hpcYachtCE

Not to be confused with the CE 1 game YachtCE, this is am ARM-only game written for CE 2.11. Here's what it looks like:

http://hpcnec.com/cgi-bin/simpleforum.cgi?fid=14&topic_id=1148563635&page=2

Cool-looking game, but just one problem: The instant it opens, the device freezes. I've had the same result on both my J820 and my J728. There's no link to a developer anywhere, so it isn't even possible to bug report. Anyone gotten this thing to work?

Try downloading it again...it works fine for me...

Rich

I've downloaded it more than once, with the same result each time.

When I get home I'll see if I have another version for ARM...in the meantime, anyone willing to test it out on their J720 and see what happens?

Rich

As far as I know hpcYachtCE has never worked on my 720 or 728.....the screen just freezes! If I remember correctly, you mentioned that Mike had written the game to run on your 900c (which works beautifully), but it doesn't run on HPC2000 handhelds!

Time to contact him I guess....

Written for the 900C? Strange - it needs the H/PC mfcce211.dll IIRC.

IDRC - it doesn't need mfcce211.dll, but it is written for 2.11. I know because when I ran Executability Check on it on my 728 after trying it there, tapping on "Rewrite OS version" shows that the app's OS version is 2.11 to start with.

CE Geek

I said it was written for the 900c, because I recall Rich asking his programmer friend Mike to write a Yachtzee type program and at the time Rich was using a 900c and his website was strictly focused on the 900c. Perhaps I assumed incorrectly....in any event, when I tried the software about 6 month ago, I got the same results you did - it locks up my 720 and 728, forcing a soft reset.

Edited by Hurricane John 2007-07-24 8:18 AM

I think you're right, John. I tested it on my newly-acquired Sigmarion III (another X-Scale device) and it works perfectly. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up when I saw the OS version set at 2.11. Then again, I wonder if it'll work if the CPU identifier is hexedited. Think Mike'll object to one of us trying this?

Go for it...hack away!

CE Geek, did you get it to work?

Not so far, though I'm not finished trying. Tried it on my J820 after changing the CPU identifier (since it reports the OS version as 2.11), but I still get the same result: opens up and immediately freezes. I'll try it on my 728 later on when I have some time.

what CPU id did you edit?! it seems to be already c0 01 to me?

Actually, now that you mention it, I used your conversion utility, and it kinda looked to me like it said the same thing, though I wasn't sure. Now I'm really confused as to why it won't work.

Edited by CE Geek 2007-09-10 8:24 PM