GameSalad 0.8.7 Beta – Available Now!

June 7 2010, 4:15pm

We said it was coming and here it is! GameSalad 0.8.7 Beta is here! As we explained in last month’s ‘Big Picture‘ update, the main focus for 0.8.7 was stability, including fixes due to issues in 0.8.6 Beta. In short, GameSalad 0.8.7 is better. Better with memory, with sound, with collision. Just plain better. Check out the details below: GameSalad Creator 0.8.7 Beta Fixes:

Memory usage fixes to reduce the increase in memory. Reduced sensitivity for iPhone/iPad autorotation (flipping from landscape left to landscape right) ‘Rotate To Position’ will now continue to rotate to a point when the actor itself has moved to a different position. ‘Drag’ behavior has been deprecated and in its place are 2 new attributes in the Physics section of an actor’s attributes, which can be changed by a ‘Change Attribute’ behavior. (see Below) Crashes fixed due to incompatible sound files. Collision detection improved.

Features:

The rest of the 11 touch attributes for the iPad New ‘Drag’ actor attribute to replace the non-functional Drag behavior option. Use low values (e.g., 0.7) for visible slowdown.

GameSalad Viewer for iPad 0.8.7 Beta Fixes:

Updates for ‘Rotate to Position’ after actor has moved. Removal of ‘Drag’ behavior (deprecated) in lieu of ‘Drag’ and ‘Angular Drag’ actor attributes.

Features:

Support for 11 touch events. Separate Physics attributes for ‘Drag’ and ‘Angular Drag’ to replace ‘Drag’ behavior.

GameSalad Viewer for iPhone 0.8.7 Beta Fixes:

Updates for ‘Rotate to Position’ after actor has moved. Removal of ‘Drag’ behavior (deprecated) in lieu of ‘Drag’ and ‘Angular Drag’ actor attributes.

Features:

Separate Physics attributes for ‘Drag’ and ‘Angular Drag’ to replace ‘Drag’ behavior.

GameSalad Web Plug-in 0.8.7 Beta Fixes:

Updates for ‘Rotate to Position’ after actor has moved. Removal of ‘Drag’ behavior (deprecated) in lieu of ‘Drag’ and ‘Angular Drag’ actor attributes.

Features:

Separate Physics attributes for ‘Drag’ and ‘Angular Drag’ to replace ‘Drag’ behavior.

In last month’s ‘Big Picture‘, we also mentioned that we would be offering a limited grace period with releases, during which both the new and previous version of GameSalad would be available for publishing. This was to help those who were just about ready to publish when a new version was released. We are still going to do that, it’s just going to be a few days late. We’re working hard on it and in a few days, you should be able to publish with either 0.8.7 or 0.8.6. Please remember, these grace periods are exactly that – grace periods. There will only be two versions available for publishing for a limited time. So, please, take note when we announce a grace period has started and if you’re using the older version of GS to publish, do it sooner rather than later. We apologize for not having the grace period quite ready yet, but I assure you it is coming and it should only be a few days. So, to sum up, GameSalad 0.8.7 Beta is available NOW! Also, make sure that when you download the new version of the Creator tool, please download the new viewer versions as well. I can’t begin to tell you how many bugs are reported to us that stem from users trying to view newer version projects in older version viewers. Get GameSalad 0.8.7 Beta Now! Want to work with the GS team? Gendai Games is hiring! Check out our job listings! Discuss the new version of GS on our forums!