Active picture and counter won't display..

[Earl]

Hi,
I have made a small puzzle game where I have 9 actives that I drag and drop into the play area. It works perfectly when I run it in windows. Even when I build it in xCode, it builds without any errors. But the actives ( and a counter ) don't display.
I've changed the order in the Event and Frame editors to "To Front" but this makes no difference. I have also tried different settings in the the Picture Resize of the active Properties to Resample, then Fast and then None...still no joy.
The actives are only placed over a backdrop..so I can't see the problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[AyreGuitar]

Earl - Are these Active Objects or Active Picture Objects? Active Picture Objects need to load an image, so you need to copy the image file over to Xcode and add it to the project. Not sure why your Counter isn't displaying though...
So all you see are your Backdrops?

[Earl]

AyreGuitar,
They are Active Picture Objects, ( not Active Objects) thanks for that. Now I just have to work out where to copy the pics to in xCode. Still no luck with the counter though..I might just delete it an replace it with a new counter. Thanks again.

[Earl]

Put a new counter in ..and it displays OK. I searched xCode help files and couldn't find out where to place the images in the project.

[AyreGuitar]

Earl - glad to hear your counter works now! As for your Active Pictures:
It's not enough to just copy the file into resources, you need to add the file within XCode (File>Add Files to <Project name>). Also the filenames must match and are case sensitive on iOS devices (but not in the simulator!), so "MyPic.png" won't load if you use"mypic.png"
Hope that helps!

[Anders]

The beta version just released of iOS will eliminate the need to add images to the XCode resources as you can just add the image as a binary file (In the Data elements editor).
At runtime you simply load the image using it's filename and it will load.

[paobrasil]

perfect news Andos..this will help a lot! thanks!

[Earl]

AyreGuitar, thanks for the directions. I did as you instructed but have just ended up with a Build Fail. I think I'll shelve this project ( along with a few others with Build Fails) and try a new project. I have enough trouble understanding MMF, without trying to learn xCode as well Really appreciate your effort. Cheers