Is there any way to put a CC x y grid overlay on a sprite or scene so that you can find cordinates without using trial and error in the game?

I think this is what you are asking, so if you want to find what point the thing is at, you could attach a lua script and put



Then press the "~" key when you select the item you attached the script to in the editor and it should print the coordinate that the item is at.

Hope this helps.



Oh. I read this wrong. Look at roon's

Stop being a pussy!
Calculate offsets with your brain!
Its not hard, but tricky, because in CC (+) is (-) and (-) is (+)

CC's scene offsets are all calculated from the top left of the scene, as if the entire scene were in the fourth quadrant of a graph. Thus, an offset of 0 in X means it'll be exactly on the edge of the scene. Similarly, an X offset exactly as long as the scene puts it at the same edge, but the other side of it.

If you just look at the scene bitmap and draw lines from the top and left to where you want things, that'll get you what you need. Mind's method also works, and then there's always trial and error. Or use the scene editor to place things, then change them in the scene code.

Really there's plenty of ways to do it.

So is each pixel one unit of movement along the axis?

Yes.

Thanks for all the help guys. I know i sound like a noob but this is my first scene!

I'm sure it's going to be awe-inspiring.

oh you cad.
when you draw a line in paint, it even "offsets" it correctly for you.