Hello
I have a problem with conception of multiplayer with different resolution
ie. 320 x 480 and 960 x 640
And we have a multiplayer game where user can hit the ball with 5 round pawns. something like simple soccer game.
And the question is: How to translate two different resolution and have the same game state on different screens ??
Thank you for andy advice.
Design for a single resolution and allow auto-scaling to do the heavy lifting.
If you were to set up config.lua like this:
application = { content = { width = 640, height = 960, scale = "letterbox", fps = 30 }, }
Then, you played on an iPad, the app (at the level your code sees) would still think the device was 640 x 960. Visually it would upscale to fit the screen, but internally a one-pixel move is still seen as a one pixel move, even it it translates to 2 pixels on the screen.
This ensures consistency of behavior across devices. Yes, the images will look larger on the iPad, but they will behave the same.
Design for a single resolution and allow auto-scaling to do the heavy lifting.
If you were to set up config.lua like this:
application = { content = { width = 640, height = 960, scale = "letterbox", fps = 30 }, }
Then, you played on an iPad, the app (at the level your code sees) would still think the device was 640 x 960. Visually it would upscale to fit the screen, but internally a one-pixel move is still seen as a one pixel move, even it it translates to 2 pixels on the screen.
This ensures consistency of behavior across devices. Yes, the images will look larger on the iPad, but they will behave the same.