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guide to tegra and qualcomm games on our cappy

a comprehensive guide to our cappy
*need to be rooted*
first download Chainfire3D (free) https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.cf3d&feature=search_result
Chainfire3D Pro (paid) https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.cf3d.pro&feature=search_result
(Pro offers OpenGL manipulation on a per-app bases and Fix market settings and support's his efforts)
after it installs open the app and download the CF3D driver
once installed reboot the device
then pick from the .zip files attached below (qualcomm for snap dragon game Nvida for tegra 2 games and ect and put the .zip on the SD
open the app and click install plugin
then go into default open gl settings
click use plugin and chose which plugin to use depending on the game

games that work Nvidia (pinball Hd, my first trainz little unstable, samurai vegeance ii and ripetide gp) qualcomm (backstab HD is kinda unstable)
games are attached below
P.S editing the build prop any way does not help to play these games
http://www.filestube.com/6460f51a757b005e03eb/go.html backstab hd
http://www.filestube.com/2f6496e969a1678903ea/go.html Samurai_II_Vengeance
http://www.filestube.com/3dd9cebfec00786e03e9/go.html pinball http://www.duckload.com/download/qQsY2 ripetide gp
http://bitshare.com/files/9lj7b0it/My-First-TRAINZ-Set-v1.1.apk.html My-First-TRAINZ
also rember to enable unkown sources in application settings

^Thats gonna get taken down. It shouldnt though since those developers wont sell a version for our phones.
There is a version of Pinball THD around that has the tegra check removed. I hoping this can be done to all THD games so I dont have to mess around with chainfire.
Devs need to realize tegra devices are maybe 5% of all android devices. And not all those users are going to buy games. So they are targeting maybe 3% of android users.
If people starting buy THD games to use with chainfire then devs will continue to make tegra only games.

I agree with you BenKranged i also think that google should step to the plate like they did with the carriers and the phone companys to stop this fragmentation and stop Nvida paying off the devs and the devs charging 6 to 7$ for games.
also i think terga devices make up less of the market
Nvida profts for this quater says that only 6.25% is the percentage of all tegra based products make up in there profits

Thx alot squishy for the detailed guide, I'm having succes with all of the games u posted,no lag at all to my surprise exept samurai II which doesnt even wanna load,the game starts but loading the missions does not so basicly menu browsing only.
P.S. I'm running Mosaic III D with xcal #15 vodoo enabled

Backstab anyone?
Anyone manage to get Backstab working? If so, how?
TIA, if not, no worries.

Sweet
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[Q] Plants vs. Zombies

Does anyone manage to run this game on Milestone/Droid?
I have the first one with Froyomod 2.8.0 and I had run games like Shadow Guardian or Assassin's Creed, but this seems IMPOSSIBLE!
I've tried Chainfire, 40M VM Size tweak, download it again...

Have you tried editing the build.prop? Specifically ro.product.model and ro.product.manufacturer?

I'm using CM7, and the game crashes after the PopCap Games logo. Hopefully something will get figured out.

I turned up the VM heap size to 48, and then I used AutoKiller to lower the OOM value of Plants Vs Zombies, and I got to the loading screen of the app for a couple seconds (past the PopCap splash screen) screamed out loud in happiness, then it crashed.

I'm starting to think that the problem is the port of PopCap. Chuzzle has the same problem in Milestone :/
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try the lastest miui rom or cronos ginger 1.1.0/1.4.0 with pcphobics modifications if u wanna play games ..

The problem is that the game need 180mb of ram, but your phone can only give something about 120mb ram. So I don't think that it will be working on Droid/Milestone.

victor.prs said:
Does anyone manage to run this game on Milestone/Droid?
I have the first one with Froyomod 2.8.0 and I had run games like Shadow Guardian or Assassin's Creed, but this seems IMPOSSIBLE!
I've tried Chainfire, 40M VM Size tweak, download it again...
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Please ensure that you download the correct apk version because there are some version only for Tegra 2 devices.

