Comments on: Watching the updates from WWDC

By: John

John — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:18:17 +0000

@Allan From what I have heard, the 3.0 Final iPhone OS is going to be released today (US), so I would expect the SDK to be at the same time. Hopefully :)

By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:51:51 +0000

does anybody know, when the new version of the Xcode SDK will is going to be released?

By: RoberRM

RoberRM — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:09:25 +0000

Thank you, mike! But take it easy, we don’t want you to get tired of us. ;)

By: mike

mike — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:06:51 +0000

Hi guys, I have just downloaded Safari 4 and I’m a happy man. I was using the Beta, but they have certainly tightened things up.

I agree that having both OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 will be a challenge. As I’m still learning I think I’ll be sticking with 1.1 features rather than work to cover both. EDIT: Thinking about it, I am working on a project which may well mean I end up using OpenGL ES 2.0 sooner rather than later. I will of course share what I learn :o)

That said, I would like to get into shaders so I’m sure its something I’m going to be playing with :O)

I’ve not downloaded Golden Master yet, but I am going to and I’ll post an update on how to get the projects posted so far working.

Mike

By: RoberRM

RoberRM — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:01:44 +0000

Hi!
I have installed Safari 4.0 now and I can actually feel the speed! :D
I’ve missed a new iPod, though. :( As I said before, I can’t afford the iPhone yet.
As for the OS 3.0… Wow! But unfortunately, as Philip Orr says, having OpenGL ES 2.0 in the iPhone 3GS and 1.1 in the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch means that we will have to work twice to make our games available for everyone (or just stay with 1.1 and forget about the goodies of 2.0). I don’t understand why Apple has left both OS “active” (so to speak).
Mike, have you tested your game with the Golden Master of the OS? Does it work? And if it doesn’t, will you make a tutorial with the needed changes?
Thank you very much, and treat yourself to the newest Safari, it’s really worth it. ;)

By: Philip Orr

Philip Orr — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:21:29 +0000

Was very worried about no new hardware as it was left to the very end. Nice to see that most of the rumors coming true.

Interesting to note that the iPhone 3G will still be on sale, meaning having to support 2 distinct model types when developing games based on the faster processor and the new OpenGL|ES 2.0. Go mobile shaders. Something else for you to get into. :-)