(How to) Play Order & Chaos and other games - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

Okay I had to play around and get a few games running and boy these games rub silky smooth on this machine.
WARNING!!! THIS WILL MAKE S MEMO TO NO LONGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRAW TILL YOU REVERT BACK TO ORIGINAL BUILD.PROP
Now that being said you can restore build.prop by making a backup copy!
Okay first this method requires you to be rooted and have Root Explorer
1: Open root explorer and go to /System
2: Make a backup of build.prop
3: Remount /System R/W by clicking the top right button
4: Click hold build.prop and selector Text Editor
5: Change these lines and these lines only near the top specifically to this. Copy and paste!
# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=GINGERBREAD
ro.build.display.id=GINGERBREAD.UCLA1
ro.build.version.incremental=UCLA1
ro.build.version.sdk=10
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=2.3.6
ro.build.date=Sat Jan 7 05:38:35 KST 2012
ro.build.date.utc=1325882315
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=se.infra
ro.build.host=SEI-47
ro.build.tags=release-keys
ro.product.model=SAMSUNG-SGH-I997
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.name=SGH-I997
ro.product.device=SGH-I997
ro.product.board=MSM8660_SURF
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
# Samsung Specific Properties
ro.build.PDA=I997UCK
ro.build.hidden_ver=I997UCK
ro.build.changelist=854754
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=msm8660
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=SGH-I997
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=SGH-I997-user 2.3.6 GINGERBREAD UCLA1 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/SGH-I997/SGH-I997:2.3.6/GINGERBREAD/UCLA1:user/release-keys
# Samsung Specific Properties
ro.build.PDA=I997UCK
ro.build.hidden_ver=I997UCK
ro.build.changelist=854754
ro.tether.denied=false
ro.flash.resolution=1080
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6: Menu Save
7: Remount /System R/O
8: Reboot & Install your games and play!
This makes your device thinking its a Samsung Infuse and allows you to play O&C and many other games!
To revert back just replace build.prop with your backup file and reboot!
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Hi im pretty new to anroid. I want to play O&C but not very comfortable doing this operation. How long do you usually have to wait before a game is compatible with your device?
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Considering Gameloft Devs are slow when it comes to Android you are looking at a few months.
This is the legit way to do it, there's cracked APK's out there that bypass device verification but you are to required to own the game & have a subscription still but they don't have that for the new update yet.
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So using your method i can play with my purchased copy?
Also how badly can this screw up my device if i do something wrong?
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Just make sure you make a backup copy as mentioned and only replace the lines listed above. I made it easier by copying a section rather then the individual lines.
So backup! Copy & Paste make sure you only replace those lines and you will be fine.
After reboot and you will be able to DL directly from Market and play
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Bump since I've seen numerous people trying to ask about this...
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Disregard, found my answer
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This is just not working for me whatsoever, I've spent around $20 now on things for this phone that just don't work or don't help. Is there no easy way to get this stuff working that doesn't involve me being a hacking wizard to use?

Excellent! I really want to see the game graphics on this baby and your mod is straight forward. The s-pen is fun to doodle but i think I can survive not having it. I would do it right now, but I'm still in the showing off the new phone stage. "Look at this it even has a stylus....um... er....I mean a.......... S - pen." .... : )
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Once you update that file reboot. The game runs so smooth and graphics are amazing.
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N7000 just got supported, i717 to follow soon?
This is a great work around, and I may try it.
Meanwhile, I am hoping GL will enable our US devices to work very soon!
I'm guessing they won't support the new device until some monkeys have played the game all the way through to the end??
Seriously I can't guess what the delay is.

doesnt the game support the i717 now? The n7000 was added about a week ago so I dont know why they woudnt add this one..
if not you could always use the n7000 in your build.prop..at least it would be closer to the right phone.

