Access device compass

smurftedsmurfted Member, PRO Posts: 586

Another question. Can gamesalad access a devices compass?

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  • smurftedsmurfted Member, PRO Posts: 586

    No spam from me fella. Shame about the compass though, i can think of several uses for that..

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @smurfted said:
    No spam from me fella. Shame about the compass though, i can think of several uses for that..

    You can access the accelerometer if that's any use.

  • smurftedsmurfted Member, PRO Posts: 586

    Thats very good, but access to the compass would offer some excellent possibilities..

  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922

    @smurfted said:
    Thats very good, but access to the compass would offer some excellent possibilities..

    A lot of things would offer excellent possibilities but we need things specific to game building first.

  • smurftedsmurfted Member, PRO Posts: 586

    I did mean in a game making sense. Rotating your phone around you could move the backdrop.. Combined with the accelerometer you could do fake vr!

  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922

    Rotating the phone and background can be acomplished using the accelerometer. I have a game that does this.

  • ChechesoftChechesoft Member, PRO Posts: 171
    edited March 2016

    @Lost_Oasis_Games said:
    Rotating the phone and background can be acomplished using the accelerometer. I have a game that does this.

    No it does not, not in the way smurfted is implying, as in a virtual reality app. Accelerometer dont work that way.

  • RedRoboRedRobo Member, PRO Posts: 682

    I had a good idea for an app but it needed the ability to rotate the phone whilst flat on a table and for the actor to stay in place. The accelerometer will not do that but access to the compass would. So I would love to see access to the compass added at some point.
    Also to break through in the app stores I think we need to be thinking outside of the box a lot more instead of emulating what has already been done.

  • smurftedsmurfted Member, PRO Posts: 586
    edited March 2016

    I'm new to gamesalad but I have many ideas.. Very few of them in or even near a box..

  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922

    How would knowing true north help create VR? It you know the starting point and what is happening on the X, Y and Z axis? I could see making a request for the gyroscope for that but not the compass.

  • RedRoboRedRobo Member, PRO Posts: 682

    Hell! Lets have the gyroscope and the compass! ;)

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