iOS Keyboard..... WTF????

CaptFinnCaptFinn Member Posts: 1,828
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
so using the iOS keyboard is for only inserting names into gamecenter? Its not incoporated into our game usage? Its not a new tool for our games?

K this needs to be answered. because if using the keyboard is only for gamecenter. Then this should have been noted when roadmap came out. Ive been holding off on 6 apps because I was under the impression people where going to be able to use the keyboard to insert player names. And dont go preaching that you can make your own keyboard in GS.

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  • RedlerTechRedlerTech Member Posts: 1,583
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    This is really confusing?

    Matt
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    The roadmap is not a set time frame. Just the goal. No one ever said this release would have the keyboard.

    Jumping down their throat is exactly why they have not wanted to put out a road map at all so please dont make them regret it.
  • RedlerTechRedlerTech Member Posts: 1,583
    ok :)
  • CaptFinnCaptFinn Member Posts: 1,828
    tener Im not jumping down their throat about when keyboard is released. Someone said that the mention keyboard feature was for gamecenter data entry only. Now what Im wanting to know is .. is this true? because the way its worded in the roadmap is that we will have access to the iOS keyboard for use in our games. If it was for gamecenter entry only then they should have mentioned that in the roadmap. Im wanting to know which is true. GameCenter only or yes it is a tool in our games. I could care less about release date of the feature. But i would like to know that if it is for gamecenter only then I can go ahead with the 6 apps I have ready for release but waiting on the keyboard feature. \
    SO again this isnt bitching about time frames.
  • CaptFinnCaptFinn Member Posts: 1,828
    Did you even read my entire statement in the first place????? Not once did I mention anything about when its getting released. how about reading the entire post before babbling an opinion.
  • RedlerTechRedlerTech Member Posts: 1,583
    anyone? Sorry Jeff I don't know the answer to this.
  • JamwithnoJamwithno Member Posts: 312
    I really hope that the keyboard is not just for game center because if it is that would stink there are lots of game that you could make with the keyboard.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    yes I did read your post. And no I don't think they added the keyboard to the roadmap just for game center. it may just be for Game Center right now. and yeah the "WTF???" in the title makes it seem you are jumping down their throats. And your comments are in line with accusing them of misleading you. which I highly doubt is true
  • mshannonmshannon Member Posts: 35
    i was hoping that the keyboard input was so players could put 'ass' as the person with the top score.... lol kiddn'
  • CaptFinnCaptFinn Member Posts: 1,828
    Tener. they said ios keyboard in the roadmap. Some one said in a previous post in another thread that iOS keyboard is only for gamecenter. No one in their right mind would think that the above image that nextgen shows would mean (iOS keyboard " gamecenter only"). 99% of us that read the roadmap would see (iOS keyboard) meaning that its a new tool for GS users. And that it means new ways to make games and implement in our game. So yes in a way ...if ( and i still say "if" because no one has officially confronted this confussion.) the iOS Keyboard function is for GameCenter only. Then it is easily understandable to feel mislead. Im not saying misleading was the purpose. But it is misleadin and needs to be addressed. Im sure Im not the only one here who read the roadmap and saw the iOS Keyboard function to mean a new tool in GS. And not just something accessed when inputing names in Gamesalad. So yeah the "WTF?" is appropriate. Which is it? GameCenter only or is it a new feature that will allow people to make new types of games. Im sure im not the only one who sees the potential for making new types of games.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    .9.3 only contains 1/2 the items from the spring release. Keyboard support is not one if them. Keyboard support was not put in only for game center, game center is a separate app that launches with it's own keyboard.
  • CaptFinnCaptFinn Member Posts: 1,828
    thanks jon. so your saying that the mentioned keyboard feature in the road map is a actual tool feature that was set to come in spring but is on hold. And that it is seperate from the gamecenter issue. When it comes out it will be a feature that allows text fields to open up the ios keyboard and used to input text within GS games. It in fact it saves us from having to build our own keyboards. See thats all I needed to know. Someones previous posts had me confused as to what the feature was for.

    So to keep everything str8 in this release 0.93 the features released are memory fix issues and gamecenter leader boards. In the future possibly iOS keyboard access will be available for GS development use?
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    i for one am getting sick of people moaning all the time about what other people do, no disrespect tenrdrmer but lost of posts i've read, you have put something negative on there,if you dont have something decent to say then keep it to yourself,

    thanks
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  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    gamedivisionuk said:
    i for one am getting sick of people moaning all the time about what other people do, no disrespect tenrdrmer but lost of posts i've read, you have put something negative on there,if you dont have something decent to say then keep it to yourself,

    thanks

    It's almost like your complaining about what someone else is doing.

    Trust me I hold back a lot. Nothing in this particular thread since I didn't complain at all. I explained what was up with the keyboard and made a request to not make them regret releasing information. Sorry you don't like that but i've been here for almost 10 months and back then you got no info until after it happened and I for one would really rather not go back to that. I realize you may not under stand that having been here only 3 months so please try to see things from others point of view also.
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