@Hopscotch I have also tried it on an Alienware desktop and it crashes as well using same method. Two different PC configs? Win 10 desktop doesn't look fine to me.
@Hypnorabbit said:
Confirmed that this table side-scrolling bug also appears on my Alienware desktop when fresh installing 1.25. New project and everything. Not quite what I would call a "stable release" unless I'm doing something particularly stupid.
Add a bug report. As is said there are bound to be a few small things. We did have a couple windows testers. They need more windows testers.
@Hypnorabbit said: @MentalDonkeyGames Thanks will report. @Hopscotch I've clean installed 1.25 Windows on two computers and had the same problem. To be sure I started new projects on both as well - created tables with more than 15 columns, scrolled sideways and the app crashes. By the way the Surface Pro is brand new so I have no clue what's up with that. Any thoughts what it could be?
I don't think Creator is spec'd to run on a surface pro. We didn't have anyone testing on one I know that.
@Lost_Oasis_Games Sure - not sure creating tables in Windows is a small thing though. Was working completely fine on 1.24 as well. How do I submit a bug report?
You won't have an option to select A surface Pro so you'll have to add that into the notes as Gamesalad doesn't officially support that device. http://bugs.gamesalad.com
Also, @Hopscotch knows his stuff. You'll need to include a sample project. Just a simple one nothing fancy.
@Lost_Oasis_Games As previously mentioned I have an Alienware PC so I'm also happy using Gamesalad on that, provided it worked. I'm sure Gamesalad would support that. Have used GS for 7 years in a few months and it's a little sad we have these huge periods of elation at a new release... and then huge depressions when the release has its game-breaking bugs. Things are much better than they used to be but it's a little frustrating. Thanks for the support.
@68kStudios said:
The table cell value update/display bug is still there on 1.25, even if it's quite rare.
So, I still can't publish my game.
Put the display text in a loop behavior. just set it to some condition that is always the same. Like height or color.
Actually, I don't think that the bug is on the display behavior, but on table values update.
Example:
1) I have this rule: if you have more than 100 gold, you can press a button to buy something.
2) You get +1 item and -100 gold (values saved on table)
3) Now you have 0 gold, and you can't press the button to buy the item.
Now, on creator it always works. On the device (iOS or Android) 99% of the time works (using 1.25, with 1.24 it only works less than 50% of the time).
And when it doesn't work properly, you can keep buy items and your gold never decreases. When you leave the scene and go back, you may have 10 items and -1000 gold.
If it was only a display text issue, you couldn't keep buy items without gold...
Anyway, with 1.25 it's very hard to reproduce, because it works properly almost always...
wrap the rule that checks for available gold, in an "after 0s" timer. Then see if you still get the issue. It may be related to a rare rule locking bug which still needs to be sorted out.
wrap the rule that checks for available gold, in an "after 0s" timer. Then see if you still get the issue. It may be related to a rare rule locking bug which still needs to be sorted out.
I usually use the loop behavior but it the same as 0 timer. Had to do this the other day for a rule that was spawning an actor. would spawn once and even when I cycled it, it wouldn't spawn again. I wrapped the offending run in a loop and forced it to respond to each change of condition.
What is the bug number? I want to add myself to it.
@Lost_Oasis_Games right, the old timer/loop trick to keep rules actively checking.
However, in this case I want @68kStudios to try a "after 0s" timer, not a repeating "every 0s" timer.
This is to check if the rule locking bug may be the culprit here, where rules no longer act on state changes if they started off true on the first frame.
However, in this case I want @68kStudios to try a "after 0s" timer, not a repeating "every 0s" timer.
This is to check if the rule locking bug may be the culprit here, where rules no longer act on state changes if they started off true on the first frame.
So you could also get around it by being sure the rule starts a false..hmmm
Just installed GameSalad on my PC to check this table bug. Cannot reproduce it using Windows 7. @Hypnorabbit perhaps upload an example project that crashes (stripping out as much as possible).
