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Shilo

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Hello Daniel, first i'd like to thank you for this wonderful framework! I've used many languages in the past and Actionscript was one of my favorites. I just started programming for iDevices about a month ago and been using this framework for about a few weeks now. I can't even force myself to try out Cocos2D now. it's awesome to have a framework that feels so comfortable, especially when Objective-C is so foreign to me.

Are you working on this framework solo? I read this forum constantly and it's amazing how much support you give. If you need any help with anything on this project, i'd be glad to help. I'd love to see this framework go very far.

Despite my lack of experience with Objective-c, i have been studying your framework left and right and i've got a good understanding of it. I've been able to add some features of my own, such as:

SPQuad
------
- Added fill support
(BOOL)fill

- Added border support
(BOOL)border
(uint)borderColor

- Added scew support
(float)scewX1
(float)scewY1
(float)scewX2
(float)scewY2
(float[4])scew [EXAMPLE: quad.scew = (float[4]){1, 1, -1, -1};]

SPTextField
-----------
- Added dropshadow support
(BOOL)shadow
(uint)shadowColor
(int)shadowOffsetX
(int)shadowOffsetY

SPALSoundChannel
----------------
- Added pitch support
(int)pitch

This isn't near as impressive as all your work, but if anyone is interested, I would be willing to write some tutorials on how to add these features to the framework. I know they have been very useful for me. So I just wanted to say hi to you all, it'd be great if you all can introduce yourselves. And for sakes, can we get some people on the IRC channel? haha!

Posted 7 years ago #
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Welcome to the forums. My name is Brian and I'm 15. I just started programming with Objective-C and Sparrow earlier this year and am working on a really cool game. These look like great add ons. Please share.

Posted 7 years ago #
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humble

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Wicked Shilo, they all sound very interesting, specially the pitch support. A tutorial on that I would most definitely read. Well, probably about the others too...

ERik

Posted 7 years ago #
Daniel

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Hi Shilo,

welcome to the Sparrow forum! And thanks a lot for those compliments! I'm glad to hear that you like Sparrow that much =) Feedback like that is the best motivation for me!!

I'm working on Sparrow together with my friend Holger. While I'm responsible for all of the code, Holger helps me keep the website and the forum in shape and acts as a beta-tester on the code and the new features.

Your additions to Sparrow sound very interesting! I'm sure a lot of people would like to hear more about it. If you are interested, you could write a tutorial on one or more of these features, and I could publish them on the blog! Or, if you have a blog or some other place where you want to publish it, I will of course link to that. If you'd like to do so, that would be great! That is, of course, only if you fancy doing it -- there's no obligation of any kind!

I'm thinking about making it easier to share code, perhaps by switching to a git repository. I'm afraid it will take some time before that will happen, though -- in the meantime, we have to stick to other methods

Again, thanks for the feedback! And good luck with your projects!

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Shilo

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Alright, i'll give the tutorials a shot shortly. Just a quick question, I noticed that I can only edit my posts if it's last or within a certain timeframe. Is it possible for you to make an exception? So I can edit my topic posts infinitely. That way when I add a new topic with the tutorials, I can just edit the top post with new features to keep it readable. Unfortunately I took my website down so I have no where else to write the tutorials.

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I deactivated the timeout on editing a post totally (as I did not find a per-user setting in bbPress). So that should work now!

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I deactivated the timeout on editing a post totally (as I did not find a per-user setting in bbPress). So that should work now!

BTW, great avatar image

Posted 7 years ago #
Shilo

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Shilo

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Thank you, I really appreciate it, that will help me greatly! And I noticed you added a new markup
[[Pre alloc] initWithLang:@"objc"];
It's much easier to read.
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Yes, that was long overdue

I once tried it and didn't find a suitable plugin for bbPress, but it seems that I didn't search long enough

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Shilo

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Shilo

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Speaking of plugins, I vote for bbPM. I know your a busy man, but I'd like to get in touch with fellow iPhone programmers. I guess no one is interested in IRC.

Posted 7 years ago #
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PMs would be cool! I second that!

Cheers Arend

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enbr

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enbr

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Shilo, I'll be on IRC when I'm on from now on ok?

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Daniel

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I had a quick look at bbPM, but did not find a lot of information about it. If I understand it correctly, you can send messages directly to other forum members and start a private discussion, right?

If that's right, I think this would indeed be a welcome addition for the forum!

Posted 7 years ago #
Shilo

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Shilo

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Yes that's correct. I've never used bbPress. But that is the top rated Private Messaging plugin and it sure looks like the most promising one. You can even carry out private messages with multiple people on the same discussion, although I don't know how that would work out.

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To all forum members:

The "Private Messaging" plugin is now available. That means that you can easily send messages directly to other forum users. They will be notified via mail, as well.

To do so, just click on the link below the user name on the left side: "PM this user".

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