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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruasoh:
No freezes so far, and I'm trying to get it to mess up. What it will do, however, is every once in a while the texture won't load. If I rotate the screen, it usually will fix itself. It does it on both a single map and rotating maps. Otherwise no problems so far.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pirokosan:
Dont know if this has been said but... Custom maps option!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruasoh:
What maps would you like?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
i had some funny requests for maps, like a golf ball or a soccer ball ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Drachen:
I'm not sure if it was Paul O'Brien's FroYo update or what, but when I try to update or install the wallpaper from Android Market, it reboots my phone when the install starts! Running CM 5.0.6 w paul's FroYo update on a Nexus One. Interestingly, installing the .apk manually from code.google.com installs just fine. It's just installing from the market that reboots my phone.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] productofusa:
I absolutely love this wallpaper, however no matter what I do uninstall/reinstall, change settings ect the globe goes flat/oval on the screen aspect, landscape,portrait, I didn't install it on when I turn my phone (Nexus One completely stock 2.1). Does this happen to anyone else? Is there something i'm missing in settings to prevent this? I'd gladly donate for such an awesome wallpaper if I could make it work the way it was designed. Ideas?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] dragoncamulos:
This may be silly...

I love this wallpaper. Its a lot of fun to play with!

I did have a question though, would it be possible to expand the scope of the project a little more by adding the ability to add custom obj models? I have a few from a video game, and after a bit of unpacking and packing of the apk file, I was able to export a model and its texture map and replace the earth.obj and one of the texture maps to get it to work without touching any of the code. The only thing im running into now is that some of the models i have need to be able to be shrunk down even further then the settings allow. Is there a way to increase the zoom factor a bit more?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
well, basically you can put any single object obj file, it will be converted to vbo, that's where all start in fact for this wallpaper, i tried to port an old code i wrote for JmonkeyEngine to android, so i needed vbo's, i tried with just a simple sphere model, added an earth map just for fun, and as it didn't look so ugly, i decided to make it something cool :)

The deasthstar2 is an obj file, parsed exactly like the single sphere, it is just more complex.

i didn't test the limits in polygons but i think you can't go much far than the actual ds2.

anyway the problem is that the java parser is slow, thats why loading is so long, but the good new is that i rewrote the complete engine in native code, using the new openGL2 api for the rendering, and glsl for the shading. The obj parser is about 15 time faster than the java one :)

i'm still far of a complete earth live 2 version, but work is in progress...

i'm gonna see if i can simply add a bit of code to allow to load any obj file from the sd in earthrot, but i think this can be a completly new wp, gonna think about this.

i'm becoming familliar with live wallpapers, have now a good native engine, so i can now dow lwp verry fast, let say 1/week , i'm just not so creative, so any idea is welcome ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] dragoncamulos:
Ohh nice, i look forward to seeing version 2 then. =D

I'll tell you though, The Java one isnt that bad. At least on my Incredible it loads quick and doesn't lag at all. Im not sure the poly count but it is complex. Still, i look forward to seeing the opengl2 version.

Would the newer version be able to scale the model more then the current?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] audino:
Could you add a shining ring to the earth

like this

http://www.astrosurf.com/re/tse_20060329_earthshine.jpg

GREAT WORK!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
It will be in gles 2. 0 version, i already wrote that part porting the gpu gems atmospheric scattering shader, it look really nice ;-)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mogulust:
I can't describe how much I love this wallpaper, it's perfect! I've been testing various hubble telescope photos to use as the background but none that I've tried look as good as "background 3". My question is, where is this file located? I can't find it with my file explorer. I just want to change the color balance a little to make it less purple. Thanks!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
well, the backgrounds are in the ressources, you can open the apk with 7zip and you should be able to extract them, if it don't work, i'll post it tou you.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mogulust:
Great! I got it, thanks. Looking at the image in photoshop with a calibrated monitor, I see how far off the color on the Evo screen is. I wish there was a way to load calibrated icc profiles in android, maybe that will be baked into google's gingerbread?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Paul22000:
Anyone have the latest apk available for download?

Trying to install it from the Market reboots my phone (other apps are doing the same too). Not sure what is going on with my phone and I don't want to reformat, so if anyone could post the latest apk, that would be very much appreciated.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Paul22000:
Anyone?

Earth Live Wallpaper and Skymap both reboot my phone. Not sure why. Even when I uninstall them before clicking Install. All other apps are fine except these two.

I was running FRF83, now running Modaco MCR19; issue persists.

