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  • 27 Mar, 2013
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  This looks cool, but unfortunately the main problem with UDP is a lot of home and business router setups, or crappy middleware at ISPs, simply drop UDP packets, and sometimes only one way. This can make it pretty tough to get full duplex between any two systems on the internet. NAT punch-through is pretty much an essential feature for this type of thing, and can require middle-man servers.

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  Try giving it the destination-out blend mode, putting it on the same layer as the yellow object with the blue object on a different layer underneath, then marking the layer with the yellow object to 'Force own texture'.

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  • 27 Mar, 2013
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  I just tried the latest CocoonJS launcher on Android and the AJAX requests don't seem to work still even when CORS is used. Joannesalfa, were you testing on iOS?

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  • 27 Mar, 2013
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  The event search feature (in the ribbon) would be useful for finding tags like "TODO".

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  • 27 Mar, 2013
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  You can already do pairing in events, but it can be a bit fiddly. If you create the right number of objects, though, they should just all naturally pair up.

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  • 27 Mar, 2013
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  What format are you using exactly? .wav isn't a single format, there are a wide range of variants. Importing 44.1KHz 16-bit PCM .wavs should work fine, but the encoder tools we use might not be able to deal with other formats (like a-law or u-law instead of PCM; other sample rates, possibly including 48 KHz; other bit depths like 32-bit float, etc.)

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  • 27 Mar, 2013
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  When did it tell you the limits had been hit? If you were trying to add a layer, it will tell you that if you have already got 4 layers, since the free edition is limited to 4 layers.

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  • 26 Mar, 2013
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  Definitely looks like the graphics drivers are screwing up the display. By coincidence I've made a tweak to the next build to try and resolve some other driver issues - let me know how the next release goes, it could be better for you as well.

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  • 26 Mar, 2013
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  Mobile devices can literally be 100 times slower than your desktop. The most common mistake is just giving the phone too much work to do in rendering.

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  • 26 Mar, 2013
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  The existing AJAX object is supposed to work, but it doesn't due to bugs in CocoonJS. We've asked Ludei to fix it!

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  • 26 Mar, 2013
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  Construct 2 isn't supposed to be a code editor - there are loads of other tools out there. If you learn the keyboard shortcuts well, though, I'm sure it's as fast or faster than coding!

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  • 26 Mar, 2013
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  I've been talking to Kyatric a bit about a similar issue over Skype. It may be Dropbox is failing to send some images (they're not a great host). Can you reproduce the problem when hosted on a different server?

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  • 26 Mar, 2013
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  As per how to report bugs, please re-submit your .capx with no third party plugins used (you used clay.io). This eliminates the possibility the problem is caused by the plugin. FYI your exported game seems to run OK here in Chrome.

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  • 26 Mar, 2013
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  Antialiasing usually only applies to 3D games. In Construct 2, a different technique is used: when you press crop it automatically leaves a 1px transparent border around the edge. This is not actually antialiasing, but it does help give rotated objects a "smooth" edge. Try pressing crop on any objects with sharp edges - it will add a 1px transparent border if there isn't one already.

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  • 26 Mar, 2013
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  In full-screen games where you can't right click anywhere, just use the menu instead (top-right icon in Chrome) or the keyboard shortcut (F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I/J/K)