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AppGameKit Studio Chat / AppGameKit Studio Alpha 0.51 Released!

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RickV
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Posted: 5th Apr 2019 18:41 Edited at: 5th Apr 2019 18:42
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Hi,

The latest Alpha is now available. Here's a video that highlights the key new features;



AppGameKit Studio Alpha 0.51 - CHANGE LOG

Scene Editor
* Allow adding of "Edit Box" with basic setup settings.
* "Edit Box" added border color and border size settings.
* Copy/Duplicate/Multiple Duplicate now also copy over the Array Group.
* Resolution window now scale to font size.
* Generated code can be used with "#option_explicit"
* Added scene_cleanup() to clean up all used scene media.
* Added scene_fade( percent_fade) 0-100, allow you to fade in or out a scene.
* Fixed bug with text/editbox/virtualbutton array index.
* Added basic physics. On-off/shape/mode/rotate/bullet.
* Added physics debug option in test mode.
* Added Physics Walls support.
* Added generation of physics agk code.
* Fixed physics bugs.
* Added Physics Restitution support.
* Added physics support for SetPhysicsMaxPolygonPoints.
* Added Layer system to "Draw Mode".
* Added physics support for setting "center of mass","mass","friction","liniar damping","angular damping"

IDE
* Fullscreen mode now remembers settings from before fullscreen and restore these when you exit fullscreen.
* Fullscreen reminder to press F11 to exit fullscreen.
* Reset selection states after a cut.
* Added auto scroll when selecting with the mouse. Will trigger when mouse is placed on the 2 last line or the 2 top lines. horizontal scroll is also possible.
* Added: "Save Layout" to view menu.
* Added Preferences: "Restore Layout on Startup" if checked it will try to restore your "saved" layout on startup.

Keyboard Shortcuts
* Are checked so they cant interfere with normal keyboard operations.

Code Properties
* You can now use globals with type definition like this:
global myint as integer = 3 //[IDEGUIADD],integer,my integer
global myflt as float = 3.14 //[IDEGUIADD],float,my float
global mystr as string = "foobar" //[IDEGUIADD],string,my string

Media Files
* Added button to diplay icons as small/normal/large
* Added Refresh button if for some reason your OS dont allow monitoring of folders.


Bug Fixes
* Sprite Sheet had inverted Columns/Rows that make it impossible to setup a atlas that was not square.
* Display Atlas with correct ratio in scene manager.

Mac
* Added save/restore windows position.
* Added latest commands to compiler.
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Posted: 5th Apr 2019 19:10
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Awesome update.

I was wondering are there any plans to allow an atlas to be utilized in the new scene editor ?
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Posted: 5th Apr 2019 19:14
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Thanks for the update, looks great.
Only 1 thing, it is something I have already mentioned but in my opinion Scene Editor commands like scene_clean() and scene_fade() should be named like SceneClean() and SceneFade() to keep the syntax consistent with Tier1. It is just look weird and out of place, I also dislike this syntax, personally I_find_this_hard_to_read.

Since, it is only an alpha it is totally fine to break backward compatibility now and change things like this so please, consider it.

Thanks.
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Posted: 5th Apr 2019 20:03
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Now that is an update and a half. Awesome stuff. The scenefading is the icing on the cake.
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Posted: 5th Apr 2019 20:40 Edited at: 5th Apr 2019 20:41
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Yes, agree with Zigi, please don't use "_" character within command names, it's horrible and unnecessary.
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Posted: 5th Apr 2019 22:04
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Also agree - underscores does not look good! Not even fired studio up yet. Looking forward to it but will probably finish my game in classic first.
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David, you can work on your game with the new IDE and then load it up on classic and export it from there.
all scene files are compatible with the Classic version as they are just an agc file written differently. I was really stuck with one game on how to deploy certain entities and now its much easier. Re-edited in Studio reOpened in Classic export it and walla. flawless.
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What is the correct way to load scenes and not have each scenes' globals interfere with eachother. Example:

#insert "Test1.scene"
#insert "Test2.scene"

When I do this before my loop I get
"Test2 variable blah has already been defined on line blah in Test1.scene"

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This is a good question that I'm also wondering.
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I do it this way and it seems to work OK, for now anyway
I use #Include "myscene" and not #insert "myscene"

and then just
deleteallimages()
deleteallsprites()

When done!!! before calling a new scene

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Unfortunately you'll have to wait for the next release. According to the issues thread on GitHub it will be fixed in next version. I'm not sure I've seen a work around at this time since we really can't modify the script in the scene without it being overridden once the scene file is modified..
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As Dark Raven said the next version shouldn't have this issue. It's annoying at the moment because I's like to use version 0.51 features but can't because of this bug. I'm hoping in the next few days there will be a release of the next version.
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Quote: "Another idea: create a big scene(map), bigger then the visible area and then split it in several scenes if wanted.
Mark area -> rightclick -> save as scene and so on."


We need to be able to tile larger than the screen size. +1
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Quote: "You can place sprites outside the screenview.But its all one scene atm."


I know you can, it just doesn't feel right. Maybe after you start to tile off screen, you can select to toggle off the black area or set the black area to the whole screen.
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Posted: 10th Apr 2019 13:59 Edited at: 10th Apr 2019 14:00
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I would just like to create a bigger scene than this. Without loading more scenes. A player running across a map would be pissed off if he had to stop for 1000 scenes loading.
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@Crazy Programmer:
If you mean you want more sprites in the visible area , then just set the grid size to 32x32 and in "Draw Mode" check "Fit Sprite to Grid" and "Snap To Grid". Then you will be able to double the number of sprites in the visible area.
The image width/height do not have to match the grid size.
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@Preben That is not what he means.
He means he wants his scene to be bigger than the viewport and for the player to then scroll around a world that is several screens wide/high.

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Posted: 11th Apr 2019 13:33 Edited at: 11th Apr 2019 13:33
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I haven't used the scene editor yet as I had no assets to test it with but I did think the current view looks restrictive and if I was to use it would have like to have seen a larger/unlimited size scene with a bounding box for the viewport to show what's visible on the screen if it was running etc.

I'm unlikely to use it though so my opinion probably isn't that important. It just felt limited, restrictive, and odd.
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Perhaps its me that do not understand the question then ? , i think there is room for around 2500 full 1024x768 screens (or any resolution you select), in a single scene file.

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Posted: 11th Apr 2019 16:22 Edited at: 11th Apr 2019 16:27
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Yes, but on first glimpse you're presented with a box that has a light grey and yellow border/frame around it. That looks like you only have that space to play with and that your game needs to fit in that. What's the point of that box if you have a much larger world/scene to build on. I get the yellow border to show what's visible on the screen. That's needed, or at least an option to toggle on and off.

Your screenshot looks odd as the yellow border/frame is underneath the level/images.

Like I say, I'll probably never use it. Most scene editors I've seen don't have that box or if they do you set the size of the scene before you build on it
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Quote: "What's the point of that box if you have a much larger world/scene to build on. "


The box shows what will be visible on the screen when you run the scene.
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Quote: "The box shows what will be visible on the screen when you run the scene."


I get that, and said that. But it's pointless because it's covered. Look at Prebens screenshot. Just do away with the box completely and have a yellow frame on top to show the screen view. One that can be toggled on and off, and maybe even moved around.
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Sorry, i've made an answer in the wrong post, and can't delete it.
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