So anyone have the apk?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
sorry i've haven't seen your post before.

I had exactly the same issue when i was using mcr18, it looks like there's a bug when the apps are froyo ready, i was unable to install any app till i change my rom.

Anyway i'll post the last version on the project page so you can download it, but not sure you'll be able to install it this way either.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] guitarman584:
Awesome wallpaper but I noticed an issue on the deathstar 2. When I connect my device to my computer then disconnect, the deathstar turns all white. I can post a picture if you want to see what I mean.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] wickley:
DS9

Any chance on a Deep Space Nine space station map?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ljnick19:
I like it!

I really enjoy the map pack and the tons of options!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruasoh:
It would be possible, but it would require a completely new model, and I'm not sure what kind of updates will be made before 2.0
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
well, sorry for the late reply, but i was on hols :)

this is completly normal because you can't acces the data on the sdcard while it is mounted.

a workaround is to install an application called "dual mount" that allow this, so you'll be able to use the maps even when your sdcard is mounted.

Regarding to 2.0 version, i'm still working on it, but i have troubles implementing the atmospheric scattering shader i want to use, the goal of the 2.0 is to make the planets look more realistic, i still lack a good atmospĥeric shader that but a blue halo around the planets for a descent looking :(
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] habs:
Loading screen and wallpaper disabling after reboot

Hi,

first of all this is the best live wallpaper out there bar none - well done.

im using this on a stock htc desire with 2.2 froyo

i have 2 issues:

1. the real-time map keeps saying loading. BUT, if I go to /sdcard/earthrot/ and rename earthrot.jpg.tmp then it works. but the next update is not applied. it seems as if the wallpaper is downloaded properly but the phone / app cannot rename the .tmp file back to .jpg so it sticks to the one i manually renamed.

2. the wallpaper is replaced by the default htc desire wallpaper everytime i reboot the phone / by battery dies

help please !
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
i'll investigate point 1, but for point 2, just move the appli from sdcard to the internal memory and it will be back on each reboot
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] starkeeper72:
Hi, I love this wallpaper. I have a magic 32a with cyano 5.0.8, but on every wake up from stand-by it returns on previous wallpaper. tried everything, from firerat patch to fix permissions but no luck. if I set it and reboot it will stay but at first stand-by it disappears. any ideas? Thanks a lot.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
well, i guess you're using the random mode ?? if you do, just be sure to not include "random" in the random map list, maybe that's your problem.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] starkeeper72:
No, use it with fixed maps. tried also the dev version with no luck. but, to be honest, some other lwp from market do the same thing to me. some work after stand-by and some not, can't understand why and not found any tip on the net. maybe it's a (very minor) fault of cyano.... thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] techdog:
Real-Time not Real-time?

Let me start out by saying that I love this wallpaper! It is one of the most stable live wallpapers I have used.

I have my map set to the earth with real-time (near-real-time) clouds and the refresh rate to 3 hours but it doesn't seem as if the clouds are updating. Is there an issue with the real-time feed? I renamed the earthrot.jpg file to earthrot.jpg.tmp so that I reloaded it, but it was no different.

Thanks for your help!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
the clouds aren't refreshing but is the shadow ok ?? if yes, then it is surely temporary.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nicksender:
Hi, I would like to say this is my favorite live wallpaper and I have been using it on my phone since I got it. I contributed via Paypal a while back.

My problem is with the Real time Earth + Clouds. It has been working perfectly until today. I updated my phone to Android 2.2 yesterday and it worked fine. Today the bottom third of the globe is a gray color instead of the filled in colors on the top 2/3's. I have robooted my phone and continue to see this. Can you explain how to fix this or should I just delete it and re-install the software? When I switch to another globe it looks fine. Thanks!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
well, the only thing you have to do is to wait :)

the realtime cloud is fetched from the web, you can find the url in the first post, sometimes, it lack sattelite imagery for a day, a couple of days, and sometimes a week.

Anyway, you can't do anything but waiting !!

Everything is working fine, it is a temporary misfunction, it happened a few times in the past, and i guess it will happen again :(
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nicksender:
Wow, thanks for the quick response! I appreciate the explaination. I have been having issues here and there due to the 2.2 update and wanted to see if I was doing something wrong, but I guess not. I can definitely wait it out.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] rndzl:
realtime not working ?

Hi there

seems like I am in the dark :)

The real time earth seems to be stuck sometime in the past... and does not seem to be moving...

