iOS7 and iphone 5S questions

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hey, I have just finished reading through several livetickers about the new iPhones and iOS7 and have some questions.

  1. the iphone 5S is based on 64 bit architecture…

-> They said that 32-bit apps will still be able to run, but there might be better performance with 64 bit apps.

So my question is, are we able to make 64 bit Apps/Games as well and are there any problems with the new hardware/software?

I guess since everything on iOS 7 beta runs fine, there won´t be many problems?

I am just asking because I know what happened when iOS6 was released :confused:

My company was planning to submit our newest game to Apple in a few days but I guess we have to delay it for a few weeks…

The second question is: Is the implementation of OpenGL 3.0 going to affect us or the upcoming “graphics 2.0” engine?

Sorry, I am no engineer and just a little bit worried about the recent changes.

Max

#2

In regards to OpenGL ES 3.0, as stated here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL_ES#OpenGL.C2.A0ES.C2.A03.0

“OpenGL ES 3.0 is backwards compatible with OpenGL ES 2.0”

This won’t be an issue. We’ll progressively add features that take advantage of ES 3.0, and improve performance.

#3

In regards to 32-bit vs 64-bit: The short answer is that there won’t be any issue. We’ll address this in detail soon.

#4

Thank you very much :slight_smile:

#5

In regards to OpenGL ES 3.0, as stated here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL_ES#OpenGL.C2.A0ES.C2.A03.0

“OpenGL ES 3.0 is backwards compatible with OpenGL ES 2.0”

This won’t be an issue. We’ll progressively add features that take advantage of ES 3.0, and improve performance.

#6

In regards to 32-bit vs 64-bit: The short answer is that there won’t be any issue. We’ll address this in detail soon.

#7

Thank you very much :slight_smile: