Android port

[pelya]

OpenTTD reached 5000 downloads in 11 days after initial release, this game surely is popular

Might I suggest a reworking of the GUI's so that more screen space can be devoted to playing rather then GUI. For the main toolbar at the top why not try making it so that it can be reduced to a small button to the left or right (or center) with a [<], [>] or a [\/] button to summon the bar when needed but can be configured to auto hide when you choose to build something or open a new window (company window, vehicle lists, etc)

Also, if a scaling alg. can be implimented maybe we could shrink the size of some graphical buttons or make a newgrf that includes smaller graphics (or a combination of both if people want to play with newgrfs that add stations, waypoints, etc)

I may not have an android (both types ) but I'd love to see a port to it for if I ever do get an android

You obviously need to test it on a real device. There's no such thing as a big GUI for Android, make a button that will occupy half-screen and you'll make everyone happy, make it smaller and you'll get complaints.
Button for hiding toolbar is a nice idea, but it's a task for main OpenTTD developer team, and they already got one Android-related bug.

[werwolf]

Nice download count!

How about AI?

And how can you set multiplayer name permanently? I cant set name, and thus even if I join a game server doesnt let me play....

Thanks

[Arie-]

I've got no android (yet) and so I cannot test anything, but would you really want to try playing with an AI? AI's can be rather CPU intense thus battery consuming!

[SHADOW-XIII]

@pelya:
- someone reported no support for 1024x600 resolution (Galaxy Tab I think), I got on my Nexus One resolutions up to 800x480 so cannot test it
- I got 2 folders with OTTD content:
/sdcard/openttd
/sdcard/app-data/org.openttd.sdl
cannot figure out which one is correct, which one gets downloaded stuff and which one I can delete and will not be recreated
(there's also /sdcard/app-data/org.openttd.sdl/.openttd)

Would be nice to review how to install it manually, someone having problem installing it manually ... and I just got confused what to put and where

[pelya]

@pelya:
- someone reported no support for 1024x600 resolution (Galaxy Tab I think), I got on my Nexus One resolutions up to 800x480 so cannot test it

Have no idea - SDL should add device native resolution to resolutions list.

/sdcard/app-data/org.openttd.sdl

This one is correct, you may remove another one.

(there's also /sdcard/app-data/org.openttd.sdl/.openttd)

This one is used to save your config files and downloaded content.

[Zephyris]

Just a note about a setting you should take note of:
Left click scrolling (i.e. drag the map with the left mouse button); this could (optionally) remove the need for the on-screen D-pad.

[SHADOW-XIII]

Expect raise in downloads. I've put info before on xda-developers forum before but apparently someone just made a news out of it.

[pelya]

Expect raise in downloads. I've put info before on xda-developers forum before but apparently someone just made a news out of it.

Currently OpenTTD has 6816 downloads according to the Market developer web interface. Free Heroes 2 is more popular - 7294 downloads, despite that I've released it a week later.
User comments on Market are stupid and hilarious, as usual.

AI not working bug:
I did not play the OpenTTD game itself (just launched few times to check it works), so I don't know how to test or fix AI - please give me some instructions how to enable AI in a Linux OpenTTD build, what you expect it to do and what it actually does on Android.

[SHADOW-XIII]

Reports of Samsung Galaxy S I9000 under Froyo (Spike Speedy Edition 3.0) and SE x10i.
They apparently downloaded everything but SDL is still trying to download something, any idea?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpos ... stcount=22

[Zhall]

Running great on Droid 2 global

The big gui looks great!
The network support also works, hosted from pc; joined on droid.Thinking of starting daily server for droids.

However how do you use shift/control?
And where can you find your screenshot on your sd card?

Is this the same project available on the android marketplace? -yes

Posted from Droid 2 global.

Edit: I will work on getting screenshots for this thread.

[Zephyris]

screenshots end up in /app-data/org.openttd.sdl/.openttd/

I hope its the same on your device!

[Zhall]

Here are a few screen shots i took on my Droid 2 global phone.

The first one is the fruits of my 4 hours of labor, most of that was spent figuring out how to work this port and avoiding being seen by teachers. (lol)

The second is an error when i went to load a save which used newgrfs, primarily ones that have to do with new industries and trains, which i did not download onto my phone prior to loading.

Third is a stress test of a PC save that i loaded up, Android was able to handle 221 extremely long (lag inducing) trains on a large map, quite impressive, with only a 10-15 drop in fps.

I would like to start reporting technical info/fps, but i cant figure out how to access the console.

Also, tried uploading images from Droid 2 Global, and uploader would not complete the task.

Considering making another openttd 101 video, which explains the best settings for playing on the android platform, trying to figure it out myself first and get drocap to work.

[SHADOW-XIII]

pelya: you fckn kiddin me!
Amazing ports man, first OTTD, then Heroes 2 now GemRB!!!!!!!!!
That's freaking Baldurs Gate/Icewind Dale/Planescape Torment on my android! WTF!

[pelya]

OpenTTD have reached 10000 downloads today, that's good.
I don't have much free time lately to work on the port, but I expect to at least implement zoom in/out with two fingers next week.

Also, someone plz tell me how to enable AI in the OpenTTD PC version, I'm totally nub in the game.

pelya: you fckn kiddin me!
Amazing ports man, first OTTD, then Heroes 2 now GemRB!!!!!!!!!
That's freaking Baldurs Gate/Icewind Dale/Planescape Torment on my android! WTF!

I did not port GemRB, the guy that is working on this port asked me to publish it to Market, so I'm just a mere publisher.

[Lord Aro]

i believe this should probably help...
http://wiki.openttd.org/AI_settings

[Zhall]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQn-uHI1P94

I do beleive this will change the game massively once its complete...

The game as in porting.. and not openttd or your other ports

[pelya]

Updated OpenTTD - added zooming with two-finger pinch-zoom, and enabled left click scrolling (it overrides defaults, you cannot disable it, hehe). Also there are keycodes returned for rotate two-finger gestures, you can reassign them from SDL menu to something useful (you cannot rotate map in OpenTTD, can you?).
Still not tried to fix no AI bug.

[NekoMaster]

Updated OpenTTD - added zooming with two-finger pinch-zoom, and enabled left click scrolling (it overrides defaults, you cannot disable it, hehe). Also there are keycodes returned for rotate two-finger gestures, you can reassign them from SDL menu to something useful (you cannot rotate map in OpenTTD, can you?).
Still not tried to fix no AI bug.

Nope, no rotation on the map

[Roujin]

Is this supposed to be playable with a touchscreen-only device? I tried but it doesn't work properly - touchscreen only worked in a certain region of the screen, not at the border(?), which made it impossible to close some windows I opened in the main menu. I didn't even manage to start a game

I have a 480x320 display. Here are the full specs of the device I used: http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_chic_e720-3494.php

edit: NVM, solved that using the "calibrate touchscreen" option.
However the buttons are really hard to hit, and the text in the main menu is illegible

[NekoMaster]

Is this supposed to be playable with a touchscreen-only device? I tried but it doesn't work properly - touchscreen only worked in a certain region of the screen, not at the border(?), which made it impossible to close some windows I opened in the main menu. I didn't even manage to start a game

I have a 480x320 display. Here are the full specs of the device I used: http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_chic_e720-3494.php

edit: NVM, solved that using the "calibrate touchscreen" option.
However the buttons are really hard to hit, and the text in the main menu is illegible

for the text problem you could try editing the config if there is one and change the text (small, medium, and large) to a different font or a different size

Also, you do know theres a grf that makes buttons and the gui bigger for touch screens and high res monitors?