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  • Did you save and reload your project in between, or did this happen all in one session?

  • You can extend Construct 2 by writing plugins in javascript - no inline scripts in the editor yet.

  • about png 8bit > my mistake, first time i tried it didnt work by dragging image to stage, and other png did, now it works too, so it works!, its a good way to save on filesize!

    It won't save on filesize - Construct 2 converts everything you import to 32-bit PNG.

    hat i did notice is once you import with a certain name, and then delete that object en reimport you cant rename back to that first name

    Is it still in the project bar? If the object type is still in the project bar, you can't name another object to the same name. Deleting the last instance of an object does not delete its object type.

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  • would be possible to add events such as scroll up and down? for mouse middle button.

    I'm not sure what you mean. There are already some scrolling actions under the System object. Do you need something that those actions can't do?

  • Aren't they supported already? Can you not import them to the image editor?

  • No, you can't seed C2's random number generator yet.

  • Hey, welcome to the forum :)

    Figuring that terrain generation would be the hardest thing to achieve for me at first, I went ahead and got started.

    If you're not familiar with how events work, procedural generation is kind of jumping in to the deep end. I think it's best to start with simple projects and build your way up from there, otherwise you will quickly get stuck!

    o here's question #1 (of many, many to come): how on Earth do I fill an array with variables?

    It all comes down to setting up some events that call the 'Set at XY' action (for a 2D grid, anyway).

    oes it start filled with 0?

    Yep.

    nd how do I key each number to be relative to a sprite?

    Do you mean actually creating the sprites from the data in the array? A 'For Each Element' (on XY axes) event should do that. Each iteration compare the current number in the array, and create a sprite based on that number. Subevents are good there.

    I was going to explain this, but I just added it in to your capx. Try this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15217362/tileengine.capx

    You should be careful about creating lots of sprites, though. Having too many sprites can slow down the game a lot. I'd recommend waiting until the next release or two when we add 'snap to grid', then maybe put it together in the layout editor, using tiled backgrounds wherever possible for large areas of sprites. Otherwise, the sheer sprite count could slow down performance.

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  • The array has a width of 1 and a height of 2. So setting the element at, for example, (3,3) has no effect. It's outside the array! Click the array in the project or object bar to show its properties and make it as big as you need.

    I would strongly advise you use Tiled Background objects wherever possible. Creating lots of sprites is really bad for performance. A tiled background, no matter how big, is as fast as a single sprite. So if you create 2500 grass sprites it's 2500 times slower than using a tiled background the same size.

  • I kept getting a messsage about Intranet or something

    What was that message? It's always important to know.

    Also, what browser and version are you using?

    If you hit Control+Shift+J in Firefox or Chrome after the message, are there any errors? (In Internet explorer, hit F12, click Console, then refresh the page to see errors.)

    've just been going through the basic tutorial so I doubt uploading my file would help much.

    I still would like to see the file if possible. You might have done something slightly different along the way which caused the problem.

    Construct 2 is still early in development, but all its basic features should be working just fine. I guess you've discovered a bug! Hopefully we can get this fixed for the next release.

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