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zear (OP)

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fheroes2 release #1
« on: June 01, 2010, 11:25:46 pm »
A quick&dirty port of FHeroes2 - a free implementation of Heroes of Might and Magic II engine using SDL.
The game is playable, but has a couple of glitches and needs some improvements.



Download: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,26,353 (source included)

How to make it run:
Copy the original data/*.agg into the data directory.
Copy the maps files (*.mp2) into the maps directory.

Game was tested with elta's rootfs. Might not run on others.

Controls:
Global:
* D-PAD  - move cursor
* A - cursor click

Menu:
* SELECT - go back/quit game
* START - accept

In-game:
* B - cast a spell
* X - next hero
* Y - hero/town dialog
* L - mini-map
* R - hero/town selection
* SELECT - game menu
* START - end turn

Changelog:
Release #1 01/06/2010
* initial release based on SVN r1898

To-do:
* fix the resolution of the in-game screen
* improve mouse emulation
* check if it uses the correct colordepth and fix it

Edit:
Here's an improved config file that should make the game run faster: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=vbChWu0m (thanks go to Ayla).
It is recommended to use it instead of the default one, as it makes the battle screen fullspeed.
« Last Edit: June 02, 2010, 12:16:30 am by zear »

toddler

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2010, 12:13:17 am »
Thanks

xdpirate

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2010, 04:45:27 am »
Hey. This works very well! Only thing I'd ask for is a quicker mouse :P Nice job!

Soulflier

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2010, 08:28:46 am »
It works very well, thanks. I made a short gameplay video of it (it will be HD in a few minutes):
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190313202943/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXnoNCs1h04" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXnoNCs1h04</a>

zear (OP)

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2010, 08:47:11 am »
A very nice video, thanks.
BTW, you can accept dialogs with START, and when you're in the world map mode, START ends a turn, so no need to click with cursor for that actions :)

Soulflier

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2010, 09:42:25 am »
Thanks, I did not know that.

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2010, 09:56:04 am »
Oh great Zear, you find the best apps for porting.

darfgarf

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2010, 10:07:36 am »
it's good, but the cursor movement needs improving a tad, for a start, diagonals, and start moving at full speed (the fact it goes slow themn accelerates makes scrolling around the map terrible)

but no rush etc  ;D

dele

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2010, 10:34:28 am »
Thank you, zear! You just made my day! Keep up the good work.  :)

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2010, 11:57:32 am »
As someone who spent months with Heroes 3 and 4, I?m very happy to play the second part (never played yet) on the go.
Thank you zear, you rock!  ;D

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2010, 01:41:29 pm »
I love this game! It's one of my all-time favorite. Great job, thank you very, very much!  :)


I didn't know that it was portet!

mrkingoo

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2010, 02:19:20 pm »
A quick&dirty port of FHeroes2
Quick and dirty perhaps but oh so sweet. HOMM2 is one of my favorites :)

Acey

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2010, 03:08:24 pm »
Zear: you are my hero! (no pun intended)  Can't wait to get home to try this...probably my favorite PC game of all time.  Thanks for your work on this!

qwerty

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2010, 01:56:20 pm »
great port zear
this is one of the best games ever and it will own on the dingoo
i so want to play this
but im confused where do you get the .agg files of the original games or from fhero2

darfgarf

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2010, 02:00:20 pm »
but im confused where do you get the .agg files of the original games or from fhero2
original, mine are from heroes 2 gold edition

mrkingoo

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2010, 07:42:48 pm »
Played a bit now and it runs and plays pretty darn good :) Good old Heroes 2 on the Dingoo! But it tends to gt very sluggish after a while, quitting and reloading the game gets it back to normal speed. Memory issue? The transfer units and equipment between heroes (the red arrows icon) doesnt seem to work. Also how do you check the approximate number of enemy monsters?

zear (OP)

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2010, 08:11:10 pm »
Played a bit now and it runs and plays pretty darn good :) Good old Heroes 2 on the Dingoo! But it tends to gt very sluggish after a while, quitting and reloading the game gets it back to normal speed. Memory issue? The transfer units and equipment between heroes (the red arrows icon) doesnt seem to work. Also how do you check the approximate number of enemy monsters?
Go to the settings (in the main menu) and enable the "pocketpc: low memory" option. The memory issues should be gone.

mrkingoo

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2010, 08:53:22 pm »
Ok thanks :)

edit: confirmed the pocketpc low memory option seems to get rid of the slowdowns
« Last Edit: June 04, 2010, 08:53:03 am by mrkingoo »

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2010, 12:37:25 am »
Millones de gracias!! Excelente trabajo! parece un sue?o hecho realidad  :D ten?a dudas acerca de comprarme o no una dingoo, pero con el heroes esas dudas se fueron, el dingoo es mi proxima compra! La dingoo es incre?ble.

akelio

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Re: fheroes2 release #1
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2010, 02:58:22 pm »
I cannot make success on runing fheroes, getting Segmenation fault :(

 

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