adamcreator's Forum Posts

  • Webm format should work on Steam Deck - we have an intro video playing in our game on startup, no user interaction required.

    You don't need both webm and mp4 files, just keep the webm one.

    Hmm it still doesn't work for me. I'll try my backup plan of converting the videos to gifs/animated sprites and running the audio alongside.

    UPDATE: Thankfully, I got the video-playing working on Steam Deck after all. What seems to have happened is that because C3 didn't tell me whether or not the filenames typed in the events needed to have the ".webm" extensions included or not, I went with duplicates of the play events, repeating the play event one with and one without the file extensions, assuming the right one would stick. It seems this worked in preview, but not on Steam Deck, if that makes sense that that would happen. So I only kept the events that included the extensions and it now works.

    I do have a small suggestion from this though: that C3 simply include the fact that you need to include the extension for videos (stated in C3 itself, not just in the manual). That would've likely helped me avoid this complication. Thanks!

  • How do I play Video objects on Steam Deck? It works in preview, but on Steam Deck the video is gone/empty/not playing. I have every video in duplicate as the two recommended formats of webm and mp4 located in the Videos folder, not Files folder, and they're all small in size. Is it one of those situations where it's not enough to just play the video automatically, but rather where I need to incorporate a Play button that the user needs to interact with to trigger the video playing, or is that only on smartphones? Thanks

  • The "main.js:29 [Project] Exception opening: Error: cannot find object type named '[object name]'" error is so constant that I want to understand it once and for all.

    (I could be wrong, but I suspect online backup solutions are to blame for this, such as pCloud and Icedrive, despite that they're supposed to help, not hinder, because they so often create "(conflicted)" (pCloud) or "[conflicted]" (Icedrive) versions of Construct 3 files. Why do they need to do this, when my local files are garanteed to always be the ones I want, not some outdated online backup's? And then I'm working on a project or event sheet that isn't even the latest one, and I don't realize it til later, and need to consolidate the two. I hate online backup services, but I can't risk not using them either.)

    What's the fastest and easiest way to fix "Cannot find object type named [object name]" errors? I see the object exists in both my project.c3proj file, and in the objects folder where it belongs, and that the name is the same in both. Why can it claim to not find the object, when it's clearly there in the right objects folder? Because of online backup services, there are two versions of the project.c3proj file, but I assume C3 uses the one that doesn't say "[conflicted]", which is the one that I confirmed has the object name in it.

    EDIT: For anyone else who gets this error, one thing I did just now, that at least opened the project (but I'm unsure about if I'm missing anything--everything looks okay so far, as being my most recent work), is that in my C3 project folder, I made a folder called "(conflicted file backups)" and simply dragged in the versions of the files that Icedrive created "[conflicted]" versions of, in this case these 3...

    objecttypes.uistate [conflicted]

    project [conflicted]

    project.uistate [conflicted]

    ...just in case I ever need them again, and then opening the project worked. Which suggests, as strange as this seems to me, that C3 was actually opening the project based on the files named [conflicted] instead of the ones not named that! If such a thing is possible? But all I know is, when I separated the files with [conflicted] in their names, it opened, and, at least from what I can see, seems all well.

  • can we finally get C3 to save and load our layer visibility and lock settings, in a future update? it's a basic feature that's been lacking for years, and it makes a big difference in productivity. the funny thing is that sometimes some layouts DO save these settings, but others don't. so the better question may even be: what determines when a layout saves those settings or not? how do i make it be that every layout always does? thanks

  • A special request: If it's all the same, please just don't ever remove support for SDK v1 addons. I don't know the technical details of why this is supposed to happen in a future update to Construct 3, but would it be alright to just let SDK v1 addon support remain permanently, so as to not cause needless problems? Spriter is such an awesome software, but as of yet only uses SDK v1. I just asked BrashMonkey if they can update it to SDK v2 as soon as possible, but I'm prone to anxiety, since my entire (aspiring) career is completely dependent on the combination of Spriter Pro and Construct 3. I don't think Spriter 2 will ever happen(?), and I wouldn't learn whatever Construct Animate is, after mastering Spriter, and all my work is already done in Spriter Pro and would be ludicrous to attempt to rebuild, as that work took years of pain and effort. Just in case BrashMonkey has no intentions of updating Spriter 1 to SDK v2, please don't needlessly remove SDK v1 support. Spriter is more than enough reason to let it be. I plan on using both Construct 3 and Spriter Pro for literally years to come, with no exaggeration. Please just let Spriter continue to function correctly permanently.

  • It would have been faster for me to close and reopen the project after an export before doing any further work that I want to save. Can this be fixed in the next update? It's been several hours now. ("Working (0%)...")

