will TPA work with iOS7?

[sotie]

So who's seeing the worst stuttering on iOS7? My guess is between iPad2, 3 and 4 it will be the 3. The reason is because the iPad 3 is using so much of its processor to drive the retina display it's going to be overtaxed on iOS7. I have a couple of iPad 2's and one iPad 3 here which I haven't updated yet. I've already updated my iPad Mini and I'm seeing minor stuttering/slowdown on the usual tables that have those issues.

 

[TripleT]

I'm going to leave my tired overworked iPad 2 on iOS 6, and pick up an iPad 5. What's the best way to get one around release time? The Apple store? Best Buy? Online? Or will they not sell out that fast?

 

[Vyrastas]

Most odd.. I think I'll remove TPA and try to install the whole circus again, see if that does the thing. Thanks for your reply.

Edit: Re-installed everything, the worst table was Black Hole, which seemed to have improved after re-installing. Still I find the ball movement choppy, not completely smooth as it should be. But way better than before re-installing for sure.

Hmm, not sure what to tell you. I use my iPad 2 primarily for development so I only have a few games on there and no other content, and I frequently close apps I'm not using. Doubt that has anything to do with it, but I'm not having any problems. *shrug*

 

[gsxrboy]

One of the negative effects of iOS7 is seeing the new, refreshed apps with a nice clean look. I doubt we'll ever see a iOS7ified TPA as they will not want to spend development time on a menu refresh for just one platform.

 

[night]

One of the negative effects of iOS7 is seeing the new, refreshed apps with a nice clean look. I doubt we'll ever see a iOS7ified TPA as they will not want to spend development time on a menu refresh for just one platform.

I thought this is Apple's new policy, developers should make iOS7 icons for their apps.

 

[gsxrboy]

I thought this is Apple's new policy, developers should make iOS7 icons for their apps.

I meant the whole table/menu/game select system etc, not just icons.

 

[Vyrastas]

I thought this is Apple's new policy, developers should make iOS7 icons for their apps.

I do wish Farsight would take 5 minutes to fix their icon for TPA... they put a black square border around it, which looks like crap against a light background since the corners are automatically cropped by iOS and you only get the black border on the straight edges. Drop the black border, please, so it looks consistent with other app icons.

 

[Stuart Webster]

It takes a whole release cycle to update the app icon.

The black borders are from the way iOS handles icons -- they use a preset geometry to enforce the shape of the icon and any transparency within the shape becomes black. In this case, the geometry has changed (increased dimensions) for the icons, resulting in black areas. The upcoming update will have a proper icon for iOS 7.

 

[Vyrastas]

It takes a whole release cycle to update the app icon.

The black borders are from the way iOS handles icons -- they use a preset geometry to enforce the shape of the icon and any transparency within the shape becomes black. In this case, the geometry has changed (increased dimensions) for the icons, resulting in black areas. The upcoming update will have a proper icon for iOS 7.

I meant 5 minutes within the cycle, of course.

But my bad, I didn't realize they changed the size of the icons in iOS 7 by a few pixels. I didn't notice it wasn't there before since I had a dark background on iOS 6.

 

[Stuart Webster]

It's all good. I just wanted to clarify.

 

[heddhunter]

So who's seeing the worst stuttering on iOS7? My guess is between iPad2, 3 and 4 it will be the 3. The reason is because the iPad 3 is using so much of its processor to drive the retina display it's going to be overtaxed on iOS7. I have a couple of iPad 2's and one iPad 3 here which I haven't updated yet. I've already updated my iPad Mini and I'm seeing minor stuttering/slowdown on the usual tables that have those issues.

iPad 3 + iOS 7 here. No stuttering or slowdown that I've noticed.

 

[sotie]

iPad 3 + iOS 7 here. No stuttering or slowdown that I've noticed.

If it's really okay then I'll go ahead and update my iPad 3 to iOS 7. Can you please play a game of Black Hole to be sure it's okay?

