[OS2008] New Port: Jagged Alliance 2 Engine
 

Announcing a New Port by ukki!!

Jagged Alliance 2: Straciatella game engine!

http://pupnik.de/ja2.png.jpg

Requires original Jagged Alliance 2 game. Game Data takes up about 1GB of SD/MMC.

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updateddeb files
English http://pupnik.de/ja2_0.7_svn-2.deb UPDATE!
German http://pupnik.de/ja2_0.7_svn-de.deb
JA2 Homepage: http://www.jaggedalliance2.com/
Straciatella engine homepage: http://ja2.dragonriders.de/

(edit) The IMP code is blank.

Re: New Port: Jagged Alliance 2 Engine
 

There's just no stopping you is there? :D

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Where exactly do one put the game files ? Any specific folder ?

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Just put the game's data-directory to /media/mmc1/ja2data-directory (outer memory card). If you want to use some other path, just issue this command in xterm: echo "data_dir = /path/that/contains/datadir" > /home/user/.ja2/ja2.ini

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Thanks ukki, any way to get this to work with the demo data?

(I tried but its looking for files not existing in demo data dir)

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Sorry, but it doesn't look like the engine was designed for that. Can't see any build options for it either.

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Well, big thanks from me!! It works perfectly and the speed is absolutely fantastic. The mouse mapping is also first class!!! Thank You!!

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Don't thank me, thank the developers. I only compiled and packaged it. But you are right, the game is perfect for the tablet. You can finish the game without right mouse button; you just can't aim better without it. Enabling the actions menu during combat helps a lot with crouching and picking stuff up etc.
I talked to Tron (one of the developers) and he promised to add support for right mouse button for us.

Game runs on all tablets, but i guess non-n810 owners need the virtual keyboard from pupnik.de to finish the game. Saving works without keyboard.

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I know it's difficult but perhaps it would be possible to modify an on screen keyboard which is vertical rather than horizontal and is aligned with either left or right screen edge. It would make it less obstructive to the actual game screen.

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i think it's already possible, you can create your own layouts.

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Thanks I will Investigate it!

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Thanks! I love JA!!!

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Smothermuchie made a vertical keyboard layout for xkbd. Search ITT for it.

Re: New Port: Jagged Alliance 2 Engine
 

Cool stuff! I'm off to buy the game and try this out. :cool:

Re: New Port: Jagged Alliance 2 Engine
 

Holy crap! Now where'd I put those old Jagged Alliance disks....

(Thanks for the port!)

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Sorry guys, I didn't remember that virtual keyboard doesn't work with fullscreen sdl apps. Game is still playable without it, but i'm not sure you can actually finish the game without it. Need to look into that more.

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This looks awesome, just have to get the game. :D

Does anybody know if the steam version will work?

http://storefront.steampowered.com/v...ame&AppId=1620

Re: New Port: Jagged Alliance 2 Engine
 

Yes, it should work with that.

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Ok, thanks! I think I'll try and bum a copy off a friend first and if not I'll check out the steam version. Looks like another sweet addition to the tablet game collection!

I think we should get an (un)official list of games that have been ported over to maemo along with links to their .debs and instructions, maybe in a new thread or on the wiki.

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Ok, here's a quick new release (first post updated). I noticed xkbd somewhat works with the game. You just need to use the shift (^-key) to type uppercase letters. Numbers don't work, so i changed the I.M.P code in the game from xep624 to just xep. So now non-n810 owners should be able to access it. I also modified the startup script to start xkbd with the game if it's installed and you have a 770 or N800 tablet. It uses the layout arnims mentioned earlier. I bundled it with the game. N810 owners should probably use the package posted earlier. Report problems if you have them.

Update: xkbd doesn't seem to work with the 770 :(

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Ukki, thank you very much once more. It works great with the vertical keyboard and plays much more comfortably. I did not notice any problem with the game being full screen and the keyboard working. Perfecto!

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I got it running last night, great job!

I dont have any audio though...is it supposed to be working or isn't audio supported in this version?

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Audio works perfectly for me. Speech and music plus all click and gui effects in the game.

