OpenTTD on Nokia N800

[plaes]

Ok, I made it

Patch is here..

And somewhat crappy picture can be seen on my blog...

In order to build it under Scratchbox you have to make the symlink from os/debian to debian, then run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot and it hopefully works for you.

Also you need an updated ARM toolchain in order to build it for N800 itself. The official Nokia provided one crashes with internal compiler error

[imaginner]

w00t! nice work, man!
I wish I had an N800...
any screens, better pictures, please?

[athanasios]

Even I am not going to use this, congratulations!
Please post some decent pictures, so we can see how it really looks.
Question: How big maps is it capable to handle?

[plaes]

Even I am not going to use this, congratulations!
Please post some decent pictures, so we can see how it really looks.
Question: How big maps is it capable to handle?

I have tried to take some decent photos, but so far I haven't succeeded. It seems I need a polarizing filter to get "decent" pictures of the screen, because I still have the protective plastic on the screen and the display is too damn reflective and crisp..

About the map size - I was able to start a new game with a map with a size of 2048x2048 tiles, but one has to turn off the autosave option, because the saves take a really long time.

[Bjarni]

I'm not really happy with that diff file. You change some debian stuff and you need to sort it out with Matthijs (removing him as maintainer is a bad decition). You change the available resolutions for ALL ports using SDL to max 800x480 and why did you change main_gui.cpp?

I have nothing against adding support for more platforms, but it should be done without breaking support for the currently supported platforms

and what about the lack of a keyboard? How do you join password protected servers?

[plaes]

I'm not really happy with that diff file. You change some debian stuff and you need to sort it out with Matthijs (removing him as maintainer is a bad decition).

I only used the debian install files to build it and I didn't want to list Matthijs as maintainer for Maemo stuff. Yes, a bit stupid move from my side, I admit.

You change the available resolutions for ALL ports using SDL to max 800x480 and why did you change main_gui.cpp?

resolutions: because maximum resolution of N800 is 800x480 and when user accidentaly clicks on the 1920x1600 then he has no easy way to restore the resolution (because the GUI isn't visible anymore...)

main_gui.cpp: This change was required to fully take use the hardware keys on N800.

and what about the lack of a keyboard? How do you join password protected servers?

Well, wait and see

Anyway, this patch was more a RFC than a full blown port..

[belugas]

main_gui.cpp: This change was required to fully take use the hardware keys on N800.

You'd better do a remap of the keys in an other way. Maybe it is required for N800, but the current keys are required for trunk. and trunk is THE reference

Anyway, this patch was more a RFC than a full blown port..

And before it is a full blown port, it is better to adjust, before it's too late

Good effort, by the way

[matthijs]

I'm the current debian maintainer of OpenTTD. I've been looking at the changes to debian packaging and have the following questions.

Why does the binary dir need to change from /usr/games to /usr/games/bin ? Normal debian installations have /usr/games in their path, is maemo different here?

Why do you remove the pixmaps? Are they a problem, or just unused?

Why don't you install documentation and changelogs?

Why is the openttd-launcher neccesary? Only to set SDL_VIDEO_X11_WMCLASS it seems? Won't it run without that set?

Looking at the changes in the actual code, it seems that we could probably use some #if's to make those changes coexist with the current code. I'll help you with that, if you want?

[plaes]

Why does the binary dir need to change from /usr/games to /usr/games/bin ? Normal debian installations have /usr/games in their path, is maemo different here?

My system (Gentoo) has game binaries under /usr/games/bin

Why do you remove the pixmaps? Are they a problem, or just unused?
Why don't you install documentation and changelogs?

Actually, I spotted that I need to keep openttd.32.bmp file. And docs/changelog not installed because users cannot access the files outside ~/homedir anyway..
And of course - because it's a device which doesn't have much free space to store stuff - to keep the overall package size down...

Why is the openttd-launcher neccesary? Only to set SDL_VIDEO_X11_WMCLASS it seems? Won't it run without that set?

It runs, but desktop wouldn't know about it (doesn't show up in the taskbar) and minimizing the app results losing it..

Looking at the changes in the actual code, it seems that we could probably use some #if's to make those changes coexist with the current code. I'll help you with that, if you want?

Well, OK Although, I am currently extremely busy with work and haven't had time to look into it...

And well, it was just a quick hack done in less than an hour...

[bow_22]

It's really great! Can you make deb installer or guide for lamers?
I'm newbie to linux (window on desktop)