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PewPew beta

mrstealthusmc said:
Ok I am experiencing a few issues here. First the game game does run really smooth on my phone but every now and again it will stutter and almost freeze when playing. I have also had it where I was playing and both joysticks stopped working. Also. When a game ends and I input my name and score the game freezes almost all the time. The phone usually rebooted when this happens.
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No way, it rebooted by itself? I didn't even know it was possible... I am going to do a quick update tomorrow (I am going to remove the request to the server that enables me to count the number of people playing), maybe it's going to improve the situation. I've got a feeling all those crash/bugs come from the same place.
 
Updated to the new version. Loving it, no more "black screen of death" when you back out. Plays great, music is good. I caught one small thing which was when you go to Settings, on a Vibrant the screen size is a bit messed up so the "Normal Screen Orientation" option at the bottom is a bit cut off, no big deal really but just something I spotted out of the ordinary.
 
Not able to get the game to start, crashes as soon as I press the icon. Am on an HTC Hero, 2.1

Is there an issue or will the game not support older devices?
 
ParishL31 said:
on a Vibrant the screen size is a bit messed up so the "Normal Screen Orientation" option at the bottom is a bit cut off
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Actually, this button is cut off because you can scroll the button list. I'm sorry I did not make it more visually clear :)

I just uploaded a new version (1.5.1), and it might correct some crashes. Unfortunately I have zero other Android devices to test PewPew on. The other change is that the back button works as expected now.
This update was done in a hurry, that's why I haven't addressed all the issues.
 
I must say that this game is awesome. It runs so well on my Droid x. There are no problems that I have found yet. Great job!!!!!
 
elthrawno said:
Not able to get the game to start, crashes as soon as I press the icon. Am on an HTC Hero, 2.1

Is there an issue or will the game not support older devices?
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There was an issue, but now the game should run perfectly. Could you try the last version available on the Android Market? Thanks.
 
Running on AT&T Samsung Captivate with Android 2.1 update 1

Upon opening, it took me several tries of restarting to get the screen to come up. Most of the time, it would show nothing but a black screen and the bar up top that shows the name of the program (happens with every program on the captivate, not sure about other phones). Music plays, but nothing shows on the screen. When it finally worked, it was great. the game played smoothly and the graphics are great. everything was good until i died though. playing megagore (i believe that is what the name is), once i died, it stuttered and never unfroze from the stuttering state.


try #2 got 13960 on megagore and a bronze medal yay!!! it is a really fun game and i LOVE IT.

but back to the errors. During the game, i had no problems, and even when I died, there was no freezing. Once I got to the score saving screen though, the sound stuttered, and the whole game froze. Backing out (using the home button) and re-entering did fix anything either.
-caused a major freeze, forcing me to yank the battery out of my phone to reset it.

A little more feedback:
The freeze at death/score save screen seem to only happens on megagore and dodge this
Also, I just switched from assault to dodge this and it froze




Btw: all of my "froze" actually means the buttons don't work, no capacitive buttons on my phone work and actually the whole screen just stops detecting touches. the music stutters and it rarely ever starts back up on its own.

Sorry I don't have too much time to play it tonight, but the next time I get a chance, I will test it out some more.

Overall though, besides the score screen issue and the single time of switching between menus, it is VERY smooth. the graphics are amazing (yet simple), the menus are very fluid and the controls are intuitive.

It is a WONDERFUL game, and honestly, I wouldn't mind paying a couple bucks for it. If all the bugs were to be fixed and a few more game modes were added, I'm sure PewPew could easily work its way up to the top, whether it becomes a paid app or stays a free one.
 
Jyaif said:
There was an issue, but now the game should run perfectly. Could you try the last version available on the Android Market? Thanks.
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That's great news. Unfortunately it's not showing on Market and Web Market won't let me install either. Is there any chance of a direct link to the updated apk please?
 
elthrawno said:
That's great news. Unfortunately it's not showing on Market and Web Market won't let me install either. Is there any chance of a direct link to the updated apk please?
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Try the original post link again, he constantly updates that direct link with the new APK.
 
