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I am having trouble getting even one bit of data uploaded once, if you have any advice that would be great.

I'm getting two things:

In the console it always says:

Server Response Failed 2
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To be fair, trying to do something the same with the Datagrid, exhibits the same annoying behaviour in resizing, would be good if the edit window would at least allow you to expand it out.

Ok I might be going crazy, but when you use the List View Object, and resize the columns, and make the first column bigger than the box, a scroll bar appears... but when you go back in the scroll bar...

Don't know why search didnt work last night, but found a post from 26th May 2016, that had the same problem and says the object is broken for decryption?

Really could do with someone seeing why...

Hopefully someone can help.

I am trying out Ini++ and it loaded in an non encrypted file - all looked good, and I believe I encrypted it with a key, which all seemed ok and then I saved it (when I...

Yep that answered my question perfectly. Thanks Chris.

Very interesting indeed.

How is the CT % recovered? So do you get sales information from Steam... just wondering how that process would work.

They are *Very* cheap. The cheapest handset (which I purchased for testing MMF on) was £79. Which by Apple standards is very cheap :) and that was pay as you go.

Yeah it doesn't really work like that though in reality. Just because a platform is bigger (i.e Android is bigger than iOS)... that doesn't necessarily equate to which you will make more money on as...

The big issue really is that windows phones are growing in popularity and are becoming a viable platform to release products on. In terms of popularity... yeah sometimes business decisions have to...

Don't know if this is the same issue, but i am having problems with my game crashing on windows 8 phone when it trys to access a ini/array file.

I've added them as binary files.. get this error in...

Great video.. hope your game does well :)

I suspect they are selling out because there aren't that many of them. I mean not even the kickstarter backers have all received them yet.

The device from what i've read isn't that good.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Yeah paul I think going for widescreen is probably my best option I think. Most computers these days should have widescreen monitors... but it sounds like its not the...

I am looking at making a game on the PC... but i am slightly confused about screen resolutions.

What resolution should i make the graphics? Do people just do widescreen formats. Prefer full...

Yeah i've seen quite a few games these days with "disable iAds", and i think as long as the ad's are not too intrusive I think thats a good method.. Option B is certainly something I am looking at...

How much would it cost for you to make the extension?

I think this is what is great about iTunes store, if one thing doesn't work, try something else, and its good to do something different. You never know what might or might not be a success, so its...

I will see if i can take a look tonight (still swamped with paper work), I haven't actually implemented iAP in any of my apps yet, so i dont know how much help I might be :)

Havent got the time today to take a look (doing boring paper work)... whats the problem with the approach you are using with Actives...

Jason

I guess if you wanted to add further data elements in an update you would probably be best served creating a new ini to contain whatever data you need?

What about installing updates to an app? Does anyone have any recommendations, for example say i save everything in a ini file, like coins - when i install an update surely this could overwrite this...

Yeah that all makes sense, and at least its a lot clearer in how i might design my future game ideas around iAP.

Thanks for the information :)

For me I've been thinking about iAps for a while,...

Thanks SevenSails, posted while you were posting :)

Just tried an app i purchased and it indeed had a restore option. So thats cool. The coins i had already used up and so they were no longer...

Two additional questions:

If a person deletes an app, then what?
If me as the developer issues an update to an app, can i protect the original ini? or would it get deleted - still finding this...

I want to ask about multiple devices etc...

For example game A is free, but you can buy an unlock. But you can also buy coins which are consumables. How would you go about making sure that the...

Found one called - http://vectormagic.com/

Might be worth a shot?

Yeah, when i first started making apps, it was quite easy to make a small icon in PNG etc, but as time has gone on, apple have made devices that require bigger resolutions etc and its become more...

Hello

Every year Apple shuts down for Christmas, please keep this in mind when making new apps, updating pricing and sending updates. Being registered on apple should mean you have already...

Game looks excellent, well done Andy. Stick in there, sales is a strange thing... sometimes they ebb and flow, also Christmas is coming, so sales start to increase usually.

