[Maemo5] Free Heroes 2 - Heroes of Might and Magic 2 engine [Archive] - maemo.org

mece

2010-04-23, 18:28

Free Heroes 2 is now in extras-devel!

http://i.imgur.com/09SfF.png

We'll use this thread for bugreporting at first.

Instructions:

Install the program and copy your data and maps files (under DATA and MAPS folders in the original game) to /opt/fheroes2/files/data
and the map files under /opt/fheroes2/files/maps

You can have them elsewhere if you modify the fheroes2.cfg to point to the correct location.

Please note that Campaign mode and Kingdom view is not implemented in the upstream, so we'll have to wait until the developer implements those.

This is due to the fact that There is a demodata package coming to extras, with the demo data automagically installed.

if you don't have the game, you can download the demo data package from extras-devel, and be able to play it right away.

the config and save files are stored under ~/.fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg and ~/.fheroes2/save/
so if you have save files from playing the earlier versions, you can copy them there and they will (should) show up in the game.

Gameplay:
It seems to work very well on my device at least. Right click is mapped to ctrl-click, or you can enable longclick by changeing the line
# pocket pc = off
to
pocket pc = on
in the fheroes.cfg file mentioned above.

Big thank yous go out to MohamamdAG for the packaging assistance and Frank Banul for providing icon and desktop file.

PS: if you installed build 6 or earlier, you will have to modify your fheroes2.cfg file, or copy the new fheroes2_default.cfg file over it to get the correct data and maps paths for the demodata package. reinstalling will not automatically replace your cfg file.

The packages are optified. They will however take up 5786 bytes of data on your rootfs.

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To install the data files from your original game you need to transfer the MAPS and DATA folders to your phone.

You then need to copy the contents from MyDocs to opt:
I have my data stored under Mydocs/Games/HOMM2/
so I would write the following to copy them to the proper place:
root
cp /home/user/MyDocs/games/HOMM2/MAPS/* /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/
cp /home/user/MyDocs/games/HOMM2/DATA/* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/

drums4life687

2010-04-23, 19:45

mece

2010-04-23, 19:58

There is now a new package in extras-devel which is called fheroes2-demodata, which contains demodata for fheroes2. It contains one map for the game.

You can just install the demodata package if you want to play the game right away, the actual game will be installed with it.

if you have the original files, then just install the fheroes2 package and copy the data and maps files to /opt/fheroes2/files/data and /opt/fheroes2/files/maps.

You can also move the data files to MyDocs if you want, but then you have to modify the fheroes2.cfg file in ~/.fheroes2/ to point to the new location.

Here's a screenshot from the demo:
http://i.imgur.com/oNReu.png

mece

2010-04-23, 20:00

So i followed these instructions however whenever I try to start the game a few windows open then close right away. No game data appears to load and the windows are black for the short time they are open.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but still have the same problem. Using version, 0.5-maemo-7. Any insight?

uninstall and delete the config file, and then reinstall. That should do it. Do you have the data files? Those are required. If you don't have them, download the demodata package.

EDIT the config file is /home/user/.fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg

usar

2010-04-23, 21:06

is it normal to see whole map opened in start?
also i always start with a super hero with some dragons.

ang

2010-04-23, 22:34

got music working. i uploaded the ogg files onto 4shared:

http://www.4shared.com/file/n4lWYGOi/homm2music.html

unzip these into your /fheroes2/files/music directory

edit your fheroes2.cfg file so that the line

music = on

says music = ext

you may also want to uncomment the music volume line and change it to 8, i found that to be about the right loudness.

mece

2010-04-23, 22:37

is it normal to see whole map opened in start?
also i always start with a super hero with some dragons.

No, it's not normal.. The
maps files need to be owned by user.
this will fix the problem:
I will patch the packages. Thanks for reporting.

[code]root
chown user /opt/fheroes2/files/maps
chown user /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/*

EDIT: New version (build #8) fixes this issue

Maalak

2010-04-23, 22:39

mece

2010-04-24, 00:11

Thank you very much :)

I had a crash with the demo map while I was moving the hero on the map, but after a new trial with the true game maps, everything seemed ok.

Except that texts are damn small. I fear what it would have been if both screen and games were 800x600 instead of the "small" 640x480 :D

you can change the size of the fonts if you modify the fheroes2.cfg file like this:
# use ttf fonts
# unicode = off
#
# force lang
# lang = en
#
# font name (only with unicode = on)
# fonts normal = dejavusans.ttf
# fonts small = dejavusans.ttf
# fonts normal size = 15
# fonts small size = 10

to
# use ttf fonts
unicode = on
#
# force lang
# lang = en
#
# font name (only with unicode = on)
fonts normal = dejavusans.ttf
fonts small = dejavusans.ttf
fonts normal size = 18
fonts small size = 12

Not as pretty, but easier to read.

kara_bass

2010-04-24, 06:32

You can do right click a lot easier )

in .cfg file
tap mode = on

then, long tap does right click :-)

p.s.: sorry for my english

mthmob

2010-04-24, 06:54

I can still see the entire map. Both updated to rls 8 and did chown user commands. Maybe its not fixed in the engine remake yet?

Btw tested music addon. works great.

mthmob

2010-04-24, 07:06

If i start up the game and go directly to play *standard game", half the time, theres no fog of war so the entire map is shown. And the other half of times, fog of war is there, no problem... thats wierd?

Update: after further testing its almost as if every second time it works and every other it dosent, as if the game modifies something every time it starts.. and what ever it modifies, its affecting fog of war.

mece

2010-04-24, 08:05

how interesting. It seems to work fine on my device. Are you using the demodata or full game data? If it's the latter, which map does this? or is it all maps?

janezek

2010-04-24, 08:20

mthmob

2010-04-24, 08:28

how interesting. It seems to work fine on my device. Are you using the demodata or full game data? If it's the latter, which map does this? or is it all maps?

Its the full game files, taken directly from retail disc.

It happens on all maps, and its completly random. Sometimes it works several times in a row, other times its the opposite. Wich makes no sense :)

should i try and enable debug mode? dont know how it works though, but it might show something.

mece

2010-04-24, 08:35

first of all i want to thank for heroes 2! i played it yesterday for 2 hours and it is the same good experience as on PC!

but i have a problem this morning HOME was full, but before heroes 2 i had only 800mb, i am not saying it is heroes2 related, but how can i make shure it isnt?

Kristijan

well it is installed in home, as ar all other optified apps, opt is really /home/opt/
Anyway you can move the data and map files to MyDos to free up some space in home.
Here's how:
in xterm

root
mkdir /home/user/MyDocs/fheroes2
mv /opt/fheroes2/files/data /home/user/MyDocs/fheroes2/
mv /opt/fheroes2/files/maps /home/user/MyDocs/fheroes2/

then edit /home/user/.fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg
and change the lines
data = /opt/fheroes2/data
maps = /opt/fheroes2/maps
to
data = /home/user/MyDocs/fheroes2/data
maps = /home/user/MyDocs/fheroes2/maps

and you're good to go.

usar

2010-04-24, 08:37

@mthmob, i have same problem. Before chown its happend allways, now its completly random.
I have all maps too

mece

2010-04-24, 08:59

@usar @mthbob
check that /opt/fheroes2/files/maps
is
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Apr 23 23:21 maps
and all files in the maps directory is also owned by user group users.

If it is, try moving the map and data files to MyDocs as I described in a post above and see if it helps. I can't seem to recreate the problem on my device.

mece

2010-04-24, 09:38

Ok now I have the same problem too.
I might have jumped to conclusions with the full map problem. It doesn't seem to be affected by the ownership of files after all.

Will investigate further. A workaround seems to be to, if you manage to start a game properly, then you can save that. when the problem occurs, load the saved game, and after that you can start a new one. at least for me the new games start properly.

chenliangchen

2010-04-24, 14:21

Can see entire map as well...

And I can see dots at corners of each grid?

There seems no music on my device, the sound works fine. Am I missing some files? I also put the ogg file in /Music and change .cfg to ext but still doesn't work.

mece

2010-04-24, 17:55

scomic55

2010-04-24, 18:02

sorry for a really newbish question, but where on the n900 is the home/user/mydocs file? i cant find it in the file manager. is there something i need to do to make it show up?

thanks for the help

mece

2010-04-24, 18:10

sorry for a really newbish question, but where on the n900 is the home/user/mydocs file? i cant find it in the file manager. is there something i need to do to make it show up?

thanks for the help

the root of the file manager is /home/user/MyDocs/

so anything under that (e.g. /home/user/ is inaccessible to the file manager.