Also, I want some of the interface options found in Windows on Mac... Really want...
I have no idea what you mean, so probably not Here's a few of the things that stood out to me:
Ability to see an actor's contents and attributes by just selecting it in a list (not having to navigate into it fully)
Ability to add columns/rows before after other column/rows in tables (staggers me Windows has that and Mac doesn't)
Ability to add tags from the actor panel
Ability to edit position of an actor directly without going into it
Honestly, how easy it is to navigate between actors/scenes/attributes etc. On Mac we have to wait 30 seconds for something to load up, on Windows they don't even need to load it
Ability to add/remove tables so easily
The displaying of the size of the tables on the table list
The huge number of extra zoom options when previewing
Ability to select an image for an actor from a dropdown within that actor
Ditto with tags
In particular, though, these two:
Option to add a timer using the button at teh top of an actor's behaviours, like we can on Mac with Rule and Group.
Ability to add behaviours by typing
I could go on.
Frankly, I feel kinda screwed with the Mac version now... I'm going to try developing using my PC for a bit, see what I end up not liking...
@AlchimiaStudios said:
The huge number of extra zoom options when previewing
You can set up pretty much any zoom setting you want in Mac GS using Edit Custom Resolution, but the function is rendered near useless by the fact that your setting are not saved !
@Socks said:
You can set up pretty much any zoom setting you want in Mac GS using Edit Custom Resolution, but the function is rendered near useless by the fact that your setting are not saved !
You also have to do maths though... If I want to see an iPhone screen at 400%, or an iPad one at 25%, using a custom resolution (even if they were saved) is still a massively more annoying thing to do.
I have no idea what you mean, so probably not Here's a few of the things that stood out to me:
Ability to see an actor's contents and attributes by just selecting it in a list (not having to navigate into it fully)
Ability to add columns/rows before after other column/rows in tables (staggers me Windows has that and Mac doesn't)
Ability to add tags from the actor panel
Ability to edit position of an actor directly without going into it
Honestly, how easy it is to navigate between actors/scenes/attributes etc. On Mac we have to wait 30 seconds for something to load up, on Windows they don't even need to load it
Ability to add/remove tables so easily
The displaying of the size of the tables on the table list
The huge number of extra zoom options when previewing
Ability to select an image for an actor from a dropdown within that actor
Ditto with tags
In particular, though, these two:
Option to add a timer using the button at teh top of an actor's behaviours, like we can on Mac with Rule and Group.
Ability to add behaviours by typing
I could go on.
Frankly, I feel kinda screwed with the Mac version now... I'm going to try developing using my PC for a bit, see what I end up not liking...
I'm 100% with you here. But a few months ago I tried to switch to Windows and unfortunately I found a lot of stuff that drove me insane, first and foremost in the backstage segment (where you work on your rules and behaviors). Rules and behaviors looked awfully bloated, it was impossible for me to keep a clear view while working on actors with more than 3 rules.
This was amplified by the UI bugs that were present at that time (no idea if they've fixed them). For example grabbing a rule or behavior and moving it up or down to rearrange the order displayed these blue lines signaling the new place where you'll drop it but the lines didn't disappear. After working on an actor for like 1 minute my backstage was always littered with these blue lines.
Except for that backstage part there's a lot of stuff there that is SO MUCH better than in the Mac Creator (I think you've pointed out everything I can remember).
@Armelline windows sound great but a few features missing ie custom colours for text. Plus when using expression editor the view is rather tiny working with long strings can be very frustrating. The scrolling in the backstage-blue lines bug mentioned above is a nightmare. Makes for reordering when you've been working a while a bit of nightmare. Admittedly I didn't realize how good windows could be, I actually use most of the things you mentioned if not all.
wrap the rule that checks for available gold, in an "after 0s" timer. Then see if you still get the issue. It may be related to a rare rule locking bug which still needs to be sorted out.
