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Title: QT Fun - Games
Post by: Pete on 2009.10.02, 22:19:22
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QuotePosted by Martin Iturbide - Friday, 02 October 2009




A. .. .

Hi All

Thought I'd give these games a try so downloaded and unzipped the files.

A quick read of README.OS2 later and I seem to have found the problem why neither game works
here:-

  "... can only use one font at the moment,
     C:\PSFONTS\HELV.PFB. Make sure this file exists.If it does not exist a crash will happen."


Oh dear!

I presume the above is the reason why neither game starts at all; the game icon gets the "cross hatched effect" and then reverts to normal.

Shame I do not have a C: drive...

Hopefully the C: drive restriction will disappear in the very near future.

Regards

Pete

Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: Saijin_Naib on 2009.10.02, 22:38:13
diver (Silvan?) already said that the hardcoded path to C:\PSFONTS\ is a current limitation of the Qt4 framework beta.

This implies (but does not state) that this restriction will be removed in the final version.
Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: diver on 2009.10.02, 23:51:37
we are not sure if we remove this restriction already with the coming beta3, but in the final version it's gone for sure. we will then also support more fonts.

regards
Silvan aka _diver
Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: osw on 2009.10.03, 00:25:53

Pete wrote:
(...)Shame I do not have a C: drive...(...)

Why so? What is wrong with having c: partition - even if it's occupied by windoze on ntfs ? Then resolving this issue is just a matter of logistics... I mean adding ntfs.ifs and creating psfonts dir on c: with one file in it. It did the trick for me. And I'm playing  blubbels (very addictive game).
Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: Pete on 2009.10.03, 02:40:35
Hi osw


Quote from: osw on 2009.10.03, 00:25:53

Pete wrote:
(...)Shame I do not have a C: drive...(...)

Why so? What is wrong with having c: partition - even if it's occupied by windoze on ntfs ? Then resolving this issue is just a matter of logistics... I mean adding ntfs.ifs and creating psfonts dir on c: with one file in it. It did the trick for me. And I'm playing  blubbels (very addictive game).


Well, I do have a C: drive in fact.

It currently contains a knackered installation of Windows2000.

The reason that installation is knackered is because I used the Windows Update tool to update the installation; now that system does not boot successfully. An email to M$ reveals they will fix the problem for a 1 off fee of about £150. Typical M$... I will not bother repeating what I told them to do.

I have no interest in repairing/replacing the Windows installation.

I certainly would not use ntfs.ifs to access any "Windows data" - unless someone has recently written a new driver that actually works and is prepared to rectify any damage that use of said driver may cause (usually the readme or other doc will offer a Disclaimer).

I'll wait until these apps are "grown up" and capable of finding the current boot drive with the \PSFONTS directory - or not.

Regards

Pete
Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: Blonde Guy on 2009.10.03, 04:19:11
Very interesting pair of games. QT4 looks great. I have no sound for Blubbels, though.
Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: Saijin_Naib on 2009.10.03, 06:40:39
What update did you install? Did you change any BIOS options hence? did you change the drive letters?
Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: diver on 2009.10.03, 11:19:29
Quote from: Blonde Guy on 2009.10.03, 04:19:11
Very interesting pair of games. QT4 looks great. I have no sound for Blubbels, though.

That is normal :) as the current beta has no sound support.

If such features ever will see the light depends heavily on sponsor units.
Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: fbakan on 2009.10.06, 22:54:31
Quote from: Pete on 2009.10.03, 02:40:35
...
I certainly would not use ntfs.ifs to access any "Windows data" - unless someone has recently written a new driver that actually works and is prepared to rectify any damage that use of said driver may cause (usually the readme or other doc will offer a Disclaimer).

I'll wait until these apps are "grown up" and capable of finding the current boot drive with the \PSFONTS directory - or not.
...

Or take a HEX-editor, and change C:\PSFONTS\ in QtGui4.dll to something more accurate for your system ...
Title: Re: QT Fun - Games
Post by: diver on 2009.10.18, 12:12:26
we will provide new releases of the games, as since Beta3 of Qt4 we have native font support and a hack is not needed anymore. so stay tuned till we release them

see http://svn.netlabs.org/qt4 for more infos.

regards
Silvan