EDIT using MyDocs to store data files makes the game really slow...

scomic55

2010-04-24, 18:17

ok, so how do i access the files under mydocs?

mece

2010-04-24, 18:20

ok, so how do i access the files under mydocs?
ctrl-shift-x ;-)

chenliangchen

2010-04-25, 09:50

modify your fheroes2.cfg and change music = on to music = ext

I've already done that, doesnt work. My files are in MyDocs/fheroes2/Music, as I changed the link direct to MyDocs.

Also, when I install fheroes2, it says package broken but upgradeable. Strange... It runs well, but in app manager it's shown as broken.:confused:

chenliangchen

2010-04-25, 10:26

@mece: I solved... I moved data file to /opt and everything is working perfectly.

But the engine shown in app manager is still broken, although it's working.

I tested music as midi but it's not working. The problem of ext music is everytime it starts from beginning. But midi is not(from the orginal H2)

scomic55

2010-04-25, 10:51

sorry to keep asking basic questions, this is a learning experience for me.

Ive got as far as moving the data and map dirs to MyDocs but when I enter edit /home/user/.fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg into the xterm it says:

-sh: edit: not found

Have I missed something?

I really appreciate the help

little_beat

2010-04-25, 11:12

Scomic, there is no edit CL app in n900. I suggest you setup mc from extras-devel and edit your files there.

chenliangchen

2010-04-25, 11:19

enter vi and then press a for edit.

But don't move data to MyDocs, seems have a lot problems.

scomic55

2010-04-25, 11:35

thanks, i'll give those a try

Is there a way to copy the full game on to the phone without moving the data to MyDocs?

cool, I edited the maps and data lines and now its working fine. the campaign doesnt work, but the rest of the maps do which is fantastic

little_beat

2010-04-25, 14:31

Hey guys, did anyone except kara_bass manage to enable tap mode? I'm trying tap mode = on, but that doesn't work for me for whatever reason

chenliangchen

2010-04-25, 14:55

from a few hours of playing I noticed in fheroes2:

The AI is (much) more stupid than original H2, this makes the game much easier. And sometimes there is only one "row" of enemy when fight againest creatures standing on the map. In original H2 there were at least 3 "rows". The roumer from the traven is funny.
The creatures seems more easily to join you. BTW, the music on the sea is not working.

It's great fun to play H2 again! :-)

stobbsc

2010-04-25, 15:14

is someone going to package this game at some point?

ang

2010-04-25, 17:20

yep, the sea music seems a little buggy- it just continues playing the current track. even if it's the enemy's turn music. it's also not listed in the /music/README file so it might have just been left out?

i agree about the ai, one issue that i've run into is the enemy attacking the closest target even when there was a ranged attacker a few steps away (this is in hard mode).

from a few hours of playing I noticed in fheroes2:

The AI is (much) more stupid than original H2, this makes the game much easier. And sometimes there is only one "row" of enemy when fight againest creatures standing on the map. In original H2 there were at least 3 "rows". The roumer from the traven is funny.
The creatures seems more easily to join you. BTW, the music on the sea is not working.

It's great fun to play H2 again! :-)

mece

2010-04-25, 17:34

is someone going to package this game at some point?

What do you mean?

Editing config file is really easy with leafpad that you can find in the repositories.

install leafpad, and then, instead of starting it from the icon, just run xterm and type

leafpad .fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg

stobbsc

2010-04-25, 17:39

I'm not saying it's not easy, but it is easier for 90% of people if it's in a package and we just need to do and install..

chenliangchen

2010-04-25, 17:42

I'm not saying it's not easy, but it is easier for 90% of people if it's in a package and we just need to do and install..

Heroes2 is not open source and not free so it's better not upload the full retail version due to the copyright.:)

stobbsc

2010-04-25, 17:48

thats a very good point. but surely we could package the config files and stuff? Cause I assume most of us own the game, or we are using the free demo which is legal, but then again I'm 100% clued up on legal law and stuff

chenliangchen

2010-04-25, 19:15

I still don't know why occationally sometimes all the maps can be seen. Quite annoying. No clue why it happens...

Found another bug: Is Necromancy actually working? I don't get any skeletons after battle...

mece

2010-04-26, 06:07

I'm not saying it's not easy, but it is easier for 90% of people if it's in a package and we just need to do and install..
I think it's about as packaged as it ever will be.

To play, just install fheroes2-demodata from application manager and then click the icon in the application menu, as you do with other programs. Everything is included.

If you want the complete game to be packaged, you'd have to ask 3DO to make an N900 version for you. As it is now you have to copy the game data yourself as it is not free and thus can't be included in a package in the repositories.

If you want the complete game installed all you have to do is copy the content from DATA and MAPS content to the correct places (/opt/fheroes2/files/data and /opt/fheroes2/files/maps) and it's ready to go. No config editing needed.

stobbsc

2010-04-26, 08:10

Yeah I also get that issue, when the whole map is shown, it's very strange

SirKline

2010-04-26, 08:35

...
If you want the complete game installed all you have to do is copy the content from DATA and MAPS content to the correct places (/opt/fheroes2/files/data and /opt/fheroes2/files/maps) and it's ready to go. No config editing needed.

I think what he / she / it meant is that you need to get the data to the phone somehow. However if you do it via PC on a windows platform you have no access to the OPT folders. So have to fiddle around somehow, either by adjusting the cfg or by copying the folders within the N900 to the right place. Both which is not easy for the 'common' user.

mece

2010-04-26, 08:53

I think what he / she / it meant is that you need to get the data to the phone somehow. However if you do it via PC on a windows platform you have no access to the OPT folders. So have to fiddle around somehow, either by adjusting the cfg or by copying the folders within the N900 to the right place. Both which is not easy for the 'common' user.

Yes that is true I suppose, but I don't have a good solution. I guess the natural thing would be to default the data folders to MyDocs, but since that really hurts the performance of the game, and installing stuff directly to MyDocs from packages is generally a bad idea, I don't really feel it's a good idea. Perhaps I could use two folders to look for files, having two different paths by default. That way a non-techie persons could install the files to MyDocs if they want.

Thoughts?

PS "he / she / it" LOL

stobbsc

2010-04-26, 08:56

I think it's about as packaged as it ever will be.

To play, just install fheroes2-demodata from application manager and then click the icon in the application menu, as you do with other programs. Everything is included.

If you want the complete game to be packaged, you'd have to ask 3DO to make an N900 version for you. As it is now you have to copy the game data yourself as it is not free and thus can't be included in a package in the repositories.

If you want the complete game installed all you have to do is copy the content from DATA and MAPS content to the correct places (/opt/fheroes2/files/data and /opt/fheroes2/files/maps) and it's ready to go. No config editing needed.

Thanks for that.
Would it work if I people followed this method and copied the demo files to the same locations?
I actually have it running from the old manual installation process.
I'll try this way this afternoon :-)

stobbsc

2010-04-26, 09:00

Perhaps when you install the package it if gave you access to a sh file that did the copying for you , all it would require would be for you to have the files in the correct place in MyDocs and then they would be moved to opt or is this not possible?

gerbick

2010-04-26, 09:01

Stupid question, but isn't this the same game that came out in '96 or so?

SirKline

2010-04-26, 09:08

Stupid question, but isn't this the same game that came out in '96 or so?
Well, it's the same data, but it's a rewritten open source engine.

gerbick

2010-04-26, 09:17

Well, it's the same data, but it's a rewritten open source engine.

Thanks. Just was thinking about this game, couldn't quite remember who owned the rights.

stobbsc

2010-04-26, 09:19

Is everyone getting the whole map showing when ever they play a standard game now.
It seems to be doing it everytime :-(

ghedamat

2010-04-26, 09:45

thank you guys! I love this game!

mece

2010-04-26, 09:55

the all map revealed problem is debug mode. there should be "debug = off" line in your config file. Perhaps there is some other config file that is sometimes used or something. Really annoying being without the phone right now because I can't test it. Anyway that problem does not appear on a clean install, but I've had the problem and I'm not sure how it appeared.

stobbsc

2010-04-26, 10:05

I've check the fheroes2.cfg file and there is a line that says "debug = off".

