[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Port of pingu

[From: Kuisma Salonen]

Oh yes, I forgot to tell the most useful piece of information:

To get rid of Xvidemode dependency I had to hack the autoconf file to 
not depend on it and modify the part of sources which required it. It 
was basically the resoluation switching (if I remember correctly it was 
used only for asking for abailable  resoluations). Locating of the code 
is rather simple, since error messages will point you there. What I did 
was to put there hardcoded resoluation (800*480) instead of asking it 
from Xvm. That's all I can remember without actual sources :/

-- Kuisma

Kuisma Salonen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've formatted a harddrive some time ago (and don't have the files right 
> now), but here's a little story:
> 
> I admit that pingus is a cool game (url is http://pingus.seul.org/ in 
> case somebody does not know) so I have checked how it would port for 
> 770. I was able to compile the clanlib with some sourcecode 
> modifications, but the shared object took more than 10 megs (ok, on MMC 
> this is not that bad + I am not really sure whether it was stripped or 
> not, most likely not). Next was building pingus itself. The problem was 
> that pingus haven't been maintained properly for a loong loong time and 
> it was written for older version of clanlib (which is source 
> uncompatible with the one I managed to build).
> 
> Then began bigger hell: porting pingus itself. Since it was written for 
> older incompatible version of clanlib I had to start porting it for the 
> version i had (was 0.7.something). Even more awful, clanlib has some new 
> architecture which requires more work. That was something I couldn't 
> finish and it was halfway (or less) done. If (big _IF_) I manage to find 
> the files from backups, I'll upload them somewhere in the case somebody 
> would like to continue where I was left. And yes, I know this soulds 
> little bit like a fish story ;)
> 
> Anyway, if you want to start from scratch, the path will be long. Plus I 
> am not really sure of gained performance (the screen size is perfect for 
> the game, but not really perfect for the performance). I have this 
> little bad feeling that pingus tries to use page flipping (which works 
> when HW supports such a feature, 770 won't support) so redraws are 
> fullscreen, thus limiting the fps under 20 (+ with all the logic 
> processing and internal draws it has to do it will be less).
> 
> But like I said in the beginning, porting clanlib is indeed possible.
> 
> -- Kuisma
> 
> ext Fred Lefévère-Laaoide wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I'm looking at porting pingu (this nice lemmings clone).
>> It needs Clanlib & Clanllib needs X11/extensions/xf86vmode.h ...
>> Any idea if I'm boarding a boat that will never touch a coast ???
>>
>> Thanks
>> Fred
>>
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