(I run Streak, 2.1)

Cheers

(nice work)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
i suggest you go on the sdcard and delete any temp file and the earthrot.jpg file in the earthrot folder. it should fix your issue (be aware that you need data connectivity on to refresh the realtime map)

i think i'm gonna add a setting to force the delete of the map coz lots of people have similars issues :(
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] rndzl:
did that. Now the earthrot.jpg does not seem to be downloaded correctly.

I did get a new tmp though...

so my earth reads "loading" ...

I renamed my tmp to earthrot.jpg, that got me the earth repainted and a new tmp was downloaded...

I then set a refresh rate to 5 min.

5 mins later, I get a new tmp, whilst the earthrot.jpg is still the "old" one...

what is the use of the earthrot.tmp ?

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It seems that everything is ok when I have WIFI access. On 3G though, the tmp download does not seem to complete (the size of the file does not exceed 32k !?). The file is touched though (the timestamp is in synch). And so the earth does not get repainted.

I hope that will help you somewhat...

Cheers
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
hello world, what about a bit of "beta testing" ?? ;)

i've finished the new engine version, Opengl es 2.0, native, glsl shaders; it look damn nice :)

the apk is attached to this post, enjoy it and ALL FEEDBACK IS WELCOME !!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] beagz:
Total awesomeness!!!!

Will keep testing.

Thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Tuggerr:
Earth 2 is some rotating sexyness!

Would've love if there was an option to download all the maps to SD an to set them at random :-) so many maps, and i want to use them all!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
it's on the way !! :) but you can already use the EarthRot1 map pack to have all the maps downloaded at once ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
i will update the beta tonight, but here's a list of features already included :

-custom globe size

-custom rotation speed

-spin faster on touch.

-choose from all v1 maps + random mode on wakeup

-advanced glsl night/day shader (for a realtime clock mode :) with no data download)

-stay focus on evening or morning with realtime rotation

-realtime cloud map refreshed every 3 hours from xplanet

-atmospheric halo (with custom color for each planet)

-5 nice included backgrounds + load any pic from your gallery.

plans :

-add the deathstar2 like in v1

-add moons around planets

-complete solar system view

-starfield over background (not sure about it, it consume too much resources)

-sun lens flare

What V1 features do you guys absolutely want in v2 ??
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] GXnext:
I can't seem to get this to work with sprint galaxy s epic 4g. all i see is a halo of the planet changing colors... if that makes any sense. v2 that is. Love v1 though! Never mind, it all worked after i restarted my phone :o sorry. nope still doesn't really work all that well.. the planet will show with a checkered pattern when it first boots up and if i change the planet it goes back to the halo... apparently the maps just aren't downloading for me right now...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
here's the beta "2" ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
nope, i know it don't work yet on the galaxy s , a friend of mine tested it and have the same issue, a thing to try is to install the earth rot 1 map pack, it will tell if the problem is related to downloading or not, but i've made another lwp using opengl es 2.0 and the galaxy s can't find it on it market, i think it is not fully opengl 2.0 compatible yet, but i'm not sure about that.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] GXnext:
I have the map pack 1 installed but i can't tell if it's getting the planets from the SD or not... Also I noticed the donation option for SLWP2 in the market with my galaxy s yesterday, but not the .apk and the donation option is gone today... so I don't know whats going on with the galaxy s ether.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] GXnext:
Installing now!

*edit* still doesn't work for galaxy s but i'm liking the added features. cant wait for galaxy s to be compatible :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] sjbjava:
Best Wallpaper but found some bugs

I have just loaded the latest on my Droid X 2.2 from the market on 10/10/10 (Happy Douglas Adams Day). It is not installed on SD. Sorry I can't find a version number. Needs an About - but I wouldn't write without some significant bugs to report.

1] After plugging in USB cable to PC to charge the Earth and Moon are blank. This happens with any map too. Doesn't seem to matter if I am using a static map.

2] After removing from car dock the phone just locks up sometimes. Have to remove the battery. Not sure if this is occurring when the phone is going from landscape to portrait.

3] Sun map is blank

4] Sometime screen becomes unresponsive for several seconds. Typically seems to be happening when first move to a new home home screen.

5] Sometimes when using the live earth - as opposed to static maps - the textures get stuck saying Loading. I frequently use my phone in areas with poor signals. It would be nice if it cached the current map until it could successfully download what it needed. Would rather have an old image.

6] Sometimes phone says initializing SD card (like after unplugging USB) and wallpaper freezes. Not sure if this is the cardock/usb-blank issue. Several times when this happened I had to select a different wallpaper and then restore earth live to get it to work. Twice the phone froze and I had to remove the battery.