Most of my games have...

I am usins ios6 and publishing to 4.3 as the minimum build, and i am still getting iads, so not sure what that means.

According to apples connect pages - so looks like additional ads can be done...

So just wanted to know if the bugs have been ironed out and its ready to roll? Thinking about using it in one of my apps.. as its a very cool feature.

I've sent you a PM, but all files can be found on my website :)

Jason

I am running parallels on Mac, and its great.

I originally only had 4GB of ram in my iMac, and it just wasnt enough alot of the time (opening multiple programs though)... but its certainly great...

Edit, actually i think my problem is with animations, so scratch that :)

But i dont have 4.3 as a simulator option :|

Not tried anything yet :) just trying to get familiar with it all again, as i haven't done anything on apple for about 8 months.. I dont fully understand the difference between deployment target and...

Yeah unfortunately i think i have updated everything...lol

Ok so i have the latest Xcode... but i no longer have the base SDK's for 4.3... not even sure where they go these days, cannot find the folder where they should be located... anyone know? Sorry for...

Ah ok. Apple like to confuse :)

ok cool, thanks for the information. Always difficult to keep up, and i keep accidently updating my devices to the latest OS which doesnt help :)

Ok silly question, just updating my games to work with iOS6.. but wondering what is the lowest iOS version that i can mark up in Xcode for my games to support? I always lose track of that.

Thanks...

I've upgraded to ML but havent converted anything... probably will try and do a small update in the next week.

In terms of ML... it feels a lot more quicker than before, even if nothing initially...

Not heard anything back yet, so for the moment all is good. Have to wait and see if they continue to contest it with Apple.

Stingray, i think that would be very helpful for people even with an object close to release, anything that gives users more knowledge of X-code and implementing plugins such as this is always useful.

Keep with it Ratty, the profiles and certificates is pretty frustrating to start with, once you get it right once, you should be ok in the future... it's not a fun process, though Apple have improved...

They are disputing the word memory.. which is pretty silly really. But this is the world we live in today i'm afraid.

Yeah its getting out of control, its not as bad as patents, but it doesn't seem like its getting there. When i was updating one of my apps that had been on the store for over a year, they rejected it...

Remember seeing a post about some trademark woes... cannot remember where.

Wondering if anyone has had any issues with this? Some company is trying to get me to remove one of my apps because it...

Thats great, was thinking about push notification today, its a very useful object, and really important to iOS users, so really great that you are making it :)

I am having the odd problem with the grid sometimes disappearing when placing a double grid item on it and moving it off. Also changing the first frame to a width of 5 and height of 1 also makes the...

When you install the latest SDK's normally they only give you the latest SDK for the phones (5.x).. the exporter will work with this, but you may need to specify it in the settings in Xcode.

In a...

Nothing wrong with a small start :) use it to learn about how well you made your game, if you can re-use code and how you went about advertising it, and hopefully your next game will do better :)

I am on X-code 4.02 i think, my iPad 2 is running 5.0.1, my iPhone is 5.0 and my iPad 1 who knows... the 3g i guess is a dead device for making things on now right? They don't make it easy do they :D...

DistantJ keep at it, as you say $30 that you didn't have before, always good :)

Don't know about the update... but something for Adventure Game Creators ;)

Adventure Game Creation

Thanks

Jason

Many games are using Push alerts to tell the player of new events. Its something i would like also. I would think this is on the list to consider.. not sure if/when it would get done.

Some comments to add to this, though Keith has done a fantastic job of giving you some information (apologies in advance for the long comments):

1. Don't think you will be successful on just one...

I already had a company and thought it best to join as an organisation.

Very strange indeed.

One word of warning though, don't use the simulator as a guide to performance or testing.. as on the whole it's just meant to show your app loads (this is a general thing and...

Yes that should be the latest... now you've put in the product codes, you should be able to get access to the Beta forums.

It should release the memory on its own i believe, so you shouldn't have...

