TexturePack issues

lumendes

Hello all,

I'm new around here, and like most of you I'm a indie game enthusiast
Currently I'm experimenting with gideros mobile, and so far it looks great, the kind of tool I've been looking in order to speed up game development and reduce coding complexity
I'm new to Lua, but experienced somehow in Python, Java and c++ (far from guru though).

Just faced a problem while playing with TexturePack, I expected TexturePack:getTextureRegion to return a TextureRegion, but somehow I'm getting a table instead... being scratching my head around and found to solution yet.

Most likely... a Lua beginner usual problem, but anyway here's the template code:

SceneMainMenu = Core.class(Sprite)   -- init function SceneMainMenu:init(t)   (...)   -- load spritesheet textures self.sheetMenu = TexturePack.new("images/main_menu.txt", "images/main_menu.png", true)   (...) end   -- draw scene menu function SceneMainMenu:drawMenu()   (...)   local ball = Sprite:new(self.sheetMenu:getTextureRegion("ballred.png"))   error here --> calling 'new' on bad self (TextureBase or TextureRegion expected, got table)   (...)   end

Anyone available to point out the problem ?

By the way, how to use code syntax highlight or any other kind of formatting here on the forum ?

Cheers

atilim

welcome

You can highlight the code by putting the code between < pre lang="lua" > and < /pre > (without spaces).

Here you should call Sprite.new (not Sprite:new) and you should create a Bitmap instead of Sprite:

local ball = Bitmap.new(self.sheetMenu:getTextureRegion("ballred.png"))

(btw, Bitmap inherits from Sprite therefore owns all the properties of Sprite)

hope this helps

ar2rsawseen

Ninjajed again, I give up. Not my day

atilim

@ar2rsawseen - ninja'd! today is my lucky day. maybe because of Santa

ar2rsawseen

Don't you have other features to implement? )

atilim

hahahaha ) But features won't be important after 21th December

ar2rsawseen

Exactly they won't be important after, until then they are important
Maybe one of us will release world saving app made with Gideros, but now he or she could not do it, because it misses, I don't know (render to texture, antialising, font cache, etc) pick one

atilim

Although if they were available right now, Apple's approval process is very long. We cannot publish the app till 21th December. Blame Apple, don't me

ar2rsawseen

Damit Apple, now world might end and it's all because of you

And by the way @atilim, it seems that you are a (someone who belief that app world is divided into distinct large groups called app stores and that certain apps share certain stores which make that group of apps as a whole less desirable, more desirable, inferior or superior) so you are an appist (appstorist ? )!

Because the idea that the world saving app might get released on Android market didn't even crossed your mind

atilim

hahahaha. ar2rs 'the appstorist' sawseen. I feel like it's not just fair that Android users will survive but iOS users won't.

zvardin

With Apple's marketing, somehow their fans will praise them for the decision too

ar2rsawseen

@zvardin )

I hope that @lumendes will not be shocked, but in this forum, things usually go off topic. And then when someone tries to go back to topic, all other users start to think that this someone is actually off topic.

But don't you worry about that, main concern is that your problem should have been solved

atilim

@zvardin @ar2rsawseen )

lumendes

Thanks. I was sure it was something Lua related.
I should get into Lua, knowing Python is not enough.

Eh eh, I can also see that things here can escalate quite fast offtopic

OZApps

Living in Australia has the advantage of knowing first about things, and I intend to release the spoilers for the rest of you, in case the world does not end on the 21st.

BTW, if movies have taught anything, it is that all natural disasters, aliens, etc happen only in the USA...

zvardin

Hey, they can also happen in Japan, especially if there's big monsters involved.

gorkem

Living in Australia has the advantage of knowing first about things, and I intend to release the spoilers for the rest of you, in case the world does not end on the 21st.

BTW, if movies have taught anything, it is that all natural disasters, aliens, etc happen only in the USA...

Maybe aliens are after money?

OZApps

Thanks. I was sure it was something Lua related.
I should get into Lua, knowing Python is not enough.

Eh eh, I can also see that things here can escalate quite fast offtopic

If you then look at Agile Methodologies, then you also need to learn Ruby and Ruby On Rails, with a host of other packages, etc for unit testing and agile methodologies.

Ultimately it is upto you as the developer on how much do you need to learn and how will it help you.

But yes, Learning Lua is a very good career move... it is one of the better languages to learn and develop with or integrate into your C/C#/C++ code. Where Python is strict on whitespace and alignment (reminds me of RPG / Cobol) Lua is forgiving and flexible.

Scouser

@Arturs: Your list of features missed the most important one, GLScissor (clipping).

With this feature we could create a clipping rectangle and put the earth outside so whatever is supposed to happen won't be able to see the Earth is so can't happen.

Also if the Earth is outside the clipping area we won't be able to see what's happening either so there is nothing for us to worry about. )

WIN, WIN situation so we need GLScissor as soon as possible. We can then write an Android app and use it to save everyone (even the iOS people).

That is what you call thinking OUTSIDE THE BOX )

ar2rsawseen

@atilim you see, @Scouser would have saved us all

But about ninjajing, I've got a new strategy. Post a blank response first, modify it to a clear answer later, that way you can't be ninjajed

OZApps

and BTW, Siri has reassured me that I shall continue to bear the burden of paying the mortgages, bills, etc The world is not going to end just yet nor do I have any events in my calendar about the world coming to an end / going to end.

Scouser

@OZApps: You believe what Siri tells you??
The fact that Siri tells you it can't find an event is the time to worry that the event is imminent
Don't forget Google tried to remove the month of December to stop the inevitable. If December doesn't exist then the 21st cannot actually happen.
Simples )

ar2rsawseen

@OZApps what timeline exactly you have? We will wait for a message from you in your 21st an prepare for the worst if there is no message

OZApps

@OZApps what timeline exactly you have? We will wait for a message from you in your 21st an prepare for the worst if there is no message

I will let you know as soon as it hits 00:00 on the 21st, so if you do not hear from me in 30 minutes into 21st Dec, you can start to work on your individual evac plans