Sil and Angband variants available on Android

half · March 31, 2013, 14:25

Scatha brought the following to my attention:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...variants&hl=en

It wasn't developed by us, but we welcome its presence. I don't have an android phone or tablet, but it looks like this could be good, especially on a tablet. It is very flexible and I'd be interested to know if people can set up a playable control scheme for it. Sil tries to restrict the command set a lot, so it might be OK once a few things like 'escape', 'u', '/' or ',' are set to shortcuts. If there is something I could add to the game which would make a big difference to the playability of this port, I'll certainly consider it.

half · March 31, 2013, 14:29

They also have a website and a forum here:

http://angdroid.org/forum/index.php

This lets me see it is part of a wider Angband on Android project, which some of you are perhaps familiar with already.

Psi · March 31, 2013, 20:09

This is crazy! I never noticed Sil had been added in. I wonder how long I've had it on my phone without realising...

Psi · March 31, 2013, 22:24

I know some of this will be for the "porters" rather than yourself, but some initial observations...

- the background tile effect for unaware monsters is not showing
- I can't find a "tab" key on the pop up keyboard, though I guess the same can be achieved via @
- I tried adding "u" and "*" to hardware keys but after bringing up a list of objects to use I discovered I couldn't select from that list without the popup keyboard. Being able to move through the list like in character creation would help here.

retrobits · April 1, 2013, 00:08

Thanks for the bug report Psi,
I will try to get those fixes into the next version.

What we've created for Android is basically a curses emulation engine, so all the games are pretty much unchanged from the upstream projects. We just compile to the unix curses target and link with our curses emulation library. Occasionally there is a minor patch to compensate for a few quirks in our environment. All the bugs you noticed were defects in our curses emulation. Its usually very easy to include additional games. One of our avid users was asking for Sil, so one afternoon I added it. Sadly, I haven't had a chance to play it extensively myself yet, but I hope to remedy that very soon.

buzzkill · April 1, 2013, 03:16

NPP is in there too. That was never there before.

retrobits · April 1, 2013, 04:46

yes, quite a while ago when first creating the Angband Variants app, I tried to get NPP working (can't remember what stopped my progress back then). But this time around either our curses library has improved or the upstream project improved (probably the former). Just a clean curses target compile worked on the first try.

Psi · April 1, 2013, 08:37

Thanks for the speedy reply!

Quote:

Originally Posted by retrobits

All the bugs you noticed were defects in our curses emulation.

The third point I mentioned is also how it works playing on my laptop, so I suspect half would need to update the in game lists to behave like menu selection for that one.

nppangband · April 2, 2013, 01:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by buzzkill

NPP is in there too. That was never there before.

Thank you to whoever did this! I had no idea NPP was available for android.

Psi · April 3, 2013, 15:57

What are the chances of getting some sort of gestures added? '/', '<', '>' seem like obvious candidates for Sil.

March 31, 2013, 14:25	#1
half Knight Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 910	Sil and Angband variants available on Android Scatha brought the following to my attention: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...variants&hl=en It wasn't developed by us, but we welcome its presence. I don't have an android phone or tablet, but it looks like this could be good, especially on a tablet. It is very flexible and I'd be interested to know if people can set up a playable control scheme for it. Sil tries to restrict the command set a lot, so it might be OK once a few things like 'escape', 'u', '/' or ',' are set to shortcuts. If there is something I could add to the game which would make a big difference to the playability of this port, I'll certainly consider it.

April 1, 2013, 03:16	#6
buzzkill Prophet Join Date: May 2008 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 2,939 Donated: $8	NPP is in there too. That was never there before. __________________ www.mediafire.com/buzzkill - Get your 32x32 tiles here. UT32 now compatible Ironband and Quickband 9/6/2012. My banding life on Buzzkill's ladder.

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March 31, 2013, 14:29	#2
half Knight Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 910	They also have a website and a forum here: http://angdroid.org/forum/index.php This lets me see it is part of a wider Angband on Android project, which some of you are perhaps familiar with already.

March 31, 2013, 20:09	#3
Psi Knight Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Age: 47 Posts: 870	This is crazy! I never noticed Sil had been added in. I wonder how long I've had it on my phone without realising...

March 31, 2013, 22:24	#4
Psi Knight Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Age: 47 Posts: 870	I know some of this will be for the "porters" rather than yourself, but some initial observations... - the background tile effect for unaware monsters is not showing - I can't find a "tab" key on the pop up keyboard, though I guess the same can be achieved via @ - I tried adding "u" and "*" to hardware keys but after bringing up a list of objects to use I discovered I couldn't select from that list without the popup keyboard. Being able to move through the list like in character creation would help here.

April 1, 2013, 00:08	#5
retrobits Scout Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 29	Thanks for the bug report Psi, I will try to get those fixes into the next version. What we've created for Android is basically a curses emulation engine, so all the games are pretty much unchanged from the upstream projects. We just compile to the unix curses target and link with our curses emulation library. Occasionally there is a minor patch to compensate for a few quirks in our environment. All the bugs you noticed were defects in our curses emulation. Its usually very easy to include additional games. One of our avid users was asking for Sil, so one afternoon I added it. Sadly, I haven't had a chance to play it extensively myself yet, but I hope to remedy that very soon.

April 1, 2013, 04:46	#7
retrobits Scout Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 29	yes, quite a while ago when first creating the Angband Variants app, I tried to get NPP working (can't remember what stopped my progress back then). But this time around either our curses library has improved or the upstream project improved (probably the former). Just a clean curses target compile worked on the first try.

April 3, 2013, 15:57	#10
Psi Knight Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Age: 47 Posts: 870	What are the chances of getting some sort of gestures added? '/', '<', '>' seem like obvious candidates for Sil.

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