I'll have to wait for you to get back to you phone, but thanks for the update.

optimaxxx

2010-04-26, 12:41

this might seem a bit daft, but can i use the data from homm 2 - gold?

thanks, the demo worked perfectly!!

stobbsc

2010-04-26, 12:43

I think you can , I have a full copy of the game and I just copied the data and map files and mine works, I assume this will work with the gold edition too

Laughing Man

2010-04-26, 12:52

Yes that is true I suppose, but I don't have a good solution. I guess the natural thing would be to default the data folders to MyDocs, but since that really hurts the performance of the game, and installing stuff directly to MyDocs from packages is generally a bad idea, I don't really feel it's a good idea. Perhaps I could use two folders to look for files, having two different paths by default. That way a non-techie persons could install the files to MyDocs if they want.

Thoughts?

PS "he / she / it" LOL

Maybe a script to copy the files from MyDocs over to /opt?

stobbsc

2010-04-26, 12:57

Maybe a script to copy the files from MyDocs over to /opt?

Yeah that's what I was thinking...

little_beat

2010-04-26, 13:03

I've tried new game 2 times, and on the first one it was debug mode (full map + super hero), the second time was ok and I'm currently playing that map. So if you're facing the issue try reopening the game and starting a new map - you should get a correct start one time, and then just save your game.
I also have couple of other issues, not sure if it's only me:
1) Kingdom view doesn't work for me. The one that shows all your castles and mines.
2) Battle options (grid and shadows) are only saved for a single map. So every time I start a new map I need to set these options on first battle. Would be great if I could set these options in some config or if it was saved globally like in the original game.
3) Horisontal map scrolling is triggered when you reach right side of the screen. This makes up+right scrolling almost impossible, as you always end up interacting with minimap instead. I suggest modifying the scrolling to be triggered when mouse pointer reaches left side of right pane.
4) Long tap right click - style seems more usable to me than ctrl+click, but I couldn't get this to work. Tap mode = on in the config wouldn't work. Maybe there is some specific place in the config to put this line? Or this might be some issue in cfg parsing code that also causes debug mode on.

And I also have one enhancement request:
Since all the buttons are kinda tiny it's inconvenient to close windows, especially 640x480 ones that have buttons in the very bottom edge of the screen, which is not very responsive. My suggestion is to implement winow closing on a tap outside of the window area. That would work even better for hero/castle view, since there are areas to left and right that show map view. This would also make the interface more maemo-friendly. In fact I was trying to close the windows by tapping outside of them first, and when it didn't work I suddenly understood it's just a desktop port with desktop-style interface.

DaVca

2010-04-26, 13:44

First let me say thank you for allowing us to play this awesome game on N900. Its perfect game for such a device. One odd bug I encounter during play:

(Im using HOMM2 GOLD from GOG, data and maps files in MyDocs, config edited, so far I was only testing small maps)

AI problems - AI sometimes breaks and stays on the spot, or repeats same routine (like traveling from obelisk to town over and over again). Seem to be quite random, most easily spotted on Skirmish map.

Repro steps: New Game/Standard Game/ (small maps) Skirmish/set difficulty on Normal, player as Knight (but it shouldn’t matter). Start the game. Visit hut of the Magi (on the right side, visible in the beginning of the game). Enemy position should be revealed by doing this. Now press End turn over and over again. Enemy hero will enter the town on day 7 and stay there for the rest of the game. Same thing happen while playing Dungeon Below (where enemy hero is constantly traveling from hometown to first obelisk).

mece

2010-04-26, 20:59

ok, debug mode bug should be fixed in the newest version in the repositories (fheroes2_0.5-maemo-11) It's currently in the builder queue. Unfortunately tap mode (long click) does not work, but it's next.

Many of the reported bugs, like AI bugs, and are from fheroes2 source, and as I'm merely working on getting the game ported to N900 I don't feel it's my business to muck about in the inner workings of the game right now. The main developers of the game are active, so I'm sure it will be updates coming that we'll use for the N900 port once they are available.

The scrolling and window closing might be something I could take a look at, once I get the long click fixed.

kara_bass

2010-04-26, 21:08

2 little_beat

in the end of config file there is line "tap mode = off", you must change it to "on" and delete "#"

it should work for long tap right click

mece

2010-04-26, 21:09

this might seem a bit daft, but can i use the data from homm 2 - gold?

Yep, as you can see DaVca is using the Gold data, as am I.

mece

2010-04-26, 21:28

2 little_beat

in the end of config file there is line "tap mode = off", you must change it to "on" and delete "#"

it should work for long tap right click

I believe it's pocket pc = on in this version. It doesn't work in the current version, but it will in the next.

mece

2010-04-26, 21:31

Ok, got it working. no cfg changes needed.had already set it..

Uploading to extras-devel now.

fheroes2_0.5-maemo-12 will have longclick for rightclick.

You need to change the row
# pocket pc = off
to
pocket pc = on

in your fheroes2.cfg to enable longclick.

little_beat

2010-04-26, 21:42

mece, thanks a lot for fast fixes!

will check them first thing tomorrow.

kara_bass

2010-04-27, 06:36

I believe it's pocket pc = on in this version. It doesn't work in the current version, but it will in the next.

I'm only tried version that in the topic about HOMM3 :)
"pocket pc = off" and "tap mode = on" worked for me ...
So i don't no why it's not working in your version :(

mece

2010-04-27, 07:03

I'm only tried version that in the topic about HOMM3 :)
"pocket pc = off" and "tap mode = on" worked for me ...
So i don't no why it's not working in your version :(

I think the source is a different version. No matter, it works fine with pocket pc = on

little_beat

2010-04-27, 08:20

Checked latest version - couldn't reproduce debug mode issue, so hopefully it's gone. Tap mode works like a charm.
Noticed interesting thing - when in battle you tap on a monster you can reach, a popup menu shows up. It contains all possible positions to attack and a question mark. This is extremely cool since it makes aiming with dragons on the go much easier and enables force melee attacks with titans. The problem is that question mark wouldn't show monster stats.
Another interesting thing I noticed is "config" button in start game menu. It contains a lot of useful settings (confirm save file overwrites, in-battle settings) and several useful mods, like buy units from well screen. This config seems to work well, however, it's not being saved upon exit, which makes me sad.
One more issue - I'm not able to input numbers using the keyboard. Not sure if it's worth fixing, unless there are some gate passwords that contain numbers.

And once again, thanks a lot for porting and maintaining the game, I can play it forever, which officially makes my N900 a gaming device.

Bytales

2010-04-27, 10:52

I think you can , I have a full copy of the game and I just copied the data and map files and mine works, I assume this will work with the gold edition too

How did u managed to copy the data files. I keep getting i don't have permision to write to that folder. I did manage to copy the maps files.

Another thing that bothers me is that the game exists when i press end turn, lets say 20% of the time. Does that have something to do with the fact that i didn't copy the data files ?

mece

2010-04-27, 11:56

How did u managed to copy the data files. I keep getting i don't have permision to write to that folder. I did manage to copy the maps files.

Let's say you have your data and map files under MyDocs/heroes2/DATA and MyDocs/heroes2/MAPS

You need rootsh installed. Then start xterm and do this:

root
cp /home/user/MyDocs/heroes2/DATA/* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/
cp /home/user/MyDocs/heroes2/MAPS/* /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/

then close xterm and launch the game.

Another thing that bothers me is that the game exists when i press end turn, lets say 20% of the time. Does that have something to do with the fact that i didn't copy the data files ?

Hm that never happened to me. Perhaps it's on that particular map? The XL maps have a tendency to crash. Mine usually crash at load though.

lubabula

2010-04-27, 14:32

I have original game and all maps are working and i simply love this game.

But i cant get campains working. It simply does nothing when clicking it. Is it possible to get it working?

Bytales

2010-04-27, 15:00

Let's say you have your data and map files under MyDocs/heroes2/DATA and MyDocs/heroes2/MAPS

You need rootsh installed. Then start xterm and do this:

root
cp /home/user/MyDocs/heroes2/DATA/* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/
cp /home/user/MyDocs/heroes2/MAPS/* /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/

then close xterm and launch the game.

Hm that never happened to me. Perhaps it's on that particular map? The XL maps have a tendency to crash. Mine usually crash at load though.

Thanks for the info. I think it's a XL map issue. Two things i's like to add;
When you enter the castle, because the castle view is 640x480, there are margins showing the map view behind the castle view. Can there be something done about it ?

The maps files are mp2 extensions, so i get a lot o files in my music player in unknown section and it bothers me. Can there be something done about this as well ?

LuckTR

2010-04-27, 15:09

HEROES!!! GTFOOH!!! Day just barely started and you`re making it worth living once again, N900. Thanks to all involved for making this ultimate game possible on my tablet. TNX community!

mece

2010-04-27, 18:03

The maps files are mp2 extensions, so i get a lot o files in my music player in unknown section and it bothers me. Can there be something done about this as well ?

well if you move them to opt they won't show up in the music player I think.

