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Version 1.0.1 was just made live. Can someone with a non-retina or a mini iPad that it now works?

Can we/should we start an official iOS feature request thread?  Until then...

Right clicking is a pain when you have to hold down your finger and browse through a menu. A simple toggle click on, toggle click off would be easier. It's tough to navigate to the discard random X cards and press the correct number when your finger is blocking the tiny number buttons.

Also, when you load a deck that has many tabs (Space Hulk Death Angel plugin for example), you can't scroll the tabs to see all of them in the deck editor.

I will make a new thread for the iPad version once I officially announce it. (Waiting on the SLOW process for them to post the version I uploaded on the august 8th.)
I'll look at ways of making the scrolling of lists better. But remember there are many different ways of doing everything. For discarding X random cards, I suggest you double-click the corresponding game-zone tab and use the dialogue there. Check the game play tutorial video if you don't know about that.

Regarding the tabs not fitting, I have a few comments. First, this shouldn't happen since it should form additional rows as needed, so there is indeed a bug. I never tested a plugin with so many different deck zones. As a quick fix, the plugin maker could reduce the length of the name of the deck zones. (Instead of "Event deck", he could call it "Events" and instead of "Location deck" he could call it simply "Locations". Labeling any deck zone as a "deck" is a little redundant.)
On iPad, do things fit if you put it in landscape? Some things look better in landscape and some things look better in portrait. On iPad, I find myself switching often for a different layout.
The iPad version I posted that is not yet live allows you to change the font size of things, and therefore how large the buttons are and therefore how the entire interface is spaced. So once that is live, that might help.

I just posted a new mac version. Please confirm it fixes the issue.

I'm on IPad mini 2 and nothing appears in the installed plugins list.  I've used an auto update URL for two separate games but I can't load either one, any ideas?

on some non-American iPads, you can't load a plugin from the browser, but if you use the auto update URL to install/update a plugin, and there are no errors in the files downloaded, you can load the plugin without using the browse button immediately after the update. I posted a fix to this issue but apple has been really slow in making it live. Sorry, please be patient for the update to be live.

McFly, I assume you are not american?

I have troubleshooted this issue with catherineschmidt and I pretty sure I fixed it. I'll post the fix soon.

The iPad Mini has the same resolution as the iPad 2 (1024x768), and the iPad Mini with Retina Display has the same resolution as both the iPad with Retina Display and iPad Air (2048x1536).  So as long as it's fine on both the regular and Retina iPads, then you won't find anything different with the iPad Mini.

I'm pretty sure the fix I did will work, but I actually haven't been able to test it personally.

Normaliz.dll error fixed now, if you had that error, redownload.

I just uploaded a fix for the normaliz.dll error some people reported.

The plugin maker can define that in plugininfo.txt.

have you tried typing it? Maybe something weird is going on with your copy/paste.

http://www.siegescg.com/magicthegathering/high/updatelist.txt

But I get the same message no matter what the plugin is that I try to paste.

Maybe your clipboard has some weird rich text formatting. Try pasting it to a plain text file, and then copy from the plain text file. That should remove any weird invisible characters if that's the issue. Also, make sure you don't have some leading or trailing white space, such as a tab or space.

What's the URL?

Maybe this is due to the zoom issue. You should be able to load a deck the exact same way as with the desktop lackey. and there are many ways to load a deck.
It's reasons like this that I'm glad I haven't started advertising that Lackey is available now. Thanks for the info. Fixes coming as soon as possible.

yeah, i was wondering how much of this was related to that zoom issue.

i also didn't want to start posting bugs/possible feature things in the bug forum since you hadn't exactly said "HEY EVERYONE, IPAD IS UP" and ruin it for you.

all in all, though, good work. look forward to the update (and the ipad seems like a great way to use the program).

I just posted an update to the app store for version 1.0.1. This is the first time I've made an update to the iPad version, so I'm not sure how long it takes for it to be live.
I believe I fixed your zoom issue. Please let me know if things look better for you on your non-retina device.
I would also love to hear feedback from anyone who has an iPad mini. I haven't had a chance to test on that specifically. I'd love a screenshot if you can send me one.
Furthermore, I added the ability to control the size of the text on the buttons (and therefore the buttons themselves) in the Appearance section of the Preferences Panel. I'd also like feedback if people like the default size I chose for the buttons. If I make them too small, it's hard to touch them. If I make them too big, there is little room for the interface. Let me know how you like the default sizes, as well as if the minimum and maximum sizes for the fonts are sufficient for you.
You can now double-click the card viewer to view the alternate face of a 2-sided card.

yeah, no worries man. i like the program, its worth the 6 bucks or so.

also, a couple things (i've been playing with it with my plugin loaded to test it out. plug in loads work fine, card downloads via the program work fine, even for 2500 cards):

see back image of card. on the mac version you hit shift. how do you do that on the ipad? in the SWCCG, there are front/back image cards, but when building a deck, it helps to be able to read both front and back images, you know? works on the mac side (and pc side, i'm sure) but on the ipad i'm kinda lost on the "press shift to view back of card" thing.

I will fix that. I will make it so a right-click toggles the back of the card, or maybe a double-click.

scrolling through card list. in a future release or something, could you add in touch scrolling? like swipe scrolling? using the scroll up down arrows and scroll bar is kinda...retarded on an ipad. it's functional (though difficult) the way it is, so that's not as important.

Agreed. I will update that.

other than the blown up view though, seems functional. slight learning curve with remembering to turn it back to left click when you go build a deck (i accidentally was on right click mode and going "why can't i go back to the game tab...")

loading a deck is another learning curve. you have to select "right click" and then hold and move your finger through the options, rather than it just appearing and you tapping on what you need. if you just right click and tap, the menu flashes, and then disappears. (edit) actually, this and the above part with the right click are the issue. I was on right click, tapped on the guy to load a deck, but with tapping and not holding, i loaded into the edit profile and couldn't figure out how to get back. perhaps make the right click a one time use and then it autoswitches back to left click?)

Maybe this is due to the zoom issue. You should be able to load a deck the exact same way as with the desktop lackey. and there are many ways to load a deck.
It's reasons like this that I'm glad I haven't started advertising that Lackey is available now. Thanks for the info. Fixes coming as soon as possible.

no, ipad 2, second generation ipad, running ios 7.1.2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_2

that one, from like march 2011.

screen resolution on these is 1024x768

Oh, so not a retina display. I can fix that easy. Sorry about the confusion.