Firework Engineer 1.0

[Rux]

Hello. This here really isn't a game. It is a program you can use to make your own virtual fireworks!
There is a mild complexity to it, so here's how to make one.

1. First open up the editor.
2. Click "Save" at the top of the screen, name it, but keep the extension.
3. Click "OK".
4. Now you got a file to work with. So first choose a type of shell you want.
5. Next, you need to choose an "ending". Choose either, Red Stars, Blue Stars, Green Stars, or none at all.
6. Now choose how long it takes to blow up. It says ms, but it is more half seconds.
7. Then choose the speed of the rocket, best results are in the 20's.
8. Now choose the star speed. Best results are 10 and under.
9. Almost done, choose the "Gravity" of the rocket. This will make the rocket move at an angle instead of strait up. to go right just choose a number. To go left, add the minus ( - ) sign then a number.

10. Save your rocket, then go to "Test Rocket" at the bottom right corner of the screen.
Hit space to launch your rocket, or click "Back to Editor".

This is pretty simple, and the graphics are average. Play around with it, see what you can do.

Feedback Please

[jimmynewguy]

preety neat-o im guessing since its 1.0 there will be more features? more features would be awesome, and could you clean up the menu a little bit, it's not neccesary but it would make the engineering just that much better

[Rux]

I'm going to change some of the graphics, and add a show editor. I don't think I could get it to save the stuff in the show editor though. though .

[jimmynewguy]

you could, and i think you can use arrays to set where they are in a grid

[Rux]

Ok, this is weird. I'm finished the 1.1 version, but all of a sudden this strange bug appeared. textnumbers won't save/load correctly. Not a single thing was changed, but a bug occured anyway. Why is this? (Im using 1.3.8 by the way) Please help!

Here are my codes.

This is the entire code for saving and loading on a mouse button down - button.

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if(msgboxID == 0)// Ignore this. This works fine.
{
    LoadGame("Firework Engineer.exe");
}
else if(msgboxID == 1) //This code is for saving. The ID var just identifies weather it is saving or loading.
{
    rocketGravity = rocketgravity.textNumber;
    rocketlifeVar = rocketlife.textNumber;
    rocketspeedVar = rocketspeed.textNumber;
    starspeedVar = starspeed.textNumber;
    shelltype = shelltype;
    stars = stars;
    saveVars(textloadsave.text, "sav");
    ChangeTransparency("msgbox", 1.000000);
}
else if(msgboxID == 2)// This code is for loading.
{
    loadVars(textloadsave.text, "sav");
    rocketgravity.textNumber = rocketGravity;
    rocketlife.textNumber = rocketlifeVar;
    rocketspeed.textNumber = rocketspeedVar;
    starspeed.textNumber = starspeedVar;
    shelltype = shelltype;
    if(shelltype == 0)
    {
        ChangeAnimation("fireworkimage", "shellone", FORWARD);
    }
    else if(shelltype == 1)
    {
        ChangeAnimation("fireworkimage", "shelltwo", FORWARD);
    }
    if(stars == 0)
    {
        ChangeAnimation("endingico", "redstar1.1", FORWARD);
    }
    else if(stars == 1)
    {
        ChangeAnimation("endingico", "bluestar1.1", FORWARD);
    }
    else if(stars == 2)
    {
        ChangeAnimation("endingico", "greenstar1.1", FORWARD);
    }
    else if(stars == 3)
    {
        ChangeAnimation("endingico", "noendingicon", FORWARD);
    }
    ChangeTransparency("msgbox", 1.000000);
}

Plus, on all the input actors, on draw actor-

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savvar = textNumber;

Savvar is the var for the specific input actor.

[Caaz Games]

hey cool game... i remember another fireworks game... i think it was made on the 4th of july though

[jimmynewguy]

can you show us exactally what errors happened?

[skydereign]

If you really didn't change anything, then there might not be anything wrong. A similar thing happens to me. If I use global code, sometimes it does not register parts of the code when I click add, which will mess things up, so if you try again, it may work.

[Rux]

can you show us exactally what errors happened?

It saves a file, but won't set the actual actors in which you type the rocketspeed, rocket life, Star speed etc.
However it does load the shell type and the ending type.
Another odd thing, is that the input actors now have parents. I undid a parent and the glitch didn't occur, only to the affected input actor.

EDIT: Hey wait a minute! Would transparency have to do with the problem?

It does! In 1.1, there is a new interface with pop up menus. Instead of transparency, I just move them out of reach. When you click on a button, they move into reach. I'll post 1.1 right now!