigger less/more often, built-in movements change speed, timedelta-based custom movements change speed). I think it's a pretty elegant way to do it. I'll see what I can do

  • Are your objects really small? I avoided making the grid go all the way to 1x1 sized (pixel perfect) for two reasons: one, the generated paths will be right up against the obstacles (which is unsuitable for many types of movement), and two, the CPU usage could be very high. With a large map and 1x1 cells you could end up with enough cells to literally hang the game for a second or so while it generates the optimal path - it's running a fairly intensive search algorithm to determine the best path - and many games need to frequently regenerate paths. So could you shed some more light on where you're trying to go with this?

  • Quick to do, 'Compare gravity' is in the next build.

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  • Whenever you create a condition, then go to put an Action under it regarding the Jump Strength, there are *** 2 *** Jump Strengths' shown, One of them is actually Jump Sustain (whatever that is) so should be listed as such.

    I don't see that... can you screenshot it?

  • Windows Media Player on my machine has a nasty habit of fading the MIDI volume on my PC to zero. I've no idea why. Check the windows mixer and see if the MIDI volume is up; 'Play Music' should work fine with midi files. Try opening the file in Windows Media Player - if it works there, Play Music should be able to play it too.

  • I'm back now, but man are there a lot of posts I'll try respond to the ones I can...

  • Construct should prompt you the first time it's installed to a computer if you want to check online for updates - but currently there is no UI to change this option. You can however edit Construct.ini directly - go to:

    C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Scirra

    and in Construct.ini, change UpdateCheck=1 to UpdateCheck=0. Construct will stop connecting to the internet on startup.

  • Hey, that's pretty cool. I like the softening of the edges. Mind if I include it in the next build?

  • http://downloads.sourceforge.net/constr ... irror=osdn

    Quick build to keep you up to date before I go on holiday back around June 15th...

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    Event sheet editor

    • [FIX] Parameters now turn green after defining undefined variables
    • [FIX] Display error clicking back in the Event Wizard when a parameter was invalid
    • [FIX] Adding variables to families now works
    • [CHANGE] Cursor changes to hand icon over 'New action' or + icon for actions and underlines text

    General

    • [FIX] Main window icon now Construct icon
    • [FIX] Adding new variable icons now don't have black backgrounds
    • [CHANGE] Entering text for a number variable's initial value now reverts to 0

    Layout editor

    • [FIX] Crash loading object information for groups

    Picture editor

    • [OPT] Loads images from files faster
    • [ADD] Can now open TGA and DDS formats as well as 32-bit BMP with alpha, and TIFF, MNG, JASP
    • [ADD] Save button, can save current image in 32-bit BMP with alpha, PNG, JPG, TGA, DDS
    • [ADD] Popup rotate dialog to rotate images
    • [CHANGE] Image editor file selector browses in thumbnail mode

    Plugins

    • [ADD] Directsound: can loop music now
    • [ADD] For each line to Combo box, and Save to file
    • [ADD] For each delimiter to Text Manipulator
    • [ADD] 'Bounce off object' action to Ball movement
    • [FIX] Misc. errors in Image
    • [FIX] Platform movement hanging when moved inside of a solid
    • [FIX] Ball movement stopping when moved inside of a solid
    • [FIX] Improved accuracy & performance of ball movement bounces
    • [FIX] Some options not saving in Bar Chart
    • [CHANGE] Replaced enumeration system of processes with 'For each process' in Process object
    • [CHANGE] More categories in Combo box, Common dialog, Date, Function, List box

    Runtime

    • [ADD] 'VRAM' system expression; returns estimated free video memory
    • [FIX] Image points now take skewing in to account
    • [FIX] Crash spawning objects which use containers
    • [FIX] Mirror horizontal/vertical should now work properly on all video cards
    • [FIX] Crash running fullscreen mode in unsupported resolution: now prompts and switches to next best size
    • [FIX] Crashes in object picking engine: For Each and recursive calls with the Function object
    • [CHANGE] If not enough instances of an object in a container exist in the layout editor to make fully matched containers, the runtime compensates by creating more instances.

  • I'm on holiday from tomorrow for about a week. I should be back on Sunday 15th, but Rich should still be around on the forums.

    Cheerio!

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