Are you running the latest build Dave? I remember one of the earlier builds had a problem releasing memory.

Wondering about something and how to do it.

I need an image to zoom in... but for the user to then drag/move around the zoomed in picture. if they drag too far it sort of bounces back to the limit...

I got an iPad2 about a month ago, and its great, very speedy. But it feels a bit thin and i always think its going to break, in fact i had a dream last night that mine broke in half ...lol

I have to agree with DistantJ here, even though i have a 3G device, i think its generally time to move onto 3GS or above only if you are testing/releasing. Just because of SDK issues and support from...

Andos: This is an already compiled and released app.

I think i am getting performance issues when closing the App using the big round button (no idea of its name..lol), and then going back into the app.

Is this related?

Edit: Ah looked at the...

I always remove the previous copy of the game before re-exporting, and to be honest, it takes very little time to do, and It reduces the hassle greatly :)

Christmas is coming, but where is Santa and his Sleigh. Now you can find out by using Santa Tracker: Sleigh Finder to locate Father Christmas and his Reindeer's.

Santa Tracker is a simple to use...

So what was the problem?

Yeah an ipod touch is a good recommentation for a starter device, especially if you already have a phone.

For desktop, some people use mac laptops, but mac mini's are pretty good on price and...

Unfortunately the only way to fix it is to update to 253. As the fix is in that build.

Have you done a clean on the Xcode build?.. reset the device... best to make sure, just in case.

Well done Keith, another quality release :)

iOS releases are just getting better and better.. you guys are really showing what is possible...!

No worries, the apple side is a bit confusing (its easier than it used to be ... ) once you've done it a few times it does get a lot easier.

You should have your own bundle identifier that you created from the Connect website...

Just a quick test..have you...

Created a Certificate, put it on your apple
Created a development...

Whats the size of image that is having a problem?

Raudaschi, can you let us know what Xcode build you are using? and what you built for (iOS SDK version)... as it would be nice to figure out why some iPad 1's are not working.

I will download this...

Lol never knew that, thanks Tuna... still would be better if it was a better slider (with text entry box ;)

We've just had a big forum change so there are still some teething problems...

Couple of things to try...

1.Put a END APPLICATION action on the event that is supposed to play the music... run the app, if the app closes, you know the event is working correctly.
2. It may be...

The only fades i generally do are those to fade out, for about 1.1 seconds (we really need it so you don't have to use a slider... its so frustrating trying to get the same amount on every fade...

Also useful to post what Xcode builds you are running...as i think some people are still running earlier builds. (just interesting to note)

I wonder if there is a problem when you copy/paste an image into the launch option in the editor? I've not had this problem yet as i am very careful when putting an image in. Would be good to find...

Yeah i think the Get object is the only thing i can think of, using the post data option??

I'm trying to stop myself buying an iPad 2, but i don't think i can resist :| I'm such a techie ...lol

I did miss the sale though :(

Congrats, all press is good press :D

You are running an older version of Xcode, not sure if that would make a difference...?

Thats more of an error by the programmer Jeff :) he forgot to update the text string to say it was 1.7 :)

Yeah congrats, looks great :D

You must make sure you have the latest Cave Diver, which is 1.7 for Ad's to appear... that only came online a few days ago.

Raudaschi... strangely enough, i downloaded and installed Jeff's Cave Diver Tommy onto my ipad1 (which is NOT running ios5)... when it first installed it put the wrong bundle name on the screen, and...

Just tested your app, ad's on my iphone but NOT on ipad 1.

Ive tested both my Xmas Advent app and Jeff's cave Diver game and both work on iPhone 4 running ios5, but not on ipad 1 running 4X..so there is something going on somewhere :) just trying to locate...

Nah i tried Jeff's Cave Diver on iPad 1 and it didn't show them either.

On the phone on my own app the ads show, so i don't think its to stop clicking on your own apps, as well they would restrict...

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Christmas is a great time of the year for one and all. To get you and your family in the festive mood, we have created the Xmas Advent...

