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libGDX - FitViewport doesnt scale well the stage

What I want to do is have a virtual size for my world and scale that world on the screen as much as possible without changing the aspect ratio, the FitViewport seemed like the best candidate. Thats how I intialised my viewport on the stage.
public class PlayStage extends Stage{
public static final int WIDTH = 480;
public static final int HEIGHT = 800;
private final Vector2 gravity = new Vector2(0.f, -9.8f);
private World physWorld;
public PlayStage(){
super();
OrthographicCamera camera = new OrthographicCamera();
camera.setToOrtho(false, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
setViewport(new FitViewport(WIDTH, HEIGHT, camera));
physWorld = new World(gravity, false);
Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(this);
Ball ball = new Ball(physWorld);
setKeyboardFocus(ball);
addActor(ball);
}
#Override
public void draw() {
super.draw();
}
#Override
public void act(float delta) {
super.act(delta);
physWorld.step(delta, 10, 5);
}
#Override
public void dispose() {
super.dispose();
physWorld.dispose();
}}
This is how the sprite looks when rendered (scaled too much on the x coordinate). Also I get no touch down events for my actors.

You need to update stage viewport. It's better to resize your viewport from resize method.
#Override
public void resize(int width, int height) {
stage.getViewport().update(width,height);
//stage.getViewport().update(width,height,true); // -> If you want camera to be at centre.
}

I solved it on my own, all I had to do was to update the viewport after creation like this getViewport().update(Gdx.graphics.getWidth(), Gdx.graphics.getHeight());

libgdx TiledMap not correct size

I'm trying to use a TiledMap in a test game but I'm having issues with the size. I'm using an ExtendViewport with width 160 and height 90. I guess the problem is that the tiled map is drawing using the screen size, because it's zoomed in. Do I need 2 seperate cameras for the tiled map and the rest of the game (players, enemies, ...)?
This is all of my code:
public class Main extends Game {
private OrthographicCamera camera;
private ExtendViewport viewport;
private TiledMap tiledMap;
TiledMapRenderer tiledMapRenderer;
#Override
public void create () {
camera = new OrthographicCamera(160, 90);
camera.setToOrtho(false, 160, 90);
camera.update();
viewport = new ExtendViewport(160, 90, camera);
viewport.apply();
tiledMap = new TmxMapLoader().load("map1.tmx");
tiledMapRenderer = new OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(tiledMap);
}
#Override
public void render () {
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
camera.update();
tiledMapRenderer.setView(camera);
tiledMapRenderer.render();
}
#Override
public void resize(int width, int height) {
viewport.update(width, height, false);
}
#Override
public void dispose () {
}
}
Thanks

OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer's second parameter is unitScale. The unit scale tells the renderer how many pixels map to a single world unit. And it defaults to 1.
So in your case one pixel is equals to one unit size in tiled map. Try changing the unitScale parameter.
https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Tile-maps#rendering-tiled-maps