If you want to keep them in MyDocs and feel adventurous you can just edit
/home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg

and add
$HOME/MyDocs/fheroes2/;

to the end of line that looks something like
NoWatchDirectory=$HOME/MyDocs/core-dumps/;$HOME/MyDocs/cities/;$HOME/MyDocs/.sounds/Ringtones/;$HOME/MyDocs/tmp/;/media/mmc1/tmp/;/media/mmc1/cities/;

assuming you keep the map and data files under MyDocs/fheroes2

after that reset the tracker with
tracker-processes -r
as user in xterm.

Bytales

2010-04-27, 19:33

When i tried to copy files just like you told me

cp /home/user/MyDocs/_Byta/_Games/Heroes 2/DATA* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/
and i get
cp: omitting directory '/home/user/MyDocs/_Byta/_Games/Heroes 2/DATA'

and i have a feeling the copy didn't work

i have rootsh installed
i first tried to type root
then tried with sudo gainroot

i get same message. What's the deal ?

well if you move them to opt they won't show up in the music player I think.

If you want to keep them in MyDocs and feel adventurous you can just edit
/home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg

1)What does this do ?

and add
$HOME/MyDocs/fheroes2/;

2)What does this do ?

to the end of line that looks something like
NoWatchDirectory=$HOME/MyDocs/core-dumps/;$HOME/MyDocs/cities/;$HOME/MyDocs/.sounds/Ringtones/;$HOME/MyDocs/tmp/;/media/mmc1/tmp/;/media/mmc1/cities/;

3)What does this do ?

assuming you keep the map and data files under MyDocs/fheroes2

after that reset the tracker with
tracker-processes -r
as user in xterm.
4)What does this do ?

mece

2010-04-27, 22:43

When i tried to copy files just like you told me

cp /home/user/MyDocs/_Byta/_Games/Heroes 2/DATA* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/
and i get
cp: omitting directory '/home/user/MyDocs/_Byta/_Games/Heroes 2/DATA'

and i have a feeling the copy didn't work

i have rootsh installed
i first tried to type root
then tried with sudo gainroot

i get same message. What's the deal ?

you have to follow the instructions exactly when doing stuff in xterm. A missing / can cause great damage. In this case the left out / only caused an error message though. / before *

If the tracker.cfg stuff doesn't make sense, then perhaps it's best leave it alone or read up on it. There are several threads about hiding files from tracker that might help you. Type tracker.cfg in the search field.

Bytales

2010-04-28, 08:52

efekt

2010-04-28, 09:04

I installed the game to the opt/fheroes2 directory before the .deb package was available - Can I just keep it updated by using the latest version in the repo, installing it with the application manager? Or I need a whole new installation?

Btw, I've played it a lot by now and encountered almost no errors at all. I disabled the debug mode by myself...
I'd REALLY like it if somehow there could be an option to do "Load game" in the middle of a battle, and in the map itself it'd be really nice to have an option to view the treasure map (the one which can be viewed by touching the obelisks).

Thanks mece!

michaaa62

2010-04-28, 09:12

Traker ? Is that the "thing" that adds files to music player ?
Can i modify something so that it doesn't add certain directories?
I could really use that.
Can you point the link where i can further read about it ?

The file to edit is /home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg
Edit the NoWatchDirectory line and add your path to hide.

little_beat

2010-04-28, 09:19

efekt

2010-04-28, 10:26

Efect, both things actually present in the game.

"Load game" in the middle of the battle wasn't available in original game as well (neither in heroes3), but you can retreat and load afterwards. From map view, you can load by pressing floppy disk button in the right pane.

That - I know, I just wanted a shortcut :)
Btw, in battle - its not very easy to press the "battle options" button, and sometimes I accidentally press the "auto-combat" button :o
If something could be done with this problem, it would be quite a welcome addition...

And you actually can look at obelisks map - this option is under "flag" button in the same right pane.
:eek::eek::eek:
How did I miss that?! :eek:
Thanks! :)

As for updating the game - I successfully updated the game from app manager, and both data files and game saves survived this update. So I believe you can update from app manager as well.
And again, thanks! :D

little_beat

2010-04-28, 11:58

I'm facing small combat options button issue as well. That's why I requested a possibility for those options to be set elsewhere.
As a workaround, you can set those options from the config menu item under start new game. Then, these options would be set for any map you start until you close the app. This config contains some mods as well - some of them are really interesting.

janezek

2010-04-28, 12:40

it is possible to save option in game? i always have to set AI movment off etc... before start playing and it is anoying!

Kristijan

little_beat

2010-04-28, 13:07

There are couple of options that can be set from fheroes2.cfg (volume, animation speed are the ones I changed there). For all the other options we need mace's opinion.

Bytales

2010-04-28, 21:34

Why isn't the campaign and kingdom view work ?

efekt

2010-04-28, 21:53

I installed fheroes 2 from the repository and it didn't run anymore, so I had to re-edit the .cfg and comment out the lines with the path variables pointing to the maps and data files.
It also renamed my /save directory to /save.bkp, so I had to rename that one too...
Just FYI.

Bundyo

2010-04-28, 23:44

Why isn't the campaign and kingdom view work ?

Not implemented upstream. Mece, can you add that precious info to the first post? :)

Bytales

2010-04-29, 09:16

Not implemented upstream. Mece, can you add that precious info to the first post? :)

So this isn't implemented yet, but it can be done, right ?

mece

2010-04-29, 09:20

So this isn't implemented yet, but it can be done, right ?

I haven't checked, but it's probably in the plans. I'm not working on developing the game itself so it's not me who is doing it. I'm merely making what is ready usable on the N900.

SirKline

2010-04-29, 23:52

I've tried to check that and according to what i found out, the project seems to be pretty much on hold. So it's not looking very good for a campaign mode...

mece

2010-05-02, 21:41

I've tried to check that and according to what i found out, the project seems to be pretty much on hold. So it's not looking very good for a campaign mode...

Yeah yeah. It's been on hold since... yesterday! No svn commits today! ;)

anyway, I'll see if something interesting gets fixed and then update.

efekt

2010-05-04, 07:56

Found a buggy bug :)
If playing music with the media player and starting the game (leaving media player minimized in the background), if entering combat screen - the combat never starts: no one gets to start its turn - the game looks like its "waiting" to determine who's going to be the first to make a move, but it just never "decides". The game does not freeze.

Ikari

2010-05-04, 08:09

Oh yeah, I had that happened to me last week. Thought it was just me. The battle would resume once media player stopped. Anyways, the AI is terrible on this, even on "Impossible" they are easier than the easiest setting on the desktop version. They never try to attack, you can just gallop around right around their castle and take over their resources while they waste half a week before they try to take those resources back. Oh and I found that even though they build up their strongest unit, they rarely use them. Playing the bigger maps, some times I take over castles and find like 30 black dragons or titans just sitting there..

optimaxxx

2010-05-04, 12:06

yeah, same error, also same thing as Ikari bout thinking it was just me, also it seems that all of the custom options (the options available in the main menu) are forgotten when i close > re-open the game

i'd also love for something to be done about auto-combat and the option buttons being so freaking close, and so god-damn tiny!!

otherwise going great!

ududud

2010-05-04, 15:38

first, ty for all!...

i was install the demo and file from extras... the game run ok all ok, but how can get more maps? where is the route from copy the maps

Ikari

2010-05-04, 19:06

first, ty for all!...

i was install the demo and file from extras... the game run ok all ok, but how can get more maps? where is the route from copy the maps

This is what it said in the first post and it worked for me.
"Install the program and copy your data and maps files (under DATA and MAPS folders in the original game) to /opt/fheroes2/files/data
and the map files under /opt/fheroes2/files/maps"

ududud

2010-05-05, 13:42

This is what it said in the first post and it worked for me.
"Install the program and copy your data and maps files (under DATA and MAPS folders in the original game) to /opt/fheroes2/files/data
and the map files under /opt/fheroes2/files/maps"

ty, when i stay in my house i try this...

and sorry for no press attention your first post :(

ududud

2010-05-05, 17:28

Only run with the data/maps from Heroes 2 Original or algo can run with HEROES 2 GOLD EDITION???

sajman

2010-05-05, 18:29

kingy game.....

kamil365

2010-05-05, 20:35

Only run with the data/maps from Heroes 2 Original or algo can run with HEROES 2 GOLD EDITION???

