screen brightness problem on E62

pawelm · Post by **pawelm** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:46 pm

When I run scummVM 0.9.1, also the SVN versions, the screen goes dark. You still can see what is happening but you need to be in a dark room. Also the "mouse" cursor disappears but only in scummVM interface not in the game.

E62 is a cheaper version of E61. In theory they should behave same. I didn't find anyone posting anything on E62. Any clues? If someone knows what part of the scummVM code might be responsible for turning off brightness please write.

Thanks

Anotherguest · Post by **Anotherguest** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:07 pm

Sounds like a battery saving mechanism that is dimming your screen. Have you checked your power settings? Its not possible to keep the screen alive unless you press a key, i.e intros etc will fade out (screen backlight), until you press a key. How this work might vary from phone to phone I think.

pawelm · Post by **pawelm** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:26 pm

I've tried to set battery savings to minimum (longest possible time when dimmed) and it doesn't work. Somehow scummVM turns off the back light and nothing can be done about it. As soon as some other application is turned on or triggered (e.g. message that battery is low) then the back light is on but just after the scummVM is back from the "background" the back light is turned off again.

Is it really only E62?

QuantoSolo · Post by **QuantoSolo** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:46 am

With the backlight problem you could try to use the S60 program torch (Link: http://my-symbian.com/s60/software/appl ... o=11&faq=2) in the background. I use it to prevent the backlight from turning off while playing games with times of inactivity.

pawelm · Post by **pawelm** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:20 pm

I've downloaded S60SpotOn. It works great but doesn't win with ScummVM. Maybe it's something in BASS. Every other change of the game screen the backlight is off. So e.g. if my character in the game is talking with someone the backlight goes on and off during the conversation if you know what I mean.

It's better anyway. Thanks.

hetecro · Post by **hetecro** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:09 am

The solution is annoying, but simple... although the backlight will go off after the phone's set-up timer, but to turn on the backlight on any Nokia phone running s60 v3, you have to open ScummVM, hit the red "end call" button, and then re-enter scummvm. Now you can see it, very bright, just right, in any light.