LibGdx Understanding the viewports and associtate it with a Scene2D

Whenever I try to set my viewport to a Stage, the actors, that I puting into the Scene are blured and very large. I want to set my Game world size as a rectangle of 50x100 units and then scale everything (Sprites, actors, labels, fonts) according that units. Every state inharitate form a class State which provides render function etc.
public abstract class State {
public static final float GAME_SIZE_WIDTH = 50 ;
public static final float GAME_SIZE_HEIGHT = 100 ;
protected OrthographicCamera camera;
protected GameStateManager gsm;
protected Viewport viewport;
public State(GameStateManager gsm) {
this.gsm = gsm;
camera = new OrthographicCamera();
viewport = new ExtendViewport(GAME_SIZE_WIDTH, GAME_SIZE_HEIGHT, camera);
viewport.apply();
camera.position.set(GAME_SIZE_WIDTH / 2, GAME_SIZE_HEIGHT / 2, 0);
}
public abstract void handleInput();
public abstract void update(float dt);
public abstract void render (SpriteBatch sb);
public abstract void dispose();
public abstract void resize(int width, int height) ;
}
In every State I want to add the Stage and pass the viewPort for my State class according to keep the GAME_SIZE_WIDTH /GAME_SIZE_HEIGHT dimension, but Ive got unadjusted backgrounds (even if its full HD picture the white border on the left) and the Buttons are blured with unadjusted text on it.
public class MenuState extends State implements InputProcessor {
private Skin skin;
private Stage stage;
private Sprite background;
private Table table;
private TextButton startButton,quitButton;
private Sprite flappyButton;
private Sprite chodzenieButton;
private Sprite memoryButton;
private Sprite rememberSquare;
private static final String TAG = "kamil";
private Vector3 touchPoint;
public MenuState(GameStateManager gsm) {
super(gsm);
skin = new Skin(Gdx.files.internal("button/uiskin.json"));
stage = new Stage(viewport);
table = new Table();
table.setWidth(stage.getWidth());
table.align(Align.center | Align.top);
table.setPosition(0,GAME_SIZE_HEIGHT);
startButton = new TextButton("New Game",skin);
quitButton = new TextButton("Quit Game",skin);
startButton.addListener(new ClickListener() {
#Override
public void clicked(InputEvent event, float x, float y) {
Gdx.app.log("Clicked button","Yep, you did");
event.stop();
}
});
table.padTop(5);
table.add(startButton).padBottom(5).size(20,10);
table.row();
table.add(quitButton).size(20,10);
stage.addActor(table);
background =new Sprite(new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("backgrounds/bg.jpg")));
background.setSize(GAME_SIZE_WIDTH,GAME_SIZE_HEIGHT);
background.setPosition(0,0);
touchPoint= new Vector3();
InputMultiplexer im = new InputMultiplexer(stage,this);
Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(im);
flappyButton=new Sprite(new Texture("menuButton/floopyBirdButtonTexture.png"));
chodzenieButton =new Sprite(new Texture("menuButton/swipeMovementsButtonTexture.png"));
memoryButton =new Sprite(new Texture("menuButton/memory.png"));
rememberSquare = new Sprite(new Texture("menuButton/rememberSquare.png"));
rememberSquare.setSize(20,10);
flappyButton.setSize(20,10);
chodzenieButton.setSize(20,10);
memoryButton.setSize(20,10);
flappyButton.setPosition(GAME_SIZE_WIDTH/2-flappyButton.getWidth()/2,GAME_SIZE_HEIGHT/2-flappyButton.getHeight()/2);
chodzenieButton.setPosition(GAME_SIZE_WIDTH/2-flappyButton.getWidth()/2,flappyButton.getY()- chodzenieButton.getHeight() -2);
memoryButton.setPosition(chodzenieButton.getX(),chodzenieButton.getY()- flappyButton.getHeight() -2);
rememberSquare.setPosition(flappyButton.getX(),flappyButton.getY()+flappyButton.getHeight()+2);
}
#Override
public void render(SpriteBatch sb) {
sb.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);
sb.begin();
background.draw(sb);
flappyButton.draw(sb);
chodzenieButton.draw(sb);
memoryButton.draw(sb);
rememberSquare.draw(sb);
sb.end();
stage.act(Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime());
stage.draw();
}
#Override
public void dispose() {
flappyButton.getTexture().dispose();
chodzenieButton.getTexture().dispose();
background.getTexture().dispose();
}
#Override
public void resize(int width, int height) {
Gdx.app.log("kamil","Resize");
viewport.update(width,height);
}
#Override
public void handleInput() {
if(Gdx.input.justTouched())
{
//
viewport.unproject(touchPoint.set(Gdx.input.getX(),Gdx.input.getY(),0));
if(flappyButton.getBoundingRectangle().contains(touchPoint.x,touchPoint.y)) {
gsm.set(new FlopyBirdState(gsm));
}
else if (chodzenieButton.getBoundingRectangle().contains(touchPoint.x,touchPoint.y)){
gsm.set(new ChodzenieState(gsm));
}
else if (memoryButton.getBoundingRectangle().contains(touchPoint.x,touchPoint.y)){
gsm.set(new MemoryState(gsm));
}
else if (rememberSquare.getBoundingRectangle().contains(touchPoint.x,touchPoint.y)){
gsm.set(new FoodEaterState(gsm));
}}
}

blured and very large : This is due to font size you're using.
Blured when some font scaled in appropriate manner, doesn't matter it is by you or by viewport.
You're using 50 and 100 as world width and height of viewport, and you're using BitmapFont from skin that having greater size as compare to 50 and 100. so when you update viewport by screenwidth and height then BitmapFont also scale up so look very large and blurry too.
Solution:
Use some greater world width and height of viewport by comparing your BitmapFont that you're using.
Use small size of your BitmapFont or you can scale down so that not scaled too much and look ugly.
skin.get("font-name",BitmapFont.class).getData().setScale(.25f);
you're using Table so you may need to check where your Actor is in cell/Table. You can enable debugging by this flag stage.setDebugAll(true);
EDIT
You're using ExtendViewport, from wiki
The ExtendViewport keeps the world aspect ratio without black bars by extending the world in one direction. The world is first scaled to fit within the viewport, then the shorter dimension is lengthened to fill the viewport.
Let's suppose you're device width and height is 400 and 640, then what happen when you update viewport by 400 and 640. First your background Sprite scaled in height and set his height to 640(because viewport worldheight is equal to background height) done, now it's time for width of background Sprite because you set width is half of height so scaled and set size 640/2 = 320. done
Your problem arrive, my device width is 400 but my background sprite size is only 320 rest (40*2 unit is white from both side).
Use 48*80(most of devices is in this ratio) instead of 50*100

