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-= The Ur-Quan Masters 2X 1.1 =-
(based on UQM 0.6.2)
Ported to GP2X by Senor Quack (Dan Silsby)
dansilsby gmail com
Jan. 15, 2008
Welcome to one of the greatest games ever made!
This is the definitive port of The Ur-Quan Masters to the
GP2X. It is quite stable (no crashes have ever been
reported by users so far and your author has neither ever
had a crash.) It runs at full speed in every situation at
200mhz, but you must enable the RAM tweak through GMenu2X's
launcher to achieve this. UQM2X is a very bandwidth-
hungry game and probably always will be, because all graphics
work is done at 32bpp internally. TV-Out mode might require
a slight overclock.
If you have saved games from either my previous versions of
this port or the ports by foehammer or loki666,
you can copy them into the save folder of this version.
Ur-Quan Masters is an open source port of Star Control II:
(FROM https://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Star_Control_II):
Star Control II, the sequel to the original Star Control, is a space adventure game that features role-playing elements alongside a robust 2D combat system. It was a milestone for non-linear gaming and an undeniable influence on modern space travel games such as Homeworld; many consider it one of the best computer games of all time. The player assumes the role of the captain of a single starship wandering a detailed environment of solar systems, gradually gathering information and resources in order to defeat a mysterious and implacable enemy; the plot contains numerous mysteries and other half-explained elements that contribute to the beauty of the game,1 along with a rare sense of humor that manifests numerous times, inevitably having the player rolling on the floor laughing.
Notice: UQM2X now uses v0.6.2, not v0.6.3 of UQM.
This was because joystick controls are broken in 0.6.3.
If you were a user of my language translation pack, you
must download the latest version of it; previous versions
won't work.
IMPROVEMENTS IN VERSION 1.1 OVER 1.0:
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(released Jan 15, 2008)
* USB joystick support for 1 or 2 players, out of the box.
Since the main UQM port's control configuration is not
complete yet, I spent a week writing a custom control
configurator. You can customize all controls for the GP2X
and USB Joysticks 1 & 2. Launch "uqm2xcfg.gpe" to use it.
UQM2X now has better joystick support than any other port.
In fact, it has better joystick support than the native PC
version itself. Joystick controls are preset for two
Logitech Dual Action controllers.
* Altered some bilinear sprite-scaling code to work properly
with 16bpp surfaces. Bilinear scaling is now used for
all sprite scaling. As a result, smooth-scaling mode is
now full-speed and is the new default for melee fights.
This includes fights in the single-player game.
* Adjustable TV-Out support. Game now detects TV-Out mode
and adjusts screen resolution appropriately for PAL/NTSC.
At the main menu, you can adjust the screen centering by
holding the R-trigger button and moving the stick/DPAD.
* Mapped control for searching for star names via the starmap:
press B in the starmap to bring up a prompt.
* Mapped control for quitting super-melee mode: SELECT is the
default.
* Diagonal controls are fixed.
* Further speed improvements to planetary lander:
Smoother than ever, but RAM tweak in GMenu2X MUST be enabled
to see the improvements.
* Full-screen blits are now handled by a custom ARM ASM routine.
TV-Out mode does now allow this, however, so a slight
overclock when using TV Out might be necessary for
smoothness if you play the single-player game. Melees are
always full-speed no matter what.
* Squidge's MMU hack is now loaded to speed up blits.
* Internal sound mixing is now entirely done with integer math.
* Options in the setup menu that don't work with the GP2X
version are not saved. This includes control re-configuration.
OLDER VERSION HISTORY:
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Version 1.0
* GCC4 automatic compiler profiling has been applied to both
the game and the integrated libTremor .OGG decoding library.
* Some sprite handling code has been rewritten to be faster
on ARM architectures.
* 3DO .OGG music files have been re-encoded and downsampled to
22050hz. The GP2X's output isn't very high quality; no one
will notice the difference. .MODs already were 22050hz.
* The above three things allow usage of the planetary lander
at full 24fps speed in almost all cases. No overclocking
or RAM tweak should be needed.
* Volume buttons work. You can set the intial mixer volume
using GMenu2X if you prefer to start the volume lower. The
program will respect the setting. Volume buttons can then
be used in-game. Sound settings in configuration menu can
be used to adjust the relative volume of music/speech/
samples.
* The game can now be installed anywhere you like on the SD.
Beta 1
* Smaller memory footprint. Should help increase
program stability.
* Large amount of previously unused compiler
optimizations have been applied.
* Integration of ARM ASM memory handling routines.
* Lowered default sound sample rate to 22050hz.
* The above three additions enable smoother use of the
planetary lander. I no longer overclock UQM, all I
enable is the advanced RAM timings from GMenu2X and
it is quite playable at 200mhz.
* Fixed text scrolling when using 3DO voice package.
* Added sync() on exit to avoid loss of save data.
* No crashes have been reported by testers
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| 56k Modem |
35 mins, 31 secs |
| 128k ISDN |
14 mins, 94 secs |
| 256k Cable/DSL |
7 mins, 19 secs |
| 512k Cable/DSL |
3 mins, 73 secs |
| 1mbit Link |
1 mins, 85 secs |
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Please note: The comment section is NOT intended to ask for help. Please use the I need Help-Section at the boards.
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| The volume controls are not implemented yet.. (I don't think any of the other ports supported them anyway.) Please use GMenu2X to adjust the volume, it is what I do it works great. Adding volume controls to UQM is not trivial, but I will soon. |
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| Excellent work! Looking forward to that in-game volume control. Keep up the great work! |
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| There's no better time to get into this awesome game :) Many thanks for your quality work! |
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| Version 1.0 released Nov. 23, 2007:
Volume controls now work, game is full speed at 200mhz. Enjoy! |
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| Slick. Keep up the awesome work Quack! |
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| nice work senquack. my port was a proof of concept for SDL rtems, and i never had the time to finish it.
This port runs very well. |
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| A new language pack for this has been released December 2007:
Play in Finnish, German, Russian, and Spanish languages.
(Suomen kieli, Deutsch Sprache, Русский язык, Espaņol)
https://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,29,2412 |
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2007-12-16
Great work. I was playing an older port with the jerky lander and this is much improved. In fact I haven't found anything that doesn't work as expected.
Cheers |
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| Works perfectly except for a few minor control issues with the F200. Diagonals (two button presses) don't seem to work. |
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| qwerty15: 1/16/08 there should be an update coming (it is in process here in the archive) that fixes all control issues and adds new features on top of that.. Keep an eye out ;) -Senor Quack |
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| Awesome Port! Gamepad support makes it better than ever. Really appreciate your hard work! |
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| 3/14/08 - I've played through the game three times since I downloaded 1.0(1.1 is current but I don't need F200 support) and it hasn't crashed, locked, groaned or even hiccuped at me. It saves and loads perfectly. Graphics are smooth and the 3DO voice and music are fantastic(as always). This is the best port of StarCon II that the GP2X has ever seen and - like Thunor said - there isn't anything I can think of that needs to be fixed or tweaked. |
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| Its a really good game, I'm glad you ported it, or I would have likely never played it. |
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