Works fine with gold edition. Even with polish language:)

ududud

2010-05-08, 11:57

ok, after innstalled the engine + demo, i was copyed the "data" and "maps" from my original game, and ok the maps runs oks, But when i "click" to Campaign this no run, anyone know if i need to delete the "demo" maybe? or the campaign no run?

ty

Maalak

2010-05-08, 15:15

It's been already said in the previous page, the Campaign mode isn't working yet.

ududud

2010-05-08, 16:46

oh... y.... my fail.. this is for not read all pages, ty again....

im play every night in the bed ^^ before sleep ;)

and w8ing for any update for campaign..

GJ!

Ikari

2010-05-12, 07:11

Hmm not sure if this is just me, but when I attack a castle some times the catapult will fire twice at the same section of the wall. The first one will break down the wall and the second shot will land in the same place and undo the first shot, so it's like nothing happened.

drtoast

2010-05-12, 09:29

sorry for the incredibly dumb question, but where do i copy the map and data files to using windows?

thanks in advance

mece

2010-05-12, 17:56

sorry for the incredibly dumb question, but where do i copy the map and data files to using windows?

thanks in advance

never done this, so I'm just assuming.

You need to have rootsh installed

Connect your n900 to your computer with usb in mass storage mode. The phone should show up as a removable device in windows.

copy the DATA and MAPS folders from the computer to, for example, your Documents folder on your N900.

After you're done copying, unplug the N900 and launch xterm

type root
and copy the files from /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/DATA/ and /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/MAPS/ to the fheroes2 folder like this:

cp /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/DATA/* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/
cp /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/MAPS/* /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/

assuming the folders names are in capital letters in the original game, as they are in the gold edition one.

drtoast

2010-05-12, 21:58

Thanks i'll test it out when i get home from work,

Didn't realise documents was MyDocs, i'll let you know how it goes in approximately 8.5 hours

mece

2010-05-13, 19:21

Thanks i'll test it out when i get home from work,

Didn't realise documents was MyDocs, i'll let you know how it goes in approximately 8.5 hours

actually Documents is MyDocs/.documents/

Mannerheim

2010-05-20, 21:49

Don't remember seeing this bug:
Can't update giants to titans. Was playing and bought couple giants, upgraded cloud castle or what was it, and wont give me option to upgrade those. Dunno other races yet. Have the original maps/data while played, those files r where game is installed @.

But absolutely awesome job to bring this masterpiece to n900 users, just love it.
Just keeping up the hope for homm III too... :)

mece

2010-06-11, 21:58

Uploading new version of fheroes2. Unfortunately no improvements to gameplay, only some packaging stuff, and bugtracker link. Thinking I could promote this to testing and see how it goes.

Alex Korova

2010-06-11, 22:28

Thanks a lot for this - have just tested it for a few minutes with the data from my HoMM 2 Gold and so far it's working nicely.

0x47

2010-06-21, 14:54

Sorry if this has already been explained somewhere. I was trying to find a project/garage site for this application but couldn't find it. I suppose this is a direct build from the original project located here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/fheroes2/). So where can I see what revision this is build from? And what are the changes? Is it a branch? Hope someone could point me to the place where the work happens.

I was thinking about compiling it from source. If someone already did the job of porting it, I was hoping to use this for reference. That way I'd be able to contribute back to the original project and have better progress in development instead of just using the given code.

Besides, what we already have works out of the box and really nice using the retail data/maps and soundtrack! :) Thanks a lot!

Cheers,
Daniel

mece

2010-06-21, 16:10

mece

2010-07-01, 18:14

Free Heroes 2 (http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/fheroes2/0.5-maemo-14/) and demodata (http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/fheroes2-demodata/1.0-maemo-3/) is now in extras-testing.

:)

HtheB

2010-07-04, 19:20

efekt

2010-07-04, 21:55

Mece, I've recently encountered a strange error while playing H2 - When one of my castles is on a siege, and I'm about to finally kill all the attacker's army, the game suddenly closes itself... I can reproduce it with a specific save, and it'll always happen during one of the last turns in this specific combat - though this has never happened to me before.

Could you think of why this is happening?

No music :(

Do I have to add it seperatly like ang (http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=625186&postcount=6) did?
Yes.

HtheB

2010-07-04, 23:25

No music :(

Do I have to add it seperatly like ang (http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=625186&postcount=6) did?

Yes.

I still got no music...
(Where is the demo folder located at???)
I copied the .ogg files into /home/user/.fheroes2/files/music/ as the 6th post of this topic was saying...

also changed the .cfg file (music = ext )

What could be the problem?

Solved... It seems to be that I had to place the music files into /opt/fheroes2/files/music

:p

Koral

2010-07-24, 22:58

The thread seems to be too long that I couldn't read all. Sorry if this is a duplicate report.

Everything works fine with the game (and I have also the other data except the demo) except for one problem:
Whenever the rival party choses to escape from a bottle, the game exits automatically. Has anybody the same problem?

Because I already strategically prefer that the rival doesn't/cannot escape before I beat him (except for certain situations where I have to first wear out the rival by attacking him with little forces, use spells and escape myself repeatedly, until my forces I keep in a safe place (another hero or castle) are sufficient to beat him), it happens to be kind of good, so that I give attention that he doesn't escape, but it's still a bug.

Thank you for the good work to the contributor(s). Also thank you in advance for followups.

Koral

2010-07-25, 11:52

Mece, I've recently encountered a strange error while playing H2 - When one of my castles is on a siege, and I'm about to finally kill all the attacker's army, the game suddenly closes itself... I can reproduce it with a specific save, and it'll always happen during one of the last turns in this specific combat - though this has never happened to me before.

Could you think of why this is happening?

Yes.

This is the same error I've encountered. It has nothing to do with the castle siege. It also happens in the battles outside of the castle. It happens when the opponent decides to run away.

efekt

2010-07-26, 16:03

I'm experiencing the same thing - game crashes when the enemy's hero tries to bail from combat...

arnoldux

2010-07-29, 04:20

is there anyway to type numbers in the game? so we can cheat? or how can we cheat :D

efekt

2010-07-29, 11:42

I think you'll have to remap some of the keys...

mece

2010-08-02, 11:37

fheroes2 and demodata are now in extras.

I'll see about setting up a proper garage project for this so we can get some bugfixes going.

I would like some help with this since I'm a little low on time myself. Are you still interested 0x47?

mece

2010-08-04, 10:52

A new version is coming to extras-devel, this is patched with the latest sources from upstream, and I have no idea how good it actually works (it does start, but I haven't tested more than that) So I would appreciate some testing. The bugs reported here might or might not be fixed. Also, I'm not sure if saves are compatible.

Test it and let me know. (the version is 0.5-maemo-r1916-2 :) nice huh?)

EDIT ok that version number was counted as lower than the previous, so it was cleaned out :/
new version number is 0.5.1916-maemo-1. In the builder queue now.

efekt

2010-08-04, 20:59

Good job mece, I promise to play around with it! :)

chenliangchen

2010-08-05, 02:50

Thanks mece!! I'll report any improvements. Thank you so much!

Nooby

2010-08-12, 18:05

Please, I've tried to install fheroes2, for few times, but as u can see I'm totally N00b and I don't even know how to write a simple command in Xterminal, I have the Game on my desktop computer, and port on my N900, so if any one could offer easiest/simplest solution how to play a full game, please do so!
Best regards Noob:confused:

jaybremner

2010-08-13, 02:07

To install the data files from your original game you need to transfer the MAPS and DATA folders to your phone.

You then need to copy the contents from MyDocs to opt:
I have my data stored under Mydocs/Games/HOMM2/
so I would write the following to copy them to the proper place:
root
cp /home/user/MyDocs/games/HOMM2/MAPS/* /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/
cp /home/user/MyDocs/games/HOMM2/DATA/* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/
[/QUOTE]

Hi Guys,

You all appear to be significantly smarter and more technologically advanced than me but my determination and stubbornness is not allowing me to give in to the frustration that is copying the data and maps files for HOMM2! I can play the demo version just fine but I just cannot, for the life of me, figure out all this rootsh stuff to get it to work properly...

ok, the story so far...
I have installed rootsh and accessed the root shell by typing "sudo gainroot" into my X terminal.
it then says "/home/user #" in the terminal and I try to input the command lines that you have all been suggesting (trust me, I am trying, I just need some personal help... perhaps some professional help once this is all done!! haha!)
I have copied the data and maps files to my phone using the PC suite connection into "documents/data" and "documents/maps".
My question is this... what should I type to a) find these folders in x-terminal and then b) copy them to the correct location.

