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 Post Options Post Options   Quote The Bespectacled One Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: [Solved] Auto-Mirror/Flip = Gray Screen on Run?
    Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 3:14pm
Running r65 on a 64-bit machine here. Upon previewing a game in Chrome (file mode, HTTP gives me a localhost error) including sprites marked to auto-flip or auto-mirror, all I get is a gray screen and the app fails to load. I searched through the forums quickly and didn't see this problem in r65.

Has this happened to anyone else? If so, what did you do to fix/cope with the problem? I'd love to use the auto-mirror to handle sprite directions, obviously. I tested this in multiple browsers, same result.

(Possibly needless system specs: Win7 64-bit, 4gb RAM, 2.1ghz CPU, ATI & AMD)

Edited by The Bespectacled One - 30 Oct 2011 at 3:52pm
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Ashley Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 3:15pm
Auto-flip and auto-mirror only work in HTTP mode because browsers block the necessary features in file mode.

Sorry - I think your best bet is to try and get HTTP working. Are you running any other servers on your computer?
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote The Bespectacled One Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 3:20pm
Ahhh, that makes sense. Kyatric speculated that EasyPHP might interfere with the localhost and stated that he ran XAMPP (I believe), no problems. I now have XAMPP and discarded EasyPHP, but the problem persists at all times.
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Kyatric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 3:38pm
You might wanna try r65. Ash resolved some troubles with the previewing, it might be worth taking a shoot at an HTTP preview with it.
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote The Bespectacled One Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 4:22pm
I'll keep tinkering with it, yes.
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote The Bespectacled One Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Oct 2011 at 3:51pm
Did a bit more digging around here and solved the problem--my "hosts" file was configured in a way that didn't allow C2 to use the localhost address. Just in case someone else is having a similar problem, here are the steps I took to fix the issue:

First, I located the folder that contained my 'hosts' file (c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/) and opened the actual file using Notepad++ (but Notepad will do, if that's what you've got). In my case, there were two entries near the top that were of particular interest to me:

#127.0.0.1       localhost
#::1             localhost

Notice the '#'? That means it's a comment (i.e doesn't do anything). Delete the #'s. I had a couple entries following this one that were NOT commented out, but used the same address (127.0.0.1). I'm fairly sure I'll need them later, so I simply put the pound symbol (#) next to those to comment them out, as well as save them if I need them later. Finally, I saved the 'hosts' file.

HTTP preview now works, as does the mirroring/flipping

Edited by The Bespectacled One - 30 Oct 2011 at 9:32pm
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote PixelRebirth Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Oct 2011 at 4:17pm
Just encountered this problem myself, because I'm mostly using File preview mode to prevent a problem with the server not shutting down when using HTTP preview mode.

Guess I have to hope to see the HTTP problem fixed in a future C2 release, so I can completely ditch File mode.

A workaround for me is using Firefox, which seems to work with File preview and auto mirror/flip. So maybe it's just a browser setting and can be done in Chrome/IE9 too? Or is this some oddity that's special to Firefox? Since Ashley said browsers normally block the necessary features...
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote AngeloFernandes Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 2:51pm
I'm having the same issue, I've added a new layout and when and on the preview mode all I get is a gray screen.

Anyone knows how to fix this?
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote The Bespectacled One Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 3:32pm
I'm guessing changing the hosts file didn't work. Did it?
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Antylope Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 May 2012 at 6:09am
Originally posted by The Bespectacled One The Bespectacled One wrote:

Did a bit more digging around here and solved the problem--my "hosts" file was configured in a way that didn't allow C2 to use the localhost address. Just in case someone else is having a similar problem, here are the steps I took to fix the issue:

First, I located the folder that contained my 'hosts' file (c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/) and opened the actual file using Notepad++ (but Notepad will do, if that's what you've got). In my case, there were two entries near the top that were of particular interest to me:

#127.0.0.1       localhost
#::1             localhost

Notice the '#'? That means it's a comment (i.e doesn't do anything). Delete the #'s. I had a couple entries following this one that were NOT commented out, but used the same address (127.0.0.1). I'm fairly sure I'll need them later, so I simply put the pound symbol (#) next to those to comment them out, as well as save them if I need them later. Finally, I saved the 'hosts' file.

HTTP preview now works, as does the mirroring/flipping


thanks man! I was having a bad time trying to figure out why the preview wasn't working anymore. It bring me another problems but I'll look at it later.
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