any Export tutorials out there?

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• pie Member

  February 2017

  There are still some issues with desktop export, but most of it works for me: did you try win32 export too?
  a guide is here:
  http://docs.giderosmobile.com/deployment.html then follow deploy to devices
  
  To get your parameters for direct apk export you can search the forum for Sinistersoft "Christmas Helper"
  
  hope this helps
  

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  February 2017

  apk export is easy now - even with plugins - works like a dream...
  (like @pie said, an easy way to fill in some of the fields is to use my helper - hopefully though soon you may not need this)
  
  win32 export is easy too - but of you need controllers and other plugins you have to copy the dlls across manually from the AppPlugins folder.
  
  iOS export is getting easier, you have @hgy29 to thank for this.

  Coder, video game industry veteran (since the '80s, ❤'s assembler), arrested - never convicted hacker (in the '90s), dad of five, he/him (if that even matters!).
  https://deluxepixel.com

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  February 2017

  Also, for the apk, just install Android studio - it will do the rest for you.

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• Greywine Member

  February 2017 edited February 2017

  Hi SinisterSoft,
  
  I spent a couple hours looking at it today. Win32 still gives the same bug.
  
  Android Studio seems to work, but I'm still trying to figure it out. Christmas helper is recommending 25, while Studio seems to have installed 23. Do I override to 25?
  
  For Windows, I'll download Visual Studio and try a WinRT deployment.
  
  Thanks for all your work.

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• john26 Maintainer

  February 2017 Accepted Answer

  Can you show us some of your code please? setLogicalDimensions should take numbers as arguments

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  https://github.com/gideros/gideros
  https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnBlackburn1975
  

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• Greywine Member

  February 2017

  Hi john26,
  
  I'll spend more time this weekend diagnosing. It's just frustrating that basic Gideros statements like setLogicalDimensions work throughout the development phase (of course it takes numbers. That's why it works in Gideros Player) but then comes back with obscure errors during deployment.
  
  The other frustrating thing is I have to learn to debug in a whole new environment. Inside Gideros Studio, I figured out how to track down where errors where coming from, but inside Android Studio? Don't know. At least not yet. And the Windows export seems to either work or not with no clue as to why it doesn't.
  
  I guess deployment is like a c programmer's compile phase, huh? Anyway, just ranting. Thanks to everyone here for all their work and time.

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• john26 Maintainer

  February 2017

  Yes, mobile deployment is a bit of a nightmare but the desktop export should be easy. When you export using Windows Desktop Export it should be exactly the same code as the normal desktop player, but it's possible setLogicalDimensions is buggy. If you could send us a small example demonstrating the bug that would be helpful

  http://giderosmobile.com
  https://github.com/gideros/gideros
  https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnBlackburn1975
  

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  February 2017

  @Greywine are you using the QT Desktop export or the Win32 export?
  
  They are not the same, the QT export is the closest to the player - but I myself prefer the win32 export because it's faster and is much smaller.

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  https://deluxepixel.com

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• antix Member

  February 2017

  @SinisterSoft, that's good to know. Maybe that should be in some official documentation somewhere. I'll be exporting all of my windows experiments as Win32 from now on :-B

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  February 2017

  The win32 version is still kinda experimental, just be aware.

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• antix Member

  February 2017

  @SinisterSoft, hrmmm.. well okay thanks for the warning :-SS

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• Greywine Member

  February 2017

  Hi gang,
  
  It looks like both Windows exports don't work. Perhaps a code dependencies thing? I get the "that should be a number" error in main.lua unless I copy my constants.lua file over to main.lua. If I do that, then the errors appear in the other files that depend on the constants.
  
  I attach a simple version of my program that shows it.

  zip

  zip

  RPG tutorial 2.zip

  693K

  RPG tutorial 2.zip 692.8K

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• keszegh Member

  February 2017

  @Greywine, i tried what you attached. it works on player and does not on exported project.
  it seems that macro-constants do not work across different lua files in the exported app but they do in player.

  Longtitle Productions, creator of
  Fragmenter - animated loop machine and IKONOMIKON - the memory game

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• hgy29 Maintainer

  February 2017

  @Greywine, @keszegh,
  I confirm this is a known issue, without a known solution!
  http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/comment/51425#Comment_51425

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• Greywine Member

  February 2017

  Thanks for looking. At least I know it's not me.

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