MrDSL said:
doesnt the game support the i717 now? The n7000 was added about a week ago so I dont know why they woudnt add this one..
if not you could always use the n7000 in your build.prop..at least it would be closer to the right phone.
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I still show "Not Compatible" in the Play Store
I have the game on my phone from a Ti Backup, but when it tries to login it tells me I need to update, so nothing yet...
I'm waiting for Asphalt 6 HD and Order and Chaos to be "updated" for the Note, they worked awesome on my Nexus and do appear to work fine on the Note as well, but there is a licensing/3rd party issue that needs to be ironed out from what I understand.
The Note has quite a bit faster GPU hardware over the Nexus even despite the resolution bump. Order and Chaos was fairly smooth on the Nexus, but I bet its even smoother on the Note

omniphil said:
I still show "Not Compatible" in the Play Store
I have the game on my phone from a Ti Backup, but when it tries to login it tells me I need to update, so nothing yet...
I'm waiting for Asphalt 6 HD and Order and Chaos to be "updated" for the Note, they worked awesome on my Nexus and do appear to work fine on the Note as well, but there is a licensing/3rd party issue that needs to be ironed out from what I understand.
The Note has quite a bit faster GPU hardware over the Nexus even despite the resolution bump. Order and Chaos was fairly smooth on the Nexus, but I bet its even smoother on the Note
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yes it runs great on the Note...its weird they added n7000 and not i717 yet..
its not great on the battery though haha

LG optimus LTE
Hey Guys,
I've been looking around for an answer to this problem, but I have a LG Optimus LTE model P935 and I want to play free games like guns, brother and arms, dungeon hunter 3 but it keeps saying that my device isn't compatible, can I use your "trick" on my device !?
I'm new to android so that,s why i'm asking, I don't want cracked APKs because I want to support company !
Thanks

IchiGoQc said:
Hey Guys,
I've been looking around for an answer to this problem, but I have a LG Optimus LTE model P935 and I want to play free games like guns, brother and arms, dungeon hunter 3 but it keeps saying that my device isn't compatible, can I use your "trick" on my device !?
I'm new to android so that,s why i'm asking, I don't want cracked APKs because I want to support company !
Thanks
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As long as you have a build.prop file in /system/ I imagine you could..You need to be rooted of course.

this ruined my phone lg double c729 i think, it wont go past the lg logo, it just goes black and keeps playing the tmobile start up ringer someone help please ive already tried a hard reset

fleshbuster said:
this ruined my phone lg double c729 i think, it wont go past the lg logo, it just goes black and keeps playing the tmobile start up ringer someone help please ive already tried a hard reset
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you didnt have a backup? you need to reflash the rom so you can get the original build.prop back.

i did back it up but then i tried to hard reset it so it mightve vanished idk =[ how do i reflash the rom?

Related

When will games be compatible with the Razr?

