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  • FF doesn't have such a good garbage collector and seems to have slowdowns with audio so tends to be noticably more choppy than Chrome in my experience.

  • mercy, we'll document families when all the features are done - shouldn't be more than a couple of weeks.

  • Just use the layer name instead of the number, e.g. "HUD" instead of the number 4, then it will always use the same layer regardless of where it is.

  • Suggestion noted!

  • mrsponkie, have you tried using the Preview on LAN setting? I really don't know how else to fix this, it seems your computer does not want to let Construct 2 start a server.

  • This is a known and documented quirk of WebGL, it happens for technical reasons (WebGL cannot draw text so text is drawn in an overlay on top of everything). Closing as not a bug.

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  • Ha, well glad it's not a C2 bug :)

  • UncleJey, it would be helpful if you gave us the actual text in the error message. If it's Construct 2's error message and not a Java error message, if you read it carefully it should tell you what to do: visit java.com, find the 64-bit version of Java (by default it gives you the 32-bit one) and install that. It's not a bug, it's just the 64-bit Construct 2 will use 64-bit Java, and by default you only get 32-bit Java installed which is the wrong one.

  • Open the Windows 'Run' dialog, and type in 'chrome'. Does Chrome open? That's basically the command Construct 2 runs when you specifically choose Chrome in the preview browser. Also, what browser opens if you double-click a HTML file? That's also what Construct 2 simulates doing when choosing (default). So it sounds like your system is set up funny somehow.

  • If you want the raw math used to work it out, it's based off canvasToLayer at the bottom of preview.js in the install directory. Not very helpful I know if you're not familiar with coding but this is the actual implementation of how the scaling and translation is worked out.

    layerProto.canvasToLayer = function (ptx, pty, getx)
     {
          // Apply parallax
          var ox = (this.runtime.width / 2);
          var oy = (this.runtime.height / 2);
          var x = ((this.layout.scrollX - ox) * this.parallaxX) + ox;
          var y = ((this.layout.scrollY - oy) * this.parallaxY) + oy;
          
          // Move to top-left of visible area
          var invScale = 1 / this.getScale();
          x -= (this.runtime.width * invScale) / 2;
          y -= (this.runtime.height * invScale) / 2;
          
          x += ptx * invScale;
          y += pty * invScale;
          
          // Rotate about scroll center
          var a = this.getAngle();
          if (a !== 0)
          {
               x -= this.layout.scrollX;
               y -= this.layout.scrollY;
               var cosa = Math.cos(a);
               var sina = Math.sin(a);
               var x_temp = (x * cosa) - (y * sina);
               y = (y * cosa) + (x * sina);
               x = x_temp;
               x += this.layout.scrollX;
               y += this.layout.scrollY;
          }
          
          // Return point in layer coords
          return getx ? x : y;
     };

  • If you do 'always - set web font...' the Text object will ignore the action with no performance impact if it is already using that web font. So you should be fine doing that.

  • Image points rotate with the object. So that does not sound like normal behavior. Did you add the image point to *all* animations and animation frames? Adding it to 1 frame only adds it to that 1 frame unless you right click and apply to whole animation, then also set it for other animations.

    Otherwise, sharing your .capx is always good to help us solve your problem.

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