Hey folks, i've been drooling over the fact of being able to port my game to mobile, so i just have a few questions concerning the modules. First off, how do they work? Is it something that takes converting the game over to mobile a long time to do or involve a whole new learning curve? From what i've read, im assuming there is an option in the build section of the properties window that you just select apk? Please give me as much details as you guys can, im very eager to pick one of these up
In fact is more or less pretty straightforward unless!
1. You have keyboard involved
2. You have player control and you will not like the default Android joystick for Android (personally i hate it and so do all the people i gave my game to test)
3. You have some kind of weird control that is not simple click of mouse. The mouse click and the pointer move is automatically simulated by touch.
4. Them most important thing... You can't use plug ins. Also shaders i think don't work.
5. The screen fitting/stretching is not enough for you. Then you have to change resolution etc to your application.
Sorry if i made a mistake somewhere...
Thanks for the quick reply. So, if im understanding right, you cant use plugins, but do extensions work like the PMO etc? Also, when you say keyboard involved, do you mean any keys that i may have assigned in my PC version wont be able to be transferred over to mobile? Sorry for the confusion lol, i just want to find out as much as i can about the module before buying it. I wish clickteam would release a demo limited version like they did with TGF/MMF2
You cannot use plug-ins... However there are several objects included and compatible and you will not have to touch anything!Originally Posted by Warmachine
Thanks for the quick reply. So, if im understanding right, you cant use plugins, but do extensions work like the PMO etc? Also, when you say keyboard involved, do you mean any keys that i may have assigned in my PC version wont be able to be transferred over to mobile? Sorry for the confusion lol, i just want to find out as much as i can about the module before buying it. I wish click team would release a demo limited version like they did with TGF/MMF2
Concerning the keyboard, if you have keyboard related functionality probably somehow you have to control when a keyboard appears (in android it appears and goes when you write) or replace some of the keyboard commands with buttons that work with touch. You can transfer the key definitions but you need to make the keyboard appear. I haven't used it to give you more details.
But i think the trial has the ability to run one of the export plug ins no? You just cannot publish i think... I am trying to find information for the trial and i cant, sorry. Sometimes this arrives to me, i cannot find what i want lol!
Lol i know what you mean! Thanks, i'll try downloading the trial version of mmf2 on my work laptop and see if its included (hopefully :\)
You could download the current MMF demo version and select to see the Android module when you run it.
This would give you a bit of a look and insight into what objects, features and capabilities it has.
We should be getting the demo version updates here pretty soon to get it up to date its a little bit old.
You can also check out some of the games other people have released using the module -- Since you are experienced with MMF2 you can quickly see what others have done so you could gauge if things you want to do are possible also.
Thanks Jeff. Yeah i downloaded the new demo and it did come loaded with the Android/iOs module, properties and looks simple enough but i cant build it to test it out. I just threw together a quick, generic platform frame to test it out with and it says "Not available in this version". Oh well, seems easy enough, i'll probably end up snagging the android module anyways lol, i can't help but want to get new things to tinker with lol.
The same thing happened to me :P
In fact at first i was really confused even after the purchase... I couldn't imagine how simple it is to do several builds...
What i found cool is that the Android specific Objects, work even if you compile in exe! Therefore, it is very easy to make a game for both platforms!
Good to know! Thanks for all the info guys, if the boss lets me have an allowance (which she rarely does lol) then i'll be getting the module ASAP
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