I'm kind of thrown off that a large portion of games, seeming to be the premium ones, aren't available on the Razr.
The phone obviously runs gingerbread and the hardware isn't that new? What's the usual time table for games and apps gaining compatibility with new android phones?
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GTA 3 was updated to support the razr last week.
Apply the high setting file here on XDA and you get better fps with MUCH prettier graphics.
Sentinel 3 works great at "HD" mode.
Most of the 3D games I tried work great, was one robot shooter thingy that lagged, but I blame the coders for that.
I pretty much purchased every single 10 cent game during the sale, and all of them worked fine.
I'm a bit annoyed by this too. I was hopeing to get access to Gameloft and EA Games entire library, but instead I'm left with only a few. I didn't ditch Symbian for this lol.
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Must be something regional.
I have these from EA:
Worms
NFS Shift
Sims 3
Tetris
SPY Mouse
FIFA 10
Sim City
Bejeweled
Dead Space
Plants vs Zombies
NFS Hot Pursuit
And some more.
From Gameloft I have:
Ass Creed
Tintin
Texas holdem
Cowboys and Aliens
Immortals
Uno
Waldo
Diamond Twister 2
Asphalt
Driver SF
And some small games more.
Yeah I was really looking forward to playing order and chaos on my razr. Not compatible though. That's kind of a joke.
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Shadowdancer123 said:
GTA 3 was updated to support the razr last week.
Apply the high setting file here on XDA and you get better fps with MUCH prettier graphics.
Sentinel 3 works great at "HD" mode.
Most of the 3D games I tried work great, was one robot shooter thingy that lagged, but I blame the coders for that.
I pretty much purchased every single 10 cent game during the sale, and all of them worked fine.
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You mind linking to the GTA thread for high settings?
Couldn't find it.
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mistawolfe said:
You mind linking to the GTA thread for high settings?
Couldn't find it.
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Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399258
I wonder if shadow gun is any good...
Shadow Gun works fine but the list of games that we can't even purchase is far to big. Where are the Modern Combat games? Madden? Tiger and a bunch of other awesome games I have been told to try but aren't available.
Is this normal for Android? Does the Resound and Galaxy S2 devices face the same issue?
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JoshRH said:
Shadow Gun works fine but the list of games that we can't even purchase is far to big. Where are the Modern Combat games? Madden? Tiger and a bunch of other awesome games I have been told to try but aren't available.
Is this normal for Android? Does the Resound and Galaxy S2 devices face the same issue?
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The Galaxy S2 series has some issues with games. HTC phones seem to play everything I've tried just fine though.
Basically the current (Blur) build has to be approved by Google. That's the response I got from the android team when I emailed them.
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They're all variations of OMAP hardware, which is more or less universal, the devs pretty much only need to add a string where it says razr compatible.
Part lazy devs, part slow updates to market.
Shadowdancer123 said:
They're all variations of OMAP hardware, which is more or less universal, the devs pretty much only need to add a string where it says razr compatible.
Part lazy devs, part slow updates to market.
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Is there anything we can do to sort of elbow our way into playing the games? On some of the Gameloft game's comments, I read of users basically spoofing their phone's model, to get the games to run. Is there any way we could do the same? I'm absolutely /dying/ to play Order & Chaos with a friend, and it's disheartening to see the devs have so little interest in bringing the game to such a popular device. I bought this phone because of it's processing power, so the fact that there are so few good games available is really depressing.
I am playing Order and Chaos on my Droid Razr with mutlisampling at 1.4ghz.
1. Find the file build.prop in /system. You will need root access and a file manager like ES File explorer to edit this file. Open the file in any text editor and change these values. ***If you are having trouble at this point google how to edit build.prop file or something...***
ro.product.board=solana
ro.product.device=cdma_solana
ro.product.model=DROID3
ro.product.name=solana_vzw
Reboot
2. Go into the android market or Gameloft's website, find your desired game and install it. ***I Found that the phone becomes very buggy at this point. My fix was to make the screen time out never, turn off data, and turn off auto rotate screen. You may not find this necessary.***
3. Once you have your game installed and working properly (make sure you have ran the game and downloaded any additional data required to play), open your build.prop file one more time and change the values back.
ro.product.board=spyder
ro.product.device=cdma_spyder
ro.product.model=DROID RAZR
ro.product.name=spyder_vzw
Reboot
Voila! Game should still work and your phone should work great.
Ummm quick question, how did you manage to OC to 1.4ghz? Any links?
Secondly, Couldnt we use some kind of market enabler instead of changing the Phone's info (name, model etc)
sublimerocks13 said:
I am playing Order and Chaos on my Droid Razr with mutlisampling at 1.4ghz.
1. Find the file build.prop in /system. You will need root access and a file manager like ES File explorer to edit this file. Open the file in any text editor and change these values. ***If you are having trouble at this point google how to edit build.prop file or something...***
ro.product.board=solana
ro.product.device=cdma_solana
ro.product.model=DROID3
ro.product.name=solana_vzw
Reboot
2. Go into the android market or Gameloft's website, find your desired game and install it. ***I Found that the phone becomes very buggy at this point. My fix was to make the screen time out never, turn off data, and turn off auto rotate screen. You may not find this necessary.***
3. Once you have your game installed and working properly (make sure you have ran the game and downloaded any additional data required to play), open your build.prop file one more time and change the values back.
ro.product.board=spyder
ro.product.device=cdma_spyder
ro.product.model=DROID RAZR
ro.product.name=spyder_vzw
Reboot
Voila! Game should still work and your phone should work great.
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Thank you so much, I will definitely be trying this tomorrow. I've only two questions left:
1.) How did you purchase the game? It won't let me...
2.) Will it still let you connect to their servers? Is there anyway I could test the game first to make sure it works, before I invest in it?
I am a n00b and this forum wont let me post links. This is just what worked for me.
To overclock go to droidrzr.com and search for a thread named overclocking your droid razr. Some people have reported stable at 1.8 ghz
Sent from my rooted DROID RAZR.
OK so I just found a safer faster easier way to do this. Should work with any incompatible game. I posted a guide explaining it. I can't post links yet but you should find it easy in a search for odder and chaos.
Sent from my rooted DROID RAZR.

