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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: ShivanSpS on October 26, 2014, 04:26:17 am
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Some people may remember that some years ago i liked the idea of behind able to play FS2 on a tablet? well, now that i have a Windows BT tablet i decided to give it a try.
At the native 1280x800 res whiout the mv_advanced, The hiccups are because its running from a pendrive plugged to a USB 1.1 hub, yes i dont have another hub haha... its definately playable, and its not even the top BT, its a Z3735D...
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Input from attached mouse and keyboard?
Portable Freespace..., I really should get mine sorted onto a flashdrive or something.
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A fun project could be a "touch" UI for FS2. Some custom, bigger, HUD widgets with input zones for tap/swipe moves.
Left controls:
- Glide zone for x/y axis control, tap for afterburner
- Thrust slider :
* if you are not using speed matching, this is an absolute speed control
* if you are matching your target speed, this is a relative control that resets when not pressed (basically, when following a target, swipe to the left to let it go away, swipe to the right to come closer)
Right controls:
- Primary fire control, tap to fire, swipe to cycle
- Secondary fire control, tap to fire, swipe to cycle
Lower-middle controls:
- Auto-targeting :
* if no enemy is around : cycle targets
* if bombs are around : target closest bomb
* if enemies are around, and you haven't used targeting in a while : target closest enemy
* if enemies are around, and you have used targeting in the last few seconds : target next enemy
* a long press would toggle auto-targeting
- Speed matching :
* single tap to match a target's speed
* longer press to toggle auto-speed
A touch friendly radial comms menu.
Misc.:
- tap the radar to change range
- tap the escort list to cycle through ships.
- tap a ship for more specific targeting/subsystem targeting/turret targeting.
I could actually enjoy playing FS2 with that kind of UI :P
(I'm really saying that we could play FS2 with 2 control zones, 2 buttons, and a radial menu)
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That's pretty groovy, ShivanSpS. Considering that my new machine uses a Baytrail-M processor, installing FSO shouldn't be the cause of too many concerns. Granted, no Baytrail would be better, but one must use what they have.
:yes:
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Wow, that's pretty decent performance for running the MVPs, except for the huge stutters you're getting when something is exploding. I'm getting the exact same sort of stuttering, but the game is installed to my HDD... curioius.