More controls for gravity/accelerometer

[Franeko]

Hi all, I really love Hype and I’m trying to pull out of it all its power!

I would like to have more control on the gravity/accelerometer:

• enable/disable device device tilt it in runtime (to make a mobile device control it, but only when the user push a button, but having the gravity affects a desktop computer all the time for example)
• change the gravity direction in runtime (to simulate rain angle changes for example)
• change the gravity amount in runtime (to simulate different planets gravity for example, without switching symbols)
• get accelerometer values through Hype (since a way to get them is already implemented)

What is possible to do right now, even with some hacks?

[jonathan (Jonathan Deutsch)]

Thanks for the feedback! There's been a lot of interest in controlling the scene/gravity properties. You can check out this lengthy and earlier thread:

Is there a Physics API?

Hype 3 + Pro is great software. I really enjoy it overall. Although, instead of being happy about the new features, I feel frustrated at how close it is to game development software - but not close enough. The default physics settings are helpful, but not enough to make typical arcade games. Maybe I’m missing something. Is there a Physics API? Example - How do I change the velocity of an actor? There’s a lot I can do with JavaScript, but I didn’t see any instructions on how to change physics …

I don't think there's really much that can be done from that list right now without excessive and unsupported hacking (of which that thread talks about some of @Photics attempts).

[Franeko]

Thank you! Hope that Hype will go in this direction and add more and more APIs!