Modern Combat 3 on SGS 5inch

When I downloaded it, it said "device is not campatible yet" did this say to anyone else, I have modern combat 2 black Pegasus which works really good and is awesome but the third one has a ton more features online
I just checked in the market via my laptop, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM
and it also says "incompatible".
I have a SGP 4.0.
This app is incompatible with your Samsung YP-G1.
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I've seen the same message for a good handful of apps ive wanted to install.
Not really a huge deal, but still...
Hope it changes. lol
Rasa11 said:
I just checked in the market via my laptop, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM
and it also says "incompatible".
I have a SGP 4.0.
I've seen the same message for a good handful of apps ive wanted to install.
Not really a huge deal, but still...
Hope it changes. lol
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There is a MOd for this that makes it work in the Development section(I'm taking no credit for this)
So, has anyone tried this game? Any lag, if so you try overclock and chainfire? Want to buy, but don't want to chuck that much money into a game that doesn't work good.
iJimaniac said:
So, has anyone tried this game? Any lag, if so you try overclock and chainfire? Want to buy, but don't want to chuck that much money into a game that doesn't work good.
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I have the game, and it runs smoothly for me and with no lag. I didn't try any settings with chanfire yet because it is smooth and doesn't need it.
Sent from my Galaxy Player 4.0 (YP-G1)
Awesome, going to buy and download right away!
does anyone experience any lag when playing multiplayer online? Sometimes it has to reset the whole game when i play online which is really frustrating sometimes!!
klin1344 said:
I have the game, and it runs smoothly for me and with no lag. I didn't try any settings with chanfire yet because it is smooth and doesn't need it.
Sent from my Galaxy Player 4.0 (YP-G1)
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how you succeed to intall data files?
it say that it can download data files because my device is incompatible.
How you download the game data is here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435617
After getting the game for free off Samsung apps (they had that special promotion, not sure if it still there) I can say it runs pretty smooth. However, there are some times it hangs just for a half sec, does anyone else experience this small lag? I have a feeling it is because the one I got for free from Samsung was for the galaxy sII, maybe there are different versions for high end devices? Am I correct in assuming everyone else got it by faking their device as a galaxy S? I might have to buy the galaxy s version if I want to get rid of it, although it is perfectly playable, just minor hangups.
iJimaniac said:
How you download the game data is here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435617
After getting the game for free off Samsung apps (they had that special promotion, not sure if it still there) I can say it runs pretty smooth. However, there are some times it hangs just for a half sec, does anyone else experience this small lag? I have a feeling it is because the one I got for free from Samsung was for the galaxy sII, maybe there are different versions for high end devices? Am I correct in assuming everyone else got it by faking their device as a galaxy S? I might have to buy the galaxy s version if I want to get rid of it, although it is perfectly playable, just minor hangups.
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the link you gave me is not data files of MC3
and i did like the guide and i still got the message that my device is incompatible.
i downloaded the app and i did backup and that i enter to build.prop and chages the things and than i clicked save

Is the 8.9 Tab a POS?

