What exactly do persist files do?

If all they do is keep track of what is open and what is closed then I would MUCH rather not have them at all.

In danger of completely becoming the 'Python Guy' I should point out that you can use a gamepad in Construct using Python and Pygame:

http://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/joystick.html

At some point in the future after doing the network stuff, I'll show an example with Pygame and joystick/gamepad control.

Although, it would be nicer to have an actual plugin for generic gamepads.

Can you not just copy and paste it from one layout to the next?

Yeah, that would be a good joke.

That looks awesome. I'd pay for this game.. seriously. Hands down the best Construct game yet.

Thanks Sagal for the info. I did some network testing and I'm getting the following info for latency:

- Lan: .4 ms

- google: 25ms

- scirra: 46ms

I'm on a cable connection as well. Since the ball location only updates once a game loop my guess is everything is fine in the LAN case since it is well under the 10 ms event loop time. However, the internet latency is at best 2-4x over over so it might cause some lag for the ball. Also, I have the ball going pretty fast and I might want to slow it down some as well.

I have a couple of ideas on how to minimize internet lag it so hopefully I'll get a new version out that fixes this.

Thanks everybody for the feedback.

though the game itself was a bit boring as ball didn't have any randominess (yes im fully aware that this is more like a technology demo)

You mean you don't like aimlessly bouncing a ball endlessly back and forth??! You can affect the direction of the ball by moving your paddle quickly up or down as it contacts the ball. Yeah, I never really meant it to be all that exciting, but maybe I'll jazz it up a bit with randomness or with what Guyon suggested which would be kinda cool. I like the idea of using the mouse for control.

though connection was laggy (might been my fault but can't be sure or PR's or the program itself)

Were you playing over the internet or on a Lan? Do you both have high-speed connections or dialup? I didn't notice any lag on the Lan when I tested it, but I could see it having potential lag over internet. It would be good to know if there were issues with this library, because I can always go with another one if the performance is not good enough.

I'm hoping a new version of Construct will come out with a bunch of Python fixes (editor and private variable access) before I start on the tut. I also want to wait just in case another library might be better.

Thanks for the example! I figured there would be syntax issues since the way Construct specifies Behaviors would clash with Python syntax, so this is a pretty good work around.

Here is another simple network program with Construct and Python. This time it is a 2 player online/lan Pong game. After struggling with how to implement it and running into a few bugs I finally came up with a real simple solution. I'm using the PodSixNet Python Library which handles and hides all of the complex logic behind the scenes.

Pong isn't all that exciting, but it is online!!

Run it the same way as the chat program. In a later variation I might add exception handling but for now pick a high port for the server like 5000. See the discussion in the chat program thread about ports. The controls for each player are Up/Down arrow keys.

Get it here (need Construct .99.84):

http://www.box.net/shared/rvyryttyzx

This version uses the mouse for Control instead (need .99.84 as well):

http://www.box.net/shared/5703uihspa

This is the latest version which supports 2 or 4 players (need .99.84 as well):

http://www.box.net/shared/spoafestsh

<img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/657hbc.jpg">

Next, I'll work on a N-player or 4-8 player networked game. Once, I finish that then I think I'll be ready to write the tut. I'll walk through the PodSixNet library and how to integrate it with Construct to make online multiplayer games.

Why isn't this on the wiki tutorials? Lots of nice concepts and ideas here.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw this pop up. never even knew it was here!

If no one beats me to it, I'll put it up on the wiki sometime tomorrow.

Can Python access and/or modify behaviors? From what I've tried so far it does not seem to be possible.

For example, if I want to change sprite[CustomMovement].XSpeed, how would I set that or get the value of in script?

Thanks!

Now, I can't seem to get private variable access in Python to work. I'm using the latest .99.84

I have a sprite called "player" and a private variable called "score".

I tried player.Value("score") which doesn't error but doesn't retrieve anything. I regular event retrieves the value fine so I know something is there. I also tried player.GetValue("score") which causes an error.

Any ideas why this doesn't work?