I'm really sorry to be such a goon about all this, and I know that you have been trying to help other people with the same problem, but following the command lines suggested to other people has not solved a thing on my phone :(

If anyone can shed some light on the situation I would be more than grateful cos right now I am pulling my hair out and working my way to premature baldness! haha!

Many thanks,

J

ivgalvez

2010-08-14, 10:02

New version is working perfect for me.

Alex Korova

2010-08-14, 13:05

New version seems to be working fine for me (with Gold edition data)

mece

2010-08-15, 14:57

To install the data files from your original game you need to transfer the MAPS and DATA folders to your phone.

You then need to copy the contents from MyDocs to opt:
I have my data stored under Mydocs/Games/HOMM2/
so I would write the following to copy them to the proper place:
root
cp /home/user/MyDocs/games/HOMM2/MAPS/* /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/
cp /home/user/MyDocs/games/HOMM2/DATA/* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/

Hi Guys,

You all appear to be significantly smarter and more technologically advanced than me but my determination and stubbornness is not allowing me to give in to the frustration that is copying the data and maps files for HOMM2! I can play the demo version just fine but I just cannot, for the life of me, figure out all this rootsh stuff to get it to work properly...

ok, the story so far...
I have installed rootsh and accessed the root shell by typing "sudo gainroot" into my X terminal.
it then says "/home/user #" in the terminal and I try to input the command lines that you have all been suggesting (trust me, I am trying, I just need some personal help... perhaps some professional help once this is all done!! haha!)
I have copied the data and maps files to my phone using the PC suite connection into "documents/data" and "documents/maps".
My question is this... what should I type to a) find these folders in x-terminal and then b) copy them to the correct location.

I'm really sorry to be such a goon about all this, and I know that you have been trying to help other people with the same problem, but following the command lines suggested to other people has not solved a thing on my phone :(

If anyone can shed some light on the situation I would be more than grateful cos right now I am pulling my hair out and working my way to premature baldness! haha!

Many thanks,

J

Try this:

root
cp /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/maps/* /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/
cp /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/data/* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/

I don't know if you wrote the path of your files accurately since the documents folder is actually written Documents on my phone, with a capital D. So documents is not the same as Documents, and maps is not the same as MAPS. Regardless, the Documents folder is in /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/ from xterm, so if your maps and data folders are in lower case as you described, then the above commands should copy the files correctly.

"root" is an alias for "sudo gainroot" btw. just shorter and nicer ;)

mece

2010-08-15, 15:04

has this bug:

Whenever the rival party choses to escape from a battle, the game exits automatically.

been fixed in the new version?

I was thinking on promoting this one, but I would like to know if it's any better eg crashes and whatnot.

ivgalvez

2010-08-16, 07:09

Still haven't seen any battle in which they surrender.

Nooby

2010-08-16, 12:45

Try this:

root
cp /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/maps/* /opt/fheroes2/files/maps/
cp /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/data/* /opt/fheroes2/files/data/

I don't know if you wrote the path of your files accurately since the documents folder is actually written Documents on my phone, with a capital D. So documents is not the same as Documents, and maps is not the same as MAPS. Regardless, the Documents folder is in /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/ from xterm, so if your maps and data folders are in lower case as you described, then the above commands should copy the files correctly.

"root" is an alias for "sudo gainroot" btw. just shorter and nicer ;)

This was useful to me, now I can play full game, tnx Mece, btw Black metal ist Krieg!

geckon

2010-08-16, 13:26

mece

2010-08-16, 15:20

Hi everyone!

First of all I'd like to thank you very much. I really enjoy playing this game on my N900.

I have a little problem and hope you can help me. I have original game but the files are not in proper folders. So there is no MAPS or DATA directory in my HoMaM2 folder - all the files are in one single directory. I'd love to have more maps in my N900 but I don't know which files are needed. Could anyone post output of something like "ls /some/path/to/HoMaM2/DATA" and "ls /some/path/to/HoMaM2/MAPS"? It would really help me with completing the files.

I've got gold edition (that you can buy online for $10)

here's what's in maps:

ARRAX.MX2 Alteris.mp2 Alteris2.mp2 BELTWAY.MP2 BROKENA.MP2 BlackFor.mp2 CAMP1_01.HXC CAMP1_02.HXC CAMP1_03.HXC CAMP1_04.HXC CAMP1_05.HXC CAMP1_06.HXC CAMP1_07.HXC CAMP1_08.HXC CAMP2_01.HXC CAMP2_02.HXC CAMP2_03.HXC CAMP2_04.HXC CAMP2_05.HXC CAMP2_06.HXC CAMP2_07.HXC CAMP2_08.HXC CAMP3_01.HXC CAMP3_02.HXC CAMP3_03.HXC CAMP3_04.HXC CAMP4_01.HXC CAMP4_02.HXC CAMP4_03.HXC CAMP4_04.HXC CAMPE01.H2C CAMPE02.H2C CAMPE03.H2C CAMPE04.H2C CAMPE05.H2C CAMPE05B.H2C CAMPE06.H2C CAMPE07.H2C CAMPE08.H2C CAMPE09.H2C CAMPE10.H2C CAMPE11.H2C CAMPG01.H2C CAMPG02.H2C CAMPG03.H2C CAMPG04.H2C CAMPG05.H2C CAMPG05B.H2C CAMPG06.H2C CAMPG07.H2C CAMPG08.H2C CAMPG09.H2C CAMPG10.H2C CARMINE.MX2 ClouXeen.MX2 ColosCav.MX2 DEATHG.MP2 DECISION.MX2 DOMINION.MX2 DRAGON.MX2 DRAGONR.MP2 DRAGONW.MP2 DdDragon.mp2 Dungeonb.mx2 ENROTH.MP2 FOOLGOLD.MX2 FORHONOR.MX2 FORSAKEN.MP2 FORTRESS.MX2 FULLHSE.MX2 FamReun.MX2 GOODVS.MP2 GREED.MX2 GROUNDZE.MX2 GRWar2.MX2 GUARDWAR.MX2 GateHell.mp2 GhostPlt.MX2 GoAskAli.mp2 GrimReap.MP2 HEROES.MP2 HOTSPOT.MP2 HUNICORN.MX2 ISLEMAZE.MX2 KINGDTH.MX2 LOSTCON.MP2 LOSTRELI.MP2 LastHope.mx2 Leopoldv.mx2 Ludicrou.mx2 MAGIC3.MX2 MIGHTV.MP2 MINERALW.MP2 MOUNT.MP2 MerryMen.mp2 MireStra.MX2 NEWENEMY.MX2 NVSS.MX2 OVERLORD.MP2 PANDAMON.MP2 PEASANTS.MX2 PIRATE.MX2 PORTALS.MX2 PYRAMID.MP2 PlainAek.MX2 Quadrup.mx2 REVOLU.MP2 RIVER.MP2 RdHome.mp2 RiddleMe.mp2 RocRound.MX2 SANDTIME.MX2 SCORCH.MP2 SEASONS.MX2 SEVENL.MP2 SHIPW.MP2 SHRKANIA.MX2 SKIRMISH.MX2 SLUGFEST.MP2 SPELLC.MP2 SURFTURF.MX2 SlayerLeg.mp2 SuddenSe.mp2 TELEPORT.MP2 TERRAF.MP2 TERRAIN.MX2 THEBACK.MX2 THECLEAR.MP2 THEOTHER.MP2 Threedom.mx2 Thunk.mx2 UNDEADA.MP2 UNHOLY.MP2 VALLEY.MX2 VIKINGS.MP2 WARIORK.MP2 WASTL.MP2 WHOAM.MP2 WINTERL.MP2 WITCHHNT.MX2 WIZLAND1.MP2 WIZLAND2.MX2 WIZLAND3.MX2

and here's data:

CAMPAIGN.HS HEROES2.AGG IVYDES.SMK IVYPOL.SMK VYVOY.SMK IVYWIZ.SMK NETLODR.DAT STANDARD.HS heroes2x.agg

mece

2010-08-18, 17:27

pushed latest fheroes2 to testing to get some more opinions.

ivgalvez

2010-08-19, 07:38

Thumbs up!

It's working very well for me since the first installation, saving and restoring games.

chenliangchen

2010-08-28, 17:22

@mece: Right click seems not working in the new version?? Thx...

infq

2010-08-29, 19:47

I cant get right click working, any ideas why? :/

efekt

2010-08-29, 22:09

mece have seen the previous comment (by chenliangchen), and if the problem is there he'll probably fix it as soon as he can...

mece

2010-08-30, 06:40

@mece: Right click seems not working in the new version?? Thx...