Sorry for my title in this thread, but I am just a little upset right now. Whatever 3d game I download, either does not work, is not compatible with the tab, and if it does install crashes in 30 mins. If it does not crash, the ap acts crazy. I am talking about game apps btw. Skies of glory, my plane just keeps spinning around non stop. About 10 games I tried downloading are not compatible. Hawx crashes 15 mins into the game. I see alot of apps are compatible with the 10.1 inch model. When I go to gameloft, they don't even have the 8.9 model as one of the selection on their site. Is it just my tab or no one offers support for this thing?
Does anyone have any 3d games that work with this tab? So I can at least get some more? (I do have shadowgun, Hot Pursuit, and dead space were the only ones I see that work really well. Thanks
This is because Galaxy Tab 8.9 defaults to "landscape" in build.prop whereas all the other tabs including the 10.1 defaults to "portrait". That means any game that uses the accelerometer will not function for 8.9 (unless you hold it in landscape mode!) until the developers start to cater specifically for 8.9.
you're going to want to install a custom ROM and you'll like it much better.
I don't know why samsung made some of the decisions they did, but overcome fixes everything that you're talking about.
I play GTA, osmos, world of goo, wreckless racing, wreckless getaway, etc. all work great.
Is it a POS? stock software, yes. hardware, absolutely not.
Thanks for the replies guys, what custom rom do you recommend for it? I guess I will google it if a link cannot be posted. Thanks.
Vman7765 said:
Thanks for the replies guys, what custom rom do you recommend for it? I guess I will google it if a link cannot be posted. Thanks.
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Just look in the development section. All the roms are there.
The only question to ask yourself is, do you want honeycomb or try out the ics alphas. I would go with ics but keep in mind it's alpha so some stuff might not work
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If you you use cameras don't go with the I cs. Go with overcome.
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Shadowgun, Frontline Commando, and Deadspace, are all pretty awesome 3d games, but yeah I want Gameloft support too.
At the moment there is no one Gameloft game in the market for 8.9 Galaxy tab.
I have tried to change tablet version name to P7100 in build.prop but it didnt helps (games have appeared but i cant buy anything). I also cant install or run any downloaded version...

modern combat 3 working?

Has anyone got modern combat 3 to run on this tablet?
When I first purchased this tablet 2 months ago it was working, and then now all of a sudden it says that its not compatible.
yes, mc3 works but you must change the build prop but only if you have rooted the Sony.
Model=A500
Brand=acer
Name=picasso_generic1
device=picasso
Save then reboot
Games working;
9mm
Modern combat 3
tintin
Gt racing
And a few more
David.
Works perfect now, thanks!
FANTASTIC. This was the first build prop that i tried. Some games still dont show up like real racing(which is one of my favs and FREE). Maybe i will look into trying a few more build props, its a case of trial and error in some cases.But I am pleased i was able to help as the Sony is mainly used a a gaming devise and e-book reader.
Happy times Buddy.
David.
I was thinking the galaxy tab would be the one to go for.. it's popularity is sure to in turn create the most compatibility with app. I haven't bothered yet due to assumin it might not work so well being 10.1 vs 9.5 inch tabs... any ideas?
I was thinking about using the Galaxy tab but went with the Acer. I may try it but the problem is that once the build prop is changed the installed games need to re download data again. Since ive got pretty much all the games I can(due to storage) installed I will wait until the external sd issue has been fixed.
I'll try the Asus Transformr Prime, Galaxy Tab 7.1 & 10.1.
The Acer build prop works for most of the games. I think the Prime would not be a good comparison as this uses a tegra 3 quad. Best to keep the build props roughly the same as the native one.
...........But you never know.
Build Prop changing ??? Very very new...
Can anyone tell me wat else this effects cause i've changed my build prop on my lg G-slate cause alot is not supported for it but will this mess anything up and once i get these games running can i change my build prop back with the games and apps still working?
In my experience once you change the build back to original then the games require the game data again or even worse they come up with incompatibility problems.Try find a build prop that has the same specs as the original device. I have never had any major problems changing the 4 lines above but thats not to say you wont. Good luck
Anyone else had any luck with build.props other than the a500? I would actually like modern combat 2 which doesn't seem to be showing with the a500 edit
You could always google for samsung 10.1 build prop. I was going to try this one but since the a500 worked for me i just left it
I downloaded the apk directly (not from Playstore) and it works fine ;-) I also bought to be fair to the developers. Great game!
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Are you guys leaving your build.props modified to show a500 or are you changing back to the original Sony after you have the games installed and working?
robber said:
Are you guys leaving your build.props modified to show a500 or are you changing back to the original Sony after you have the games installed and working?
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Hi robber,
Just check it out - its very easy with v2.3 "Fake as other device" function.
One-click solution - to get Acer A500, or other one from four available devices.
Can be also reverted back as Sony with one click
br
condi
Thanks. I have not played with 2.3 yet. Didn't realize that was a function. Nice.
I had to go through a lot of incompatibility problems to get it to work. i downloaded two different apks, from online. used one to download the data, juggled the data around and made it work for the second apk, if that makes any sense
This game is worth to buy.Dont understand why its not officially comatible with our tablet. Maybe because of implementation of ps3 pad drivers if yes. Btw its easy way to have it playable - my way. Its compatible with my xperia arc s so I bought game and move it on tablet. I dont see any bugs or texture loss. I also dont play on phone cause it starts heating very fast imo its not a theft. In this case it works I dont know what if you downloaded game on other device. There is also solution if game wont start after logo. Region change 2 UK on tablet setting , play and save game and revert region to this which was before. I tried play with ps3 pad -not working well. Btw2 multiplayer in this game rocks :laugh:
If we used appguard to disable mc3 to read phone state, wouldn't that work?
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Dark Meadow on non-Tegra3 Devices

