Unless you have uncovered a bug the only thing I can think that would cause such distortion and audio related crashes are stacked samples or effects.

Make sure no sound is being re-triggered repeatedly without stopping it first.

especially for longer samples, especially if mistakenly being triggered every tick, will cause sample stacking, amplifying and distorting the sound and can also kill some audio processors.

Also check effects use.

In a similar way it is easy to make the mistake of adding the same effect again and again to a sound rather than changing the effect.

This stacks the effect causing the same issues as stacked samples.

edit - if you solved the crashing by reducing file sizes then maybe check your samples in an audio editor, maybe those pops and clicks are actually in the files. also if the samples are heavily compressed and maximized then probably not a good idea to play at 0 db as this can cause clipping in some audio hardware giving pops and clicks.

Im investigating using construct to develop a simple real-time instrument music app. However Ive noticed that touch input lag can vary wildly between devices from minimum estimated 40/50ms on newer higher end phones to, on some older or cheaper phones, more than maybe 200ms (making a real-time music app unfeasible for many devices).

I still may go ahead as 40/50ms is getting into the realm of usable but is there anything I can do to reduce it further?

For example, I am assuming "on touch object" or "on any touch start" is the best way to go rather than "on tap" (as this may be waiting for a second tap.)

Are there any other things I should be considering. Is there any code I can add in that optimizes touch input processing etc.

Can stuff like mentioned in this article be of any benefit?

developers.google.com/web/updates/2013/12/300ms-tap-delay-gone-away

any advice is appreciated cheers.

edit. sorry I just realized Im am being a little dumb as the lag could also be on the audio processor end or other software hardware. Essentially, I am looking to reduce the time as much as possible between touch event and a play sound/ change sound action.

in most games even a 200ms delay may not be noticeable but for a music/sound app any delay is very perceivable and longer delays like 100ms + make real-time playing almost impossible. Im told that Ios processes sound much faster than android but I have not tested any ios devices.

anyone have experience in this area?

I havent used it for years but am pretty sure that Tiled saves as, or at least exports to, TMX which can be imported to C3.

It should be in the C3 "Menu" drop-down "Install as App"

or there is also a chrome option in the three dots drop-down in chrome "Install Construct 3..."

im not sure if they do the same thing.

(edit) deleting my last statement about making shortcut, as putting shortcut you still have browser tabs etc.)

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Damn that looks sweet. (I will play tonight). The speed and quality of your output is inspiring!

dop2000

I see,,, noob mistake

here, I tried the snake idea. (cos its more interesting than working on my own game!)

its very rough but its nearly there. and you can fire unlimited bullets. small issue which I cant figure out the line sometimes bends between hits, maybe need bullet step for more accuracy or more segments.

drive.google.com/open

Im still alive.

I haven’t done anything on this for months, too busy and also kinda got bored of the whole thing,

any leisure time ive been playing a ton of Overwatch and have really got back into playing flute

but I have been tinkering here and there and this is where I’m at. Yes its embarrassing how little progress there is but it is what it is im in no rush and still enjoying the process.

So what have I done. yes it may look like the game is in worse state than 12 months ago however most of the tinkering has been around enemy wave creation. It may be hard to see but previously, different waves could do different things but each wave could only have one type of enemy and the whole wave had to do the same things at the same time. eg follow curve, go into grid etc. Now I have made it so that a wave can have multiple different enemy types and the wave can be split into up to 5 groups that can go off and do totally different things then they can even return to single formation and do the same things. as the same thing could have been achieved with individual waves the only real reason for this is scoring. as you get the big points for killing a whole wave it allows me to make the individual waves more interesting.

youtu.be/vqB2lV_gyo4

Hey dop2000

for some reason your c3p is just showing me a white screen with a red dot on it.

anyway unleashedstudio

I would say, looking at that game slowed down, what you have there is a "snake" following the bullet.

i.e. make a very long side on triangle sprite that fades right to left. Cut it up into say 10-20 pieces.

then use these pieces in the frames of a sprite as the segments of a snake that follows the bullet around.

There should be a few snake examples on here somewhere. Generally it involves making an array for each bullet to record its positions at certain intervals as it moves. Then use these recorded coordinates to set the position , angle and length of each segment sprite every tick so they follow along after the bullet. as you will have a higher frame number the further the segment from the bullet it looks like it is a tracer fading away.

I could be wrong, there are a few ways to achive the same effect, but anyway another idea to try.