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A couple of questions:
1) Is there any way to dynamically chnnge whether I want to use the iphone joystick or the accelerometer?
Say I want to allow the user to choose one or another so that he/she keeps the type of control that likes the most.
2) Also, is there a way replicate the joystick functionality with code?
Say that I want to let the user move but without having to constaint it finger to the area of the displayed joystick but the whole screen.
Use the multitouch object to replicate it through code.
I actually have a "swipe to move" type engine done, it's good for snake/pacman type games.
It just involves recording the last X and Y position of the touch, then check to see if the absolute value of Xlasttouch-Xtouch is greater than Ylasttouch-Ytouch and change the direction accordingly.
Thanks for the info :)
So, is 1) above possible or not?
Not so far. I have to see if it is not to complex to implement. But it should be feasable.
Ok :)
It would be nice to count on this feature; certain types of games let the player select the way to handle the character among 3 possibilities: accelerometers, the iphone joystick, and a "free" joystick (where the whole screen is your joystick).
Please also consider to allow us to locate the iphone joystick in one of the 8 "borders" (TopLeft, MiddleLeft, BottomLeft, BottomMiddle, BottomRight, MiddleRight, TopRight, TopMiddle) and or to let us set the x,y coordinates (same for both buttons).