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Derek S marked one of dale.beermann's replies in Sharendipity as useful. dale.beermann replied to the problem "camera problem".

Derek S replied on November 19, 2009 21:33 to the problem "camera problem" in Sharendipity:

Sweet, thanks. I don't have the text problem after I set the camera then restart the app.

Derek S reported a problem in Sharendipity on November 19, 2009 05:10:

camera problem

My applications is fairly large, and in order to view it I need to zoom out, not only does it completely mess up the text size, but I also can't keep it that way. Pressing the set camera button does nothing. It also does not work for panning (I can pan, but it won't keep the camera there).

Derek S replied on September 09, 2009 23:20 to the idea "Behavior: Learn More About Sharendipity" in Sharendipity:

I think I'm done with the action, you can check it out if you want and give me any suggestions to improve it (or if you think the link should be something other than beta.sharendipity.com). The name of the action is Create Sharendipity Info Box

Derek S replied on September 08, 2009 02:38 to the update "New Editor UI" in Sharendipity:

I like the new look.

I'm still a bit confused about the difference between world and application behaviors and methods, I have only been doing world ones. Until you guys add multiple world support, the difference between application and world is very confusing especially because they both have "edit class" in them. I would suggest changing the edit class in the application thing to say "edit application" or something, so that they don't both say "edit class".

Derek S shared an idea in Sharendipity on September 08, 2009 02:21:

Behavior: Learn More About Sharendipity

So I was thinking that someone from Sharendipity, or myself if you guys want me to, should create and share a behavior that will (when activated) create a box/prompt that will inform people about sharendipity and give a link to it's home page.

For instance, someone could have a button on their game saying "learn more about sharendipity" or something like that, then when the button is pressed the box would appear and say something like
"Sharendipity is an advanced programming platform that allows people with no programming experience to create games like this one. It is completely free and easy to use so why not give it a try?"

Then at the bottom there would be two buttons, the first would say something like "return to game" and it would just delete the objects and stuff. The other button would say "learn more" and it would take you to the Sharendipity home page. Also, the official Sharendipity logo would be on the top, which is why I suggested it here to see if it would be ok if I used the logo, or if you guys would prefer to do it.

This would obviously be used on external games that are being played on websites like Kongregate, I think it would be a great way to inform people about Sharendipity and maybe boost the community a little bit.

Derek S marked one of dale.beermann's replies in Sharendipity as useful. dale.beermann replied to the question "Round Decimials?".

Derek S asked a question in Sharendipity on September 01, 2009 07:15:

Round Decimials?

Is it possible to round a decimal to lets say the hundredths place. For instance is it possible to turn 1.0929490209020490294029 into 1.09?

Derek S marked one of Sharendipity's replies in Sharendipity as useful. Sharendipity replied to the idea "'In Contact With' If Test".

Derek S replied on August 28, 2009 21:49 to the idea "Web Design and more..." in Sharendipity:

The problem with multiple worlds is you still have all of the clutter, actors, and behaviors from the other worlds. Making them separate applications would get rid of all of that clutter and improve efficiency.

Derek S replied on August 28, 2009 17:35 to the idea "Using actor classes/types in Behavior Filters" in Sharendipity:

I suppose it works for collision filters, but not for clicking filters.

Derek S shared an idea in Sharendipity on August 28, 2009 07:02:

'In Contact With' If Test

One thing that could be nice is an "In contact with" if test, let me give an example. Lets say I have a filter that is do (this) every 2 seconds. Than Inside of the behavior I could have an If test saying If actor A is in contact with Actor B then do this. This could be helpful in certain cases.
This is especially useful when you have objects that spawn on top of each other and the behavior filter "contacts" isn't that accurate for those situations.

Derek S shared an idea in Sharendipity on August 28, 2009 06:54:

Using actor classes/types in Behavior Filters

I noticed that you can't put in the purple actors in behavior filters. I think you should be able to do this and it would be very convenient. I realize that someone can just make the behavior inside of the actor's class, but that can be annoying to do (and more inexperienced users might not realize this).

Derek S shared an idea in Sharendipity on August 25, 2009 20:24:

Web Design and more...

Have you guys ever thought of using Sharendipity to design websites? I think it would be pretty awesome and you could make a really nice website with it. But some features that would be really nice for Sharendipity to have for website design are:

Embedded video: This would be awesome to have, especially if you are trying to design a website for a product.

External Links: Allow people to click buttons that will take them to different places on the wb.

This one is a big one, and would make making applications (not just websites) a whole lot easier.

Applications INSIDE of Applications: Similar to the worlds that you guys took out when you released the flash editor, this feature would allow the user to load an application when they click a button that is already inside of an application. So i for instance could make my menu system one application and than the game in another application. Of course you would have to be able to input variables (basically how that would work is the same way as the customize works, you would have default variables but they can be changed if you input the different variables). This would make managing large applications and games GREATLY easier. You could also profit from this by allowing users to license their applications to be used inside of other people's applications.

PS. you guys should consider making sharendipity.com a sharendipity application, it would be a great way to show off what sharendipity can do.

Derek S shared an idea in Sharendipity on August 25, 2009 06:35:

Text Offset

Right now I am trying to make it so there is text below certain moving objects, although I can (and will) just make a new object and make a behavior to do this, it would be nice if i could set the text offset to be for instance, 0,-2. This way the text would just appear below the object and I wouldn't have to deal with making another object with a special behavior for doing this.

Also, a tutorial or some information on what you can do with the text effects would be nice.

Derek S gave praise in Sharendipity on August 25, 2009 06:30:

The Bug Finder Is Awesome!

The Bug finder and break points are really awesome, and make it a million times easier to find bugs in your creations.

Derek S replied on August 24, 2009 06:44 to the question "Mouse Position" in Sharendipity:

So I just checked this out and the position is in the pixel resolution, so if I click in the bottom right it will be 512 by 384. It would be helpful if you guys could change that to the actual in game position, or let the user choose if they want the pixel or the in game position.

Derek S replied on August 20, 2009 20:20 to the question "Third number in coordinate?" in Sharendipity:

ok, then I think there is a bug because it says x position instead of z position. Though I would imagine that you guys already know that or did that on purpose.

Derek S marked one of Sharendipity's replies in Sharendipity as useful. Sharendipity replied to the question "Third number in coordinate?".

Derek S marked one of Sharendipity's replies in Sharendipity as useful. Sharendipity replied to the question "Mouse Position".