I've got a custom font question. I want to use the roboto font in my application. There are places where I need Roboto-regular.tff and other places where I would like Roboto-bold.ttf. I've loaded both .tff files but am only able to select one of them. Is there a way to use both?
The perils of tiny closed blinkered beta's The whole issue of font families seems to have been overlooked ?! or is just a very big bug.
You will have to rename every font you want to use above a single example if they are from the same family (typeface) using a tool like this http://www.cr8software.net/typex.html
@tmann said:
The perils of tiny closed blinkered beta's The whole issue of font families seems to have been overlooked ?! or is just a very big bug.
Overlooked or intentional? GS is a game development tool, not a wordprocessor.
I would always prefer to only import exactly the styles I need, and not bloat the package with 12 unnecessary styles.
@tmann said:
The perils of tiny closed blinkered beta's The whole issue of font families seems to have been overlooked ?! or is just a very big bug.
Overlooked or intentional? GS is a game development tool, not a wordprocessor.
I would always prefer to only import exactly the styles I need, and not bloat the package with 12 unnecessary styles.
But it sounds like you can't import exactly the styles you want? If they're from the same family, people are running into issues.
Sorry if I'm misreading the comments here, I haven't tried 1.25 yet but this is how it's reading so far.
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@Hypnorabbit , must be specific to the Surface then. On Win 10 desktop it is fine.
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@Hopscotch I have also tried it on an Alienware desktop and it crashes as well using same method. Two different PC configs? Win 10 desktop doesn't look fine to me.
Put the display text in a loop behavior. just set it to some condition that is always the same. Like height or color.
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Add a bug report. As is said there are bound to be a few small things. We did have a couple windows testers. They need more windows testers.
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I don't think Creator is spec'd to run on a surface pro. We didn't have anyone testing on one I know that.
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@Lost_Oasis_Games Sure - not sure creating tables in Windows is a small thing though. Was working completely fine on 1.24 as well. How do I submit a bug report?
You won't have an option to select A surface Pro so you'll have to add that into the notes as Gamesalad doesn't officially support that device. http://bugs.gamesalad.com
Also, @Hopscotch knows his stuff. You'll need to include a sample project. Just a simple one nothing fancy.
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@Lost_Oasis_Games As previously mentioned I have an Alienware PC so I'm also happy using Gamesalad on that, provided it worked. I'm sure Gamesalad would support that. Have used GS for 7 years in a few months and it's a little sad we have these huge periods of elation at a new release... and then huge depressions when the release has its game-breaking bugs. Things are much better than they used to be but it's a little frustrating. Thanks for the support.
Actually, I don't think that the bug is on the display behavior, but on table values update.
Example:
1) I have this rule: if you have more than 100 gold, you can press a button to buy something.
2) You get +1 item and -100 gold (values saved on table)
3) Now you have 0 gold, and you can't press the button to buy the item.
Now, on creator it always works. On the device (iOS or Android) 99% of the time works (using 1.25, with 1.24 it only works less than 50% of the time).
And when it doesn't work properly, you can keep buy items and your gold never decreases. When you leave the scene and go back, you may have 10 items and -1000 gold.
If it was only a display text issue, you couldn't keep buy items without gold...
Anyway, with 1.25 it's very hard to reproduce, because it works properly almost always...
@68kStudios, just try the following please:
wrap the rule that checks for available gold, in an "after 0s" timer. Then see if you still get the issue. It may be related to a rare rule locking bug which still needs to be sorted out.
MESSAGING, X-PLATFORM LEADERBOARDS, OFFLINE-TIMER, ANALYTICS and BACK-END CONTROL for your GameSalad projects
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I usually use the loop behavior but it the same as 0 timer. Had to do this the other day for a rule that was spawning an actor. would spawn once and even when I cycled it, it wouldn't spawn again. I wrapped the offending run in a loop and forced it to respond to each change of condition.