Playing Plants vs Zombies on my Milestone
Ok I just installed it. No problems on my Milestone.
See this video below:
http://youtu.be/tmCMIKdrjGE

Hmm, this is the same version of the Amazon Appstore??
It seems different...
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pcphobic, oh please don't inject 'hope' into other Milestone owners!
That is the unofficial ported version!
The official version had those plant icons on the left side of the screen (not on top like what you have). And it run much smoother as well.

oh, what we talking about is the official version, i dont think that your PVZ is that. The size of the official one is up to 80M!!!

Bored so much... My next is WP7

I'm bored so much everyday something has broken.
With stock rom I can't play dungeon defenders with my PowerSGX 540
And with sucked balls iphone is smooth on this game.
With CM7 browser is laggy and stock kernel is so poor. Look fps in quadrant. F...k quadrant score but just look what a poor fps. After flashing glitch kernel dungeon defenders is so smooth but now it brings millions of bugs.
And now accelerometer doesn't work great it lags on CM7 or MIUI with all type of kernels. And these days are end of gingerbread. We still don't have a great gingerbread or froyo.
I have a great GPU chip great CPU chip I will put all of them into my somewhere. F...k samsung sorry for offtopic I bored so much.
Now CM9 will come with a big "0". Fix bugs fix bugs fix bugs ... And CM10 + a big 0 fix bugs fix bugs.
When can I use this sh*t?
My next phone will be a Windows Phone 7.5 or something. SGS FOR SALE.

LOL. 10 Chars.

Stupid thread, no one wants to know that u r buying a wp7. And if u wanted to sell your sgs then eBay is a better place then xda.

There is no cure for stupidity..

Before I commited myself to a 2 year contract, i researched which phone to buy for a full month. Consequently, i never moan, ***** or whinge like a little girl.
What did you do? Pull your phone out of a hat?
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This guy has a point. I play with a phone, not games though. That's why Android is perfect phone for me

I am really wondering what games he is gonna play on Windows Phone !?

To those joking with OP...can you guys name one gingerbread firmware released by Samsung that is not laggy..buggy etc etc.

Well I'm using the following combination and it works like a charm!
ODEXED Stock JVR + CF-Root + Thunderbolt 1.9 60MB LMK + Arc Launcher 2.0.
I've got pretty high FPS in games and Quadrant scores are like 2400 - 2500.
Maybe you should try it? I'm playing 9mm wich is a 1.6GB game and works pretty good!

I don't play games that often in mobile,might try the above mentioned combo. I need a firmware that works,trusty alarm clock,etc.Samsung does not give a damn about the bugs on recent firmwares that's the reason i feel with the thread starter.

TigerCourage said:
Well I'm using the following combination and it works like a charm!
ODEXED Stock JVR + CF-Root + Thunderbolt 1.9 60MB LMK + Arc Launcher 2.0.
I've got pretty high FPS in games and Quadrant scores are like 2400 - 2500.
Maybe you should try it? I'm playing 9mm wich is a 1.6GB game and works pretty good!
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Lets try dungeon defenders. You can't even just open game with this combination.
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Just tried out Dungeon Defenders. Got real laggy the first time I played at wave 3 of the first level but I restarted and it ran perfect after that. Pretty fun game. Shame if I have to restart every time though as I usually only restart when I install new kernels and stuff or go for weeks of up time.
Big bottleneck with this phone is lack of RAM, and Dungeon Defenders wants a lot of it. It says 256 MB free required, well that's tough with 330-350 MB usable. I run Semaphore bigmem with 352 MB RAM (with stock JVT odexed) and I noticed after exiting the game that 205MB was free (in the 'manage applications' 'running' tab) and I'm guessing the game was using most of that. It's a very demanding app though, most run just fine. The only problems with RAM I've had previous to this is that if do lots of stuff Slacker in the background will get killed from time to time and that may have been due to LMK settings that I was using at the time.
SGS is a great phone but it would be even better if Samsung had given us 512MB usable RAM, then programs that need 250MB would run no sweat. Seems like 1GB of RAM is going to be required real soon for people that want to run the demanding games. My SGS has served me well but I'll be eyeing the new phones with 1GB in the new year. Shame because other than the RAM, and perhaps SD card speed but that is more of a want than a need, I could easily hold off until the following year.

