[HOWTO] Setting up HVGA resolution emulator - Windows Mobile Software Development

I see many discussions about people wanting a customized version of a particular application for the HVGA resolution (e.g. HD Mini). Many developers still think there is no way of emulating the HVGA resolution. I found a tutorial explaining how to set up the emulator for HVGA resolution, this is a really simple task. Furthermore this tutorial can also be used for other custom resolutions.
I hope developers will take some extra time to make their applications also HVGA compatible, I think the community would really appreciate that!
http://techwireless.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-emulate-htc-hd-mini-in-visual.html
More about the subject:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Fo...v/thread/7c7a49c3-5080-44e4-8c6b-32f0b3c8c87d

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VGA Games - screen problem

GUys i am installign my games from the diamond and the screen its cut in half due to a mixture of the size difference and resolution
any cabs to fix?
search for WVGA fix 3
that will get you from WVGA to VGA but you can't get from QVGA to VGA which is what's required.
Patterns is trying to install games from the Diamond (VGA) on the HD (WVGA), as I understand it.
So converting the HD to VGA should make it work, as Wolfenzi stated.
WVGAFIX3 can be found here.
works perfectly! great
thanks again guys

Full screen RPG games

Can somebody recommend me RPG games that work @ full screen resolution, many thanks!!!
I would like this to.. someone got any suggestions?
although i still do not own blackstone i did som research and there is to be a fallout fullscreen for this baby
it is called pocket pc fallout or so...try to google it...
this is the only thing I can think of right now
ow, and I think it is not yet released but will be very soon - hopefully
Sopis said:
although i still do not own blackstone i did som research and there is to be a fallout fullscreen for this baby
it is called pocket pc fallout or so...try to google it...
this is the only thing I can think of right now
ow, and I think it is not yet released but will be very soon - hopefully
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thanks for your information, I'll google it right now haha
Sopis said:
although i still do not own blackstone i did som research and there is to be a fallout fullscreen for this baby
it is called pocket pc fallout or so...try to google it...
this is the only thing I can think of right now
ow, and I think it is not yet released but will be very soon - hopefully
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pocket fallout is only qvga!
sadly, there are only a few games that work at full wvga resolution....I've seen one RPG which is called onris(just forgot the name), it seems quite a nice game, but the resolution is only for vga i guess, and most rpg games running at Java platform are also unsuitable for touch hd...is there any tool that can resize java game's resolution?
I've also installed morphgear which is an emulator for NES, gb, gba..etc., but the fps of gba's rpg games that running at morphgear is quite low, especially, when you turn the sound on, you will find the quality is extremely poor..
lynne02191 said:
sadly, there are only a few games that work at full wvga resolution....I've seen one RPG which is called onris(just forgot the name), it seems quite a nice game, but the resolution is only for vga i guess, and most rpg games running at Java platform are also unsuitable for touch hd...is there any tool that can resize java game's resolution?
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i guess you can try the wvga fix which you can find at the wiki compatible software list (one of the stickies on the first page)
TheLawyer said:
i guess you can try the wvga fix which you can find at the wiki compatible software list (one of the stickies on the first page)
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Thanks for telling me that, I've already got it, and it works for me but as this tool resize the resolution, half of my screen is blank while gaming, that's looks a little bit wierd to me
lynne can you give me a link to this RPG game (onris or something you was saying as you forgot the name lol)..
Also this morphgear Emulator ... does this work with the g-sensor then? or you need the D-Pad program thing
ToxicDragon said:
lynne can you give me a link to this RPG game (onris or something you was saying as you forgot the name lol)..
Also this morphgear Emulator ... does this work with the g-sensor then? or you need the D-Pad program thing
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sure, the rpg that I mentioned is: Orions: Legend of Wizards v1.20
you can have it from here: http://pocketmoregames.com/orions.htm
but this is not freeware so u gotta either try it or buy it for full version gaming play
btw, before u try this game, u'd better have wvga fix pre-installed, cos u need change your resolution to vga through it, otherwise u will encounter display problem
on the other hand, regarding to the emulator - Morphgear
it's has modules below:
1, SNES9x MorphModule
Emulates the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
2, HuGo MorphModule
Emulates the TurboGrafx-16 / PC-Engine.
3, Generator MorphModule
Emulates the SEGA Genesis.
4, Marat Fayzullin MorphModule Package:
Includes MasterGear, VGB, VGBA, iNES (SEGA MasterSystem, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, NES).
you can find it here:
http://www.spicypixel.com/web/page/morphgear/Download.aspx
installation order:
1, morphgear
2, rest of its modules
and also, you need pay for it in order to unlock those modules after the application is installed. (you don't have to install third party application to run game at morphgear)
and this tool allows you to change screen size of your game and many other useful options, but as i said, it's kinda low fps especially when you turned sounds on (gba rpg game - final fantasy 6 tested)
if you ask me how to get most from it, there are many 'suggestions' around the net, that's the only thing that i can say haha
Hmmm ....
i think thats not an Rpg ....
Pocket fallout is out !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477147
you can try those games :
-http://undercroft.rakeingrass.com/
-http://www.redshift.hu/thequestppc.htm this one is vga
The game supports the following screen resolutions:
standard ppc 240x320 and 320x240 (both left and right landscape)
vga 480x640 and 640x480 (also both left and right landscape)
square 240x240 and 480x480
hpc 800x480, 800x600, 640x240, 640x480
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Hmmm ....
i think thats not an Rpg ....
Pocket fallout is out !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477147
you can try those games :
-http://undercroft.rakeingrass.com/
-http://www.redshift.hu/thequestppc.htm this one is vga
The game supports the following screen resolutions:
standard ppc 240x320 and 320x240 (both left and right landscape)
vga 480x640 and 640x480 (also both left and right landscape)
square 240x240 and 480x480
hpc 800x480, 800x600, 640x240, 640x480
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sorry, that's my fault, the game that I mentioned above is a strategy game
Oooops in this case you should try that
www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche11425-argentum.html
a command and conquer like
and that the marvelous W2
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=671784&view=findpost&p=16695634
and that
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Games/Strategy/Age-of-Empires-for-Pocket-PC-10066.shtml
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-http://www.redshift.hu/thequestppc.htm this one is vga
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i've played it a little pit some time ago (only in gvga) and it is one of the best games i've ever seen!
Rizzen
WARCRAFT 2 on ppc!!!! lol
tried pocket fallout just now, unplayable, screen messed up and off center (like i said in main pf thread). anyone else has tried?
crashDebug said:
tried pocket fallout just now, unplayable, screen messed up and off center (like i said in main pf thread). anyone else has tried?
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hey, maybe u can try wvga fix, and set the resolution to vga and see if there is any difference?
yeah i tried it and actually works when vga is set, however, you need the stylus to play and besides the very poor english text there are some textured texts in russian no go for me at the moment.
it WORKS anyway.
actually, there are bunches of good RPG games out there if Morphgear is working fine for me, but since the low fps that I've encounterred, I finally gave it up...but I'm just wondering if there is anyone else got the same problem?