Noticed that Apps running on my iPad 1 are not showing iAds.. but they do work on the iPhone. The only difference is that the iPhone is iOS5 and the iPad is 4X something. I did build the app as...

The cost to upgrade to developer would be the different between MMF2 and Dev (so get the cost of Dev and minus the cost of MMF).

Jason

Well as Francois says there might be a localised problem with the apps... so good idea to see if its a particular set of code groups etc that is crashing it.

Mine was ok Jeff.. this is the latest build right?

The only thing i could think of perhaps is that you originally had it as a iPhone/iPad device and then later changed it to iPhone only.. perhaps...

Downloaded, will give it a try at lunch at work tomorrow :) (so many games to test out ;)

Yeah.. Game Center really adds a lot to a game.. Achievements, Leaderboards and Multiplayer stuff... very useful for a game.

Just out of interest, any issues, and how long did it take from submission to release (always good to keep an eye on Apple if they are getting quicker or same turnaround time etc :D

I'm not sure that is possible as you would need to know what other app is running, and i don't think that is currently possible .

haha, thats really cool. Like the graphics also :)

I think for maximum profits then ingame payments is the way to go, but with iads, i think its a nice little way of earning a little more than you might releasing the game for 69p which might only...

Just remember when you are testing in debug mode, it will also run slower than when running it direct off phone. It might be an extra 5 odd seconds on the load etc... its difficult to quantify as it...

Sounds great, thanks Keith.

Any comments on what devices that this is supported on? As i was under the impression earlier devices didnt have shake?

I am using Parallels, the only problem i have is for some reason there are problems with mouse zones (setting them up) and it can be a little fiddly, other than that everything else is fine.

Cool, well done Csar... don't need a code, purchased a copy instead :)

Yes that should be fine.. you could in theory release the same game multiple times with different things in...

I think as long as the names are unique (have some different combination) and a...

Francois did you notice that comment? Just want to make sure...as that sounds a bit dodgy :D

You should be ok, i think you can find the tech specs for Lion on the Apple website (going Lion is important for future proof i think)... If all you are going to do is the Xcode part on the device...

I would say that at some point in the future Apple will phase out the 3g from the dev kit and you may have a device that you cannot test on, its very old tech and a lot slower than the other devices...

Would always recommend uploading a simple example file if you can, as this makes it easier for the guys to test.

Yeah I would also recommend the iTunes Connect app if its available for iPods and if not if anyone has an iPhone. Its great now because it also has push notification and will advise you when things...

Yeah its exciting and frustrating at the same time... i've put in a couple of updates to make Whack Em work on ios5 and want it out there asap... but the process is sloooooow :)

I recommend coming...

Just to note/question... because MMF creates an Xcode file, could we add Adsense via Xcode into an MMF app? (or any other ad service?)

Congrats :) yeah its a bit of a pain, but still what fun eh....hehe

The speed of upload generally depends on the file size, mine take less than 5 minutes (files are generally less than 20mb).

I was under the impression that you shouldn't use End the application.. because Apple don't like that???? i am sure someone with more knowledge will jump in and say otherwise if i am totally wrong...

Robin Hood : Arrows

You are Robin Hood, see if you can win the Prize of England, the gold and silver arrow.

Its a time of kings and nobles, a time that is still trying to escape the dark ages....

Ah looks like you are right... will try to update.

I dont get it, Wackem World Tour is working on my iOS5 phone, anyone else can confirm?

Jason

If you log onto your apple account (payment pages or something), it gives you a run down of how much you have earnt and when they a will pay you.

All of my games have supported 3G which has been fine with what i have thrown at it, but there is a big difference these days between the 3GS and 4 when compared to the 3G.. so it just depends what...

Ah :D i always forget... me is still too used to working on windows.

Okay having trouble making a screenshot on my mac (really should just buy snag it for mac... would save me a lot of time :)

In your target, in Architectures...

Where it says Architectures.. it...

