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sorry i dont understand how to do step 8?

can someone please help me?

kind regards

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nobody? please? :confused:

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Any news about it going on the repositories?

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yes please that would be great and vera vera good job of porting it :)

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How would you install this manually? Do I just follow the same instructions for OS2008 on the n900?

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Is this possible to put in the application manager just like quake and duke nukem?

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having trouble with this also...bump

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I just compiled Open Red Alert http://code.google.com/p/openredalert/ but it's really unplayable.
I can deploy first unit, but the sidebar menu does not work, I cannot produce any more units. And when I tried changing map display options the app crashed.

Not worth the effort.
But... If someone's interested: http://github.com/smokku/ora

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N900 already have Open RA, and it's pretty stable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjizBs6ebKg

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Nice movie.
Have fun watching it. :)

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uh...? o.O
What are you talking about?

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RE is definitely AWESOME however i noticed the first post says for N8x0. Can anyone please update the OP and maybe put some more updated useful info??

-MASTER

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OK. I found the problem. "Refactoring to use strings." (r537 SVN upwards) breaks the sidebar.
I compiled r534 and it works.

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Autobuilder is broken and I cannot upload to Extras, so you will find Open Red Alert for Fremantle here: http://github.com/smokku/ora/downloads

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I hate to ask more questions of you (seems everything I like... you've made!). Did a search in xterm for radata and freera and didn't find anything.. where do I put the game files? Pretty keen to try this.

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Try reading /usr/share/games/openredalert/data/mix/README :)

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Ah... excellent! If I had of thought to search for openredalert I would certainly have stumbled across that... sorry for the ignorance :D Will get back to you with feedback (and issues) asap if you want it.

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I've reuploaded the package with one that stores MIX files in MyDocs/Games/RedAlert directory.

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HINT: dpkg -L openredalert

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It's a bit hard to play with conventional controls on N900.
I am wondering how would I change it.

Placing buildings: first click places marker, second click builds
Canceling production: ?
Scrolling map: ?

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Or done that... I really am quite the bother =(

I can't find my old CDs anywhere so I'm redownloading. Might have a better input after I've tried it.. but how hard would it be to simulate a right click as the proximity sensor being triggered + a tap? Is that practical at all?

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I've tried it with Widelands port.
It's cumbersome to hold device in one hand constantly covering/uncovering the sensor.
And what about left-handed people?

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I've been racking my brain on this the last few hours... even tried a few Google searches. My only other thoughts would be accelerometer incorporation for map scrolling or even tilting and tapping. I'm sure there is a right solution for this... it just has to be found.

EDIT: Finally finished downloading the files. Placed them at MyDocs/Games/RedAlert folder as MAIN.MIX, INSTALL.MIX and RUSSIAN.MIX. When running the game it still simply exited to desktop. I tried to copy the files to /usr/share/games/openredalert/data/mix but I was getting disk full errors. So I've created a symlink to the files in MyDocs at the mix location.. and it appears to work!

Attempting to start a new game brings up a black screen which I can only assume is my fault. Skirmish games start fine but once in it's pretty much unplayable as I don't know how to move my unit :P

Also made you up a quick icon for it. Edited out one I got of Google images and (hopefully) made a transparent background. No idea what dimensions are expected though.
http://i50.tinypic.com/9j2nas.png

Final point: Don't know if this is the same for everyone, but my touch screen has a dead zone at the top and the Options tab is impossible to tap.

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I'm thinking of adding thin buttons at the screen borders and corners for map scrolling.
How does minimap work in original C&C? It does not seem to work at all in ORA.

The app already has an icon. If it does not show just reboot.

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What about using directional buttons for scrolling the map? Just like the other version.

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Whoa! Directional buttons work. :D

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Good job smart guy

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I lol'd. I still think the accelerometer could be a practical scrolling method.. Just don't make it overly sensitive.

That said I think unit movement needs to be adressed first.. From what I can tell its only shortcoming is that a click is misinterpreted as a drag... perhap changing the sensitivy on this would work.

Just watch a clip of someone playing starcraft on a 6" tablet and a practical approach for them was a big move button you hit before tapping.

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In Widelands port I added a patch that drags for less than 5px is interpretted as click too.
I have no problems clicking with stylus, but thanks for the report.

The *crafts approach of separate commands buttons works, but isn't it out of place in C&C games? These are more quick-mass-production oriented than manuver oriented I think.

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Any more progress with this? Looks really fun and cool like the old days.

-MASTER

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same question here, any news on this?

smoku, thx for you effort so far!

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Is this possible witnout mmc?

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Smokku, Gotta say awesome work.

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seeems confusing to install? whats the easiest way?

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There are some news, but probably not the kind you wanted to hear. ;)
I am working on an RTS game for tablet devices. Using the experience from my ports of Bos Wars, OpenDune, OpenRedAlert and Globulation2.
So, this means I am not working on the ports themselves anymore.

PS. I'm open to design ideas and there are vacancies in the product team. :)

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Hi
I know this is a bit off topic but how do i make games on the n900? i am interested in learning how to do this, but i dont know where to start or what program to use. can anyone help me out here?

thanks

Re: [OS2008] Command and Conquer - Red Alert - 1
 

Hey B3at, just follow the instructions on the first post and google for anything you don't know. I got this running on my n900 today and it works sweet at 100% speed.

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Only problem so far is the AI doesnt do anything in skirmish.