A game library which enables cross-platform game development in Java, with support for Android development and desktop development. It makes use of OpenGL for portability.

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How can I create a spritesheet animation with big images?

If I have a 200x200 pixel sprite, and I want to create an animation for it with 30 different frames, how can I accomplish that? I can't put them on one texture/spritesheet.
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Can networking be platform independent in a libgdx game?

LibGDX supports Desktop (Windows, Linux and Mac), Android and web applications. Can i code the network part of an online game without taking care of what kind a of application i'm running? i.e coding ...
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Edge flicker when moving Camera (2D)

I have a Orthographic camera. I have a fixed landscape texture and a texture for a moveable object. If the object moves to the right the camera will also move with the object. When I also draw an ...
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LibGDX - Check if currently on Android/Desktop

I'm using LibGDX and flixel-android to build a Desktop/Android game. It feels like there should be a way of checking to see if you're currently being run on an Android device, the Desktop, and so on, ...
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2D game world creation (libGdx, java)

I'am starting to develop a 2D game with motorbikes. My Question now is: When my bike reaches the right edge the world should move. (Like in that game: Game example) My first thought was to implement ...
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Help with Meshes, and Shading

In a game I'm making in LibGdx, I wish to incorporate a ripple effect. I'm confused as to how I get access to the individual pixels on the screen, or any way to influence them (apart from what I can ...
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strange behavior in Box2D+LibGDX when applying impulse

I have been playing around with Box2D and LibGDX and have been using a sample code from DecisionTreeGames as the testing ground. Now I have a screen with four walls and a rectangle shape, lets call it ...
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LibGdx drawing weird behaviour

I am finding strange behaviour while rendering TextureRegions in my game, only when pausing it. I am making a game for Android, in Java with LibGdx. When I comment out the line "drawLevelPaused()" ...
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Pass a single boolean from an Android App to a libgdx game

I'm writing an Android application that needs to pass a single boolean into an Android game that I am also writing. The idea is that the user does something in the App which will affect how the game ...
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Change alpha to a Frame in libgdx

I have this batch.draw(currentFrame, x, y, this.parent.originX, this.parent.originY, this.parent.width, this.parent.height, this.scaleX, this.scaleY,this.rotation); I want to apply the alpha that ...
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How to use the actions of the actors in libgdx?

I'd like to know if someone has already used Actions in the actors, and how to use them. I don't know how. I want to rotate an Actor.
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Repeat texture in libgdx

How to fill region with repeated texture? Now I'm using next method: spriteBatch.begin(); final int tWidth = texture.getWidth(); final int tHeight = texture.getHeight(); for (int i = 0; i < ...
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How can I make a tile appear on top of another without completely blocking the tile below?

Making a small RPG with libdgx just for learning about how to draw tiled maps and move around in them. I've got the tiles drawn and OrthographicCamera stuff figured out so I can see my world. My ...
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LibGDX Box2D Body and Sprite AND DebugRenderer out of sync

I am having a couple issues with Box2D bodies. I have a GameObject holding a Sprite and Body. I use a ShapeRenderer to draw an outline of the Body's and Sprite's bounding boxes. I also added a ...
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Cannot find ids?

Ok I am creating a game with libgdx i have 3 projects one for desktop/android/and main game i have a avi i wish to play prior to the main game screen which is outlined in the main game section. but it ...
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Something like libgdx for C++ / cross-platform (with mobile) SDK [closed]

Is there an SDK like libgdx which allows me to code in C++? I really like the features libgdx has, but would prefer to code in C++. I've looked around but can't find anything. I found the commerical ...
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Ray Picking: how can I find which copy of model to pick, if they share the same vertices, but each one is translated before being drawn?

I have a scene, in which I am drawing few different objects - each one has the same vertices and each one is translated to proper place before being drawn. While using libgdx (but I think that this ...
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Weird error with opengl in Android using Libgdx : “EGL_BAD_ATTRIBUTE”

I am having a weird error when uploading my game in the phones. E/Adreno200-EGL(5128): qeglDrvAPI_eglGetConfigAttrib:484>: EGL_BAD_ATTRIBUTE I am uploading the textures with AssetManager. I am ...
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Project updates don't show up on mobile device

I've made a small application with libgdx framework, which works perfectly on desktop. It runs on Android too, however once I change something in my main project and try to recompile it on my phone, ...
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Objects lagging behind mouse movement in LibGdx

I asked this on stackoverflow but did not receive an answer: In a very simple Libgdx game, which only consists of single image being dragged along with mouse, I notice that the object always lag ...
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Euler angles to Cartesian Coordinates for use with gluLookAt

I have searched all of the internet but just couldn't find the answer. I am using LibGDX and this is part of my code that loops over and over: public void render() { GL11 gl = Gdx.gl11; ...
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libgdx setOrigin and setPosition not working as expected?

