Guest muff Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 (edited) [EDIT] got here how http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=225274[/EDIT] ok, as promised, here is a quick hacked exe that means the C550 plays Eclipse in fullscreen mode it's not really an official port per se, more to allow those that have upgraded to still play as a bonus I've upgrade the visual effects on explosions and player's shots tho :) have fun muff p.s. I did look into better image quality scaling code but the phone just can't crank through that and the game code quick enough ;) Edited August 22, 2005 by muff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr_StrangeTrick Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Hi Muff, excellent work but one problem. As you approach the end of level one if just bombs out, you hear the voice saying a large object or power source is approaching then the start menu appears over a black background :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Disco Stu Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Full installation instructions please ? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 Hi Muff, excellent work but one problem. As you approach the end of level one if just bombs out, you hear the voice saying a large object or power source is approaching then the start menu appears over a black background :?: erm, not sure on that one - looks like it's going to have to wait til I get my hands on an actual phone :) so hopefully in the next week or so I'll get a chance to fix this up properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 Full installation instructions please ? :) erm, the exe from the zip goes into the Eclipse folder on the phone where you installed it - not really much to it ;) but bearing in mind the report above people might want to hold off until I get a chance to see this on a phone myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 It looks as if it's having a memory\refresh problem, as before it bombs out a couple of times it looks as if it's trying to do some work in the background with the battery and reception icons flashing on screen. Changed to aeroplane mode and had a few more seconds play before still bombing out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 very odd - as I said, not really much I can do till I get to test on an actual device really :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Ok played a bit more with key presses etc and found that the game does not bomb out at the end of the level until you press the fire button, as soon as you do the problem happens. Auto fire does not make a difference so it looks like it may be a graphical\memory overload problem? Hopefully this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 thanks for that m8 could someone please try playing the old exe to the end of the first level for me? I'm keen to find out if it's something related to the new compile, or something in the code as a whole after all, the only new code that was added was the scaling and explosion code - both of which are minor alterations and work fine on other devices it should certainly not be memory as all the gfx + memory for shots , enemies and exposions is setup before you play the level - it's not like it's loading anything new at the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr_StrangeTrick Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Hi Muff, I can play the original version past the point where the C550 version dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 thank you Dr hopefully I'm going to get my hands on a C550 to play with soon, and then I can nail this problem down for you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr_StrangeTrick Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Thanks Muff, you know something. First of all I have only ever got past level one once :oops: so I cant say for certain what happens on the original Eclipse when it gets to the end of the level. But I have noticed quite a few 'ghosted' icons while playing the original Eclipse on C550 but this does not happen on any other games (either ones that run 75% or full screen) so there is a possibility that there may be either a bug on the C550 or something in the Eclipse code that the C550 does not like, don't forget Eclipse has been out a while and the C550 is 2003SE. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Thanks Muff, you know something. First of all I have only ever got past level one once :oops: so I cant say for certain what happens on the original Eclipse when it gets to the end of the level. But I have noticed quite a few 'ghosted' icons while playing the original Eclipse on C550 but this does not happen on any other games (either ones that run 75% or full screen) so there is a possibility that there may be either a bug on the C550 or something in the Eclipse code that the C550 does not like, don't forget Eclipse has been out a while and the C550 is 2003SE. Just a thought. the code should be 100% forward compatible - or more accurately the OS should be backward compatible - there is nothing that is coded for any specific OS at the moment I'm at something of a disadvantage, having never tried the code on the actual phone myself - I've only tested it in the emulator, where it works fine just as soon as I can get to play with a C550 for an hour I can nail any bugs that you guys are seeing please bear with me until that happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr_StrangeTrick Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 please bear with me until that happens No problem, glad for the contribution :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peekie Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 if your at the meet muff you can play with my c550 if it will help you to get the game going :) i have both versions installed postage stamp and the version you made for the c550 screen ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 thanks for the offer peekie, but alas I'm not at the meet (some long standing plans) fingers crossed I should get my hands on one soon tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=225274 new version posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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