  • The latest Greenworks addon for C3 I use is 0.60.0 because I read in C3/Steam export guides that NW.js version 0.60.0 is the latest one that works well in testing on Steam, instead of failing to load or Achievements not working, but I notice that Greenworks 0.60.0 doesn't feature an action to determine the completion percentage/value of an Achievement, for Achievements that I want to show progress for, it only lets us 'Activate achievement' 100%.

    I hope there's a way to do Achievement completion percentages/values, such as by using a later version of Greenworks, for a later NW.js version that will still work, or even by using the Steamworks addon instead of the Greenworks one? (assuming it's not just for Windows, as I need to output to Linux and Mac as well)

    Has someone successfully done Steam Achievement completion percentages/values, and, if so, what version of Greenworks/NW.js do you use/recommend? Thank you

  • Hello, Is there a way I can protect my Steam game package from being extracted (images, audio files, etc) by customers? Exported out of Construct 3 nw.js. I thought minify takes care of that, but it looks like it doesn't.

  • Check out my new game just released on Steam and the great Steam Deck handheld console, made in Construct 2/3 with heavy use of Brashmonkey's Spriter Pro animation software.

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/3043810

    Grab a free game download key from this list

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YPM07Atqed765Yu2S7IGbPKnWJWewwUfhFiZGVi6c5Q/edit?usp=sharing

    and claim it within the Steam client or on a Steam Deck console to get the game for free. Please give it a Recommended/Yes uptick on Steam to support a fellow Construct/Spriter game developer and help get it noticed on Steam.

    You'll notice the game is really mostly like watching an animated series, that just runs on its own, with occasional interactive elements and battles. There's a host of unlockable post-game content, features, and mini-games. I voiced most of the male characters. The story might start off a bit slow, but quickly gets kicking.

    I'm a bit over a year into my next project, a Pokemon-type monster training RPG (who doesn't love those?) featuring a massive world populated by characters from the same franchise as the above game.

  • I've updated the next beta to try to log more helpful error messages when invalid names are encountered. However we don't know what the root cause problem is yet so we're working blind, so this may or may not help. If the project is just corrupt, it's impossible to show a good error message (and in that case the only good error message to show would be "the project appears to be corrupt" anyway).

    Sounds good, I'll keep waiting on Construct email support to fix it for me.

    My project was started in C2, opened in C3 with no error messages, and also previews fine, I put a day of work into it, and saves with no problems, but then when closed and later opened again, is when it gives "failed to open project".

  • Ashley It appears to be a different problem:

    > Note: This project doesn't even open in previous versions (I tried r388.2, 388, 387, 386, 385, 384, 383, 382, 381, and 380) so I wouldn't be able to change any names of anything inside the project

    I wish console errors in Construct contained more useful information. They are often too vague or illegible, like "Invalid name" or "Error Zx.fs in qf.gu"

    Yes this is true. Hopefully Construct support can fix it when they have time, as I can't even enter the project even if I knew how to fix it that way. (Maybe they can make it so that these errors are just ignored and the project opened, if that wouldn't be a problem anyway for any reason.)

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  • This happens to me quite frequently. I'm not sure what causes this issue but here are some things that seemed to help fix it for me:

    Thanks. The closest to applicable thing there was maybe clearing cookies/cache, but still same error. I hope Construct support is able to get back to my email from a few days ago before too long. No rush, as long as it's eventually fixed, in case the fix is beyond me. I'm doing whatever I can for the project until I can get back into C3, to pass the time, mainly creating visual assets for later use.

  • Wait, it gave the same error in r388.2 anyway. I thought opening it in r388.2 was the fix. I made a post about my issue here if anyone can help: construct.net/en/forum/construct-3/how-do-i-8/fix-case-failed-open-project-183305

  • > how do you open the project in an older version

    Unpack c3p file into a folder. Open project.c3proj file in any text editor and update this string:

    "savedWithRelease": 39700

    Thanks, I changed that number to 38800 and opened it in r388.2. The clear answer to me is to just continue working in that version instead of ever updating, until a future update ever fixes this issue or at least tells us in an easy pop-up what exactly to fix.

    Is there a way to tell my desktop shortcut of the C3 app to go to r388.2 instead of the latest version? When I install the app it always results in the latest version instead. Thanks

  • SOLVED: Construct support fixed my project. It was one layer that I had previously named "?" in C2, where this project started before opening it in C3 to continue work there. C2 seems to have allowed "?" as a layer name, whereas C3 will give an "Invalid name" popup if attempting to name a layer that. Thank you!

    I read previous posts about the "invalid names" causing this, but don't see how this console log tells me what those are. I sent my project to supportgmx@construct.net to be fixed, but if someone can tell me how to fix it myself, and I fix it, I can let them know I no longer need help with it. Thank you

    Note: This project doesn't even open in previous versions (I tried r388.2, 388, 387, 386, 385, 384, 383, 382, 381, and 380) so I wouldn't be able to change any names of anything inside the project, but I do have it saved as a folder project, so I can edit anything if needed that way.