2018.10 Preview...

SinisterSoft

The next version of Gideros is set to be another great release...

If you look at these images

then you will see an updated toolbar, with a few extra icons you may not have seen before.

Any feedback will be appreciated.

SinisterSoft

I forgot to mention, in debug mode you can hover over variables and it will tell you their value...

oleg

@SinisterSoft 3000 lines in main.lua ???

SinisterSoft

3k lines is nothing.

Apollo14

YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111

totebo

SinisterSoft said:

3k lines is nothing.

Dude, you have to start using OOP!

vitalitymobile

totebo said:

SinisterSoft said:

3k lines is nothing.

Dude, you have to start using OOP!

I think he was just joking! He builds internal tool so that when game release, he run a command to merge all the OOP file into one file main )

SinisterSoft

No, I easily find my way around a program I've made with over 100k lines (not other peoples code though). If this isn't normal then maybe it's some advantage to having Aphantasia?

Anyhow, here is a close up on the new set of icons...

SinisterSoft

(click the image to see the full picture)

SinisterSoft

Btw, all of the new debugger stuff is work @hgy29 has been doing tirelessly to make Gideros much better for everyone, especially for beginners or those who need debug functions.

If you want to encourage him to add more then I'm sure some donations would be appreciated, at least to buy him a drink!

http://giderosmobile.com/donate&download

SinisterSoft

About the feedback - does everyone like the new look of the icons?

SinisterSoft

Here is a couple of screenshots of the code running on a fire tablet with the code being stepped though in the Studio - you can even see what the value of a variable is that is on the tablet!

keszegh

and i believed you guys that debugging is too complicated to add. you bastards. thanks

hgy29

Nothing is too complicated. But some stuff takes too much time or needs smarter coders...

keszegh

then i assume you became smarter since last time.

hgy29

We learn everyday

SinisterSoft

antix

Beginners also want native speed A* pathfinding

totebo

Thatbwould be cool @antix. Is there a good library to base it on?

antix

There are plenty of A* code out there. roland Yonaba's (spelling?) jumper library is good but if it was in C it would be faster than Lua

There are heaps if ready to go C implementations out there that just need to be made into a plugin for it to be up and running I think.

PaulR

@antix : I'll make a pathfinder plugin if there are no other takers. It could be a good one to heavily comment and make the basis of a tutorial too.

appymedia

Very very cool, with the debugging when a breakpoint is hit as well as hovering over variables is possible to execute code like in an 'immediate' mode? Hope I'm making sense! Did I see some autocompletion improvements as well in github, maybe I was dreaming lol?

appymedia

Also, when hovering is there support to inspect tables and stuff? Debugging was one of the few things I could think of to make life easier when deving, kudos to you guys

hgy29

Sorry, tables aren’t supported yet, nor executing lua code. Tables are actually available internally to the studio, but It seemed impractical to display them in a tooltip. This will be added later, with call stack navigation, watch expression pane and immediate lua execution.

appymedia

Thats fantastic news, even without tables, and other goodies this is awesome. So handy to just step through code sometimes. Also, the new style icons look great

SinisterSoft

@appymedia Thanks, that's what we like to hear.

Apollo14

I guess 'Android App Bundle' support is on the way somewhere?

hgy29

Not for 2018.10, but probably for 2018.11!

SinisterSoft

The wiki docs page also now has a new skin (thanks @hgy29 ) that makes it look much less like a wiki and more like a proper help website:

http://wiki.giderosmobile.com/

Apollo14

hgy29 said:

Not for 2018.10, but probably for 2018.11!

I guess even now we can export Gideros project to Android Studio.
And then from Android Studio to App Bundle.

Did somebody try it already? Or some other manipulations will be needed?

oleg

Apollo14 said:

I guess even now we can export Gideros project to Android Studio.
And then from Android Studio to App Bundle.

Did somebody try it already? Or some other manipulations will be needed?

так не вийде, ресурси при експорті будуть не розділені