Using iPhone 5 platform just put the graphics in iPhone 6+ Resolution

BigDave

Since apple auto scales from iPhone 5 apps to fit iPhone 6
Can we just use iPhone 5 as a platform and just use the iPhone 6+ Resolution Graphics?

zenoah

Problem with that is you'll be scaling the iPhone5 resolution via there software scaler and losing quality.

I'd like to support each phones native resolution so you get the best pixel density for each device.

pHghost

@zenoah said:
you'll be scaling the iPhone5 resolution via there software scaler

Not necessarily, if the graphics are iPhone 6 Plus resolution, but the project iPhone 5 setting.

The only downside to this is obviously it will run slower on iPhone 5 with the heavier graphics.

BigDave

@zenoah‌
they just scale it and if you have proper graphics there shouldn't.

@pHghost
my games are so simple that i think the extra size of images doesn't really matter.

good insights guys thanks.
Makes live easier.
Since the game salad iPhone 6 + setting is kind of unhandy its huge screen and we can't zoom out right.

Lovejoy

Nothing has really changed, just use iPad project with overscan.

supafly129

@BigDave‌ @raycur09‌ @pHghost‌ if Apple will automatically scale our apps to fit iphone 6, does this mean we should select "Letterbox" or "Stretch" when publishing?

jay2dx

@supafly921 said:
BigDave‌ raycur09‌ pHghost‌ if Apple will automatically scale our apps to fit iphone 6, does this mean we should select "Letterbox" or "Stretch" when publishing?

I would imagine over scan would take care of this as it fits to the outer most landscape edge!

Tiny_Ideas

Hey Guys,

For an iPhone game for all devices from 5 upwards - what am I meant to start with. iPhone 5 and just important the 1920 x 1080 graphics?

Thanks

pHghost

Start form iPad if you are starting a new game.

For older games started on iPhone 5 size -- import graphics double the original size and either overscan, or use my UB template to adjust (in case you want to support iPad as well, if it is just iPhones, then all you need is the better graphics, as the screen aspect ratio is the same).

Tiny_Ideas

Yeah, not looking to support iPad just yet -Just want to update my game and make sure that importing larger images would do the trick.

Thanks

zenoah

from what i can tell my iPhone 6 Plus just goes into 3x mode in GS even when compiled using 0.12.5 with 'resolution independence' turned off.

When the twitter dialog appears in-game it takes over the whole screen which it shouldn't if the device was running in its native resolution.

Or am I losing the plot?

sawkastee

So do we need to do anything differently with graphics? Still import them at double size with dimensions divisible by 4? Or do we now need to triple the graphics?

pHghost

Personally, I quadruple them. I take my doubles and double them again. That makes them usable on all iOS 8 devices, from iPhone 4s all the way up to iPad Air (and since they are 4x, they are automatically divisible by 4 -- small bonus).