Yes i read online that apple removed this option... but still allow you to build for armv6.

I had this problem with my game on Sunday... basically Apple have decided to remove the option for Armv6 from the build options (nice nice apple)...

Its pretty straight forward... you need to make...

Hello

Please clarify what device are you testing on? Different devices have different resolutions. Some will have black bars etc..

Thanks

Jason

I guess you are getting this error when building in X-code right, because.. X-code does not build the zip.. .just want to clarify to make sure :)

Jason

There are two types of flags really...

Global
Local/Object based.

Global are ones that you can place/create flags/values that you wish to use from anywhere in the app
Local/Object based are...

The problem i think is that Apple have no way of identifying when a person has purchased a different product. I think you need to look at maybe doing it in another way... perhaps have a free product...

In plist, i put armv6 in the architecture section... all works well.

No i don't think it works like that.

There is no iOS4 in the Base SDK Entry, i think because normally updating SDK usually removes the previous version right?

Also is it a requirement that all phones that are capable have IOS5 now?...

Thanks Francois... much appreciated... finally so close to releasing another game..yay! :)

Silly question...

I upgraded to Tiger, and when i tried to run X-Code it told me i had to get the latest version of the SDK. So i've done that, but i also had to upgrade my iPhone 4 to iOS5.. what...

Yeah i wouldn't release them all at the same time, for me i would maybe be too excited to stop myself, but even if you can delay it a few days between releases, perhaps you might catch things while...

Easiest way is to save the location to a string (you can get this location via the file selector i think). then save that to an array, and you can then recall it.

Not as straightforward as you...

Maybe create a simple example file Crash? might the the quickest and easiest way to explain the problem.

Jason

I'm not really sure what you mean.... but i will take a guess :)

When i use arrays i usually use the array number index themselves as the way of identifying where things are... for example:

If...

Monica, this probably isn't the best place to post this...as its likely to get missed by the person who you need the answer from.

Use this form instead:
...

That is really appreciated Andos.

Could you perhaps give me some idea what is the current best situation for a user then, and then we can perhaps post some information about it in the iOS...

Are you sure? Has anyone else been testing under ios5 recently?

Wii and PS3 no, Xbox in the future yes. We are currently testing XNA... which means you will be able to export to Windows 7 phones and Xbox consoles.

Good luck with your creations. :)

Probably not, that just checks location, not really sure what it returns (maybe i need to look at the help file :).

Jason

Not sure if this is already possible, but i would really like to get the timezone that the device is in.

Yeah i agree they certainly will. :)

Havent downloaded it yet, but will hopefully over the next few days.

Hmm thats a very interesting point...I have a game with an ini also, but i haven't done any patches on it yet.

Perhaps if Jeff is going to update Cave Diver at any point in the future we can...

Yeah tis a shame that CT isn't mentioned at all :( - hopefully that can be rectified with a patch :)

Jason

In my case - It seems that MMF was not creating the INI file, so after manually creating it, everything worked fine.

There does seem to be some problems in ini (have just updated to the latest version).. having problems creating an ini again (this was a problem i had in an old Beta version)... wonder if something...

214 dollars in 3 days is pretty good.

When sales drop off you will get one or two a week normally (sometimes no sales)... but it will slowly accrue sales. The higher the quality the longer this...

There is no demo, the help file that relates to iOS may only be included with the iOS installer (not sure).

You can find hopefully some information on this forum or on the iOS page on the website.

Yeah i will send them an email.

Jason

Hey Justin, Great to see you at the convention :)

On the Uni front, there are a number of Uni's using MMF in the UK :) but we do have more colleges using it than Universities.



No worries,...

I haven't updated to the latest release but for Memory shop i used both ini and array and both worked fine....

You need to right click on the Resources folder in Xcode, and add files... you will...

Ini works for me (used it in memory shop)..

I always get MMF to create the initial ini in the application folder... to make sure its working.

Then remember you have to manually copy the ini...

