LJX development updates

[samphex]

Wow thats cool....and sad... haha. keep it up tinnus. Please do not let us down. Many many people are depending on you, the sole survivor of ljx maker.
no pressure

[tgwaste]

i cant begin to tell you how many issues ive had trying to get that SDL to compile

[Tinnus]

It just compiled for me. I just had to change something in the Klimt vec4 header file, but that was probably because the author used gcc 4 and I was using the original 3.x from prc-tools. However, as I said, the app crashed

Be sure to have the PalmOS and Palm latest SDKs installed. I had to do some copy-paste'ing with Palm's headers so it could find HsChars.h as well

[samphex]

o yeah, btw, do you have any idea on what you want the interface of the launcher to be like?

[Tinnus]

Something similar in functionality to the PSP's XMB. Maybe closest thing would be SnesPSP_TYL's interface.

Now for the good news--I've finally managed to get the entire SDL-peal-cool thing going, so next step is...

Hah, guessed wrong. Next step is making Code::Blocks compile for PalmOS Then I'll be starting work on a PalmOS version of the emulator framework. (didn you think I'd manage like 300 files in TextPad?)

I'll post updates soon

[_Em]

What platform have you compiled your PalmGCC framework for? I'd definitely be interested in being able to play with it as I have some other SDL stuff that it'd be nice to port to PalmOS.

[Tinnus]

Cygwin. But the steps are the same, I guess...

Now, it seems getting C::B to do its magic might turn out to be harder than I thought. I mean, I'd want it to generate a Makefile with all the files to be compiled and stuff, but there's so many more involved in generating a .prc with a 68k and ARM part loaded by peal... my other option is using a custom Makefile, but then again, that might not be so useful

[tgwaste]

im using cygwin as well.. you should just tar up your dir and give it to us

[Tinnus]

It would be big

[tgwaste]

thats what she said

[_Em]

tbz it and seed a torrent then

[tgwaste]

or just send it to me and ill make it available via a really fast site..

[samphex]

You guys wont stop at anything will ya?

[Zer0linK]

beside of the sdl thing that i'd like to study, I'd really like to get my C::B compiling for PalmOS, that's something I should start to research and work on now.

[varnil]

Personally i've managed to compile the toolchain under linux (ubuntu and debian [although they're nigh identical]) and have never found any problems. Except with a lot of headers (i'm suprised you only had to change one....

[samphex]

I just had an idea. Can you make the interface kindof like henk's 2cool4u?
it allows to scroll up and down easily.
So, you could like scroll through which consoles you want to enter(it hows a picture of the console next to name) and then you enter the launcher for that specific console, it has the preferences, the roms, the save states(if you are going to do what phoinix did-allowed more than one save state to llow going back or forth)and yablablah...it's like a paradise.

*yesh, yesh.....


*spoken in german accent

[_Em]

Well, Metaview should be able to make an interface like that

[samphex]

i just had another idea to add my to my list...there could be a sidebar on the left that shows the last ten games u have played so you can immeadiately enter it with out having to change the console.

[tgwaste]

i can see all of these things taking up a lot of screen real estate


good idea though..

[Tinnus]

Hey! Here's your not-so-frequent update status.

I've given up on C::B compiling for me, so just got myself a Makefile done (after 30 minutes of copy-pasting filenames) and ta-da!, it compiles. Problem is, it crashes gracefully as soon as (OK, 1 second after) it's executed

Now, that might give me a really hard time since I canot really debug since I don't have a serial cable So that'll probably come down to showing messages in the screen and "wait for tap" like we always used to do.

I'll be sure to keep you guys informed about how well it goes over the day!

[Tinnus]

News: managed to get some debugging text to draw, so I can more or less track the crashing now. Unfortunately my battery dried so it will have to wait since I can borrow a charger again

[tgwaste]

someone buy tinnus a d**n battery charger!

[Tinnus]

Just find me a shop that sells them ;D

[tgwaste]

how hard can it be to find a cell phone charger? do you live in the middle of nowhere or something?

[Tinnus]

Not a cellphone charger, a Palm charger.

Thing is, there are lots of cellphone stores near me, but none of them sell Palms anymore (actually my LD was bought at one of those). I should check other malls closer to the center of the city when I go there, but I always forget to

Anyway, at least I'll do something else now. Who knows, maybe a launcher

[tgwaste]

tinnus said:

Anyway, at least I'll do something else now. Who knows, maybe a launcher

excellent idea!

how much does it cost to ship one to you from the PalmOne site? I would be happy to help with that expense.

[_Em]

Tinnus: are you on 120VAC with US-style 2+ground prong wall outlets? If so, if shipping isn't too expensive to Brazil, I'm sure someone would be willing to send you a charger.

[Tinnus]

I'll try and remember to check out more shops over here first, thanks a lot for the offer

edit: found one online, should get it in a few days

[samphex]

you know there is a charger adapter that can use mobile phone plug and just adapt to palm(or was it treo?) I have one and it really helps.
OR, you can get an app that allows you to use the usb cable to charge your palm.

[tgwaste]

well if hes using a treo, the usb charger is the only way to fly