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Post by swietymiki on Oct 29, 2017 6:36:10 GMT -8
Recently I was working on a new level in the Gruntz Level Editor. Everything was fine at first but some time later I encountered a problem.
There was one decoration that had a coin hidden behind it. I wanted to move the EyeCandy a bit to make it look better and then I turned on the game to test the level.
What surprised me was that the coin began appearing above the decoration and it's always visible. I tried creating both logics again but the problem is not fixed, coin always appears above the decoration.
I noticed it's not only a problem with placement of objects. Now every EyeCandy that I edit or add to this level acts like a BehindCandy. All Gruntz are always visible and walk on them like the decorations were just ground tiles.
Maybe someone enountered a problem like this? Do you have any ideas what can be done to fix it? I really don't want to abandon this level because of a weird editor bug.
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Post by GooRoo on Oct 29, 2017 6:58:09 GMT -8
Recently I was working on a new level in the Gruntz Level Editor. Everything was fine at first but some time later I encountered a problem. There was one decoration that had a coin hidden behind it. I wanted to move the EyeCandy a bit to make it look better and then I turned on the game to test the level. What surprised me was that the coin began appearing above the decoration and it's always visible. I tried creating both logics again but the problem is not fixed, coin always appears above the decoration. I noticed it's not only a problem with placement of objects. Now every EyeCandy that I edit or add to this level acts like a BehindCandy. All Gruntz are always visible and walk on them like the decorations were just ground tiles. Maybe someone enountered a problem like this? Do you have any ideas what can be done to fix it? I really don't want to abandon this level because of a weird editor bug. |
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Post by swietymiki on Oct 29, 2017 9:45:12 GMT -8
I'm not mistaken, nor is it a joke, the problem persists. I'm providing a video to depict it. As you can see, I'm walking over cratez, whose logic is EyeCandy, not a BehindCandy, and yet my Grunt appears above it, while cratez should cover him. Same thing happens if I change the graphic of the decoration, for example to an Observatory. Any thoughts on this? streamable.com/dkbvfAbout the level itself... even without this problem it will not be finished in a long time. But when it does, there might be a problem with finding a Beta-Tester willing to play it.  |
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Post by GooRoo on Oct 29, 2017 11:31:22 GMT -8
I'm not mistaken, nor is it a joke, the problem persists. I'm providing a video to depict it. As you can see, I'm walking over cratez, whose logic is EyeCandy, not a BehindCandy, and yet my Grunt appears above it, while cratez should cover him. Same thing happens if I change the graphic of the decoration, for example to an Observatory. Any thoughts on this? streamable.com/dkbvfAbout the level itself... even without this problem it will not be finished in a long time. But when it does, there might be a problem with finding a Beta-Tester willing to play it. |
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Post by swietymiki on Oct 29, 2017 14:31:08 GMT -8
No, no, you didn't understand me.   No matter how I put the coins, they are never hidden. That's the problem. |
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Post by SwordGrunt on Oct 29, 2017 17:54:53 GMT -8
Are you sure you didn't mis-spell EyeCandy? Remember it's case sensitive.
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Post by swietymiki on Oct 30, 2017 6:59:11 GMT -8
Definitely not.  Also as I mentioned earlier, objects that I put before the problem occured are still working correctly (the alien signs around the map for example). However if I edit one of these objects or add a new one, they will not work. I checked, the issue is only on this one level and EyeCandies work just fine on others. I don't know, maybe I unconsciously broke the level settings? |
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Post by GooRoo on Oct 30, 2017 7:11:14 GMT -8
The Gruntz Level Editor works fine on my laptop, so while I cannot PLAY Gruntz here, I can check out the issue for myself, if you send me the WWD. I may even be able to 'sneaker net' it to the XP computer to test it out there.
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Post by GooRoo on Oct 30, 2017 9:52:13 GMT -8
Definitely not. Also as I mentioned earlier, objects that I put before the problem occured are still working correctly (the alien signs around the map for example). However if I edit one of these objects or add a new one, they will not work. I checked, the issue is only on this one level and EyeCandies work just fine on others. I don't know, maybe I unconsciously broke the level settings? |
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Post by swietymiki on Oct 30, 2017 9:57:07 GMT -8
Nothing is checked in the flags section. When I select "No Draw", the decoration becomes totally invisible in-game.
Also I just sent you the file in a private message.
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Post by swietymiki on Nov 3, 2017 10:23:17 GMT -8
I have found a way to put decorations in levels without using the EyeCandy logic, by putting InGameIcon instead and then setting the Z value of the object to 2, so it appears before any other objects or Gruntz. I guess I'll have to replace all broken EyeCandies in this level using this method.
Edit: Doing that caused another batch of bugs in the level, with objects sometimes disappearing when Gruntz walk on them, or a coin hidden behind a decoration that is impossible to pick up. Sigh.
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