newEmitter - can't specify base directory for textures

Solar2D Advanced Graphics
#1

Is there any way to make an emitter load texture files from the Documents directory? There is no way specified on the corresponding documentation. You would expect to have the base directory parameter there but it only can load texture files from the resources directory. (The JSON file can load from the documents directory, but the image files fail miserably)

#2

There is a feedback request for this at:

http://feedback.coronalabs.com/forums/188732-corona-sdk-feature-requests-feedback/suggestions/6573916-choose-base-directory-for-texture-images-in-partic

Please vote it up.

Rob

#3

Yes, i already did, i know i might sound stubborn but shouldn’t this be an out of the box feature for Corona?

#4

One would think, but then many people are using it and few are voting for it. I can’t convince the team to spend energy on something that only affects a few people and has a work around.

Rob

#5

Thanks Rob, Hopefully we can get this working so that we can download particle systems.

EDIT:

Wait a minute, workaround? if by workaround you mean what Luis Garcia Subirachs posted, he’s totally confused and is talking about the root folder, not base directory. We already do that in our games, what we need is to be able to change the directory from ResourceDirectory to DocumentsDirectory or TemporaryDirectory

#6

If anyone is following this and is spamming the feedback site, please stop. Only use your three votes. I’m going to have to lock that post.

#7

Sorry Rob, but all of our team needs this feature, and they are all voting individually.

#8

As long as it’s legit. How big is your team?

#9

We are around 12 developers and the rest of the team, right now we are around 30. http://yogome.com/home/about.html

#10

There is a feedback request for this at:

http://feedback.coronalabs.com/forums/188732-corona-sdk-feature-requests-feedback/suggestions/6573916-choose-base-directory-for-texture-images-in-partic

Please vote it up.

Rob

#11

Yes, i already did, i know i might sound stubborn but shouldn’t this be an out of the box feature for Corona?

#12

One would think, but then many people are using it and few are voting for it. I can’t convince the team to spend energy on something that only affects a few people and has a work around.

Rob

#13

Thanks Rob, Hopefully we can get this working so that we can download particle systems.

EDIT:

Wait a minute, workaround? if by workaround you mean what Luis Garcia Subirachs posted, he’s totally confused and is talking about the root folder, not base directory. We already do that in our games, what we need is to be able to change the directory from ResourceDirectory to DocumentsDirectory or TemporaryDirectory

#14

If anyone is following this and is spamming the feedback site, please stop. Only use your three votes. I’m going to have to lock that post.

#15

Sorry Rob, but all of our team needs this feature, and they are all voting individually.

#16

As long as it’s legit. How big is your team?

#17

We are around 12 developers and the rest of the team, right now we are around 30. http://yogome.com/home/about.html