Space on top & bottom of map for buttons and a banner ad

Million Tile Engine
#1

Does anyone know how to load a map inside a custom-sized space instead of full screen? I would like to have space at the top and bottom of the screen to put buttons and a banner ad.

Right now I am simply loading the map in like so:

mte.loadMap(“map1.tmx”)

mte.constrainCamera()

and my config file is simply:

application = {
    content = {
        width = 320,
        height = 480,
        scale = “letterbox”,
        xAlign = “center”,
        yAlign = “center”,
    }
}

I also have mte.setCameraFocus(player) to follow the player around the map.

These configurations do exactly what I want, but I just can’t seem to get the map to load on the screen in a space with my own height set.

Changing the height, scale, xAlign, and yAlign in the config file doesn’t seem to work. Any solutions?

Thanks : )

#2

I’m pretty sure you don’t want to load a map for that task. Just make your own display group, make it the highest display group above the map, get the contentBounds of screen and add buttons/widgets to that display group, that way its always on the certain spot of the screen on top of the map. The widgets library should do what you want.

#3

Got it working! I took your advice and set up some containers and also found that mte has a setScreenBounds function that allows you to change the values of the screen’s edges.

Thanks for the quick reply Azmar!

#4

You might want to look at the Business Sample App.  https://github.com/coronalabs/business-app-sample

#5

Thanks Rob, I will check it out!

#6

I’m pretty sure you don’t want to load a map for that task. Just make your own display group, make it the highest display group above the map, get the contentBounds of screen and add buttons/widgets to that display group, that way its always on the certain spot of the screen on top of the map. The widgets library should do what you want.

#7

Got it working! I took your advice and set up some containers and also found that mte has a setScreenBounds function that allows you to change the values of the screen’s edges.

Thanks for the quick reply Azmar!

#8

You might want to look at the Business Sample App.  https://github.com/coronalabs/business-app-sample

#9

Thanks Rob, I will check it out!