Larger Images in Gamesalad

ADSentertainment

Is there any way you can use larger images in Gamesalad in what it would consider a "safe" way? Or any way at all? I'm working on a platformer, and I have an image that has all of the tiles set up, and the size is like...3,000x800 pixels. I tried importing it manually through the package contents, but it wouldn't show up when I opened the project.

RP

An image that has tiles set up? That defeats the purpose of tiles/tile sets.

For staters, what device are you planning on publishing this to?

ADSentertainment

An image that has tiles set up? That defeats the purpose of tiles/tile sets.

For staters, what device are you planning on publishing this to?

Well I wasn't going to use a tile set on the actual game due to a lack of snapping to grid features. So I made the level using tiles on a separate program and put it into the project. I still don't know wether I'm going to put this on the iPhone or on the Mac.

Dues

Cant you just split the image up in like four pieces?

jamie_c

This has worked for me in the past, though I'm not sure how 'safe' it is...

Create your image at 3000 x 800 pixels

When you import into Gamesalad and it warns you about resizing it, let Gamesalad resize the image.

Create a new actor using the image in Gamesalad and adjust its size in the Actor Attributes back up to 3000 x 800 pixels.

Seems to work fine... though like I said not sure if it's 'safe'.

ADSentertainment

Cant you just split the image up in like four pieces?

I was actually thinking of that, and I probably will. I was just hoping there was another way, because that way would be a little bit annoying for me.

ADSentertainment

This has worked for me in the past, though I'm not sure how 'safe' it is...

Create your image at 3000 x 800 pixels

When you import into Gamesalad and it warns you about resizing it, let Gamesalad resize the image.

Create a new actor using the image in Gamesalad and adjust its size in the Actor Attributes back up to 3000 x 800 pixels.

Seems to work fine... though like I said not sure if it's 'safe'.

I actually did do that, but the pixel smoothing really bugs me. It's a retro NES looking game, so I wanted to have the pixels very visible and sharp.

TouchiMedia

I'm pretty certain devices have limits... like a non-retina iphone is 480x320.. anything larger and it won't load... non-retina ipad 1024x768 , etc.