haloimplant said:
Just tried out Dungeon Defenders. Got real laggy the first time I played at wave 3 of the first level but I restarted and it ran perfect after that. Pretty fun game. Shame if I have to restart every time though as I usually only restart when I install new kernels and stuff or go for weeks of up time.
Big bottleneck with this phone is lack of RAM, and Dungeon Defenders wants a lot of it. It says 256 MB free required, well that's tough with 330-350 MB usable. I run Semaphore bigmem with 352 MB RAM (with stock JVT odexed) and I noticed after exiting the game that 205MB was free (in the 'manage applications' 'running' tab) and I'm guessing the game was using most of that. It's a very demanding app though, most run just fine. The only problems with RAM I've had previous to this is that if do lots of stuff Slacker in the background will get killed from time to time and that may have been due to LMK settings that I was using at the time.
SGS is a great phone but it would be even better if Samsung had given us 512MB usable RAM, then programs that need 250MB would run no sweat. Seems like 1GB of RAM is going to be required real soon for people that want to run the demanding games. My SGS has served me well but I'll be eyeing the new phones with 1GB in the new year. Shame because other than the RAM, and perhaps SD card speed but that is more of a want than a need, I could easily hold off until the following year.
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Totally agreed. Flashing back to froyo now. For more ram.
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For games playing, 2.2.1 is only choice.

BHuvan goyal said:
Stupid thread, no one wants to know that u r buying a wp7. And if u wanted to sell your sgs then eBay is a better place then xda.
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Theres no need to bash someone like that. He's got a valid point in terms of games and the lags inspite of the superb hardware our phone has. After all this hardcore specs...gingerbread released by samsung is ****...yeah i know theres CM7...but come on...lets just talk about phone thats just out of the box...

i also just downgraded to froyo 2.2.1 jsd yesterday...its awesume for playing games......and i also applied supercharger script...i get lot of free ram.....
i had also tried jpk but jsd is awesume...

Well, every time I exit 9mm wich is a very demanding game, I get like 179 free ram. Also, the ARC launcher is very optimized to run on low ram (wich makes it lightweight) and doesn't redraw like TouchWiz 3 bull****.
I can't try Dungeon Defenders couse I'm out of internal SD storage all because I have a lot of games installed on my 8GB version xD.

Quadrant scores mean little to nothing in reality though.

Whole thread should change the topic to:
I'm very disappointed because I had no idea what I'm buying and what for I will use it.

well, for me riptide gp, dungeon defenders, shadowgun etc. run perfectly on jvt+doctorz rom v9+thunderbolt tweaks 1.9.1 50 lmk+loopy tweaks+semaphore kernel 1.8.2 at 1200mhz and they are like butter on 1300mhz. u can say my sgs has a bit of a better processor then most sgs out their. i get 4000 quad. easily with this combo. i am very satisfied with gingerbread and i believe windows phone 7 doesnt even these high graphic games so its just a waste of money to move on windows phone or even ios.

[Q] I am going to buy a galaxy note in 2 weeks..need to knw about game compatibility

I have read in your gaming thread that many games are not compatible with galaxy note.As i am a gaming freak.itz the main reason i want to buy galaxy note.I want to know in future will this game compatibility issue will be taken care of?or will games be released compatible with the high resolution of note...plz help me...thanx in advance

Tintin from Gameloft
So far, a few games are not quite compatible with the Note, in the sense of looking too "soft" as they were not designed for the larger screen. The most notable fail for me is Adventures of Tintin in HD, which I was excited about seeing on a larger screen, as I purchased it when I owned the Galaxy S2. But the game is a different 2D version (horrible, ultra-pixelated 1980s game kind of look) on the Note. Subsequently, Gameloft prevented Note users from downloading the game but there's no refund. What a bummer, and certainly not an extremely pleasant experience dealing with the customer service, who sounded too matter of fact about it.
I suggest that you list the games that are critical to you, and some of us can help to check.

Help me with gta 3..nfs hot pursuit..9mm..i have read the whole gaming thread..for some people the games run for some they doesnt..vry confusing..

Can you spell out the names of the games? I don't play them...

jai147 said:
Help me with gta 3..nfs hot pursuit..9mm..i have read the whole gaming thread..for some people the games run for some they doesnt..vry confusing..
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for me, gta3 ran when i downloaded over wifi, but not when i downloaded over 3g (probably due to crappy 3g in australia leading to corrupted files).
there are many different gta 3 versions on the market, there should be one for your area.
as for gameloft games, most dont really work too well. gameloft arent too great with their device support yet, but theyre not as bad as ea games.

