cocos2d for iPhone

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   MikeSz
   Member

   was having problems with running iSimulate with ne cocos version, but it works now. so instead gonna show a solution

   if you create a new cocos2d project from templat and follow all the instructions from iSimulate Documentation, it will not yet work. you additionally need to:
   - add the "-ObjC" to the target (not just project)
   - compile simulator on SDK 3.0

   solved it for us

   PS: if you don't know iSimulate - you definitely should get accustomed with it ;) it really helps a lot with recording videos and testing in simulator. basically it passes touch events and accelerometer controls to the Simulator

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   chrisco
   Member

   Very cool - I read the first version of your post and checked out their site. After seeing what it can do, I was disappointed that it wasn't working. Now I'm definitely going to pick it up.

   Do you notice a lag in the events being sent to the simulator? And is it fairly straightforward to get it running?

   Thanks,
   Chris

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   MikeSz
   Member

   there is no spoon man ;) no lag either. we have recorded videos for geoFighter aka LightWars with it and it was perfect

   I added it earlier to 2 of our projects just by following the instructions on the site, took 2 mins and it was working. with 0.8.1 it was a bit trickier - as you can/could see in the first post. but just add -ObjC in the target and it shall work

   and one more thing - since I coulnt find any explanation to the problem, I wrote to the iSimulate support. got an email back in 20 mins, maybe even less. then some follow ups. simply top-notch service ! would never find tis -ObjC in target if not for those emails ;)

   as a dev I can only give it 10/10 ;) its great, a must if you have an action game and want to record a good video without a camera ;)

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   chrisco
   Member

   Well, I'm sold - they should be giving you commission :) I'll be picking it up and trying it out tonight...

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. 

   jd
   Member

   What did you use to record video? I can't jing to record sound from the simulator on my mac. I use iSimulate too - it's good for games with multi touch and/or accelerometer.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Codemattic
   Moderator

   Almost no lag at all - really amazing product. One tip though - make sure your device has bluetooth turned off - otherwise there is a ton of lag and stuttering.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   MikeSz
   Member

   Codematic - thanks for the information, didn't know about it ;) my BT is off by default so I didnt notice it even, but might be useful one day

   @jd - our jing is a video file, so it was added in the post-production (at least I assume so, Im not the person who records videos @Spokko). but I'd imagine that for a good video you record a lot of things from game, mix them and combine later in whatever app you want. so don't see a problem with jing at all

   @chrisco - well, I just felt so embarassed about the whole thing ;) other than the -ObjC in the target flag, I also tried to use 3.0 iSimulate with 2.2.1 SDK in XCode. which obviously crashed. which was very, very lame ;) so instead of keeping a post asking about something stupid, I decided to edit it and redeem myself a bit ;)

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   chrisco
   Member

   Well, I picked it up and it's great. I think it'll really speed things up. What always drives me nuts is making one slight change to the code and reinstalling the app to the device. Seems to take forever after a while...

   @Mike - I wondered about that when I was downloading the SDK's and saw the two versions :P Either way, I'm glad you brought it up...

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   MikeSz
   Member

   @chrisco - yeah, that was stupid on my side. but without -ObjC in the target it wouldn't work anyway. gives me some excuse ;) cant edit the original post anymore unfortunately :(

   Posted 2 years ago #
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    pabloruiz55
    Member

    Is anyone running connecting it to the mac via adhoc? I am, and it reeeeally lags... :( It renders it unusable... every 1-2 seconds it lags for at least another 2-3 seconds.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Codemattic
    Moderator

    @pabloruiz55, not to sound like a broken record, but make sure your device's bluetooth is turned off in settings->general->bluetooth - it sounds like the exact same problem I had.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    pabloruiz55
    Member

    Thanks Codemattic, you were totally right :D. I had missed your post before regarding this issue :(

    Posted 2 years ago #
13. 

    Clain
    Member

    As a sidenote, OS 3.1 is supposed to fix this problem.

    Posted 2 years ago #
14. 

    UseCase
    Member

    Also make sure the firewall on your computer lets the simulator app communicate as an exception.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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