Ego-Shooter Cube for Dell Axim X50v released

Colin Dunstan · 02-11-2005, 10:06 AM

Intel has created a port of the ego-shooter game Cube to support their latest mobile cpu & 3d chipset (the Intel 2700 of the Dell Axim X50v). Click here for the download links and click here for some older screenshots.

What is Cube anyways?
Cube is an open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine. Cube is a landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor FPS engine, which combines very high precision dynamic occlusion culling with a form of geometric mipmapping on the whole world for dynamic LOD for configurable fps & graphic detail on most machines

[via PocketGamer]

jjesusfreak01 · 02-11-2005, 08:23 PM

Jaw drops!!! Ive never seen anything that beautiful on a handheld device.

Skibum · 02-12-2005, 10:04 AM

OK... Now I feel like the beginner.

Any hints on how to install this package? The PPCREADME is not much help.... wait... it is no help at all..

Alexander Turcic · 02-12-2005, 10:26 AM

1. Download cube_2004_05_22_pocketpc_bin_xscale_opengl_es.zip (don't worry about the date, the files within the zip are actually from January 2005)
2. Unzip cube_2004_05_22_pocketpc_bin_xscale_opengl_es.zip
3. Copy the entire unzipped cubeppc directory to your SD Card (I use WiFi to connect to my local workstation via shared drives, but you can use a card reader or try ActiveSync)
4. On your Axim, use a filemanager to browse to the cubeppc directory on your SD Card and click on cube.exe to start Cube.

The result is QUITE breathtaking!

Skibum · 02-12-2005, 10:33 AM

Thanks!

Alexander Turcic · 02-12-2005, 10:37 AM

Btw in the game, one of the hardware buttons brings you to the game menu, where you can also load various game maps and change gfx tweakings.

Skibum · 02-12-2005, 10:54 AM

I am getting a warning... "Cannot use overbright lighting"

Ideas?

Alexander Turcic · 02-12-2005, 10:58 AM

Perhaps it is a memory problem.
How much Program (not Storage!) memory to you have available (Settings->System->Memory)? I have ~30MB, which worked fine for Cube.

Skibum · 02-12-2005, 11:05 AM

Thanks, but I added even more than that, and no go... using default mode... cant adjust gamma, etc....

Alexander Turcic · 02-12-2005, 11:09 AM

So the game doesn't start at all or when does the error show?

Skibum · 02-12-2005, 11:13 AM

THe game runs, but is VERY dark... so dark that I cant see where I am onthe menu....

If I go to adjust gamma, it sez I cant.

Error is "cannot use overbright lighting, using default mode" on the top left after I start.

Alexander Turcic · 02-12-2005, 11:18 AM

I don't know it looks good to me (the game is kinda dark in general). If I try changing the gamma settings I receive the following error message:

Quote:

Could not set gamma (card/driver doesn't support it)
sdl: SDL compiled without gamma ramp support

Note the second part which tells us that the binary was compiled without gamma ramp support, which is, I assume, why Gamma doesn't work.

justonemore · 02-12-2005, 05:34 PM

Another question is how to get to multiplayer mode. When attempted it appears only to try localhost. I have tried this on the desktop ver and have no issues playing multi (although I can't figure how to setup my own server)

cbarnett · 02-13-2005, 08:16 PM

Does this run on our poor QVGA machines as well, or is it VGA only?

Craig.

02-11-2005, 10:06 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Ego-Shooter Cube for Dell Axim X50v released Intel has created a port of the ego-shooter game Cube to support their latest mobile cpu & 3d chipset (the Intel 2700 of the Dell Axim X50v). Click here for the download links and click here for some older screenshots. What is Cube anyways? Cube is an open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine. Cube is a landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor FPS engine, which combines very high precision dynamic occlusion culling with a form of geometric mipmapping on the whole world for dynamic LOD for configurable fps & graphic detail on most machines [via PocketGamer]

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02-11-2005, 08:23 PM	#2
jjesusfreak01 Senior Junior Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Sony TH-55	Jaw drops!!! Ive never seen anything that beautiful on a handheld device.

02-12-2005, 10:04 AM	#3
Skibum Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: X50V	OK... Now I feel like the beginner. Any hints on how to install this package? The PPCREADME is not much help.... wait... it is no help at all..

02-12-2005, 10:26 AM	#4
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	1. Download cube_2004_05_22_pocketpc_bin_xscale_opengl_es.zip (don't worry about the date, the files within the zip are actually from January 2005) 2. Unzip cube_2004_05_22_pocketpc_bin_xscale_opengl_es.zip 3. Copy the entire unzipped cubeppc directory to your SD Card (I use WiFi to connect to my local workstation via shared drives, but you can use a card reader or try ActiveSync) 4. On your Axim, use a filemanager to browse to the cubeppc directory on your SD Card and click on cube.exe to start Cube. The result is QUITE breathtaking!

02-12-2005, 10:33 AM	#5
Skibum Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: X50V	Thanks!

02-12-2005, 10:37 AM	#6
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Btw in the game, one of the hardware buttons brings you to the game menu, where you can also load various game maps and change gfx tweakings.

02-12-2005, 10:54 AM	#7
Skibum Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: X50V	I am getting a warning... "Cannot use overbright lighting" Ideas?

02-12-2005, 10:58 AM	#8
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Perhaps it is a memory problem. How much Program (not Storage!) memory to you have available (Settings->System->Memory)? I have ~30MB, which worked fine for Cube.

02-12-2005, 11:05 AM	#9
Skibum Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: X50V	Thanks, but I added even more than that, and no go... using default mode... cant adjust gamma, etc....

02-12-2005, 11:09 AM	#10
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	So the game doesn't start at all or when does the error show?

02-12-2005, 11:13 AM	#11
Skibum Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: X50V	THe game runs, but is VERY dark... so dark that I cant see where I am onthe menu.... If I go to adjust gamma, it sez I cant. Error is "cannot use overbright lighting, using default mode" on the top left after I start.

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02-12-2005, 05:34 PM	#13
justonemore Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2005 Device: dell axim x50v	Another question is how to get to multiplayer mode. When attempted it appears only to try localhost. I have tried this on the desktop ver and have no issues playing multi (although I can't figure how to setup my own server)

02-13-2005, 08:16 PM	#14
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Does this run on our poor QVGA machines as well, or is it VGA only? Craig.