Gideros Update 2015.04.12

ar2rsawseen

Added method Application:setFullScreen(bool)
Added method Application:setWindowSize(width, height)
Added separate Desktop Player zoom menu with new options
Fixed not resizing Player window smaller then Player size
Fixed Comparing correct types in shader for Android
Fixed Desktop 1280 x 720 resolution

https://github.com/gideros/gideros/releases/tag/2015.04.12

SinisterSoft

Works fine.

marcelojunior

Very Good.

Working on the next steps.

vitalitymobile

Hi @ar2rsawseen, I think maybe it is wrong with retina 15 inch,
I try zoom in, zoom out, fit to app, fit to window but can not make content fit to player.

antix

Awesome! My apps now work on my devices again!!

ar2rsawseen

@vitalitymobile have you enabled Letterbox scaling?
With no scale scaling, it won't change it, or am I misunderstanding you?

vitalitymobile

@ar2rsawseen, i try on 2 difference project with scale mode "No scale" and "Letter box" but my player still error. With no change, it works fine in 201401 version.

tkhnoman

Gideros Player now won't work on XP, probably from the previous version also, but i'm not sure if it's just me or not.
Not that i want it to work though, i just wondering about it.
(And probably opt it out from supported system if it's really unusable)

SinisterSoft

XP shouldn't be supported now.

ar2rsawseen

Not sure, but it is possible it is since moving to QT5, but on the other hand I think Microsoft does not support XP too anymore

MikeHart

To the devs, thanks for all the hard work. But please do not forget to add new commands to the documentation.

ar2rsawseen

@MikeHart I think everything is up to date in online docs for now, if we missed anything, let us know

MikeHart

@ar2rsawseen: Will these make it into the next update?

The new 3D commands, in which section are the documented?

hgy29

@MikeHart, 3D is merely adding Z coordinate to existing Sprite functions, so they are documented under Main section, Sprite class. 3D projection settings are configured through Application class (configureFrustum method)

kussakov

Thank you Guys!

So far everything is working for me except for one thing:

For some reason the debug draw stopped working.

Is there something I am missing? Some new syntax for example?
local debugDraw = b2.DebugDraw.new()
world:setDebugDraw(debugDraw)
self(or stage, etc.):addChild(debugDraw)

When I try on old release the same code produces B2 debug draw.

Any thoughts?

tkhnoman

@kussakov Mine still working, but i need to do a little change at the code, which actually i don't understand the reason.
I multiplied the X & Y position of debugDraw with a number

function theWorld:drawDebug() local debugDraw = b2.DebugDraw.new() theWorld:setDebugDraw(debugDraw) debugGroup = Sprite.new() debugGroup:addChild(debugDraw) debugGroup.framer = debugDraw return debugGroup end   if _debugging then local debugGroup = theWorld:drawDebug() debugGroup.framer:setFlags(b2.DebugDraw.SHAPE_BIT + b2.DebugDraw.JOINT_BIT ) debugGroup.framer:appendFlags(b2.DebugDraw.CENTER_OF_MASS_BIT) -- debugGroup.framer:appendFlags(b2.DebugDraw.PAIR_BIT) -- debugGroup.framer:appendFlags(b2.DebugDraw.AABB_BIT) stage:addChild(debugGroup)   function gameGroup:setPosition(x,y) gameGroup:setX(x) gameGroup:setY(y) local scalering = 0.03333333 debugGroup:setPosition(x * scalering,y * scalering) end end

MikeHart

@hgy29 I am not at my computer, but isn't LoadMesh a new method for MESH? When you load and OBJ model?

hgy29

@MikeHart no, LoadMesh is not a method of Mesh. I've made a obj mesh loader une pure lua for the purpose of horse example. You can find in the 3D Horse example, but beware that it may not be good for other .obj than the one I used. If I remember correctly someone else on this forum has already improved it (@tkhnoman ?). It was merely a proof of concept.

MikeHart

@hgy29 oh now I see it. Actually that is great. Thanks!

kussakov

Hi again.

I encountered another issue that renders my iOS app useless :-(
When you rotate any sprite is shakes/wobbles/(not sure how to describe -see attached video) at about every 90 degrees.
The issue is only for iOS.
Rotating sprites works fine on Android and Windows.

I have attached a video from my iPhone demonstrating the issue.
Video:



I have also attached a test project with a few lines of code that demonstrates the issue.
Play it on your iPhone player.
I am just rotating a single sprite.

main.lua:

application:setBackgroundColor(0x000000)   local obj=Bitmap.new(Texture.new("wheel.png",true)) obj:setAnchorPoint(0.5,0.5) obj:setScale(0.4) obj:setPosition(application:getContentWidth()/2, application:getContentHeight()/2) stage:addChild(obj)   obj:addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, function () obj:setRotation(obj:getRotation()+1) end)

You can change the step at line 10 to say 0.2 - you will see the effect event better.

Please help!

hgy29

@kussakov, I can reproduce your issue, and it looks like a precision issue in shader transform. I'll try to raise coordinates and matrices precision from mediump to highp and see if it corrects the issue.

hgy29

@kussakov, increasing precision in coordinates handling within shader programs solves the issue. I've submitted a PR so that it could be fixed in a next release.

kussakov

Great! Thank you @hgy29!! >-

I guess the code for iOS, Windows and Android is different and this does not affect the last two...

hgy29

Well in fact this part of code is common to Android and iOS, but software stacks and hardware sometimes interpret differently...

MikeHart

@hgy29. Are you planning on adding the ability to set/use your own shaders with sprites? Also maybe full screen shaders would be awesome!

hgy29

@MikeHart, this is something that we are indeed thinking about, but we think its better to wait for wp8 integration before going to much further. Perhaps implement normals, bump maps and lighting would be an in-between step ? Shader stuff is a little too new in Gideros to make big plans...

MikeHart

@hgy29. Sure that would be a great inbetween step!