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So it doesn't have to be the retail package released for Linux?

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Hmmm, I wonder what's wrong then. I get the standard maemo "clicks" when I touch the screen, but that's it.

Can anyone recommend where I can start debugging this? it's just not the same without sound.

(to the other poster, yes the windows data files work)

Re: New Port: Jagged Alliance 2 Engine
 

Perhaps there is something wrong with the version of the Jagged Game Files you are using. Check. There are dozens of pirate copies floating around with various bits ripped out.

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Had to go digging through boxes for the original game CDs and that did it. Thanks for the tip.

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No, Windows version works too.

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Well it seems to run fine for me. Speed is good and controls seem to be adequate, although I only played for a few minutes. :D

I did have a problem running it though, the shortcut installed doesn't work for me. The window just pops up and disappears real quick with no error. Same when run from the console. Works fine when run from the console under root. Hopefully that can be fixed soon, other than that minor issue (could be show stopper for some though) great game!

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Can you post the error message you get when you run it from a console? Try starting it with a command 'jagged'. I suspect there's something wrong with your /home/user/.ja2/ja2.ini or maybe the permissions on /home/user/.ja2 directory are incorrect.

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Ukki, thank you so much. JA2 is one of my all-time-favorites.

Unfortunately I have one problem:
I cannot access the "AIM" Website, more specifically I can access the main page but the four buttons at the bottom (members/rules/history/links) do not work for me. The only way for me to play is to generate my own soldier (with the xep... code).

I am using german data files; I tried the Windows Straciatella binary and everything worked.

I thought about generating a (windows) savegame and then resume the game on my n800, but the savegame won't be accepted.

Every hint is appreciated. And again: Thank you so much!

P.S.: I have the N800 tablet. The rest of the game works fine.

Re: New Port: Jagged Alliance 2 Engine
 

That's odd, they should work normally. Game is compiled for english language, so maybe it doesn't do anything because you are missing the data files? Can you try with english data files? I can compile a german version too if you want.

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When run NOT as root from the console "ja2" there are no error messages:

~ $ ja2
~ $

Same with jagged, the window pops up for about 2 frames and then it's gone, like I said. It's kind of curious, huh?

The FIRST time I tried to run it, it had an error, I think (can't remember now) that it was something like unable to make ~/.ja2/Data, so I ran as root, fixed that error.

EDIT: Hehe, well I got to thinking that it's likely the problem is because Data and ja2.ini are owned by root. Unforuntely I can't change the owner because "there's not enough space left on device". (there's only 1KB of space left :eek:)

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Perhaps lack of space for some temp files is causing that.

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Ukki, thanks for you reply. I guess the error is related to the german data files. I used the german straciatella binary for windows, that's probably why the error didn't occur there.

Would it be possible for you to compile a german binary for the IT? Thanks a million - I do not know how to obtain english data files.

If it's too much trouble I won't be worried - fighting Deidranna only with my self-created soldier still is so much fun on the N800 :)

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Ok, I manged to free up some space. It's weird, once you get such low space, you can't even UNinstall stuff! :eek: That's pretty poor design in my opinion.

Anyway, I changed the owners to user for Data and Da2.set NOW it launches from the shortcut and ja2 under user but it gives the following error:

===> sgp/FileMan.c:456: EraseDirectory() is not implemented
Aborted

Looks like we need more functions! :D

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@theimann
It's no trouble to compile a german binary, I'll do it tonight.

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Good news! I got it to work under the normal user. I just had to set full access permission to everything in ~/.ja2/* kind of a pain, but it works any way so I'm happy. Looks like a great game too!

How I wonder how long it will be until we get StarCraft on the tablets! Blizzard just released a No-CD update for StarCraft today, good times! :D

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Did you mess around as root? My install script should create that dir and the ini-file and chown it to user, so there shouldn't be any permission problems unless the game creates them as root user.

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The only /data folder I found was on the 2nd CD in the /install folder. Is this the one? It's only 312mb and I thought I read that the data is about 1GB.

Or do I have to install the game on my PC to get the /data folder I'm looking for?