Media files are Blank(White)-Android ad hoc test

Feathers

Hi.
I tried ad hoc test for the first time on an Android phone.
Installation was succesful and the app runs fine but when I run the app EVERY SCENE&ACTOR is BLANK(White)!
It looks like there are no actors or scenes but the actors/scenes are placed wherever they have to be.

The problem is that they're all Blank!

Does anyone know why my Media files aren't showing up in my app?

(Everything works fine when I run it on GS. The problem is occuring when I install it on an Adroid device.)

NNterprises

Are they very large size files? anything over 2048x2048 I think turns blank in adhoc

Feathers

Solved it. It was because the files weren't saved in English.

Socks

@Feathers said:
Solved it. It was because the files weren't saved in English.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'the files weren't saved in English' - that information might be useful to others (this blank actor issue comes up fairly often on Android).

NNterprises

@Socks said:
Can you clarify what you mean by 'the files weren't saved in English' - that information might be useful to others (this blank actor issue comes up fairly often on Android).

Agree. Did you save them with names using special characters or symbols (%#$@)? Chinese/arabic letter characters?

saif_shammari

@Socks @NNterprises
I think he means the file or folder name not in english language
I always have the same problem(when i name my files in arabic language) even in some another programs(Both PC or Mac) ... not just in GameSalad
I hope it helps

Feathers

I saved my files in japanese, arabic etc. to catagorize different media files for each local version. I saved my png files in japanese for media files that would be in the japanese version so I can keep track of the files easily.

However, I figured out that if you attach non-alphabet files in GS, the media files break when you try an ad hok test on devices. The devices just change the non-alphabets to some other weird name like '?@______1'. This makes the Actors impossible to read the png files they were supposed to read because the file names are changed.

This problem happens also when you convert Windows project files to Mac project files.
I would recommend everybody to save every file using alphabets. Actors or attributes are no problem. I tried it in other languages and everything worked just fine.