u/SugMaDig24

So, as editors we all know a really annoying thing is to optimize each block so a level can be performance friendly. That's because each block is treated as a different unit and then system have to process hundreds of units every second while the level runs.

As a sound designer, the two most popular options to export a project into are WAV and MP3. What's the difference? A WAV file might be 35mb heavy while the same MP3 file compresses everything, sounds 99.999% identical and needs the 1/10 of space, let's say around 3mb in the this case.

So here the idea:

What if there was an exporting system that turned a level of 50k blocks into three single layers: triggers, collision/touch behaviour and image. So when the level was uploaded publicly the players wouldn't run the platform version but a compressed one that feels exactly the same but it's only meant to be played. Besicslly what it does is treating the level as a big image and only keep treating separately the colission effects and the triggers.

In editor mode you would still have the normal version but if the editor wanted to test the compressed version they would be given the option to export their level in a personal test room where the level would be treated exactly the same as it would in a public upload.

And since the code already knows what blocks have collision and how each trigger interact with the player it wouldn't be a big deal.

I'm not a programmer, at least not a professional. I just thought this would make sense and it would make the game much lighter and potato device friendly. What do you think?

I have started playing GD again recently and I noticed something. As an editor you are allowed to collect each coin in a separate attempt to be able to upload the level. This means that a level can be impossible for the user to collect all coins in a single run (if for example there are two paths and each one provides only one coin). Back then I remember having to collect all the coins in one attempt to upload a level, exactly to prevent this from happening. Is this a 2.2 change or has it always been like that and I just remember wrong?

Edit: SOLVED! Link Visible wasn't working properly in a slightly older version of GD. I edited the level again in the newest version and the target ID was saved properly.

I'm making a background that has layers from B5 to B3. I have adjusted every z order so nothing is mixed up. At some specific moments, some objects of the background glitch, disappearing for milliseconds and reappearing. When this happens the objects are always at the edge of my screen. It happens not only during gameplay but even in editor mode when I'm simply navigating around. I tried to use a Link Visible trigger. I set the group ID for background to 20, set the target ID for trigger to 20 and it worked fine. But for some reason, whenever I save the level and exit the target ID of the trigger is not being saved. I get back to editor and the target ID is set back to 0. This happens again and again and the background problem keeps existing. What should I do?

So, I was never a level designer because I never wanted to spend so many time to learn that huge Bible of editing that has been evolving for all those years. I recently made a cool as hell layout and I wanna give editing another chance. A problem I faced really soon is how do you make arts and paste them into your level while also keeping the colors (since the editor clipboard only saves the objects). I asked chatgpt and it kinda snitched on you. It says that you guys are using a specific level as a color pallete which you copy and build every level on it so all the levels share the same colors.

And the question is: If that's true, where do I find one myself? Do I find one online in gd? Do I beg you guys to give me one of yours? Or do I have to make one myself from absolute zero? Because a detailed one sounds like a pain in the butt to make 😮‍💨

And if it's not true, how do you guys usually deal with the colors yourself?