Long List of Bugs, Questions, and Wish List :S
AnunnakiCreators
Member Posts: 54
Been using GameSalad for a few months now and I have to say its a really neat and powerful software, however, I hit a MAJOR road bump in my game, which WAS near completion.
I have been steadily adding characters to my game, and when I design them I make it a habit to save the GameSalad file and quit the application. Today the same routine and when I go to put my characters back into the game I notice GameSalad (or whatever force have you) deleted the character actor in EVERY SCENE. Not a problem an easy fix because I still have the prototype. Unfortunately the code on my prototype was completely wiped clean.
I have NO clue how this happened. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Random things wiped from scenes? Even worse prototypes cleared?
While I am on a roll I had a few other bugs/questions:
• (BUG) When inserting images into GameSalad. Randomly it will "misplace" images as if I deleted the source. I have to delete the image out of GameSalad and put it back into GameSalad. In some cases it will do this multiple times. Usually a restart clears the issue.
• (BUG) I noticed that deployment to an iOS device is spotty and causes frequent crashes.
• (?) Any news on IAP, Android Publishing, Chrome Publishing?
• (?) Was considering the Pro License before I release my games for Game Center. I seen a demo of in the the preview window, but have not seen it in any patch notes. Is it really active and ready to go?
Wish List:
• Controllable anchor points
• Folders for Scenes, Actors, Images, Sounds, ETC (Having a ton of scenes and images is not fun to sift through, plus for some reason some scenes do not have any previews)
• Video implementation
• Push Notifications (Doesn't have to be on GameSalads Servers, just the ability to do it own our own would be fine)
• An activity monitor for variables.
• iCloud support (store many versions)
• xCode Export
( Just remembered)
I kept updating my app for beta testers to try, however, I did not make the project downloadable. Taking a shot in the dark, is there any way that I can recover from that project??
I am having serious concerns to whether I should upgrade to the Pro License when major errors continue to happen like the one I encountered today, however, I now understand when it comes to GameSalad, back up your backups. Thanks for taking the time to read all this!
I have been steadily adding characters to my game, and when I design them I make it a habit to save the GameSalad file and quit the application. Today the same routine and when I go to put my characters back into the game I notice GameSalad (or whatever force have you) deleted the character actor in EVERY SCENE. Not a problem an easy fix because I still have the prototype. Unfortunately the code on my prototype was completely wiped clean.
I have NO clue how this happened. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Random things wiped from scenes? Even worse prototypes cleared?
While I am on a roll I had a few other bugs/questions:
• (BUG) When inserting images into GameSalad. Randomly it will "misplace" images as if I deleted the source. I have to delete the image out of GameSalad and put it back into GameSalad. In some cases it will do this multiple times. Usually a restart clears the issue.
• (BUG) I noticed that deployment to an iOS device is spotty and causes frequent crashes.
• (?) Any news on IAP, Android Publishing, Chrome Publishing?
• (?) Was considering the Pro License before I release my games for Game Center. I seen a demo of in the the preview window, but have not seen it in any patch notes. Is it really active and ready to go?
Wish List:
• Controllable anchor points
• Folders for Scenes, Actors, Images, Sounds, ETC (Having a ton of scenes and images is not fun to sift through, plus for some reason some scenes do not have any previews)
• Video implementation
• Push Notifications (Doesn't have to be on GameSalads Servers, just the ability to do it own our own would be fine)
• An activity monitor for variables.
• iCloud support (store many versions)
• xCode Export
( Just remembered)
I kept updating my app for beta testers to try, however, I did not make the project downloadable. Taking a shot in the dark, is there any way that I can recover from that project??
I am having serious concerns to whether I should upgrade to the Pro License when major errors continue to happen like the one I encountered today, however, I now understand when it comes to GameSalad, back up your backups. Thanks for taking the time to read all this!
Comments
Have to love the community support, especially when I am deciding whether to invest money in the pro version.
-on device, i dont have any real problems, timers are a bit off.
-features, IAP,android,Chrome... im waiting to hear about these as well... can only hope its on this next release
-Game Center, as far as i know its up and running.
-Pro worth it? i personally don't think so. i have the money set aside for pro, but will not be subscribing until In App Purchases are available.
My ghetto solution to push notifications is a server side splash screen (if you could even do that loading an image from a website with the Pro version). Along with a pretty link.