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Porting my prototype Top-Down Shooter to iPhone

September 11, 2015

WELL.  This has been an experience.  I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm not a strong programmer.  Taking a Mouse/Keyboard input combo and translating that to dual virtual joysticks has easily been one of the more headache-inducing experiences of the last few months.  This was aggravated by the fact that the Unity Remote app apparently hasn't been updated for 100% compatibility with the new GUI system.  My joysticks worked individually, but not together.  I wasted a full day (at least) browsing forums and messing with my code before I learned that it was a limitation of the app, and not my code.  Once I was over that hurdle, it was a fairly simple process of rebuilding my weapons, and weapon switching mechanics.  One nuisance I still haven't resolved is shadows.  I do not have shadows on my mobile build and I have no idea why.  I'm trying not to stress about it, but it's driving me up a wall.

UPDATE: learned a very valuable lesson about Unity's Quality Settings.  Things make a lot more sense now.

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