[crazyrich]

Hi, CrazyRich here asking for help.

I would like very detailed instructions on how to properly set-up an Urban Terror port on an Android device. I have tried three times without any success. Can someone PLEASE show me and others like me in a "step by step fashion" in how to do this?

I love the game so much, I just want to take it with me and play it whenever I have free time. So frustrating to have the parts and not know how to put them together right!

[Mod Iye]

Well. luckily for you i spent some time on that topic, trying out the different available q3a ports and stuff.
i got it working for 4.1, but 4.2 gives me an error (something related to memory access, don't remember exactly)
Anyway. i also did a guide for 4.1 (it still says 4.2 should work, since it did in the beginning.

Link to the guide with reviews of the ports available at that time: click me
Quick guide for the most simple working setup i found:click me
i recommend the first one, since it has more detail.

This post has been edited by Iye: 17 September 2014 - 06:42 PM

[thelionroars]

I was curious about this too, thanks for posting Iye.

[Pilou42]

Just for my curiosity, why would you want to port a game based on mouse and keyboard, on a smartphone ?
Is it just for the challenge of porting it to another OS ?

[Mod Iye]

i dunno....
it was like, hey that tablet should work out for UrTs specs.
so i tried. and it worked. needed some tweaks to the config, but it ran at 60 fps. on eagle.
and my tablet actually has a keyboard (wireless). so its not that bad.

and actually sometimes (not for UrT though) games made for mouse are way easier with a touchscreen. like you point at your target and you shoot it. (as i said, not with those q3a ports)

So all in all i guess it was both. the "challenge" of making it run UrT (fluently) and the love for UrT.

I mean you can spec a player from a mobile device. that's quite epic. though more or less useless......

[thelionroars]

Pilou42, on 17 September 2014 - 10:13 PM, said:

Just for my curiosity, why would you want to port a game based on mouse and keyboard, on a smartphone ?
Is it just for the challenge of porting it to another OS ?

Tablet, not smartphone. With a keyboard and bluetooth mouse.

[crazyrich]

Pilou42, on 17 September 2014 - 10:13 PM, said:

Just for my curiosity, why would you want to port a game based on mouse and keyboard, on a smartphone ?
Is it just for the challenge of porting it to another OS ?

Simple. I don't always have the time to sit in front of my machine at home to play this great game. Yet I do have moments (such as standing in long lines) where I would rather play "Urban Terror" instead of some other game such as "Candy Crush".

I just love this game. Its not for the challenge of porting to another OS as other people have already met and beat that challenge. I just want to play the game wherever I want using my android device as they do. That's why I asked how to do it.

This post has been edited by crazyrich: 24 September 2014 - 06:09 AM

[crazyrich]

Iye, on 17 September 2014 - 11:38 PM, said:

i dunno....
it was like, hey that tablet should work out for UrTs specs.
so i tried. and it worked. needed some tweaks to the config, but it ran at 60 fps. on eagle.
and my tablet actually has a keyboard (wireless). so its not that bad.

and actually sometimes (not for UrT though) games made for mouse are way easier with a touchscreen. like you point at your target and you shoot it. (as i said, not with those q3a ports)

So all in all i guess it was both. the "challenge" of making it run UrT (fluently) and the love for UrT.

I mean you can spec a player from a mobile device. that's quite epic. though more or less useless......

I've seen instances in the past where the onscreen controls work on my Android Device very well (PS1 emulator for one).

[crazyrich]

thelionroars, on 18 September 2014 - 02:04 AM, said:

Tablet, not smartphone. With a keyboard and bluetooth mouse.

I'm not carrying a keyboard and mouse with me everywhere I go. But I will take my smartphone, which is really not a phone anymore, but a small touchscreen computer that we can make phone calls with.

[thelionroars]

crazyrich, on 24 September 2014 - 06:27 AM, said:

I'm not carrying a keyboard and mouse with me everywhere I go.

I am! (8