Binah's Forum Posts

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  • It was ChatGPT that suggested trying tiled backgrounds, but I scrapped that idea for the reasons explained above!

    It did also suggest using canvases, but warned that it might consume more memory than sprites.

    My ultimate aim is to be able to display maybe up to 50 photographs one at a time and try to avoid delays either preloading them all or the delay pulling them back from local storage when loading on demand. I'm currently doing the latter and there's a slight delay which is why I'm considering preloading just the next and previous ones whilst the current one is being displayed.

    Please don't listen to ChatGPT. Refer to YouTube tutorials, documentation, or a forum post like this.

  • Many beginners now instinctively turn to GPT first when trying to solve a problem, but they often receive answers that look correct on the surface yet don’t fully match how Construct actually works.

    Aaaand this is why most people give up or turn to vibe coding. They rely on stuff like this. I just used tutorials and documentation when I was stuck, and it was magnitudes better than what Chatgpt could do.

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  • I'm making an account just to explain why this example isn't very good and also to give and take points for the implementation of AI.

    Around 3 weeks ago, I was in this position. Didn't know how to use arrays, dictionaries, i didn't even know tweens existed.

    Oh yeah? If I search for "array" in the examples, I get 65 matches — and none of them immediately answer a basic question like "how do I find a specific number in an array?"

    I figured out how to find a specific number in the arrays just by messing around in construct using trial and error. I got it in my third try. Also, if the person checking out the examples bothers to even look at the code and try to understand it, they will figure it out very easily through reverse engineering.

    If AI was added to combat this issue, I personally think it would be a positive. having a robot over your shoulder helping you is awesome. Super good for the slower and naturally inept (not to their fault of course, they were just dealt a bad hand.)

    HOWEVER. You should NOT EVER just go and ask ChatGPT what stuff does. People have tutorials and there's documentation for a reason. Go to chatGPT DEAD LAST.

    And many beginners don’t even know the examples exist.

    Examples are like the first thing I saw when i started construct. They are so obvious and the website makes it so painfully clear they exist and are available that the people that don't know they exist are actual children or just ignorant.

    I'm old-school - if I have a question, I check the documentation and Google. Five years ago beginners learned from YouTube tutorials. These days, people use AI - half the forum posts now start with "I asked ChatGPT first but…"

    This is the problem. I'm surprised you didn't realize. People asking ChatGPT about code it's never seen in an engine it doesn't know works is why most people are against AI in the first place. This point you bring up is directly against AI and makes your Pro-AI argument crumble. I've never and WILL NEVER use ChatGPT for coding. I suck it up and use tutorials and check the documentation. The way The coding gods INTENDED.

    That's the new reality. Like it or not.

    Unfortunately, he's right. However, you can help by pitching in and helping newbies in forum posts so they don't go to ChatGPT!

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