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  • 28 Nov, 2013
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  OK, I've put a fix in to the next release (which is a stable update, but hopefully it doesn't break anything...) - I could reproduce a file leak and after the fix of clearCache() on startup it seems to be stable and not continually increasing.

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  • 28 Nov, 2013
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  Is this happening because a single project is getting thousands of files in its cache, or because you keep previewing with different projects and that builds it up? Does it only happen in preview mode as well?

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  • 28 Nov, 2013
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  Are there any messages in the debug log?

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  • 28 Nov, 2013
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  Just a heads up, the manual is now updated:

  https://www.scirra.com/manual/171/tilemap-bar

  https://www.scirra.com/manual/172/tilemap

  We should have a stable update out shortly.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  300 bodies is more than you probably think - on some mobile devices even using native physics (via CocoonJS) it can only handle about that many. I think most physics games realistically use under 100 bodies.

  I've been doing some more work on asm.js powered physics and it's around 3x faster in some cases - that should make a big difference if we can sort out some last issues.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  Thanks, I've updated the script reference for the next build.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  There are workarounds to all of that. Try using WebStorage to store menu options, and using the Audio object's new property (in the latest beta) to choose what is saved and loaded (e.g. you can choose not to save or load any audio, or just sound effects and not music, etc). Also if you add a new object, isn't it still there after loading a game? I thought I coded it so if a new object is added since making a savegame, it treats it as if it has the no-save behavior.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  Why do you want to avoid the built-in savegame system? It also saves and loads persistent objects.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  LittleStain - that only works for mouse and touch positions, not ordinary objects.

  Object positions are not affected by parallax at all, just where they are drawn. So the object position will be identical on all layers, even when different parallax settings are used.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  Do not do that, it will be incredibly slow! You can already pass objects to functions - just pass the UID.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  Yeah, we only update the manual just before the next stable release. The manual should be updated over the next day or two.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  You could do this by setting the vector X and Y of the behavior.

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  Hmm... post a bug report for this and I'll see if I can add the drive letter to the path. I think it's because node-webkit is designed to be multiplatform, and that's what file paths look like on Mac and Linux (no drive letter).

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  • 27 Nov, 2013
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  If you want to test your game, just preview it from within Construct 2 (and you can also use preview-over-Wifi to test it on multiple devices easily). Once you export as a HTML5 website, you must upload it to a real server before it can work, due to security restrictions in browsers.