Palm Pre app rejected because of libraries within GLB!

[Ian Price]

Palm is one of my favorite platforms!

By Palm, I'm presuming you mean webOS. If so, then count me in as a webOS lover too.

[aroldo]

Ian Price and Kitty Hello,

I have tested 2 GLBasic games on my HP Touchpad, Crocogame and S-zero.

Crocogame loads and works ok, there is some overlaping of the screen on the right side due to the screen size.
I have to change the mouse inputs, it does not respond well to mouse commands, there is no button 2!
S-zero works fine.
Speed is not a problem they are satisfactory.
On both the problem is the screen size and position, I compiled with screen size 320 x 480.

They also get the screen chopped off on the top.

let me know if you want some screen shots!

I hope that helps.

If you need more testing I am available.

[Ian Price]

We know about those problems. Gernot (Kitty Hello) hasn't got his TouchPad yet, so has not been able to address the problem. Rest assured that this will be sorted.

I'd love to see screenshots of what you are working on - not just to see the problems

[aroldo]

Ian Price and Kitty Hello,

Here are the Touchpad screen shots of S-zero and Crocogame.

On The Pre 2 I took a picture os the S-zero, for some reason pressing the keys, Shift+Sym+P causes the screen to change and does not allow me to take the screen shot.
Alos on the Pre2 the Crocogame takes awhile to load, and it crashed after a while.

It may need more memory. ("requiredMemory": 10)


To know if the Palm/HPdevice has a keypad the PLD API has the following options:

Code (glbasic) Select Expand

int PDL_GetHardwareID(void);

Returns

HARDWARE_UNKNOWN    -1
HARDWARE_PRE        101
HARDWARE_PRE_PLUS   102
HARDWARE_PIXI       201
HARDWARE_VEER       301
HARDWARE_PRE_2      401
HARDWARE_PRE_3      501
HARDWARE_TOUCHPAD   601

or

PDL_Err PDL_GetScreenMetrics(PDL_ScreenMetrics *outMetrics);

Device(s)    horizontalPixels    verticalPixels    horizontalDPI    verticalDPI    aspectRatio
Pre, Pre2, Pre+    320    480    213    183    1.164
Pixi, Veer    320    400    190    190    1.0
Pre3    480    800    260    260    1.0
TouchPad    1024    768    132    132    1.0
TouchPad GO    1024    768    182    182    1.0



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[Ian Price]

I thought you were talking about your own game (hence why I asked to see screenies). It's always nice to see what others are working on

I really wouldn't worry too much about any TouchPad issues at the moment - let Kitty get his paws on a machine and the problems will be sorted pretty quickly.

[aroldo]

The screen shots are a good comparison and as you can see they are not the same on Pre2 and TP comparing to Windows.

I am here to help.

Ass soon as I have my first GLBasic game ready i will send you the screen shots!

[erico]

the pre2 screen looks really great, can the device cope with the 3d at a reasonable speed?
if so, it must be a good piece of hardware

[aroldo]

It does, if you look at the FPS at the bottom of the screen it was averaging 65 FPS, some  times I saw it at 57 FPS!

The Pre 2 has a nice performace running 3D games from PDK and native code such as the ones generated by GLBasic.

For instance Asphalt 5 on Pre 2 performs the same comparing it to an iPod 3G running the same game!

Enyo runs 2D games well, but you have to use an audio plug in, because repetitive sounds, like shooting and other short clips don't work well on Enyo and neither on Mojo.

[aroldo]

Is  update for v10 rC  available?
Where can I get it?

[Ian Price]

Available from the front page, downloads section - http://www.glbasic.com/files/glbasic_sdk.exe

Download, then do an internet update.