 

[Mark W**a]

One of the negative effects of iOS7 is seeing the new, refreshed apps with a nice clean look. I doubt we'll ever see a iOS7ified TPA as they will not want to spend development time on a menu refresh for just one platform.

Another one of my peeve's with Ios7. Everything that's not a main app looks completely out of place.

On topic, I never tested Pinball Arcade on IOS7 with my 4S so I have no idea if it hurt performance. If it did, wow, another reason not to upgrade.

I did however go from 10,000+ Hall of Fame Score and most Wizard Goals done to 0 HoF 0 Goals and 0 leaderboard scores lmao by going back to ios6. And I have ZERO regrets. That's how much I hated it.

 

[Dumpstar]

On topic, I never tested Pinball Arcade on IOS7 with my 4S so I have no idea if it hurt performance. If it did, wow, another reason not to upgrade.

I have a 4s and it works fine. Just the general issues that you must free up other major memory hogs if you want good performance on it (ie if I have tumblr in the background, it will be jittery at times).

 

[vfpcoder]

No problems here with iOS 7 and TPA on my iPad 3.

Now, I have "Background Apps Refresh" turned OFF and "Reduce Motion" (in Accessibility) turned ON. I also have "Bold Text" (also in Accessibility) turned ON.

I have tested every table -- except for Whirlwind -- and they all seem the same as they were under iOS 6.

 

[haj]

I have a 4s and it works fine. Just the general issues that you must free up other major memory hogs if you want good performance on it (ie if I have tumblr in the background, it will be jittery at times).

My 4S with iOS7 is also just fine, I see no performance issue with TPA. Only, in the game the status bar on top (antenna strength, time, battery etc) is displayed in black and it needs to be gone.
Considering 4S's hardware is just about iPad2(actually 4S is tougher for retina res?), I wonder why people are seeing performance issue with iPad2 (because of that I'm not upgrading yet).

 

[tyche]

If it's really okay then I'll go ahead and update my iPad 3 to iOS 7. Can you please play a game of Black Hole to be sure it's okay?

Ipad 3 ios 7 no issues with Black Hole for me. I see no difference in any apps or TPA tables. I do have iCloud and app refresh off which I think are the main reasons other people can see sluggishness sometimes.

 

[Zaphod77]

i regret updating.

Here are the bugs i see.

1) the ios 7.0 status bar at the top now overwrites the pause button.
2) pressing the touch screen too close to the edge results in a delayed flip. this makes the app totally unusuable.

 

[Mick Morry]

My Ipad 4 is having zero issues. Black Hole and the other tables are playing great. Zen Pinball, Zaccaria and 16 other pinball apps I own and play all work fine.

I suggest you buy your next Ipad straight from Apples shop. I bought my Ipad 4 from Best Buy and due to I bought the 128 GB model they had to order it in for me. It took nearly 2 weeks for me to get my Ipad. When I ordered my Ipod 3, 4 and 5 from Apple directly--I got them both in 5-6 days. I got my Ipod 5 in the special edition red and had it engraved too. Some of the funds of buying my red edition went to an Aids Africa fund that Apple was donating too. Apple issues you out tracking numbers so you can see where your device is at the moment. I found it interesting that it went from China and then the engraving seemed to happen in Alaska USA as it was shipped there and then to me. Even with the shipping and extras I had done with the engraving, I still got it faster than Best Buy.

The only way to get the special offers and unique looks or added specs on an Iphone, Ipad or Ipod is to buy directly from Apple. They never allow their special custom or limited edition devices to be sold in any store outside of Apples store. All my future Apple devices will be bought from their online store from now on.

Oh...I tested the pause and touching the screen at the very edge of the screen and the flippers worked fine and so did the pause. I tried it on multiple tables and played for over a half hour without a single issue. I love the new 7.0 update.

 

[Dr.Pinball]

Iphone 5, IOS 7
Since the last update unplayable!
Flipper lag; overwriting the top