iPhone publishing (Page 2 of 2)

Guys, I want to emphasize that YAW, PITCH and ROLL are orientation-independent, so they won't change with device rotation. YAW will always be around {0, 1, 0} of the device and so on for the other axis.

Hi, there is no button for iOS publishing,
you can use the iPhonePublishing branch.

The linking error is because someone added a new class (MLog) to the engine and didn't update the xcode project,
I'll update it and commit on svn.

Thank you, the linking error is now gone, and I can build the project successfully.
But the problem is, nothing except a purple screen is shown in the simulator.
Any ideas ?

I am using XCode3 on Mac OSX Snow Leopard (10.6.8), and the build target is iPhone Simulator 4.3
Maybe this is a problem ? Like, too old ?

Anyway, so if I get this correct, the workflow to publish the game to iPhone, is to make the game as if we are going to publish it for Mac/PC first, and then use iPhonePublishing to publish it to iPhone ?

Last edited by zaraasran (2012-10-31 13:37:27)

I did some debugging, and I found out that it seems the application can't load the scene
"levels/ballTest.level"

Maybe the levels aren't copied to the simulator properly ?
I haven't changed anything, so I guess the resources are linked correctly too.
That is, they appear under the "Resources" folder in xcode.
Unless I have to do another thing to do the linking properly.

Any ideas ?

[Update]

I think I found the reason. It seems that the resources are set up correctly, but the paths aren't.
So for example, I can load
"ballTest.level"

but not "levels/ballTest.level"

And of course the same goes for the other resources as well.
Any idea why it's like this ? The levels are still grouped under "levels" in the "Resources" folder

[Update2]

Ok, figured this out !
The colors of the folders under the "Resources" folder were all yellow, which seem to mean that the resources are going to be copied to the app root.

Ref: https://iphonedevsdk.vanillaforums.com/ … ories.html

So, I deleted them all first, and added them all again, and it worked. Phew
But I am not sure why it's like that on my side. Is it just me ?

Last edited by zaraasran (2012-11-01 15:46:01)

Does iOS version above 4.x(5.x, 6.x) no longer support glsl function texture2DLod? When I running the example(load CartoonTPots.level) the log says “Call to undeclared function 'textureLod'”，my dev enviroment is xcode 4.5 + iOS 6.0,thanks!

Hi, anael, thanks for your fast reply:). I did a googling and find a note in  “OpenGL ES 2.0 API Quick Reference Card” by Khronos Group，it says texture2DLod "Available only in vertex shaders ". I'm totally confused+_+. I'll do some research for this.

BTW, althrough I'm new to Maratis, I'll say it is really an awesome engne! I like it's cute logo, it's easy to use editor and nice&clean render scene, also the code is easy to follow and it's a good start point to study build an custom game engine, thanks for your 10 long years working!

I know this is late to post here, but, can maratis work on a iPhone 3gs ?
Atm, and likely to stay that way, anything higher is just too expensive.
Apple does love its pricing schemes

Also, short of not having ios7 ,  where  is one able to sell games/apps , if not on app store where
only current ios7 stuff is allowed ?

cu
vd

Last edited by VeganDev (2014-02-23 20:58:33)

Hey Vegan!

I currently work as an iOS Developer, and I think you can still publish if you're targeting 6.1.

Outside of the iTunes App Store, I don't think there's a distribution channel unless you're willing to cater to Jailbroken iPhones.

Speaking of which, are we considering porting the engine to Android? That would give us an open alternative to Apple. : )

Last edited by sunnystormy (2014-02-24 15:19:01)

Awesome, man. Let us know when you finish it. I've got a Nexus 7 that I wouldn't mind using for testing.

Im a bit worried about androids fractured hardware base, so in part that was why I was going for the more stable ( in that regard ) iOs base.

BUt I do have a 10" tablet I guess that would be fun getting maratis to run on..its nothing amazing b ut it might be fun tinkering.

I thought about OUYA, but I dont' think the hardware specs are particularly impressive, and I h ear ? the controller is kinda cheap ? <what do others here think ?>

Anyway , the problem I may not have explained well enough, is ( imho anyway) the sad truth of expensive apple hardware , and that to publish, while my current imac 17" meets the requirements np at all, I don't when it comes to age of the imac itself, which is 2006, and minimum ( given mountain lion is bare minimum to get on Ios app store) is mid 2007, so im forced to buy hardware, which is really I think a sad deal apple  has setup, and where its SO much easier to get going with android, unless Ive missed something..I got a Visual Land Prestige  10" tablet for $73 +$10 shipping, and I'm SO pleased with it, though  I had to  'hack' in google app market LOL..easy enough, but major hassle. ) So my point is,  with the huge market android has though Im unsure of all else, its dreadfully easy to get going and published ( and 3/4's cheaper albeit than apple), even though im a bit more sold on the iOS market and their innovation never ceases to amaze me..but anyway just ideas Im throwing out there to see what others think.

cu
vd

Last edited by VeganDev (2014-02-26 05:09:35)