Oh bugger. I have to go through some changelogs then. Seems tap mode is not enabled for some reason. If I can't find the problem with config, I can hardcode it as a temporary solution. Anyway, I'll get right on it.

EDIT, ok I got it working. It's in the builder queue, so should be in the repo in half an hour

mece

2010-08-31, 04:46

New version (0.5.1916-maemo-3) has working long click to right click. Test it and see how it goes.

efekt

2010-08-31, 07:21

What about keyboard button+click for right-click? :)

mece

2010-08-31, 07:32

What about keyboard button+click for right-click? :)

I didn't realize anyone was using that. Should I add that you think?

efekt

2010-08-31, 20:24

Aye! I was using it... Much more comfortable, IMO... I normally use 'Q' as the trigger key, though because of it I developed a tendency to loose the feeling in my left hand's thumb... :D

aeol

2010-09-01, 20:38

chenliangchen

2010-09-02, 15:46

New version (0.5.1916-maemo-3) has working long click to right click. Test it and see how it goes.

It works well!!

Thank you sooo much for fixing this --- in such a short time. Mece is a hard worker!!:D

The source seems no improvement. Still no adventure magic, no compaign, stupid AI...

The only distance to perfect is the source...

mece

2010-09-03, 08:31

Long press for right click works well in 0.5.1916-maemo-3, thank you! Keyboard+tap for right click would be great too.
But now I am unable to choose the direction of attack in combat. There used to be a handy way to do this via long press, now it doesn't work.

Has the way long press is used been changed somehow? I believe the implementation is the same as before, or did you use the ctrl-click combo somehow?

@chenliangchen: Thanks you for your kind words. I'm still wondering though, is the fleeing enemy bug fixed? I haven't had time to test properly myself.

aeol

2010-09-03, 10:17

Has the way long press is used been changed somehow? I believe the implementation is the same as before, or did you use the ctrl-click combo somehow?

Both long press and ctrl+click worked the same way in combat: several small swords appeared showing available directions of attack. Then I was able to click on one of those swords to perform the attack.
Now long press shows monster info, and ctrl+click just attacks, like normal click. It's really hard to choose the right attack direction.

mece

2010-09-03, 10:26

Both long press and ctrl+click worked the same way in combat: several small swords appeared showing available directions of attack. Then I was able to click on one of those swords to perform the attack.
Now long press shows monster info, and ctrl+click just attacks, like normal click. It's really hard to choose the right attack direction.

apparently this has been changed in source. ctrl-click doesn't exist in the current version, but if you were able to do it without ctrl-click then that shouldn't matter. Out of curiosity, how did you get monster info before?

aeol

2010-09-03, 15:25

apparently this has been changed in source. ctrl-click doesn't exist in the current version, but if you were able to do it without ctrl-click then that shouldn't matter. Out of curiosity, how did you get monster info before?

In most cases I was not able to get monster info. Only when monster was out of reach long press did show the info. This was not a big problem however, since I remember most stats by heart.

lubabula

2010-10-03, 08:28

Any news about campaign?

mece

2010-10-04, 10:24

Any news about campaign?

No sign of it in the current upstream.

Here's the latest release changelog:
http://fheroes2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fheroes2/trunk/fheroes2/changelog.txt?view=markup&pathrev=1945

The September 18 fixes are not included in the N900 version yet.

009N

2010-10-31, 20:03

I second that choosing the direction is a bit difficult as the tap gets monster info most of the time. Still dunno how and when the direction arrow shows up. I just keep trying darn hard for many times until the cursor becomes more stable and the direction arrow is in place.

Anyhow the game is terrific and is my all time favorite. The hypnotic CD music tenses up the atmosphere (even singing opera in castles!) and makes the game even more addictive. :p

By the way if you are looking for more maps perhaps this place (http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com/heroes2/small1.shtml) would be of some interest to you. ;P

Having played HOMM 1 thru 5, i still love HOMM2 the best because of its tunes and fantasy manga like graphics. HOMM3 is a mess due to the explosion of new races (do you still remember how many kinds of dragons grow there?). 4 & 5 are just graphical mimics of WoW and alike with trivial changes in gameplay. Maybe I am too biased, i know that. :D

Paranox

2010-11-07, 00:01

For some reason my music is not working.

Firstly, I copied my HOMM2 Gold data and maps to MyDocs/GameFiles/FreeHeroes2/data and ./maps folders, then pointed the lines in /opt/fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg (which I noticed was a redirect to /home/user/.fheroes2.cfg) to the MyDocs locations.

Then I took ang's files from 4shared, copied them to my N900, then moved the files to /opt/fheroes2/files/music in xterm, and tried to play... nothing happened at all, no music, just normal sounds.

I then tried ripping music from my disc, removing ang's files and adding my new ripped ones, with no success... I even tried both .ogg and .mp3 (Lame) file types.

I noticed a playmus command option in .cfg, but I didn't find any documentation of it. Tried launching with the command uncommented, and as it is by default, commented out.

My .cfg says this
# Default config fheroes2.cfg options:
#
# path to directory data
# default: /opt/fheroes2/files/data
data = /home/user/MyDocs/GameFiles/FreeHeroes2/data
#
# path to directory maps, you can set few maps
# maps = maps
# default: /opt/fheroes2/files/maps
maps = /home/user/MyDocs/GameFiles/FreeHeroes2/maps
#
# use alternative resource
# alt resource = off
#
# sound: on off
sound = on
#
# music: on,midi,cd,ext,off
music = ext
#
# sound volume: 0 - 10
sound volume = 6
#
# music volume: 0 - 10
music volume = 8
#
# external play music command:
# playmus command = ""
#
# video mode (640x480, 800x576, 1024x768, 1280x1024 or other divisible 32)
videomode = 800x480
#
# current animation speed: 0 - 10
# animation = 6
#
# fullscreen: on off (F4 switch)
fullscreen = on
#
# debug
debug = 0
#
# use ttf fonts
# unicode = off
#
# force lang
# lang = en
#
# font name (only with unicode = on)
# fonts normal = dejavusans.ttf
# fonts small = dejavusans.ttf
# fonts normal size = 15
# fonts small size = 10
#
# fonts render engine: (blended/solid) (only with unicode = on)
# fonts render = solid
#
# network port:
# port = 5154
#
# pocket pc emulation (set auto on for videomode < 640x480)
pocket pc = on
#
# pocket pc options:
# tap delay = 1050
# pointer offset x = 0
# pointer offset y = 0
#
# virtual key mapping:
# key_273 = '.'
# key_275 = '/'

I'd be very happy if someone could solve this or at least help me with solving this. I've spent hours on this and I'm getting nowhere fast.

Could it be I needed to install something for music to work?

mece

2010-11-07, 08:16

My .cfg says this

...
# music: on,midi,cd,ext,off
music = ext
...

try
music = on

Paranox

2010-11-07, 08:36

try
music = on

Didn't do anything. I also tried redirecting maps and data to default folders (they're empty), which made no other effect than preventing me from starting any maps :)

mece

2010-11-07, 09:33

Didn't do anything. I also tried redirecting maps and data to default folders (they're empty), which made no other effect than preventing me from starting any maps :)

d'oh I don't know what I'm on about.
Should be
music = ext

Check your options like this:
start xterm
type fheroes2.sh
(game starts)
Switch to xterm window with ctrl-backspace
press ctrl-c
game should close and you will get something like this:
# fheroes2 dump config, version 0.5.1916M
data = /opt/fheroes2/files/data
maps = /opt/fheroes2/files/maps
maps = maps
videomode = 800x480
sound = on
music = ext
sound volume = 6
music volume = 6
animation = 6
fullscreen = on
debug = off
fonts normal = dejavusans.ttf
fonts small = dejavusans.ttf
fonts normal size = 15
fonts small size = 15
unicode = off
pocket pc = on

Compare your output to mine.

also do this ls in xterm and check that output looks the same:
ls /opt/fheroes2/files/music/
02.ogg 05.ogg 08.ogg 11.ogg 14.ogg 17.ogg 28.ogg 42.ogg
03.ogg 06.ogg 09.ogg 12.ogg 15.ogg 18.ogg 29.ogg README
04.ogg 07.ogg 10.ogg 13.ogg 16.ogg 22.ogg 30.ogg

EDIT the config file is in ~/.fheroes2/fheroes.cfg

Paranox

2010-11-07, 12:24

Okay, it works now... I haven't verified it to be the reason yet, but I renamed my data path to /home/user/MyDocs/Games/fheroes2/data and ~./maps, and redirected the .cfg to point there instead of the default ones I previously tested on purpose.

