about iphone 4 resolution

ofer293

hi please help me understand what to do with the game resolution in gamesalad.
some creators said that the right resolution is 480*320 when others said that if you wish to use iphone 4 make it 960*640
i wish to make one big scene that roll all the time untill the edge that i will choose to add(like in question 1 below)
1.can i make a 640*1800 scene(or longer one)(i mean like in a super mario king of a game... that the end of the scene is far away from the actor's beginning)?!
2.should i make 960*640 or 480*320 resolution(i wish the game will work for both iphone 4 and 3)?
thank you for helping, hope u understand what i mean.

ofer293

thanx man, u are awesome i saw all your videos,i like your way of explanation!
what about the first question i didnt found answer to that...>>>>
>>>> can i make the scene like 2000*2000 and the actor will fly all over the scene?!?!?(for the iphone of course)

JohnPapiomitis

ofer293 said:
thanx man, u are awesome i saw all your videos,i like your way of explanation!
what about the first question i didnt found answer to that...>>>>
>>>> can i make the scene like 2000*2000 and the actor will fly all over the scene?!?!?(for the iphone of course)

yes you make the scene size bigger, then youll see at the top left of where you make your scene theres a mouse cursor and a little camera, click the camera and then drag the box area it gives you as small as you can. Then put the control camera behavior in the actor you want to follow around.

ofer293

ok
thanx mate

ofer293

how do i change the square resolution
not the scene
the scene i can make endless resolution,
but if i want to make the black space on the beginning of a project to be for the iphone 4 how do i change it!?(the area that u can see in the game> i want it to be 960*640 and not 480*320 as it is always)

JohnPapiomitis

ofer293 said:
how do i change the square resolution
not the scene
the scene i can make endless resolution,
but if i want to make the black space on the beginning of a project to be for the iphone 4 how do i change it!?(the area that u can see in the game> i want it to be 960*640 and not 480*320 as it is always)

if you talking about resolution indepence for iphone 4, you dont change the scene size. You would just make your background graphic 960 640 and all the other art twice the size and check the resolution dependce box in your project. Then gamesalad will scale it down for u

ofer293

yeah i meant that resolution independence
but then the camera is not in the middle of the scene for the right resolution of the iphone 4
because i am working with iphone 3 resolution!
i will give it a try like u said but i hope the camera wont make some problems

patm1982

From my experience, forget the iphone4 resolution while your in the GS editor. just make sure your actual art files, are double the resolution of what size they need to be in the GS editor. As long as resolution independence is selected you'll be fine.

for instance: in my game i'm using large background images. Each image files is 1024x1024(the max images size iphone can handle), but when I drag it onto the GS editor it will show up as 512x512. when its played on a iphone4, GS will know to use the hidden pixels.

I know its kinda a weird concept, but it works.
-pat

ofer293

thanks man
by the way what do u mean "the max images size iphone can handle"? is that mean that i can't make a 2000*2000 scene? with image that size of course....
and if the answer is no, so how can i make a "super mario" game type
when the scene is something like 320*9000....?( i hope u got the idea>> i mean that its really long hall)

mynameisace

Chop it up

Ace

ofer293

lol no!
i want a big scene like super mario!

JohnPapiomitis

ofer293 said:
lol no!
i want a big scene like super mario!

you can make the scene size as big as you want. Ace means youll have to chop the actual images for the background up. Like if your scene is 3000x3000 you cant make a background image that big. Youll have to crop it into pieces and put it together like a puzzle

ofer293

ok i need last help for the background, i make a copy of the scene background and paste it all over and when the actor is going over them he is beeing display behind them!
how can i fix it!?
thats the last thing i need to change for finshing my "walker texas ranger" game by the way, the background is the wild west

ofer293

i used the replicate but its noobish, if i want to make another background on that puzzle i made
please help
thanks

mynameisace

Replicate is a good alternative whilst tile isn't working with retina graphics. What do you mean it's bleeding?

Ace

ofer293

he is beeing display behind them!
lol, i said beeing not bleeding
the actor move forward and when he get to a new "puzzle" background he goes behind it and disappear and the only "puzzle" he is beeing display on is the first one

mynameisace

Oh, you just need to change the order of the layers so that the hero is in front.

Go in to scene then click layers. You can reorder them there

Ace

ofer293

thanks a lot man
walker texas ranger awe you!
by the way,if i put a music from that tv show and i cut it ,can they sue me?

b2iscool

ofer293 said:
thanks a lot man
walker texas ranger awe you!
by the way,if i put a music from that tv show and i cut it ,can they sue me?

First off its prob copyrighted anyways! and second resolution and the actual screen size are different the iphone "screen size" is the same length and width it just has double the pixels for resolution so for somthing to look good its images need to be double the pixels thats why you do that its just so you images shine! then Gs makes the images actually fit the screen size but keeping the same res!