Wow, got gamesalad viewer working!

butterbean

Amazing ! I can't believe how great the game looks on there!

Now with the new GS download 0.5 version, we have multi-touch available right?

I'm soooo excited about this! Now I need to implement controls for her, how do we enable the default gamepad if I just want to run a quick test?

quantumsheep

Gamepad is gone - you have to make your own!

QS

butterbean

I remember you posting about this awhile ago, and you basically create actors with rules in them, and size the gamepad however you want right?

I have rules set in there from awhile back in the actor left button:

If actor receives event: mouse position is inside
Mouse button is down

Change attribute, game.moveleft to true
Change attribute: Self.coloralpha to .25

Do you have a set of rules or does someone have one they can post up here on a gamepad?

quantumsheep

That actually sounds about right!

Glad you got the viewer working - it's a real thrill, isn't it?

CodeMonkey

http://gamesalad.com/wiki/how_to_gsc_iphone_controls#how_do_i_make_use_of_multi-touch

You only need the Touch-> Pressed condition now because there is still only one mouse press and checking for mouse button and mouse position

butterbean

So the above rules I can X out now?

Do I create boolean attributes for touchleft, touchright, touchup etc?

If so, how do I assign those or can you give me one example of a rule or condition that I want the player to move left?

CodeMonkey

Button 1:
Rule: If Touch is pressed
--Change Attribute: Touchleft is true.
Rule: If Touch is released
--Change Attribute: Touchleft is false

butterbean

Is button 1 an actor prototype that you name?

quantumsheep

You put the rule on the button. Which is an actor. You can put an image on the actor like an arrow to indicate direction.

So on button (actor) 1 you put:
Button 1:
Rule: If Touch is pressed
--Change Attribute: Touchleft is true.
Rule: If Touch is released
--Change Attribute: Touchleft is false

OR you could put:
Button 1:
Rule: If Touch is pressed
--Change Attribute: Touchleft is true.
OTHERWISE:
--Change Attribute: Touchleft is false

You do this for all the buttons.

Then on your main character, you put:

If Touchleft is TRUE
Move character to the left

etc etc

Hope that helps,

QS

EDIT - as a reference, the size of the d-pad buttons we used to have was 50x50 - sure, you lose some memory there, but if you go down to 32 they're too small to use effectively, and if you go up to 64 they're too large!

In my humble opinion of course!