Hey I also game a lot and I just got my galaxy note.
From the gameloft games, I am able to run (well):
- backstab
- asphalt 6
- brothers in arms 2 (there is a free version on the market)
- modern combat 3 (now available on the market)
What I am trying to run but can't:
- tintin (2d version...no way to get the normal one, I also copied the data over but nothing)
- 9mm - doesn't download the data: incompatible device
- shadow guardian : tried the galaxy tab version...data downloaded, gameloft logo than back to main screen
- rainbow six shadow guardian: the desire hd version i bought some time ago doesn't run. I am trying a samsung version now...downloading the data still don't know whether it will work
- let's golf 3: nothing...incompatible device. copying the data over doesn't help.
Other games:
- dead space: not on the market but you can find it and runs flawless
- shadowgun: no problems. available on the market
- shine runner : on the market
- riptide gp: same
- GTA 3 should run without problems...i still have to buy it, i have to finish some games before playing gta.
- sprinkle : flawless (no black bars on the sides)
- reckless racing
And of course some other minor games from the market...of course angry birds, cut the rope, apparatus and some others....but i am more interested in 'gameloft' games and unfortunately no game (apart from modern combat 3) is officially working. To get some to work you have to manually do everything...and not always work. That's why i am trying all the games (which I had bought and never played...what luck now they don't work on the new phone -_-) too see how many i can get to run.
Anyway in January gameloft should update most of the games and get them to run on the device. I am sure they are working on it.

So far every game I have has played perfectly on the note So no problems for me. But then again I don't play any of those games that you play. I'm a casual gamer (puzzles, word games, etc). I highly recommend the Note.
If any games don't run NOW, they probably will because all developers have to do is tweak their configurations.

good news for the original poster
http://tinyurl.com/7kfwsrn

thanks for the info guys

All the games I play kick ass on the Note..
Order&Chaos
Modern Combat 3
Death Rally (man this game is awesome)
I dont play a lot of games though..Also you can use chainfire3d to play games you couldnt normally.

Been using my Galaxy Note for like 3-4months game play is awesome....i have a few titles that jist look great...
Shawdowgun is one of the favorites...
And if your wearing headphones you got the option for 5.1 digital sound...works great in the car as well connected to car radio as well......works grwat for watching movies as well...
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[Q] THD game vs Non THD game

I have been trying to play Princess Punt THD version for O2X and it didnt run as smoothly as the normal one. Just a question in my mind, THD version, isn't it optimize for Tegra 2 Phone?

tankwokhwee said:
I have been trying to play Princess Punt THD version for O2X and it didnt run as smoothly as the normal one. Just a question in my mind, THD version, isn't it optimize for Tegra 2 Phone?
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Well that one will be more detailed and using more resources so the strain will be heavyier on the phone than using the normal one made for most phones.
Iv played the optimized version anyway and experienced no problems other than its a crap game, maybe its your rom or you havnt cleared enough memory before launching the game what ever the case it works fine.... its you.

Are you using stock rom? It may cause by ran is low. Try to kill task b4 enter the game.
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Usually most THD games have more detailed textures, but it doesn't necessarily mean they give more strain for the CPU. For the most part all THD games I've played run as smooth as their non THD counterpart.

Btw I have no problem running Princess Punt THD.

Hahaha, i am on "temasek's KANG build P204-69", so i guess i shall stick to the non- THD version.

just tried THD version on ICS 4.0.3 Kang3 runs without a glitch!

silentmelodies said:
Usually most THD games have more detailed textures, but it doesn't necessarily mean they give more strain for the CPU. For the most part all THD games I've played run as smooth as their non THD counterpart.
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Yes it does the textures are larger so take longer to call into memory but it's made with the tegra 2 in mind so should be fine.
Tegra enhanced games are made to make use of the spare processing power and gpu memory that is left over so ofc the CPU is now under heavier load that's the bloody idea of these enhanced games to make use of the extra power if only you realised how stupid what you said just sounded.....
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