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• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 28 Jan, 2019
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  Most of the time such issues are networking issues such as NAT preventing WebRTC DataChannel packets being transmitted. What network setup are you using and which are the devices involved? Does it reproduce with different pairs of devices? For example sometimes there are issues hosting on a phone on cell data due to restrictive NAT at the carrier, but it works between PCs on a LAN.

• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 28 Jan, 2019
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  This thread about open-world games has some useful information.

• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 27 Jan, 2019
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  Upload the files then navigate a browser to index.html.

• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 27 Jan, 2019
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  I don't think any physics engines support per-pixel collisions. They all use polygons.

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• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 25 Jan, 2019

  That post is 7 years old (wow!) and it's talking about events that happened years ago even then - I think it's been over 10 years now... instead of digging up old stories let's all move on and focus on making great software and games. Sorry to do this but I think it's in everyone's best interest to close the thread and leave it be.

• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 25 Jan, 2019
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  If you're using the C2 runtime, use the System object's 'Is on platform' condition. In the C3 runtime, use the Platform Info object.

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  • 25 Jan, 2019
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  iOS 9 is very old and we cannot support it with the new, modern C3 runtime.

  There are few devices using iOS versions older than iOS 11. If supporting this minority of devices is important to you, then we recommend you continue using the C2 runtime.

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  • 25 Jan, 2019
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  See Using C3 to build C2 mobile exports. Whether this works depends on the third-party addons not requiring any Cordova plugins that the build server doesn't already support. You should check with the addon developers about that.

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  • 25 Jan, 2019
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  No, you don't need port forwarding - it uses WebRTC, which doesn't use any fixed port. Instead it uses STUN (and optionally TURN) servers for NAT punch-through. See the Multiplayer concepts tutorial for more information.

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  • 25 Jan, 2019
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  The C3 runtime is not supported on iOS 9. Are you able to update to a newer version of iOS?

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  • 25 Jan, 2019
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  Assuming you're not using "Set playback rate" anywhere, then the audio playback is handled by the browser, not Construct, so I'm not sure there's anything we can do about it. As with any issue the key things to check are if there are any messages in the browser console, and if it reproduces in other browsers. If it's unique to Chrome I think it would be best to file an issue directly with them.

• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 25 Jan, 2019
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  The problem is browser layout performance. I already described it in some detail in those earlier linked issues and pointed out some related Chrome bugs that have been filed, so I won't repeat all that here.

  Collapsed events/groups don't do layout for their children - so if you tend to keep most things collapsed and only expand the content you're working on, it should be faster. Additionally spreading content across different event sheets will also help. In the longer term, most browser vendors (including Google) are currently in the process of completely rewriting their layout engines to be faster, more powerful and more flexible. I think this will do a lot to help once they start shipping the various parts of that. Keep an eye on LayoutNG for updates on Chrome's side.

• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 25 Jan, 2019
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  Nepeo don't backups to the "Browser" location also go in IndexedDB? The only thing I can think of that would get clogged up with gigabytes of local storage is if there are endless local backups that aren't being cleaned up. Additionally I've no idea where the OK dialog with the "serialized value too large" error message could come from - it looks like a dialog that simply displays the contents of an error as its message, which we should avoid (it makes no sense to the user and can't be translated). In fact if people are saying it appears randomly, maybe that's the backup timer kicking off at periodic intervals...

• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 23 Jan, 2019
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  See the manual entry on expressions for a comprehensive list.

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  • 22 Jan, 2019
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  I think the difference will be negligible if there are only a few sprites, so you should choose the option that is easiest for your game design. As ever you can answer your own performance questions with measurements; if the options make any meaningful difference to performance then you can measure it, else it's not important.