Prince of Persia 3D gaming demo running on TG01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbSygbjObQM&feature=related
this is it. the operating like spiderman for PPC.
is there any news for this game? or under deverloping?
seems quite unusable, since win mobile lacks multitouch support.. anyway it runs smooth wonder if it runs similarly on our blackstone
multi or not multi,thats not a problem. you played spiderman for blackstone? almost the same operating button. play so good.
for me, multitouch definitely matters
it seems that gba emulator on iphone support multitouch,
but with regard to our blackstone,
we can hardly to get gba emulator running smoothly,
it is very often that we get very low fps on morphgear,
and that is when sound turned off,
otherwise gba games are almost unplayable,
and that really disappointing me.......
I don't want to say this, but iphone seems obviously superior to our blackstone, they got bunches of 3rd party 3d games, which are better in graphics and controbability in comparison to wm games,
and I just seen a video on youtube, which shows they got gba running @150 fps and above....
however, the only good thing for me is that we got fpsece for wm device, which seems better to psx4iphone, but since it is not fully support to wvga in current version, we still have to wait untill version 1.0 comes out and see if there is any good update for our device, but it is still unknown.....
btw, someone mentioned that wm 7 will support multitouch for device like blackstone, it that true?
does it means that we could press any buttons for example on morphgear's gamepad simultaneously?
if so, when will wm 7 to be released?
Well about iphone and blackstone
, the main advantage/disadvantage is graphic on blackstone u got 800x480 and that is double quality then iphone, so it same if u run on PC game on 800x600 and run same game 1600x1200 ( wich requires alot performance) and the hardware is almost near, so u need to chose, quality of Graphics , pictures, movies or, game playing on iphone
where can i get this game or spiderman? i have a tg01 and a touch hd, i want it on both phones, please help
if im correct this is actually just a java game (.jar file) which can be played on touch hd!! i had it installed before i flashed my phone!! i have the file saved on my pc although im not sure if im allowed to post it here!!
EDIT: just had a closer look and my version is actually not the same!! although very similar!! sorry...
this game does look rather nice though and i wouldnt mind trying it out!!
crap i want that game the graphics seem to be fantastic
yes java game, and it is not 3d game, no problem on touch hd and it bored
just for clarification, the PoP HD game is a java game, and the level (from what I can tell from the youtube video) is very similar. HOWEVER, the graphics are really really bad (very pixelated and not full screen) and there is an element of lag.
as for WM7 multitouch? WM7 will support multi-touch and capacitive touchscreens..however, ONLY for new devices. As far as I know, it will not turn resistive screens into multitouch-capable ones (mostly due to hardware limitations). Also, rumours are the WM7 will be so "revolutionary" that even our Blackstone hardware may not run it well...so we might be stuck with WM6.5, but I'm sure one of the talented Chefs here will get something going! otherwise, it'd be upgrading time =]

Will the HTC touch HD be able to handle games like Electopia (toshiba TG01)?

