So what I want to know is what is being done about this? Is there a bug file and if so is it
Robert Green <[email protected]> wrote: >To further confirm what others have been saying - Multitouch is not >suitable for games on Android at the moment. I'm trying to implement >a simple control system - left thumb is a virtual analog stick >(working fine with single-touch) and a fire button on the right. I >wanted to go with another virtual analog stick on the right but there >is no way it will work with all of these bugs. In fact, the fire >button is causing a big problem as well. > >The major issue is that touch points influence each other - badly. If >you're holding a thumb down at 100,300 then touch over at 700,250, >guess what? Your first touch point magically moves to 100,250ish, >depending on how hard you touch with the right thumb. I thought maybe >I could write some smart code to work around these issues but the data >is so bad that I don't see how I can make for a reliable control >system using this data. > >I could even work around the axis flipping problem but the influence >issue I'm trying to describe above it really too much to work >around. > >Given that not even DPad/trackballs are standard on Android phones - >are we confined to tilt and single-touch for all game control systems >for now? It would seem that way to me. These problems now make me >realize where the typing inaccuracies come from on the keyboard - the >keys are probably receiving the wrong coords some of the time when mt >is being used. > >Touch - what works: >Any single touch >Registering a second touch and kind of the location of the second >touch (though it won't be accurate) > >Touch - what's broken: >Any kind of accuracy with two touch points down >Axis flipping when the moving touch points cross over > >Tested with the latest version of Android on my Nexus One (2.1- >update1). > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Android Developers" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
