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1) I think I've traced this to the workaround for the Chrome 'sticky keys' bug. The workaround prevents iframes from getting focus which means they never get keyboard input. So I've disabled the workaround when in an iframe, which unfortunately means iframed games will still get the sticky keys bug in Chrome... but I think they've finally fixed it in the next release (Chrome 18) anyway.

2) Gah, the new version of Closure Compiler I put in is buggy. I thought Google wouldn't release buggy versions of it. Reverted to the old one and it seems to work again...

3) Another case of the same bug, should be fixed too.

r79.3 on its way...
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Ah, a different case of the same bug :-\ I think I've fixed it now, looks like we'll have an r79.3 tomorrow...
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Oh, that's correct for the iPhone 3GS. 640x960 is the size of the iPhone 4+ which has a double-resolution screen. The 3GS is 320x480 so the values are right once you take in to account the top and bottom bar.
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Please see how to report bugs - can you post your .capx and link to the exported project? Are there any browser errors?
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Which game? Are you posting to the arcade? Are there any browser errors? Have you tried r79.2?

Please remember to try to include as much information as possible.
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Well, previewing should look the same as when you press Export. Otherwise you design your game and then you export it and it looks different, which is annoying. So shouldn't it stay this way?
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Try adding a layer and using sprites with an effect on it. The 'Lighting.capx' demo in the examples directory might help show the idea.
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Always, always animate objects by moving/rotating/resizing rather than making a sequence of animation frames. Doing it by animation frames will waste tonnes of memory unnecessarily! It's much better to do it by events, and it usually looks smoother too.
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You might be interested in the Function plugin (third party), but we were going to add official features along those lines eventually anyway.
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That's a good point Yann, using families as a second independent object-picking list is probably the best unintended feature of families!
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Try "Every 60 seconds" instead of "Time = 1 minute". Alternatively try storing 'time' in a global variable on start of layout and checking if the time is 'time + 60'. The game time is from the very beginning of the game, so the second time around the time will be 2 minutes and counting, which will not satisfy the "time = 1 minute" event ever again.
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Are you literally typing in: Health + 1 ?

You know instance variables have to be accessed with a dot?

These all work:

Self.Health

Sprite.Health

Family1.Health

if you just type in "Health" it will look for an event variable by that name, and none exists, so the error is correct.

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