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• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 11 Nov, 2012
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  Can you share your .capx? Also, are you using the 'export to appmobi' option when exporting? The other options won't work for appMobi.

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  Construct 2 can save different versions of your project automatically; you shouldn't need to do this. See Keep your work safe with Construct 2's backup options.

  I think you are confused by the two save-as options - if you want to save a manual backup or a specific verison of your project, just use 'save as single file'. Regardless of whether you have a .capx or a folder project, this will save it to a single file wherever you choose, which sounds like exactly what you want. However using a real version control system like SVN or Git is far superior to doing it by hand like that.

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  1) This is on the todo list!

  2) No new features are necessary for this, just put your object logic in a subevent like 'Is on screen', and all its logic will stop running when it goes offscreen

  3) Sounds like something best suited to a third party plugin - I think you can already get by fine with the built-in objects for this, but a third party plugin could help make this specific case a little easier.

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  • 11 Nov, 2012
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  It is generally the case that instances are run in IID order, but not always - using families will mean the instance order is a mish mash of different object types, and I can't think off the top of my head how that is handled. Still, I wouldn't rely on this behavior at all, because it could change in future engine updates.

  To be honest, it's a very unusual question. Why would the order the instances are run in be important? If you have two separate events, as far as each instance is concerned they are affected in the order of the events, even if the engine ran the instances in a random order. It's actually quite difficult to make an event where the order instances are run affects anything. Why are you asking and are you sure your events have this requirement? You might be mistaken, and in fact the order instances are run in does not affect your events at all, even if you think it does.

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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  I can't reproduce this, they appear fine here on Windows 8. Can you provide any more information about your system and whether this occurs on any other computers you have access to?

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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  We won't fix this - it relates to the breaking change a while ago that created instances don't really exist until the next top-level event. So the IIDs won't be correct until then either. Like Yann says just use the count minus one if that's what you really want; you shouldn't really rely on any particular order of IIDs anyway, it could change again in future engine updates.

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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  I think this is fixed in the next build (same issue as other thread). I also fixed the fact local non-static variables would share their values across all levels of recursion, like global variables - from the next build now their values also work independently in each call.

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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  Thanks, should be fixed in next build.

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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  Please see How to report bugs. You need to attach a .capx of your project so I can see what you are describing; it may be subjective or only occur with the particular artwork you are using.

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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  I just don't like the idea of using strings as parameter names. If we went down that route, I'd want Construct 2 to be able to tell you in the editor if you used an incorrect parameter name, to help prevent you making mistakes from typos. That would mean using some kind of built-in expressions (like local variables) which aren't just simple strings. I'm not sure how we could design that.

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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  Yes, see here:

  http://www.scirra.com/tutorials/304/how-to-export-to-appmobi-with-directcanvas

  And here:

  http://www.scirra.com/tutorials/303/how-to-export-to-cocoonjs

  These should both be *much* faster than PhoneGap.

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• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  What do you mean it doesn't show the correct GUI interface?

  I don't think any official features use the flag yet so it's kind of an untested feature.

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  • 10 Nov, 2012
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  Must be an issue with Chrome rather than C2 then if FF doesn't do it.

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  • 9 Nov, 2012
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  thehen - woah, that's ridiculous, there's no way the backup should be that huge. It definitely sounds like a bug. Can you have a look and see why the backup file is so big? (If it's a .capx, rename it to .zip and just open it and have a look inside.) Also, are you working with a folder-based project or a single-file capx project?