What is the bug number? I want to add myself to it.
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@Lost_Oasis_Games right, the old timer/loop trick to keep rules actively checking.
However, in this case I want @68kStudios to try a "after 0s" timer, not a repeating "every 0s" timer.
This is to check if the rule locking bug may be the culprit here, where rules no longer act on state changes if they started off true on the first frame.
MESSAGING, X-PLATFORM LEADERBOARDS, OFFLINE-TIMER, ANALYTICS and BACK-END CONTROL for your GameSalad projects
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So you could also get around it by being sure the rule starts a false..hmmm
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Yes @Lost_Oasis_Games, that would fix it, but I want to confirm the bug.
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I know you do..I was just thinking out loud
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Just installed GameSalad on my PC to check this table bug. Cannot reproduce it using Windows 7. @Hypnorabbit perhaps upload an example project that crashes (stripping out as much as possible).
Also, I want some of the interface options found in Windows on Mac... Really want...
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@Armelline you saw it too?
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I have no idea what you mean, so probably not
Here's a few of the things that stood out to me:
In particular, though, these two:
I could go on.
Frankly, I feel kinda screwed with the Mac version now... I'm going to try developing using my PC for a bit, see what I end up not liking...
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You can set up pretty much any zoom setting you want in Mac GS using Edit Custom Resolution, but the function is rendered near useless by the fact that your setting are not saved !
You also have to do maths though... If I want to see an iPhone screen at 400%, or an iPad one at 25%, using a custom resolution (even if they were saved) is still a massively more annoying thing to do.
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I'm 100% with you here. But a few months ago I tried to switch to Windows and unfortunately I found a lot of stuff that drove me insane, first and foremost in the backstage segment (where you work on your rules and behaviors). Rules and behaviors looked awfully bloated, it was impossible for me to keep a clear view while working on actors with more than 3 rules.
This was amplified by the UI bugs that were present at that time (no idea if they've fixed them). For example grabbing a rule or behavior and moving it up or down to rearrange the order displayed these blue lines signaling the new place where you'll drop it but the lines didn't disappear. After working on an actor for like 1 minute my backstage was always littered with these blue lines.
Except for that backstage part there's a lot of stuff there that is SO MUCH better than in the Mac Creator (I think you've pointed out everything I can remember).
Sounds like there's the perfect creator to be had by redesigning the interface taking the best elements of Mac and of Windows!
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@Armelline windows sound great but a few features missing ie custom colours for text. Plus when using expression editor the view is rather tiny working with long strings can be very frustrating. The scrolling in the backstage-blue lines bug mentioned above is a nightmare. Makes for reordering when you've been working a while a bit of nightmare. Admittedly I didn't realize how good windows could be, I actually use most of the things you mentioned if not all.
@Armelline, nice list
Add to it the insert and delete rows/columns features in the windows table interface.
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I'll try it, thanks
I had the adding, but didn't notice you could remove as easily as well! That would save so much exporting/importing and editing in Excel!
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,> @Machinist Apps said:
The perils of tiny closed blinkered beta's
The whole issue of font families seems to have been overlooked ?! or is just a very big bug.
You will have to rename every font you want to use above a single example if they are from the same family (typeface) using a tool like this http://www.cr8software.net/typex.html
Overlooked or intentional? GS is a game development tool, not a wordprocessor.
I would always prefer to only import exactly the styles I need, and not bloat the package with 12 unnecessary styles.
MESSAGING, X-PLATFORM LEADERBOARDS, OFFLINE-TIMER, ANALYTICS and BACK-END CONTROL for your GameSalad projects
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But it sounds like you can't import exactly the styles you want? If they're from the same family, people are running into issues.
Sorry if I'm misreading the comments here, I haven't tried 1.25 yet but this is how it's reading so far.
@Hopscotch good luck importing the 'styles' you need if they are from the same family.
@Adrenaline yep