I create a camera: camera = new OrthographicCamera(5.0f, 5.0f * h/w); Create a sprite: ballTexture = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("data/ball.png")); ballTexture.setFilter(TextureFilter.Linear, ...
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Blending effect on textures

Hi i am trying to build screen animation like flickering, interlace, color separation similar to old style malfunctioning Amiga screens. The intended effects are shown in this video. I am using ...
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rotating menu with Actors in libgdx

I am intending to build a circular menu, with menu items equally distributed around the circle. When clicking on a menu item the circle should rotate so that the selected item is facing the top. I am ...
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Problem with AssetManager in libgdx

I started using the asset manager, so I could use a loading screen. Everything is working fine, but when the app enters a pause state, it unloads every asset and when it loads the screen all the ...
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Creating lots of sprites dynamically in libgdx

I´m creating Groups that contains Sprites and adding bodies with box2D, but when I create many of this my animation gets very slow. How can I handle it?
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What's an efficient way to represent game state for networked games?

I've done a little bit of network coding for games before, but primarily with TCP for games that don't really need to simulate real-time interaction. I am working on a (somewhat) simple 2D Java game ...
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How to make a 2D Terrain with opengl?

I want to make a simple 2d terrain with just a few bumps and height changes: I thought about just using random numbers to describe the height of a certain vertex, but I don't see how I can make ...
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Detect if a sprite has left the camera in libgdx?

Is there a method to know if a sprite has left the camera of the stage? or I have to do my operations? :P
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How do I properly implement zooming in my game?

I'm trying to implement a zoom feature but I have a problem. I am zooming in and out a camera with a pinch gesture, I update the camera each time in the render, but my sprites keep their original ...
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Implementation AnalogOnScreen Controller

I want to know about how to implement analog on screen controller for the application. If possible also provide some guidance with example so It done my work easier.
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How do I move a body using the hardware accelerometer?

I want to move the ball as I move the device but I can not able to find how to use accelerometer in libGDX. I know that Gdx.input.getAccelerometerX() returns x coordinate but I don't know how to apply ...
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Errors on LibGDX tutorial

I get the following errors on the LibGDX tutorial "Simple App" Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no gdx64 in java.library.path at ...
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libGDX application does not support 800x480 resolution

I have an application written with libGDX that does not run with a resolution of 800x480, whereas on devices with other resolutions (e.g. 480x320) it works perfectly. It also works perfectly as a ...
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Create apk from libgdx project

What is the basic procedure to create the signed apk for my libGDX project? I am new to libGDX so provide some guidance. I am talking about deploying apk to the Android market. I have to ask this ...
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Camera Coordinate To Screen Coordinate

I want to convert the camera coordinate to screen coordinate. I have asked this question because my camera is 48m wide and 32m high but my screen is 480x320 pixels. So whatever collision point I get ...
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Relationship between Desktop and Android on LibGDX

So I finished tweaking a tutorial called Rain Catcher and I ran the desktop application. It works fine. I then proceeded to run the application using the android emulator the game then crashes. I ...
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Android APK export duplicating libgdx assets folder

I'm developing a game using libgdx targetting Java desktop and Android. For the assets I have a "data" folder inside the "assets" folder in the Android project. Then, I link it from the desktop ...
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Erasing part of lines in libgdx with ImmediateModeRenderer

Hi i'm using the ImmediateModeRenderer renderer = new ImmediateModeRenderer10(); to render a line with the next block renderer.begin(matrix, GL10.GL_LINES); renderer.color(color.r, color.g, ...
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Removing the circle outline rendered on Box2d CircleShape

How can I remove the outline on the CircleShape below? CircleShape circle = new CircleShape(); circle.setRadius(1f); This is what I'm using to draw: batch.draw(textureRegion, position.x - 1, ...
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Random Sprite Speed

I followed the Rain Catcher tutorial from libGDX and I made some modifications to the code, allowing the rain drops to appear faster. But I cant figure out how to make the raindrops fall at random ...
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Virtual screen size with libgdx and GLES 2

I've been trying to use a virtual screen size for my libgdx desktop-android game. I'd like to always use a 16:9 aspect ratio but with a virtual screen size so everything would adapt automatically ...
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Parenting Opengl with Groups in LibGDX

I am trying to make an object child of a Group, but this object has a draw method that calls opengl to draw in the screen. Its class its this public class OpenGLSquare extends Actor { private ...
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How do I show a minimap in a 3D world?

Got a really typical use-case here. I have large map made up of hexagons and at any given time only a small section of the map is visible. To provide an overview of the complete map, I want to show a ...
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More efficient in range checking

I am going to use a specific example in my question, but overall it is pretty general. I use java and libgdx. I have a ship that moves through space. In space there is debris that the ship can ...
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How does the rectangle bounds (x,y,width,height) in libgdx work?

I cant work out how to use the rectangle bounds in libgdx I am currently using the superJumper example and have 2 or 3 examples with that are: <!--this is the pause button in the top right ...
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Photon alongside LibGDX

Can anyone point me to a possible implementation of the Photon network engine along with LibGDX for Android? Or any multiplayer networking SDK for all that matters. From reading source code it ...
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On screen controller for libgdx games?

Does anyone know a better controller for 2D Games than a virtual on screen joystick? The pros of the joystick are: Easy to implement for developers Familiar interface for users But there is a ...
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How to create Executable Jar

When I run a jar file I created, I get the following error, so please someone help me out of this: Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: Couldn't ...
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Different texture for multiple resolution

How to use different texture(image) for different resolution in libGDX? Also specify how to detect it from asset folder?