Gideros Update 2015.06.04

ar2rsawseen · June 2015

Release

* Drawing speed improvements (Shader separation)
* Player will ignore Window dimensions and will play in player resolution
* Fixed Sprite:setMatrix behavior
* Sprite:setScale won't scale Z axis unless explicitly provided third parameter

WinRT export template

* Move to OpenGL2 calls matching to Direct3D
* 3D features for WinRT
* Fixed issue with alpha channel
* Fixed including all assets upon exporting
* Added default plugins as Json, Lfs, Lsqlite3

Desktop export template

* Documents and Temp file dirs are now OS dependent, not in the same folder
* OSX loading Plugins from withing .app
* Exiting app correctly on application:exit()
* Added encryption support
* Toggling autoscale on fullscreen

Export templates will soon be emailed to backers

https://github.com/gideros/gideros/releases/tag/2015.06.04

kussakov · June 2015

Thank you guys!!!

tkhnoman · June 2015

\m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/

NatWobble · June 2015

Hi guys,

This is my first post so I'll say another "hi" and I'd like to say thanks for the work you're all doing.

Thanks for the update. The FPS on our game Verb Smash (with SimWhi) has doubled (iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2) since version 2015.05.09. We are now getting between 35 and 53 FPS, which is playable.

However, we will still revert to 2015.03.22 because we were getting a solid 60FPS with it, so performance is still slightly lower than before. It's unnoticeable on newer devices. We aren't using any meshes.

So just a little feedback. Thanks

hgy29 · June 2015

Hi @NatWobble,

Thanks for the feedback. So while Gideros is much more efficient, it is not totally as efficient has it used to be in pre-GL2 in your case or your hardware. Somehow could you perform a GPU analysis with Xcode tools to compare 2015.03.22 and 2015.06.04 versions and feed us back with the results ? This would help us enhancing Gideros even more.

MikeHart · June 2015

Documents and Temp file dirs are now OS dependent, not in the same folder

Can someone please explain that. Are OSX apps created with Gideros Appstore ready, means do they fullfill the sandbox feature?

NatWobble · June 2015

Hi @hgy29

Here are the gputraces. Let me know if you'd like anything else.

Thanks

zoolax · June 2015

Great stuff, and Thanks for hard work,
My game runs fine on Win RT,except On Win RT,the :setBlendMode("screen");
or :setBlendMode("add"); dose not work,instead it will show up as a regular image.
Since I am using loads of effects.
I have installed the SQLite extension,am I suppose to install extra extensions?
Thanks again

hgy29 · June 2015

@zoolax Yes WinRT doesn't handle setBlendMode yet, this is still on our TODO list

zoolax · June 2015

@zoolax ...

Thanks,I will be waiting for that,so far you guys have done a massive amazing job.

ar2rsawseen · June 2015

@MikeHart almost
the last thing that is left to do is to allow providing organization/company and bundle id which will fullfill the sandbox requirement of correct app data path for OSX

After that there should be made some little changes for plist file inside .app and also .app must be codesigned, and as I udnerstood also any dylib file inside .app must be codesigned. I assume that we could do it upon export, or at least provide an option to do that, so in the end you would basically have submitable .app file right after export.

I hope I'm not missing anything

jdbc · June 2015

So is it already possible to publish a Windows Phone app with Gideros?

ar2rsawseen · June 2015

If all what you need is supported, then I think yes.

Currently I don't think it has native ui as AlertDialog and TextInput Dialog and also does not have UrlLoader, maybe something else too.

But if your app works, sure you can publish

john26 · June 2015

Hi @Zoolax. Thanks very much, I'm glad to hear it is mostly working. You only need to install one Visual Studio extension: the SQLite extension for Windows Phone 8.1. (we actually provide the source code for Windows 8.1, but the phone needs a binary library which is included in the extension: Microsoft's rules!)

@jdbc, yes, you should be able to publish games to the Windows or Windows Phone store. Just click on the project in Solution explorer (Windows or Windows Phone) and use STORE > Create/Update app packages.

You will need to register with MS of course and pay them $19 approx.:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj863494.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

john26 · June 2015

One additional feature only for Windows Store/Phone apps: in application:setFps(x), you can set x to 0 as well as 30 and 60. In the case of x=0, it will just try to run the app as fast as possible without regulating the speed. For x=30 and x=60, it will actively try to maintain the apparent FPS including skipping frames if needed.

application:setFps(0) might be better for Windows Store apps but please let me know how you get on.

For other platforms (iOS, Android, desktop) you should only use 30 or 60.

SinisterSoft · June 2015

@john26: I personally think it should work the same way as the others, maybe add an additional flag to operate in this different mode.

0 will run too fast on some machines.

jdbc · June 2015

What about Windows Phone plugins, for instance how could we integrate Admob in a Windows Phone app?

I assume we could publish paid Windows phone app at the moment.

ar2rsawseen · June 2015

I will try to port AdsInterface to Winrt once basic platform is done, but currently I can't say if that can be done or not yet.

Till then you can do the same as was on Android before AdsInterface, you can simply add a banner without a way to control it (meaning it will always be visible on top of every scene)

https://developers.google.com/admob/wp/quick-start

tkhnoman · June 2015

For windows desktop,

Whenever i did application:setWindowSize(width, height), it goes back to the resolution that chosen at the player. Only the window size changed, not the canvas size.
Turning on Auto Scale didn't fix this.
Also, currently i can't set window lower than the chosen one at Player, but it is expected since auto scale didn't work.

antix · June 2015

Great stuff! I'll grab this soon and am keen to see the speed improvements

tkhnoman · June 2015

Received the new Template, it seems that exported project works fine, so there is no problem with setWindowSize on desktop.

totebo · June 2015

For features like "Drawing speed improvements (Shader separation)" a full new export is required, right?

ar2rsawseen · June 2015

@totebo, it depends, because the changes are in libgideros, which usually is reexported with assets, so it should work with assets only export.

but to be sure, clean export is always a good option

totebo · June 2015

Oh great! Thanks for the heads up.

unlying · September 2015

Mmm... WP still hasn't support for TextInputDialog and AlertDialog?

unlying · September 2015

I think that for AlertDialog it is possible to use Notification Tool from Windows Phone Assets http://wpassets.codeplex.com/
TextInput http://minhdanh2002.blogspot.ru/2013/12/input-box-dialog-on-windows-phone-71.html

ar2rsawseen · September 2015

They are possible, but again with XAML, which we don't have.
unfortunately for now we failed to port current Gideros rendering to XAML.
Also it seems to be quite easy to do, it just does not work and crashes, we are trying to understand what is going on there

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