Author: Lex Loep
Date: 05:07:17 01/13/04
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On January 13, 2004 at 05:42:55, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >On January 13, 2004 at 05:04:55, Lex Loep wrote: > >>On January 13, 2004 at 03:08:40, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >> >>>On January 13, 2004 at 02:34:19, Lex Loep wrote: >>> >>>>On January 13, 2004 at 01:57:50, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 12, 2004 at 14:23:36, Lex Loep wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Beta version available for download: >>>>>> >>>>>>http://www.lokasoft.nl/mobile_chesspartner >>>>>> >>>>>>Lex >>>>> >>>>>Very nice! >>>>> >>>>>I tried it on a Sony Ericsson P800. >>>>> >>>>>- I don't know if the level worked here. I set it to hard but it played >>>>>instantly. The phone speed are 153MHz if I remember right, but I don't know how >>>>>good it is to run java app. The play was at an advanced beginner level below >>>>>1000 Elo (with hard). >>>> >>>>The beginner level should move at 3 seconds, moderate at 10 seconds and >>>>the hard at 30 seconds per move. >>>> >>> >>>Ok, there seems to be a problem here, it always move at 3 sec. >>> >>>When I get up the level menu I can select each level but the only way to get out >>>of this is to click on the 'back' button, maybe this is like 'cancel' and not >>>'ok' because when I go into this menu again it is set back to easy. >> >>Thats right, you need to press the OK button which is on the Nokia >>the left softkey. >> > >There is a button that usually works as an 'ok' button on this device, clicking >on the jog-wheel, but it doesn't work on this menu. > >I put up some pictures at: >http://home.online.no/~malin/test/cp-phone.html > >On the second picture you can see the levelmenu. OK, I see. I guess it does not really make to much sense to have a OK/Cancel on the level menu. > > >>> >>>>>- Too small pieces. Maybe SEP800 have higher resolution than other phones, the >>>>>result was that the pieces was hard to see. The board scaled to take the width >>>>>of the screen. >>>> >>>>I designed the pieces for a nokia 6100 which has a 128x128 screen, I have >>>>planned to include a small selection of piecesets in various sizes. >>>>Do you know the resolution of the SEP800 ? >>>> >>> >>>The screen resolution is: 208 (w) x 320 (h) pixler with 4096 colors. >> >>That makes up a nice screen. > >The newer P900 phone have the same dimention but have 64K colors! > >> >>> >>>>>- The moving of pieces wasn't like I was used too at this phone, eg. with >>>>>cliking on from-to square with the stick. Instead there was some arrowkeys at the >>>>>bottom to move a cursor. >>>>> >>>> >>>>The program is designed to run on a wide selection of phones, the numbers >>>>are the only keys you know for sure are there. >>>> >>> >>>No problem. >>> >>>The OS is Symbian 7.0 I guess one version newer than the Nokia phones and at >>>least the graphiclibrary is different so it's maybe not so easy to combine >>>several keying mode. I haven't tried myself to program anything for this phone >>>other than adapt some javascripts so I can view chessgames on the web. >> >>There are so many phone out there, it hard to make specific versions for >>each phone. Only adapting to the different screen sizes won't be such >>problem. >> > >Yes, this isn't important. If you manage to get the levelmenu to work and double >size of the pieces it is enough. I am sure I can do that although my first priority is get all the technical things working and then concentrate on the graphics. >The two programs I know of for this phone (see the above html-page) are too >weak. The first is about 10-1100 at the hardest level and the second crashes too >often when adjusting it to be stronger. > >But! what I would have wanted most was a gameviewer in addition. Imagine to >download latest games from Wijk aan Zee and play through them all when you sit >in the car to wait for the wife be finish in the shop. That would be nice. Lex > >Odd Gunnar
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