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Hi
I have a Counter Object ( type number )
I have another Counter ( CounterWidth ) to display the Width of 'Counter'
If SPACE is pressed
--> Create Counter
--> Set CounterWidth to 'X Right Counter' - 'X Left Counter'
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As long as the default value is not changed, CouterWidth allways returns 96.
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What is causing this?
How can this be fixed?
The width of a counter is not the width of the visible text, but the width of the counter's bounding box in the level editor.
No no, it is fully possible to calculate the visual width/ height of a Counter ( by using 'X Left' and 'X Right' ), in fact i have done this with sucsess.
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THE BUG
The BUG only occurs if the Initial Value of the Counter remanins unchanged.
If you try to get the 'X Left' or 'X Right' values of a Counter Object in any Frames after its Frame of creation, the values returned are correct ( press 'A' in the example below ).
The values of 'X Left' and 'X Right' for Counter Objects are faulty if retrieved the same Frame as it is created ( press 'SPACE' in the example below ).
If you do try to retrieve 'X Left' or 'X Right' for a Counter Object the same Frame as it is created, you will get these returns:
'X Left'
- returns the X Right position of the Counter Object
'X Right'
- returns the X Right position of the Counter Object + 96
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This bug does not apply to Active Objects.
I hope i have made myself clear.
I have attached an uppated example of the BUG.