I also deleted the music I previously saved in /opt/fheroes2/files/music/ and replaced ang's files with ones I ripped myself. They were in previously, but didn't work for some reason.

I didn't even get to hit CTRL+Backspace when trying out your instructions, it started playing music just fine. Maybe I forgot to try something with those, maybe music = ext wasn't set back then.

Big thanks anyway! Time to play some good oldies.

ivgalvez

2010-11-23, 08:49

I haven't played for a while and now I have noticed that I am not able to load my previously saved games as they are not shown in the Load dialogue. If I begin a new game and save it for later playing, I see the same behaviour, not any saved game is shown in the load dialogue.

I'm using a pristine PR1.3 and latest version of fheroes2 from the repos. The previously saved games are still in my .fheroes/save folder, but the new created ones are not there.

I have checked permissions and ownership of folders but I have no clue about what is happening.

Can anyone provide me some help?

009N

2010-11-23, 16:34

How about uninstallng and reinstalling the game?
Or perhaps try apt-get purge fheroes2 (back up the saved games first)
The game runs perfectly on mine, including the decent music.

ivgalvez

2010-11-23, 18:25

How about uninstallng and reinstalling the game?
Or perhaps try apt-get purge fheroes2 (back up the saved games first)
The game runs perfectly on mine, including the decent music.

Thanks, it's working now, though I had to manually remove the .fheroes folder even after a purge.

009N

2011-01-07, 17:08

Two more new map sources! :D
http://androb.tripod.com/homm/h2/mapindex.html
http://www.celestialheavens.com/viewpage.php?id=737

szopin

2011-06-19, 02:49

Not sure how to catch you, so i will post here:

Addition to your Roguelikes list:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/frozend/download.php

Frozen Depths, mega awesome roguelike that works with the qemu trick that works with ADOM. Just switch the binary file name in the script, requires 25 rows so you have to minimize.
Another that works yhis way is berserker RL.

ivgalvez

2011-07-11, 15:20

A new upstream version has been released, Free Heroes II r2391:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/fheroes2/files/fheroes2/

ivgalvez

2011-08-30, 18:16

mece

2011-08-30, 19:42

New upstream version r2441:
Changelog:

* Added option to autosave at begin of day.
* Fixed AI recruiting hero and hero surrender status.
* Updated XML resources.
* Improved AI: Recruit troops for castles, prioritise range attackers and more.
* Added game: WeekOfMonster can be 1 in every 3
* Fixed battle animation, opponent animation and kill troop animation.
* Fixed GUI: Incorrect focus after game restart and incorrect show splitter

I hope someone could build a new Maemo release and upload it to extras devel.

I just happened to be developing in scratchbox when I got the email about your post so I compiled and ran the latest upstream on my device and it seemed to work. I didn't actually play, just checked that longtap etc worked. I uploaded the new version to autobuilder, so please report any (new) issues you encounter. Package should be there in 25 minutes.

EDIT: Apparently build failed :/ I'm investigating.

GrimyHR

2011-11-02, 20:42

any chance of a newer version?

chenliangchen

2011-11-11, 23:29

@mece Can you please make a port for harmattan? Thanks

ivgalvez

2012-02-03, 14:20

A new release r2693 is available for fheroes2. We are being left behind.

HolgerN

2012-03-22, 16:36

I was able to build the revision 2764 using scratchbox und play the game in the scratchbox under Xephyr.

I installed libsdl-mixeroggwav1.2-dev instead of libsdl-mixer1.2-dev. I used make RELEASE=1 WITH_AI=simple
to compile. It was not necessary to change the sourcecode. This version supports right click emulation out of the box. It is possible to enable this in the game.

How can i proceed? I have a working version, but i dont now how to build a deb package and upload it under fheroes2 under devel.

ivgalvez

2012-03-22, 18:43

Hi, first of all thanks for this. Packaging is not so difficult and once you have a working .deb, uploading to the repos is the easiest part. There is a complete Wiki about how to do it here (http://wiki.maemo.org/Uploading_to_Extras).

You can also take a look at this tutorial by Ammyt (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1138297).

HolgerN

2012-03-23, 17:09

Ok the new package is now in extras-devel.

I hope everything works.

after installation, you have to do the following steps:

Copy your data into /opt/fheroes2/data

copy your maps into /opt/fheroes2/maps

If you upgrade fheroes2 then you have to move the content from /opt/fheroes2/files/data into /opt/fheroes2/data and the content from /opt/fheroes2/files/maps into /opt/fheroes2/maps

If you upgrade copy also /opt/fheroes2/fheroes2_default.cfg to /home/user/.fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg

In order to enable right button emulation, start the game, click on new game and then on config.

Below is option
pocketpc: tap mode
enable this.

I hope everything works, as this is my first debian package and my first maemo package.

Attention all old save game are not working!

ivgalvez

2012-03-23, 19:06

Wow! that was fast, congratulations.

I'll test it as soon as possible and provide you feedback. However if this is going to be promoted to Testing at any time, you should provide an upgrade path for current users with a postinst script that checks and moves all the related stuff.

Edit: Upgrading from previous version throws error:

error setting ownership of './opt/fheroes2/files/music/README'

Because I had all data, maps and music symlinked to MyDocs, so I can override it easily.

HolgerN

2012-03-23, 21:13

Thank you for your feedback.
I will have a closer look on the post install script. I will remove the creation of maps, data and music from debian/rules into the postintall script.

If you replace your links by normal directories, then it should be possible to upgrade.

HolgerN

2012-03-24, 07:51

I updated the package and now everything should work. An uprade from 0.5 should work automatically.

Please test and report errors.

ivgalvez

2012-03-24, 10:43

Apparently version maemo-5 overwrites data and maps directories. I had them symlinked to MyDocs (from /opt/fheroes2) and the symlinks were replaced by empty directories.

Besides, I'm not able to play any music. I had the music files in ogg format in /opt/fheroes2/files/music (symlinked) but nothing is played.

Apart from that, the game runs perfectly. Thanks.

HolgerN

2012-03-24, 14:11

If you edit the file /home/user/.fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg and change

music = ext

then ogg music should work.

ivgalvez

2012-03-24, 17:49

Done! thank you very much.

ivgalvez

2012-04-11, 14:13

GrimyHR

2012-04-11, 18:56

Seems that with latest upstream release 0.6.2826-maemo-1 previously saved games cannot be loaded and the game closes unexpectedly. Maybe an upstream change and thus, a won't fix.

Starting new games seems to work fine.
when you try loading an old save fheroes usually tell you what is the oldest svn that it can load saves from

ivgalvez

2012-04-13, 16:23

Apart from the inability to load saved games with previous version, if you start a new game, all saves have a file size of 0 bytes. They are completely empty, even autosave file, so it's not possible to save any game at all.

Besides, in battle, moving the cursor to attack an enemy seems more difficult than in previous version (keeping same config with PocketPC mode ON). The sword icon that appears after moving over an enemy is not clickable, you need to move the cursor over the enemy and drop the stylus right after the first appearance of the sword icon.

HolgerN

2012-04-13, 17:46

There seems to be a bug in the code. I uploaded the newest version of fheroes2 (2840). You can also check your folder rights

ls -la ~/.fheroes2/save

I can save and load using version 2840.

ivgalvez

2012-04-14, 11:45

It wasn't a permissions issue, apparently something went wrong in one of the upgrades and everything was messy, including the config files.

Anyway, I made a clean install and everything works fine again.

ivgalvez

2012-04-30, 18:12

Would you push version 0.6.2840-maemo-1 to Testing? As it's the one I have tested most, I could vote for it and promote it to Extras.

HolgerN

2012-05-03, 07:14

I pushed 0.6.2840-maemo-1 to extras-testing.

zdanee

2012-05-21, 22:22

For some reason this version does not work too well for me. I cannot "peek" into opposing armies of castles, On my n810 hover over an enemy force works just fine. In the latest version the sound also stopped working. The battle screen is also better on the N810 version, it is easy to move instead of attack, I've lost more than one battle because of this. Splitting forces is also buggy, sometimes the slip windows appears beneath the hero's wondow, so I cannot see or access it. Also a mayor bug in buying, it always calculates more as possible maximum than the actual, like I have 4500 gold and want to buy green dragons, 3000 each, it displays 2 as possible even thou I only have enough gold for one. This is the case with every thing. Honestly, the N810 port is way ahead in terms of usability.