0.5.0 Safari Plugin?

xactoxacto Member Posts: 146
edited November -1 in Tech Support
Is there a new plug-in for safari with the release of 0.5.0?

The reason I am asking is I received a message from Nubc4kes (thanks) saying “Looking better and better. One note: The scrolling galaxies in the background overlap everything else. Move them back a few layers.”

This was not a problem before I updated to 0.5.0, so I went to the game page and played it and sure enough... my layers were messed up.

I went back to see if my code somehow changed, but everything is exactly how it was before. So I wanted to test in with the Web Preview button (since it works great in the standard mode) and then I received a message that I needed to update the plug-in for safari. After I installed it -- my game on the website works without the layer issue.

If this is a Plug-in issue, shouldn't GameSalad's website alert you that you need the latest version to play the game?

Xacto

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Comments

  • CodeMonkeyCodeMonkey Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 1,803
    GameSalad Creator has the plug-in in it. If it is not detected when doing a Web Preview then you can install it from there. It is not alerting that you need the update because it is not yet on our download site.
  • xactoxacto Member Posts: 146
    So, if someone runs a game that was created with 0.5.0 it may not work right unless they did a Web Preview first? (I rarely use Web Preview)

    That seems like an issue.

    I am now getting messages from people that my game is not working right. They have an older version and do not know there is a new one - unless they preforming a Web Preview.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    I was going to say the thing about the galaxies, but didn't because it was so obvious I just thought you hadn't got round to fixing it!

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  • xactoxacto Member Posts: 146
    Quantum,

    Update your plugin by going through Web Preview and it should work correctly.

    I feel the website should alert you that you need the latest version to view the game. Unity does this so that are no issues like this.
  • CodeMonkeyCodeMonkey Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 1,803
    Normally we don't put out a GS Creator build without a plugin to go along with it. Its just a special case this time because of Publishing. It should be remedied soon.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Nice - got the update.

    LOVE your backgrounds dude. They are awesome! :D

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  • harrioharrio Member Posts: 234
    what's cookin,

    i tried to run the web preview, so that my plugin would update, but i got this error msg...

    `The page “grade invaders 8.gameproj” has content of MIME type “application/x-portable-game”. Because you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can’t be displayed.`

    has anyone else had this problem? am i missing a step?
  • harrioharrio Member Posts: 234
    what's cookin,

    in the appropriate words of rosanna rosanna danna, "nevermind".

    i had to restart the computer after the upgrade. now all is well. in fact, all is better than well. the play screen is bigger now, and i swear the sound is louder and clearer. but that could be just me. but is sounds clearer and louder in gs as well. i've been play testing my game a lot, so i'm pretty intimately aware of how it sounded clarity and volume wise. and it definately sounds better now.

    oh well, noodles...
  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    how does one get 0.5.0? Do I have to pay $500?
  • harrioharrio Member Posts: 234
    what's cookin,

    here ya go sci... http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=616

    and you can make the $500 payable to me. that will buy me a years worth of, wait for it.............

    noodles...of course
  • CodeMonkeyCodeMonkey Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 1,803
    Ramen is $.10 a package. That's 5000 packages of noodles. More than 13 a day. Think of all the MSG. :)

    Nice game by the way.
  • CodeMonkeyCodeMonkey Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 1,803
    Alrighty. The 0.5.0 plug-in is on the download site. So is the 0.5.0 Creator.

    The creator on the download site is a little newer than what was posted in the forums, so just to be on the safe side you may want to download that version as well.
  • sdparduesdpardue Member Posts: 110
    CodeMonkey, you said, "The creator on the download site is a little newer than what was posted in the forums"...

    They're both 0.5.0, but one's newer? What's the difference in the two? Should EVERYONE be using the "new" 0.5.0 Creator?

    If indeed it's newer and has new features / bug fixes, etc., shouldn't it be 0.5.1 or something? And shouldn't it be announced in the forums? Guess I could have missed the announcement.
  • CodeMonkeyCodeMonkey Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 1,803
    In normal process, builds should be downloaded from our download site.
    There is a difference in this new version that really only affects Pro Subscribers because it has the Open URL behavior and works with the Xcode builder. Just to make sure that everyone is on the same level and all the tools work with each other, it would be best to get the tools via the download site.

    Everyone should be using GameSalad Creator 0.5.0.

    Its not 0.5.1 because we never officially released 0.5.0 to EVERYONE. Only announced to the lucky, dedicated, forum users. :)
  • sdparduesdpardue Member Posts: 110
    Thanks! That clears it up.
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