ASUS A696

[anubis]

Hi!

I'm looking into buying an asus a696 pocket pc.
Is it compatible with scummvm? or should i expect troubles?

(This device is known to have compatibility issues with some games and full-screen applications)

Thanks in advance.

[knakos]

The oracle predicts:

"There are no clouds for you in the foreseable future"

Then again, the oracle is known to having been wrong on several occasions.

[luzi200]

Hi there,

I'm owner of the Asus A696, too. PocketScumm (0.10.0) in landscape mode works fine except for the mouse. The mouse is inverted, so right is left, up is down and so on. I think it is a known problem of PocketScumm. I've tried other versions and the 0.10.0 is the only one, which works. I also tried to switch to portrait mode by editing the ini-file but then I get an error exception crash.
I hope there will be a fix soon, so I can play the good old adventure games.

[knakos]

I've a strong conviction that the aforementioned mouse orientation bug will be gone in the imminent 0.10.0 release. If it persists, please file a bug report about it.

[luzi200]

That means, with the 0.10.0 svn the mouse prob would be solved???

[knakos]

I hope so. This is a highly tricky shortcoming of the OS, and the implemented solution has all the makings of a hack around those limitations (but is not quite a hack ).

So, tomorrow morning I expect either a bug report, or a problem solved post (/me crosses fingers )

[luzi200]

I checked out, that the mouse problem is the same with other games like Monopoly or Age of Empires. The game ever starts in landscape-mode and the mouse is inverted. Is there a possibility to say the games, that they don't start in landscape but in portrait mode? Other apps like the calender or the today screen works fine in landscape with no mouse probs.

[anubis]

Luzi,

Did you check with the new version? Are there any changes?

[luzi200]

Which new version from what???

[anubis]

0.X.0 final which was released yesterday.

[luzi200]

Oh thank you, I didn't see that there was a new release yesterday.

So I've downloaded it and test and PocketScumm starts in landscape and the mouse prob is still there. The mouse always is inverted

[anubis]

These are very disappointing news.

[knakos]

Well if you want this fixed sometime, I'm waiting for a bug report. Be sure to analyze exactly what's going on and also attach the two diagnostic output files (see relevant section in the port's readme).

[luzi200]

Okay, I will post the two files as soon as possible.

[luzi200]

So here are the two files:

• scummvm_stderr.txt
  
  SDL: Version $Rev: 41 $ bootstrapping GAPI device
  SDL: Device is portrait, OS version 5.1 build 422
  SDL: orientation 0
  SDL: GAPI_RealizePalette NOT IMPLEMENTED
  SDL: Starting video access detection --->
  SDL: System 240x320
  SDL: Checking for GAPI
  SDL: GAPI OK, 320x240, H=2 V=640, 16bpp, landscape false
  SDL: Trying Ozone
  SDL: Running on Ozone
  SDL: Ozone 320x240
  SDL: Running true Ozone with stylus hack
  SDL: <----- Detection finished. Running on Ozone driver at 320x240 (real 240, 320), using ARM accelerated blitter
  SDL: GAPI_WinPAINT NOT IMPLEMENTED

• scummvm_stdout.txt
  
  Using configuration file: scummvm.ini
  Sound opened OK, mixing at 11025 Hz
  Lost mouse focus.
  Got mouse focus.

Report of the mouse bug:

ScummVM starts in landscape mode and I hold the PPC in landscape mode. If I move the stylus on the display left-right, the mouse cursor moves up-down but only when I move the stylus over the left side of the display. When I move the pen up-down, the mouse cursor moves left-right.