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it works perfectly fine dogen, you can use any frame size and mmf will make it scale using the option specified. That scaling comes after everything else, so in your example it will scale 6 times, but then the entire window will scale down to fit the screen, so it looks the same on new and old devices. But you should follow the tutorial in this thread to make it work on multiple screen formats as well. (4:3 <-> 16:9)
thank you!! :)
Just another question regarding the scaling for Ipad 3 / 4.
If I want to have my game compatible for old devices too, what should I do to don't have issue related to the memory ?
Should I copy all the frames in HD in Low rez with src graphics size divided by 2 in size and detect at the launch of the game the resolution of the device to make the selection of the good frames?
Thanks in advance :) !
You don't need to do any of that, the game is stretched to fit the device screen at whatever resolution.
Hello Distant,
However, 3GS supports 1024 size maximum textures and I don't want to display Retina textures on the 3GS because the lack of memory will make crashed my game on this device.
Finally I'm just searching a solution to detect my resolution of the device to change to the good frames (I will duplicate my graph in HD & SD).
I made my Window Size: 960 x 640 and my frame 1136x768, I positioned the cursor in the center of window position (960x640)
and added a Start of frame with: Set X Position - X Right Frame - 50
Then I made some a pushbotton on the right side and set the
Start of Frame: Set X co-ordinate of (my button) to X Right Frame - 50
When I run it on the simulator, then the button is still half of the screen. it didnt adjust to the ipad screen size.
What am I missing ?
Thank you
You need to center the camera. Start of Frame: Center horizontally at X = Frame Width/2, Center vertically at Y = Frame Height/2
Thanks, I'll give that a shot.. Don't think I've seen that in your tutorial on the 1st page
Great, it works perfectly. when I use
960 x 640 and for the frame 1136x768, it works for the IPhone, IPhone 4, Ipad.
When I use the Ipad 4/Retina, then I need to scroll op and down, (in the emulator) But I put it on the Ipad Aid, then everything I ok..
Only have to get used to it, that I can't put anything at the top. (need to lower about about 200-250 px), since on the ipad/emulator that appears to be at the top then.
ok, on the Ipad air, it does Cut off the top section.. Even though I can see it normal in my frame , although when I run it' it get's cut off as well..
So what makes it so it doesn't get cut off on the left side?
Seems like: Start of Frame: Center horizontally at X = Frame Width/2, Center vertically at Y = Frame Height/2 is causing the problem.
Because it's going outside of the visible area. Just centre the camera where you want it and move all your objects to the desired position.
Isn't that done with : Start of Frame: Center window position in frame ?
Thanks for the info!
ok, I am still struggling with this format.
I included an example.
with some basic strings so I know what it's suppose to do.
I followed example 2 for the sizes etc.
what I am trying to see is what it would look on an IPhone 4/5 and Ipad
do I need to adjust the text at the bottom for the ipad with the Ypos setting
or can I leave them at the bottom..
Basicly I want all the strings to show at the edges on each device..
It that possible with what I have right now ?
Cause it seems to move my ipad text not to the corner of the screen but further up..
thank you
Do anyone have any idea of how to make the parallax scrolling work across all devices. In my iPad, the objects are positioned correct, but in my iPhone all the objects are positioned wrong. I guess the scrolling and parallax is based on the screen size, but does this mean I have to reposition them at runtime to work on the iPhone? Is it even possible to check what device you are using in the new xCode?
For 3 months I am trying to figure this out, but I cannot get it to work properly..
I would like to keep the 768 height as a default, and then change the sizes, so that it will fix for the IPhone, Ipad, Ipad Air etc..
But whatever I do, It never shows right..
Could someone please take a look at this, and tell me that I need to do?
Thank you so much
https://www.dropbox.com/s/57ks33kkux...ral%20test.mfa
Thank you very much for your article, very informative.
I have only one doubt:
Isn't iPhone 5 resolution supposed to be 1136x640?Quote:
METHOD 1: THE CROP
The age old method, the easiest, and the best one to use on a game you've already built and are updating. This is the iOS Exporter equivalent to hitting the 'zoom' button on your TV when the film doesn't match your aspect ratio. This is best used if your game only scrolls on one axis and has a set height (or, if your game is a vertical scroller on a horizontal screen with a set width, use 4:3 instead of 16:9).
Firstly, you need to set your window size to 1366x640 (the iPhone 5 resolution) or any resolution with a 16:9 ratio. Here is that lovely Sonic picture at that ratio:
Is that a typo or for the "Method 1 - crop" do I have to actually use 1366x640 window size?
Thank you!!
Im using 1363x768 and works great
Yeah, it's 1136, it was a typo, but I can't go back and fix it :-/Quote:
Originally Posted by Snakesoft
Ah ok, perfect ;)
Thank you very much!!
First of all, great tutorial!
For what I understood, for method 2 your frames should be big enough to support all screen resolutions. Is this correct?
I do have one question, I was building a game in 320x480, with things (like the character) in 32x32, which looks great in a Galaxy S2 (480x800). The thing, is that I noticed that because the aspect ratio is different, some objects, actions, etc. do not show up where I expected.
I was willing on using method 2 because it seems the best one, but it would seriously affect the playability and there is no way I can have frames as big as 1136x768.
Let's say my game is an infinite jumper, where I expect platforms to be created in X Pos => random(X right edge). However, if I change my frames to be bigger in width, I suspect that the platforms will be further apart from each other, making the game un-playable...
Another thing that happened to me, using 320x480 for my application on my S2 (480x800) is that when I create objects at "Y visible bottom", the objects show up several pixels above the bottom of the screen...
What would be the recommendation for this kind of case?
Any way I could make something work with a 320x480 aplication resolution? On a Galaxy S2 looks perfect with fit inside and adjust window... but I do not have any idea on how it would look on a Galaxy S4 or S5.
It's my first time working on a game for Android/Iphone and this thing with the different aspect ratios and resolutions is killing me!
Thanks in advance!
The guide was wrote for iOS, and was wrote for high-res games. For lower-res games, you just need the frames to be large so that if the device either has a much taller or much wider screen size, that it will still work. No idea what said sizes are, though, but I'd say double width and height at absolute most..