I wonder if the HTC touch HD has the power to handle games like Electopia.
That would be great, as most current games are low in resolution especially compared to the Iphone.
nope, the graphic cards on our hd arent very good. it doesnt even support opengl es 1.1 and there is no hardware acceleration either (because of missing drivers) so the answer is no.
crazililazn said:
"...there is no hardware acceleration either (because of missing drivers)..."
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Thank you for your reply. Do you mean the HD is only leaking the software to run the graphic acceleration? Perhaps I wrong, but I thought the HD does have 2D/3D hardware acceleration, but HTC didn't included the drivers to run it. Also some apps/games (i.e. Xtrakt) do used the acceleration of the graphic card.
So I wonder if we are able to find the correct driver. Could the HD be able to handle high resolution games like these? I love my HD, but I quite disappointed in resolution of the available WVGA games, especially when comparing to the Iphone.
Sorry if asking something stupid, I still a newbie in the mobile world
Looking at the complexity of the scene and the objects I'd say that this is possible. There has been some improvement with 3d drivers. Check this thread for an installer (at your own risk ). You can try the test app found in my sig to see some 3d stuff!
i think htc hd will run it easily as its graphics is like the graphics in the xtract game (not so petter) and our hd has hardware acceleration for graphics acceleration
Xtract works like charm and spireman game is also cool . A lot of games run very smooth.
Does both devices runs on the same graphic hardware? I wonder if the 1Ghz on the Toshiba TG01 will make any difference. But considering the Iphone running on almost the same speed, these games on the HD should be able to run smoothly.
There is something I still don't understand. Why does the Iphone (and even the Nokia N95) is able to run games (such as Quake III) which are hardly playable on the HD. I thought the hardware of the HD is superior to the Nokia N95. Is this because of the heavy memory load of windows mobile?
MDA_newbie said:
There is something I still don't understand. Why does the Iphone (and even the Nokia N95) is able to run games (such as Quake III) which are hardly playable on the HD. I thought the hardware of the HD is superior to the Nokia N95. Is this because of the heavy memory load of windows mobile?
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its because qualcomm didnt provide our HTCs with all the needed drivers!! -- If we would have all the correct drivers on our HD then we would be able to play the same games as Iphone!!! blame HTC for their #@!#ing policy about drivers!!! HD would be a real Iphone killer with all the correct drivers!!
This game is from qualcomm or what ? I can't find info about it
That's not the main reason for us, i wouldnt say. The iphone is running a 320x480. Were using 480x800. We have as many pixels to render on the screens shortest side as the iphone has to render on it longest side! Great for web browsing, not so great when you want smooth, 3d apps.
ASK768 said:
That's not the main reason for us, i wouldnt say. The iphone is running a 320x480. Were using 480x800. We have as many pixels to render on the screens shortest side as the iphone has to render on it longest side! Great for web browsing, not so great when you want smooth, 3d apps.
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my PC monitor has 1680x1080 (or something like that) and I sometimes play games at lower resolution like 800x600 ---- so why wouldnt we be able to play the game at two times lower resolution than our Touch HD screen has , just loosing a bit sharpnes!!!
I dont think the iPhone games look any better than the best looking games that run full screen on the HD, good drivers or not. There just seems to be a lack of people actually developing them. Sure the iPhone has the power fully utilised but it doesn't really translate into much if you ask me.
i think if you want a good gaming device, u should wait for the htc devices in the future which will have nvida tegra apx graphic cards. With correct drivers, that card can play quake 3 at 35 fps!!! so ima cross my fingers and wait
borce_razor said:
This game is from qualcomm or what ? I can't find info about it
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It's from Southend Interactive, the same people who made Extrakt. They have a demo up on their website now, but I can't get it to load on my TP2. :-(
Cyph
Madcypher said:
It's from Southend Interactive, the same people who made Extrakt. They have a demo up on their website now, but I can't get it to load on my TP2. :-(
Cyph
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I think that we cant run it on Blackstone and TP2 also, because its meant for snapdragon cpu, BUT I installed the game and extracted QualComm.ini file(from program files/qualcomm folder on PPC) to the desktop of my PC and opened with wordpad - there are some settings for graphic performance, maybe someone who is working on Blackstone Graphic drivers, may take a look and edit the file a bit so the game can run on Blackstone?!
Kristaps-K9-Lv said:
I think that we cant run it on Blackstone and TP2 also, because its meant for snapdragon cpu, BUT I installed the game and extracted QualComm.ini file(from program files/qualcomm folder on PPC) to the desktop of my PC and opened with wordpad - there are some settings for graphic performance, maybe someone who is working on Blackstone Graphic drivers, may take a look and edit the file a bit so the game can run on Blackstone?!
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Yes you are right.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Platform: Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 8k
System check?
I saw the system reqs, didn't think they'd check to see if you were actually running one.
Kristaps-K9-Lv said:
my PC monitor has 1680x1080 (or something like that) and I sometimes play games at lower resolution like 800x600 ---- so why wouldnt we be able to play the game at two times lower resolution than our Touch HD screen has , just loosing a bit sharpnes!!!
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I think (it's only an assumption) that you can do that because your computer's screen supports many different resolutions, on the contrary, the HD's screen may only support 800*480, so if we want to play on a qmaller resolution, we won't be using the whole screen.
gigaboss said:
I think (it's only an assumption) that you can do that because your computer's screen supports many different resolutions, on the contrary, the HD's screen may only support 800*480, so if we want to play on a qmaller resolution, we won't be using the whole screen.
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damn!!! I didnt knew the screens needed to support multiple resolutions, I always thought that the GPU or something else is responsible for that!!
anyways - we can still try!
Try yourself:
www.southend.se/games/electopia/download.php
I'm downloading now and I'll try with the neo drivers

how to determine what resolution a game is running in

Hi guys
Some apps may run in different resolutions and I'd like to know what resolution a specific app is running in. I see there are overlay apps that show FPS for instance for games but are there any that shows the resolution? If not, how could one write a script for it. I am currently learning Unity on Udemy but I dont know enough yet to figure out writing such a script.
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