Hey Luke, thanks for coming to the convention and showing off your games, some excellent gameplay :)

Jason

Yep great event, well done guys... and thanks to everyone who turned up or listened in on the live stream.

There were some streaming issues and the start was delayed, might be working now.

Great, make sure you let us know here on the forums when you release something on the store :)

Yeah i am back in the office now (another long day :) will check the orders out soon.

The problem sometimes is the person reviewing it... its not uncommon for one person to miunderstand the rules (I had problems on Whack Em with they tried to stop the game being released because Whack...

Having something you can test on is really essential whatever the platform you are developing in. Just so you can prove what you have made works and performance wise is acceptable.

Good luck :) can't wait to see what you make.

All of my games have either been 324x480 or 480x320, and to be honest they look alright zoomed x2.

With regards to speed, that all depends on what things you have in you games.. because an iPad 2...

Getting an iPod is the cheaper option generally if you want a device to test with.

I'm pretty sure you have to do something on the profile/connect side... but can't check right now.

Even though you have specified it as version 1.1 in MMF (I guess) you also need to make sure you specify 1.1 on the provisioning website (I think)... as that will have a different ID that you use to...

Remember when you build the app (zip) and have extracted it and opened it up in Xcode... you need to copy any external data such as ini and array files directly into the resources folder in Xcode.

I think so AyreGuitar.

I think really the minimum iPhone you should even look at is 3g phone (or 2g iPod)... i don't know its anything below that is supported, but i think speed/performance would be a nightmare to get...

Try cleaning the code in Xcode (right click on the project i think)... if you have old files etc... this basically does a quick clean up.

When i registered as a company (about two years ago :D... it took about 4 days, and i had to fax them my company documents. Its easier if you don't own a company to create an individual account. But...

I think two buttons to be pressed and held at once would be using the multi-touch object then

2 of 720x600
5 of 200x200
2 of 500x400

Thats quite alot of sizes for static actives?

Your making stuff for ipad as well as iphone then right?

Where possible merge images.

The file it generates is a .app file, when dealing with the apple side (to upload to apple) you need to zip the .app file. The application loader is very useful for checking if things are done right.

The apple side is not simple, but once you've done it once then it does get alot easier :)

You can also right click on the project or build if i remember correctly and select find in solution (or folder) and it will directly open the folder where the compiled files are (in Xcode)

How many animation frames do you have, or is it just that one. In Whackem World Tour, my single frame was quite large and rotates perfectly fine.

Yeah transitions do work... using the fade ones in my games that have already been released... not sure if all transitions are supported though... maybe check the docs just in case (I am not sure and...

Touch over an object? Like clicking an object you can use the mouse object as you would in normal mmf apps, or the multi-touch object if you want to check for multiple touches at a time.

Slow in game or slow in the emulator?

I'm rotating on a 3g and it was fine, so need a bit more information please :)

size of image/animation frames etc.

Really, well thats great, because one of the biggest faults with iTunes was losing your purchases if you had a hard disk crash and hadnt backed stuff up.

I've upgraded parallels and have purchased Lion, but i need sleep so will finish downloading it tomorrow.

How does the App Center thing work on Mac? Can you download the software again or is it...

it didnt support it when i tried it, but then i moved onto using ini and arays, so it might have been fixed up after that... so i'm not sure now :D

I knew it was coming out in July... just didnt know it was out already :) I think i had better get it :D

As far as i know the list object cannot load an external file. You need to use arrays/ini files if you want to save load to external.

Yeah i built my latest game, and I couldnt tell if the provisioning side was done right... but apple approved it, so that was me finding out :D

Thanks for the info Xhedgehogx and AndyH, i am running Parallels also, and wouldnt want a big problem with my virtual machines.

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Apples OS upgrades are usually pretty good from an OS point of view, so i dont think there should be any problems. I will be upgrading to it (is the OS on its own available...

Just to clarify this point...The original creator would still need to purchase the iOS exporter... you wouldn't just be able to send your creations to someone else to do all the compiling...We...