libGDX: size of object in FitViewport is distorted

My goal is to create a game that is always displayed with an aspect ratio of 9:16 (basically 16:9, but upright) using FitViewport; it should be independet of a target device's resolution. In order to test this setup, I created the following minimal working example. A small green square indicates the origin of the coordinate system:
MyGame.java
public class MyGame extends ApplicationAdapter {
final int WORLD_WIDTH = 900;
final int WORLD_HEIGHT = 1600;
Stage stage;
Viewport vp;
public void create() {
stage = new Stage();
vp = new FitViewport(WORLD_WIDTH, WORLD_HEIGHT, stage.getCamera());
stage.setViewport(vp);
stage.addActor(new MySquare());
}
public void render() {
stage.act();
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
stage.draw();
}
public void resize(int width, int height) {
stage.getViewport().update(width, height, true);
}
// dispose...
}
MySquare.java
public class MySquare extends Actor {
ShapeRenderer renderer = new ShapeRenderer();
#Override
public void draw(Batch batch, float alpha){
batch.end();
renderer.begin(ShapeRenderer.ShapeType.Filled);
renderer.setColor(Color.GREEN);
renderer.rect(0, 0, 50, 50);
renderer.end();
batch.begin();
}
}
Unfortunately, the result is not as expected: As you can see, the green square is actually not a square. This behavior is the same for both Windows and Android (in landscape mode):
However, when setting the size of the window programmatically and explicitly via LwjglApplicationConfiguration in DesktopLauncher.java to a valid 9:16 resolution, the green square is displayed correctly. Why is that and how can I avoid this workaround (which does not work for Android anyway)?

Your problem is that your shape renderer is ignoring the camera. Update it like this:
public void draw(Batch batch, float alpha){
batch.end();
renderer.setProjectionMatrix(batch.getProjectionMatrix()); // <<<<< Add this
renderer.begin(ShapeRenderer.ShapeType.Filled);
renderer.setColor(Color.GREEN);
renderer.rect(0, 0, 50, 50);
renderer.end();
batch.begin();
}
If you are planning to eventually use sprites, and you're simply wanting rectangle placeholders for your actors, you don't need a custom actor for this. You can use a generic Actor and call setDebug(true) on it, and Stage will automatically draw its outline using an internal ShapeRenderer. Of course, you must first set a size and position on the Actor.

Fit Viewport Black Bars

I'm currently developing a game where you have to avoid Asteroids. To make the Game look same on every device I use the FitViewport. Unfortunately I somehow get White Bars on the top and on the Bottom instead of Black ones. My Game Background is also white, so it looks a bit weird.
GameScreen:
#Override
public void create()
{
float aspectRatio = (float)Gdx.graphics.getWidth() / (float)Gdx.graphics.getHeight();
cam = new OrthographicCamera();
viewport = new FitViewport(MyGdxGame.WIDTH * aspectRatio, MyGdxGame.HEIGHT, cam);
[...]
}
#Override
public void render(SpriteBatch batch)
{
cam.update();
batch.setProjectionMatrix(cam.combined);
batch.begin();
em.render(batch); //render Ship and Asteroids
[...]
}
#Override
public void resize(int width, int height)
{
viewport.update(width, height);
cam.position.set(MyGdxGame.WIDTH / 2, MyGdxGame.HEIGHT /2, 0);
}
I dragged the Ship into the white Bar.

LibGDX provides viewports as a more convenient way of dealing with different aspect ratios. You don't have to multiply MyGdxGame.WIDTH with aspectRatio. Just initialize it with MyGdxGame.WIDTH and MyGdxGame.HEIGHT.
Also, in resize function, you can change the cam position using viewport values (instead of using constants):
cam.position.set(cam.viewportWidth / 2, cam.viewportHeight / 2, 0);

I found some issues in your code. for best practice while handling with the different screen ratio just try with the fill viewPort. Here is simply editing your code with the fill viewport . Just try it once.
#Override
public void create()
{
float aspectRatio = (float)Gdx.graphics.getWidth() / (float)Gdx.graphics.getHeight();
camera = new OrthographicCamera();
camera.position.set(0, 0, 0);
camera.update();
//1280 is the screen width and 800 is screen height
camera.setToOrtho(false, 1280, 800);
viewPort = new FillViewport(1280, 800, camera);
}
#Override
public void render(SpriteBatch batch)
{
batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);
batch.begin();
em.render(batch); //render Ship and Asteroids
[...]
}
#Override
public void resize(int width, int height)
{
viewPort.update(width, height);
}
just try with the above code . it will definitely work