Flickering screen when downloaded as Mac application

tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949
edited November 2013 in Working with GS (Mac)
I don't do much developing for Mac... I mostly stick to iPhone/iPad... but I downloaded an app I'm working on so that my wife could put it on her students' OS X 10.6.8 computers and it flickers constantly on every scene. I imagine this has something to do with constraining the camera origin? Anyone else had this problem (maybe it's a known one)?

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  • BBEnkBBEnk Posts: 1,764
    Accepted Answer
    Well, it was something obvious. I had an actor that was spawning a particles actor every few seconds and it was causing the screen to flicker but only when published as a Mac game. Not when previewed on a Mac in Creator.
    I had this same problem when publishing with 10.4 but not on 10.3. and only to mac desktop.

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  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
    Hmm I've done some Mac stuff and never saw that before. Did you try publishing again?
  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949
    edited November 2013
    OS X 10.7.5 with newest Creator. The flicker is about 20 times per second and really hard to look at. X_X

    I tried removing the actor that was constraining the camera and re-publishing but it's still happening.
    Also removed the recursively spawning actors as I thought that might be causing it, but it's not.

    On the plus side, no applause sound!
  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949
    Deleted actors in groups until the problem no longer occurred. Should have an answer in a little bit...
  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949
    Well, it was something obvious. I had an actor that was spawning a particles actor every few seconds and it was causing the screen to flicker but only when published as a Mac game. Not when previewed on a Mac in Creator.
  • Fal01Fal01 Member Posts: 460
    Hi @tatiang,

    I'm having this problem also, did you make adjustments or just remove the actor that was spawning from the scene?
  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949
    @Fal01 I just removed it. I wish I had a better answer but the particles weren't necessary and I didn't have time to work towards an alternative.
  • Fal01Fal01 Member Posts: 460
    Cheers @tatiang,

    Darn pesky particles! X(
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    yea i ran into this as well, it seems particles didn't work well with mac apps. I submitted a bug report about it, but you should too so it didn't only come from me :)
  • zypp1zypp1 Member Posts: 142
    may i ask what the app is called ?

    looking for some info on how gs apps run on mac
    interested to download
  • 3itg3itg Member, PRO Posts: 382
    Hmmm, particles are important. I just discovered this problem as well… googled… got this thread...
  • zypp1zypp1 Member Posts: 142
    guys i need to download a mac app i want to see how the screen size is done before i buy iTunes mac certificate can you please put a link to one of your mac games PLEASSEEEE i have asked so so many times
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Here's one of mine: https://macappsto.re/gb/OJGTC.m

    It's old but free :)
  • zypp1zypp1 Member Posts: 142
    Nice one you sir are da man
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