John Cutter's Forum Posts

  • You still need to choose one of the scaling modes, it doesn't need to work in full screen.

    Hmm. I'm confused then. The only place that I can see to choose a scaling mode is under "Full Screen Mode". I was hoping to keep the browser bar and just have my app appear in the middle of the browser screen.

    Maybe I need to look into embedding my app on a web page? Research tells me that I am supposed to use the Scirra arcade but my app isn't a game and would just confuse people...

    UPDATE: I just tried full screen / scale outer and I think that will work for my needs. Thanks!

  • Thanks for the link! I'll check it out.

    I'm not using full screen mode. I just wanted my app to display in the horizontal center of the browser window.

  • Hello. What are you trying to do? (I'm not sure why you would want to update a text display that no one can see.)

    To answer your question, I thought of three possible solutions:

    First, I *think* you can just uncheck "initially visible" in the text properties. You can still put text in the box, but it won't show up on the screen.

    Second, you could change the opacity of the text box to 0%. (In other words, make it transparent.)

    Third, you could change your font color to the same color as the background.

  • I've been researching this but it seems like most of the questions about centering are for web or mobile games in full screen mode. I'm creating a browser app.

    My app has a logo, some buttons, and about a dozen text fields. I'd like to get everything centered in a browser window for both PC and mobile (portrait). What is the best approach?

    I tried pinning everything to a sprite and then centering that sprite in the middle of the screen -- but that isn't working. (I'm setting the x coordinate of my framing sprite to: (ViewportLeft(0) + ViewPortRight(0))/2)

    Any suggestions?

  • Thanks for the reply, Ashley!

    Apple ban other browser engines on iOS.

    Interesting! The App Store has Bluefy listed as: "Bluefy - Web BLE Browser". Maybe it's built on Safari and then it just adds the Bluetooth on top of that.

    I know that Safari doesn't support Bluetooth, but Bluefy has allowed me to at least connect to a Bluetooth device.

  • This is related to a question I just asked in the "How do I..." forum.

    My project needs to use mobile Bluetooth and as that is not supported by Safari I am having to use a browser called "Bluefy" (which is available for Android and iOS.)

    My website/program was loading until I added a .webm sound call. Now I'm just getting a black screen. (It works on Safari - except the Bluetooth part, of course.)

    I thought maybe I could use a different format, but Construct seems to automatically convert all audio files to .webm Opus.

  • I've written a short program that plays audio from a URL:

    - Add remote URL "https://example.com/test/test.webm" (type "audio/webm; codecs=opus") as name "voice"

    - Play "voice" not looping from Sounds at 0 dB (tag "voice")

    I've exported this code to my website and it runs just fine on my PC. Unfortunately, I need it to work on my iPhone, too. But when I push the PLAY button nothing happens.

    Any ideas?

    UPDATE: I just saw this bug: "Audio remote url doesn't work in iOS #4721". Ashley says the workaround was to make sure to include .webm files in the program. All of my audio files are .webm, so I know that's not the problem.

  • Thanks for all the replies!

    I should have been a little more specific about what I need to do. I have written a little tool that does two things:

    1) It records audio from my microphone

    2) It starts a timer, so when I press keys on the keypad I can save the timestamps, and the key values, in a JSON file.

    I have another program that starts a timer and PLAYS the audio files. Then I can look at the JSON timestamps to "sync" the audio file with my program. I have this working already, but the audio files are Mono, and Stereo would be much better.

    Is it possible to launch Audacity from Construct 3? I wonder if the timing would be a little inconsistent, though.

  • I want to record binaural audio so I bought a special microphone. Unfortunately, the audio recorder built into Construct appears to only be mono!

    Is there any way to record stereo audio?

    UPDATE: I should have been more specific in my initial question. I am looking for a way to record stereo audio using Construct 3. (Even if I have to use the Javascript feature.) It's part of a more extensive program.

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  • I have created a Bluetooth-enabled device and I'm controlling it with a Construct 3 program. I'm planning to sell my device on Shopify and it would be great if I could embed my program on the product page.

    I can apparently embed a program using the Scirra Arcade, but is there any way to "hide" it? It's not a game, it's just a way to connect to and control the Bluetooth device.

    Is there another way to embed a C3 program?

  • I have a niche business idea that I think could do fairly well. It would involve me bundling an audio file with a data file, and selling these as "programs".

    I'd like to make a really nice-looking Shopify site and sell my programs there, and then have a button or link on Shopify that takes customers to my C3 Player program... which would be on a different website. That's not ideal, but I think it should work. Anyone see issues with that approach?

    Alternatively, I could create a website that includes my player program. But then I would need a shopping cart of some kind to handle the sales part. Five years ago someone mentioned using Snipcart... Has anyone tried that recently?

  • Okay, fixed my problem.

    I was using a tag when I downloaded the sound, but not when I *played* the sound. Once I set and used that second tag it worked great!

    Thanks, Jase00!

  • The project I'm working on uses external audio url, and I use "audio.playbacktime" very often for syncing objects to the music, which works well! I haven't had the same bug that you have described. Hmm..

    That would be awesome if it worked!! Thanks for the reply! Hmm. I must have been doing something wrong. Here's what I did:

    FIRST TEST

    1. I played a .webm file, stored on my website. I could hear the file playing.

    2. Every tick: Set text file to "Audio.PlaybackTime(tag)". (The text field just stays blank.)

    SECOND TEST

    1. I saved the .webm file to my project and ran it like a normal sound effect.

    2. Every tick: Set text file to "Audio.PlaybackTime(tag)". (As soon as I start the sound I see numbers climbing in the text field.)

    Let me try it again.

  • Because the audio object offers you Audio.CurrentTime or Audio.PlaybackTime(Tag) which you can compare against your timestamps.

    I'm not sure if it's a bug, but apparently "Audio.PlaybackTime(Tag)" doesn't work when you load a sound externally. (Using "Add remote URL".)

    Maybe I can simply use timers.

  • My application requires a vocal recorder. I looked at some of the code but didn't have a microphone to test it. I wound up buying a microphone that has really good stereo (it's almost binaural). Unfortunately, the audio recorder built into Construct is only mono!

    Does anyone know if this is a limitation of Construct? Or is it an HTML5/browser limitation?