The game shows up in the market for me. It is actually the version that I tested up above. So, I could actually be testing an old buggy version...
 
Could be the problem. I downloaded the file in this thread and it was very buggy. As soon as I downloaded the market version all my issues were gone and the game runs perfect.
 
Yeah, Web Market tells me it's not compatible with my phone. Will try the dev's link again. I love Geometry Wars so being able to play this on the move would be epic!
 
has anybody else noticed that the assault mode is pretty much impossible. i can barely get 1000 points on it, and for a bronze you need 9000?!?! i guess ill never see that one... also, has anyone been able to get one of the other ships. are there any benefits to those or is it just a new look.
 
Hi, sorry I was away for some time. I just uploaded a new version of PewPew to the market. The first link in the topic also point to the latest version.

Here's the change log:

Features:
-PewPew can be installed on the SD card.
-Added option to minimize the joysticks.
-The loading takes less time.
-Optimized stuff.
-The joysticks are automatically at the bottom of the screen if you have a phone with true multitouch and you are running Android 2.2.

Bugs and crashes:
-Physical keyboard do not crash the game anymore.
-The preference menu correctly displays the location of the moving joystick.
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mrstealthusmc> In assault, the scores increase exponentially, provided you take the blue boxes. Try staying in the middle of the arena, it's easier. You can look at the replays of the top players to see how they play.
And yes, the other ships only provide a new look.
 
wow, i just looked at the replay for number one and that person is insane!!!i guess i have my work cut out for me then...by the way, it looks like some of the scoers might be glitched when compared to the replay. dodge this and megacore scores for number one dont match the replay. not sure what that is about. high score name is al52025 on both.
 
Yeah I saw... there are two possibilities:
1/ He is running on a CPU that is a different model from ours. The floating point operations thus could produce slightly different results, therefore the replays couldn't be replayed on our CPU. Likewise, he wouldn't be able to watch our replays.
2/ He is cheating.

I find it odd that he is #1 and that his replays can't be read correctly. On the other hand I would be pretty surprised that someone managed to cheat that quickly.
I am going to inspect the situation...
 
yeah that is odd....anyways, i just want to thank you for an awesome game. i play this game pretty much non stop all day long. i cant get enough!!! you did i fine job
 
Just downloaded the app today and played around with it a little. I gotta say, this is an awesome game. Can't believe I've been missing out for so long! Any word on PewPew 2?

One (minor) issue: Volume controls. Where are they? Don't get me wrong, the music and sound effects are fine, but it would be nice to be able to play my own music in the background. This simple addition would make PewPew the ultimate commuting game!
 
Thanks for your work Jyaif, I can now get the game to boot up and navigate menus, choose level etc, but it crashes back to homescreen when I click to start level... sad times!
 
I downloaded this last night on my Desire HD and it is Brilliant!
Love it love it love it!!

You've done a really good job mate ;)
 
elthrawno said:
I can now get the game to boot up and navigate menus, choose level etc, but it crashes back to homescreen when I click to start level... sad times!
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Wow, that actually helps me a lot :D
In the last update I moved the loading of some graphics.
They used to load when you launched PewPew, but now they load when you press "start". So that must be what crashes the game for you.
That probably means that there isn't enough memory on the GPU, which is insane since I use very very little.

I would love to take some time fixing this issue, but I really have more urgent (and easy) bugs to fix right now.


Essex said:
One (minor) issue: Volume controls. Where are they? Don't get me wrong, the music and sound effects are fine, but it would be nice to be able to play my own music in the background. This simple addition would make PewPew the ultimate commuting game!
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I plan on adding a "mute" button :) But like I said, right now I am focusing on fixing crashes.


Mitchturbo said:
You've done a really good job mate ;)
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Thanks :)
 
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