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Stars! for Android Mon, 28 February 2011 16:45 Go to next message
CrazyBS is currently offline CrazyBS

 
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 How long until we get a mobile version of Stars! that can play on my Droid? Let's get to work people!

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Re: Stars! for Android Mon, 28 February 2011 17:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 You can look in the FreeStars forum to see what progress there is on a clone of Stars! if you are interested. However, making the clone work on Windows, and perhaps Linux, seems to be the highest priority, I don't think porting the clone to other platforms is very high on their agenda.

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Re: Stars! for Android Mon, 28 February 2011 18:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Yeah I know. There is little hope....unless they ported Wine...hmm.

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Re: Stars! for Android Mon, 28 February 2011 18:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Hmm, Wine for Android...

That might be viewed with interest by some, but how many Android devices has a screen resolution that would allow a Windows application to be effectively used ?

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Re: Stars! for Android Tue, 01 March 2011 22:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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craebild wrote on Tue, 01 March 2011 12:49

Hmm, Wine for Android...

That might be viewed with interest by some, but how many Android devices has a screen resolution that would allow a Windows application to be effectively used ?

There is a DOSBox for Android, so you could theoretically use the win3.11 thingy

other thread

[Updated on: Tue, 01 March 2011 22:15]

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Re: Stars! for Android Mon, 04 April 2011 11:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 I loaded "Wind OS" onto my Android phone. It is supposed to give an XP type interface and the first appearance looks promising but there is no file manager application so no obvious way to access a C:\ drive. There is a browser but I can't so far get it to download anything.

Then I discovered the app is really just a game - you can play minsweeper on it and that is about it.

Looked promising for a while!

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Re: Stars! for Android Mon, 04 April 2011 15:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Everything with Windows(TM) logo on it turns out to be a game which looks promising for a while Very Happy

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Re: Stars! for Android Mon, 04 April 2011 15:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Hey, guys you should consider writing your own Stars! client for Android. Wink

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Re: Stars! for Android Tue, 05 April 2011 01:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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XyliGUN wrote on Tue, 05 April 2011 07:38

Hey, guys you should consider writing your own Stars! client for Android. Wink

If only there was a Java library for the game files...

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Re: Stars! for Android Wed, 13 April 2011 03:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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gible wrote on Mon, 04 April 2011 22:53

XyliGUN wrote on Tue, 05 April 2011 07:38

Hey, guys you should consider writing your own Stars! client for Android. Wink

If only there was a Java library for the game files...


Well technically you can compile to native code with an SDK so you don't need Java. However, I have had no luck finding a useful enough DOSBOX to install windows into (as if its worth trying!) My only success has been in a VNC Viewer, but its really annoying to try and play in that setting.

I suppose it would be possible to program something you could log in on and run windows MACROS or something that could take a screen shot of the game and send it to you, or pull out all the battle text and send it to you. Maybe it could take several screen shots and send you one on request (Different planets, fleets, ETC.) using the macros that you prebuild. I mean you don't actually want to finish up a turn while on your android, you just want to think about all the available data for a little. If I only had the time.

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Re: Stars! for Android Wed, 13 April 2011 05:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Another option might be a remote access client on the Android. A quick Google found Xtralogic, which says it allows you to access a Windows PC from an Android. I have used remote access PC to PC and it wasn't brilliant in terms of speed but that shouldn't be much of a problem for Stars.

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Re: Stars! for Android Thu, 14 April 2011 23:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 I use PhoneMyPC on my zoom and Evo 4g with Stars! running on my home computer in a virtual machine XP on a win7 system.

It works.

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Re: Stars! for Android Fri, 15 April 2011 05:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Thanks, I'll give it a try.

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Re: Stars! for Android Thu, 12 May 2011 08:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 I I'm setting in the hospital waiting on the wife to get out of heart surgery.
Updated my turn using Phone my PC,, on a zoom.
Not to bad, but I am going to check it before uploading it

I do need to figure out this keyboard stuff,

Ed

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Re: Stars! for Android Thu, 12 May 2011 09:42 Go to previous message
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 A good way to stop worrying about the surgery.
All the best.

As for the droid stars, I think I want a version too.
I'm getting a Sony Ericsson Arc pretty soon <3.

I know my minefields.. but I'm a chaff sweeper.
I used to curse when I got stuck in traffic... till I realised I AM traffic.

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