Accelerometer X question , please help .
POM
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Hey ,
Im messing around with the accelerometer to control an actor that is flying up ,
so i have
When in portrait :
when accelerometerX > 0.2 go right and
when accelerometerX < -0.2 go left.
AND
When in portrait upsidedown :
when accelerometerX > 0.2 go left and
when accelerometerX < -0.2 go right.
________
And thats fine if im on portrait mode or upside-down portrait , but if the player holds the device in
a "horizontal" mode , the rules don't apply .
Now i would love to use portrait mode only in my game and disable auto rotate ,
it will be much easier .
will apple reject the game if it doesn't have 2 orientations?
Roy.
Im messing around with the accelerometer to control an actor that is flying up ,
so i have
When in portrait :
when accelerometerX > 0.2 go right and
when accelerometerX < -0.2 go left.
AND
When in portrait upsidedown :
when accelerometerX > 0.2 go left and
when accelerometerX < -0.2 go right.
________
And thats fine if im on portrait mode or upside-down portrait , but if the player holds the device in
a "horizontal" mode , the rules don't apply .
Now i would love to use portrait mode only in my game and disable auto rotate ,
it will be much easier .
will apple reject the game if it doesn't have 2 orientations?
Roy.
Comments
As for the accel problems... Have you seen the free readout app on itunes that give the accel readings? I can't remember the name but there are a few up there I think. it's useful do avoid having to check with text display on the attributes.
Anyway I would check the read outs and then see if you can work out which readings work best for which orientation. Its a pain in the arse but you can build calibration into the app to check and auto set up which readings to use. I have done a very simple flight sim that has some of this in but I abandoned the calibration as it would have taken too long to work out all the settings but I also found that kids naturally found the places that worked when it was fixed to a single landscape.
cheers kipper
Just implement the landscape orientations. This way, when your user is in the middle from portrait and portrait upside down, they still have control.
Matt
i made simple project with 3 display text to see the X Y Z values of the accelerometer in all kind of orientations , and i figured it out, instead of using when "Portrait" i use when y < 0
And instead of using "portrait upside down" i use when y > 0
It works great even in horizontal mode now .
Roy.