Pigpud's Forum Posts

  • Hi.

    About every other day, sometimes once a day depending on how much I'm opening the project, Construct does not load my layers.

    The only way to bring them back is to close the layers tab and reopen it through the bars menu.

    I have a fairly large project (7k+ events) so I'm assuming this has something to do with it? I can't remember this ever happening when the project was smaller.

    My layouts can have up to 30 layers (including sub-layers) as well, and I'm on Chrome.

    As far as I can tell it happens randomly, and if it is related to project size then filing a bug report is going to be useless.

    It hasn't affected my project, but is annoying when it happens.

    I know this is a shot in the dark, but figured I'd ask to see if anybody has any thoughts on what might be causing this or if it's happened to anybody else.

    Thanks!

  • Hi.

    I've enjoyed working with custom actions but wonder why they don't have an option to return values.

    Object.Toggle(n)

    Wherein "Toggle" is an object's custom action, basically a custom expression only accessible to that object rather then:

    Functions.ObjectToggle(n)

    It would be nice to be able to keep specific "functions" only accessible to an object that uses it rather then having it accessible to the whole project, where it will clutter up the function expressions call list.

    Anyways just wondering if there is a reason why this isn't a feature, as it seems to me this would greatly expand the functionality of custom actions.

  • Same here.

  • Thank you, Wacky Toaster!

    Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the bug find!

  • Hey there!

    I've recently published version 3.0 for my small game jam game, ChickChickChick Chicken!

    This update adds a speed running feature as well as some minor bug fixes.

    I've also added a leaderboard for the arcade version!

    If you have a few minutes to spare, feel free to give it a play!

    Arcade:

    https://www.construct.net/en/free-online-games/chickchickchick-chicken-83908/play

    Itch.io:

    https://pigpud.itch.io/chick-chick-chick-chicken

    Tagged:

  • Update, I deleted the timeline that caused the project to crash in the first place and now I can preview and debug again.

  • Yes, but my last one is from two days ago. :/

    I mean at least I can open the broken project and copy the changes I've made to the backup, but this still sucks.

  • Hi.

    I recently opened the timeline editor for the first time and was messing around with it for only a few minutes when it crashed the whole project.

    I was able to save it and was able to open the project after restarting Construct but now all I'm getting when debugging is a black screen.

    It's the same with any preview mode and across all layouts. I've also cleared my cookies and cache.

    Any help is greatly appreciated!

    Thank you!

  • It's not not possible in the debugger but you can view them in the layout editor:

  • The system I work with for my game has vars for every state, so like if the player jumps while running it might look like this:

    Idle_(Default)

    Walk_(Fast)

    Jump_(Long)

    Land_(Moving)

    As apposed to when the player jumps while idle:

    Idle_(Default)

    Walk_(Default)

    Jump_(Static)

    Land_(Static)

    I also use bools that manage the player states to keep condition comparisons as small and readable as possible.

    I've also found that it's important to be able to turn off parts of the animation system like walking, idle, and jumping to make adding new mechanics a lot easier.

  • Nice! Visuals look great too!

  • I'd like to move the "master" global layer to it's own dedicated layout. Is there any way to do this?

    Thanks!

  • I'm on the latest stable and the selection bug still happens at least once every time I'm working in the animations editor selecting and moving stuff around.

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  • I learned most of what I know about Construct without using AI by:

    Reading the manual: https://www.construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3

    Looking at the tutorials: https://www.construct.net/en/tutorials/construct-3?flang=1

    Going through the examples in the example browser and learning how they work: https://www.construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/overview/example-browser

    And there is always Dop2000's site that has a ton of amazing examples: https://howtoconstructdemos.com/

    There are hundreds of resources that C3 users have put together to help beginners. You just need to know where to look.