'EAT - Frameworks' Released

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#21

OK, so since you’ve shared so much since I’ve been here on Corona, and I’ve learned a lot from your code I decided I’d just buy this sight unseen, and hope it supports you a little :slight_smile:

If I install this on both my Macs and then want it on the PC, can I just uninstall it from one mac, and install it or is it a manual (PITA) process. (I use the Mini as the power machine, the mac air for evening ‘relaxation’ and the PC when I’m travelling/working. Not a big deal, just a question.

First glance, looks great! It WILL save hours of work!

#22

To answer the question you asked in the second video, I would like to see more game templates included.  It looks like there is no longer a store to add more modules/plugins/templates like there was in the beta build.

#23

@Graham,

You can simply run it from your Two Macs and PC.  The licensing system is designed to trip for over-registration and it has a margin built-in for cases like yours.

So,  if you have two machines you use a lot and a third you use occasionally, using it on the third machine won’t be a problem.  Worst case,  if someone triggers my ‘too many registrations’ alert, I’ll contact them and see what’s what. 

Thanks for asking!

#24

@tonygod,

Thanks for the input.  Yeah, I decided to completely remove the store idea because it was making the development take a long time and become error laden.  As it was, I took forever to release this.

Now, to additional features and content.

Cheer,

Ed

#25

Absolutely perfect, as thats the case 95% of the time - thanks.

#26

While using EAT on a smaller screen Mac, I lose the ability to see more options. Either a scroll bar or the ability to close sub-items would help.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25547044/EATSS1.png

(I know the values aren’t valid)

#27

@Graham,

Please note, there is an issue with re-sizing desktop apps on OSX.  I am investigating now.  

Because of this issue, I set the OS X version to be non-resizeable.   This is temporary.  

Also, I went with a resolution (for OSX) of 1200 x 675 to ensure the app would fit on smaller screens of 1280 x 800 (got number from answers here).

There will be a new release on 26 APR 2016.  Assuming I don’t resolve the resizing issue by then I’ll make the app a little bigger.

#28

BTW, what does ‘EAT’ mean anyway?

#29

@Graham (and all other OS X users ),
 
There is currently a technical issue with resizing vs scale.  Specifically, adaptive scaling is not supported for OS X Desktop and this create a challenge if one wants to allow resizing while preventing simultaneous rescaling.
 
While I work out a solution, I have an interim bandaid.  There are now two OS X releases:

  • OSX/ - 1778 x 1000 (should fit on a 1920 x 1080 and larger sized monitor.)
  • OSX_SmallScreen/ - 1200 x 675 (should fit on a 1200 x 800 resolution Mac Book monitor.)

@JohnPM - re: What does EAT mean?

I’m terrible at marketing and naming.  Originally, the plan was to call the tool: GDT for Corona SDK.  i.e The very creative ‘Game Developers Toolkit’ for Corona SDK.   :rolleyes:

However, my wife suggested “Ed’s Awesome Tools”.  I joked about this on the Corona Geek hangout and it stuck.  

So, while it seems a little egotistical (Yes, my first name is Ed), please understand that I kept it because it was easy to remember and funny.  

For example, current and soon to be released tools:

  • ‘EAT - Frameworks’ ==> Framework Generator
  • ‘EAT - Utilities’ ==> Utilities Grab Bag (Icon Generator, Launch Image Generator, Particle Editors (Corona, CBE, Prism), … more?
  • ‘EAT - Shorts’ ==> An idea I’m floating for a tool that generates short example answers to the most common questions. i.e. Focused answers with a few tweakable options to get the answer folks need for specific mechanics/usage issues.

I think you will agree the EAT part just sticks in the mind and is amenable to tweaking and variations.

#30

EAT will generate an invalid build.settings file when setting more than one of the “supportsScreen” values to true:

 supportsScreens = { smallScreens = true normalScreens = true largeScreens = true xlargeScreens = true },

The comma separator between table items is missing.

#31

@tonygod,

Fixed and released in version 2016.006.