having joystick problems

jetsetcrash

hi,

maybe someone can help me trouble shoot this one...

i'm working off codemonkeys joystick project and I just can't seem to get it right. I'm thinking one of the expressions must be off but maybe someone can steer me in the right direction as to what it could be. With mouse down on the joystick actor it will only move non fluidly left and down. That is in comparison to codemonkeys joystick, the animation is not fluid and is either in the center when not touched or down in the left corner when touched. The actor the joystick is supposed to control will only move in the same direction the joystic actor goes to...

jetsetcrash

tweaking things a bit and i notice depending on where i place the actor "base" in the scene the joystick actor will respond strangely. This is true in codemonkeys project as well, check it out...if you move the base to the upper right of screen joystick actor behaves erratically...what is going on here? It seems size of joystick actor effects things too, when I change pixel dimension to something other then symmetrical it moves a different way...? Very confused...

CodeMonkey

Good catch. I had the Green control using the game.baseX as the start for X and Y and didn't notice it because the baseX and baseY was always the same. Fixed and updated the template.

Its based on the center of the actor. In does need a large enough area though because it is looking for the collision with the touch tracking actors.

jetsetcrash

hey codemonkey,

for some reason

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/22929

looks funky in my browser and a text link obscures the download button...

any way you could post a link to the project here?

TheT

Hey, I also have issues with the joystick button ! Sometimes, I think it happens when tapped repeatedly, the joystick just wanders off the base and off the screen and doesn't return ! What's going on there ? Does anyone else also have these problems ?

Jet:
Just mright-click on it, select download to .. there

isabelaq

Hi, I need asking sometime, please somebody can help me...

isabelaq

good news is I did a joystick but only served in one scene when I put in another does not work.
how I can correct this problem and it serve on all screens??
thanks

BobD

Did you copy the Touch 1 thru Touch 5 actors to your new scene. If not then this could fix your problem.

isabelaq

hahhhaha thank you very much if that was, and forgive the urge to ask q other problem I have is that when I move the actor in a big scene, the controls do not follow as I can make this at all times on the screen and not stay behind

isabelaq

someone please answer

BobD

In your scene create a new layer (call it HUD) that is not scrollable. Put all your joystick actors, buttons in this layer. They should stay on the screen as you move in your bug screen.