Dark Meadow is finally out, and it looks amazing.... but I don't own a Tegra-3 device (yet). It is built "built specifically for the Tegra 3 4-PLUS-1 chipset" but anyone have insight as to what that really means? We have gotten Tegra-2 games to work on non-tegra devices with the help of Chainfire and other tweeks... so any ideas as to if it is even possible to play on a Tegra-2 device? Would I just be wasting my time trying to figure out how to get it running?
I think there is a non tegra version out, both tegra version and nontegra version wont work on my tf101.
Hooray for Android gaming....
I would also like to know if this can work on non tegra with chainfire 3d D;. I can't find the non tegra version. link please?
Dark Meadow work on tf101 with the apk patched for all device without chainfire 3d.
zulu99 said:
Dark Meadow work on tf101 with the apk patched for all device without chainfire 3d.
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Link please? Can pm me!
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tried modded apk with titanium backup file and modded sd files on evo 3d, does not work, it just gets to the title screen and the graphics get all garbled with and without chainfire. if anyone knows how, please post. also does chainfire work well on tegra 3 devices? does it have msaa support? thanks. you can find more info on the modded version a mobilephonetalk.com. it shouldn`t breach the forum rules as it is a free game.
Sorry for the thread ressurection, but it's the first link that comes up when googled. I figure it's best place this here for those looking to make Dark Meadow work. I spent a lot of time reading all over the place for a method on how to get it working, but the usual end to it was "It doesn't work!" ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTDKeNOxe4s
I managed to get it working last night on my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 using the fixed .apk that's floating around the internet. There seems to be a lot different thoughts about how to make it work. I can say with confidence that to make it run on my tablet I needed to use Chainfire 3D with the nvidia plugin for Tegra support. Seemed that most people who did get it working without Tegra 3 devices had at least Tegra 2. I further verified the need for Chainfire 3D in that when loading Dark Meadow without Chainfire 3D the game quickly exits out after the Unreal Engine screen. When using Chainfire 3D the game continues to load and you will get the Phosphor screen. THIS is where Tegra but non Tegra 3 devices run into a problem. They get a black screen and then it closes out shortly after.
What seems to have gone unnoticed is that when the Phosphor screen loads, the main menu is loaded behind it and is very much touchable. Having gotten into the game a couple of times already by some random chance I started tapping where the START NEW GAME option is. I could hear the sound effect, but usually nothing happened after that. So I tried hitting HOME then using the task manager to return to it. I was greeted with a white screen... The start of a new game! I tried this several times to be sure, and it worked more often than not. You can from there back out to the main menu and load a saved game.
Unsure if this will work for other devices, but that's how I got it working.
Update: Tried doing the exact same thing on my Galaxy SIII phone, but it doesn't work. I did manage to get into the main menu twice out of like 40 attempts, but never got beyond that. The tapping on the lower right doesn't work in this case. When I did start a new game though I got the white screen and then choked.
I think it's worth noting the hardware in the US GS3 and Note 10.1 are different, but I believe the international GS3 has the same CPU/GPU as the Note 10.1, so it may work with that.

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