Sorry to have so many bugs to report, I really like this wallpaper - it is beautiful and my personal favorite.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Buji:
I have it working fine on my Galaxy S (Fascinate). Occaisonal hangs for a few seconds if it goes to access the SD card and it's not available (mounted). understandable.

You asked what features from V1 we'd like to see? I miss the stars, but maybe not for the reasons you might think. The stars were nice on v1 I would set the star count to the highest level, and the star motion to the absolute lowest level, and that would cause single-pixle stars (near the center) that would 'twinkle' as they moved slightly. The problem with the backgrounds seems to be that they are scaled to fit, regardless of their original resolution, so any background I've been able to make doesn't create single-pixel stars. The effect was subtle but very effective.

Natural tilt, I miss, and it would also be nice to rotate the globe down a little so the north pole was more visible.

I also enlarge the globe about 15% and place it just off to the left and up. Because of the larger globe size, you can see the pixelization in the map. Any chance of a larger resolution basemap?

lastly, if I'm asking, it would be nice if the moon were shaded as well.

All three of these latter items would obviously come at the expense of processing. Something you don't want the live wallpaper to take too much of, I understand.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
i'll think about something like that ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Settembrini:
Just a simple question. Where are wallpapers stored? On the sd card or in the phone storage?

Can wallpapers be deleted? I do not want to have a "spacious" wallpaper permanently in the phone storage, if I do not like it.

Thanks for your help!

S.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
you can delete them in the settings, "manage applications".

i think these are stored like any other apk, in the phone memory, not the sd, but i may be wrong, i didn't check.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
Many of you asked me for a good tutorial on how to write live wallpapers, so here 's where i started from :

http://blog.androgames.net/58/android-live-wallpaper-tutorial/
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pjcforpres:
Digging this wallpaper big time! Everyone I have showed it to is floored and makes them want an N1 that much more!

I noticed something, maybe I am just doing it wrong, but if you go from free rotation to not having it on, the globe doesn't realign itself, you have to try and realign it as close as possible to what it originally was. If you could make it so it auto-snaps back to the original position, that would be awesome! Then again, the upside down world was pretty cool... maybe make a "default" option that resets it all back to default settings and positioning?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
yeah i saw that, it's a bug, i'll fix it soon. thanks for reporting ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] rydr1:
Guys there is a way to get around this.^^^^^^

If you install another wallpaper, I have installed a live wallpaper then reinstall the Earth wallpaper the world will be reset.

It make take a few steps, but trust me, it will be a lot easier than trying to reset it yourself.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] cqms13:
Could some post a few screens of this -

would love to see what it looks like but am still waiting on google to get off their asses and ship out my phone!:rolleyes:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] rydr1:
In all reality, just imagine the iphone world spinning with widgets on top.

someone will post up a screen shot, but this is just to give you a general idea.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Sharp12:
nice using this live wallpaper now :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] yans:
I stumbled across this a few nights ago in the market place.... i LOVE it! thanks!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] sixstring:
Really love it. Great work man !!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruvhen:
Awesome !!!! Great work thanks a lot.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] StOTTO:
the updates are awesome! the Death Star would be a great addition also
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
yeah, i've been looking for a good planar map of this for a long time now !! but i still haven't found what i'm looking for (U2 fans may appreciate ;) )
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pjcforpres:
Speaking of updates... do live wallpaper updates auto notify like apps do, or do we have to check in for updates?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
Thanks a lot for the log, it pointed me in the good direction.

I'm gonna publish an update to fix that, you can delete the /sdcard/EarthRot folder to fix your problem if you don't want to wait for the fix ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
i've published an update, i hope it will fix the FC.

let me know if you still have some.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mtx4626:
Thank you for this excellent live Wallpaper! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

Great work!!!! Perfect!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
Thanks for this feedback, still working on it to implement v1 features in it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SirMuttley:
I'm using v1 on my Galaxy S and wondered if you had any plans to add to v2 the ability to have the globe focused on your location.

Basically what I'd like is for it to show the world in "realtime" from directly above me. So using the day/night map and clouds as it currently does but fixed in one position.

Cheers
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
That's precisely the featur i'm curently working on, it is almost finished, i am still tracking som bugs before releasing an update, but you can be sure this feature will be in V2 :)

I know it will scare some people to see that i want internet and geolocation permissions, but that's the price to pay for having cool features.

I just wonder if i foncus on both lat&lng or just lat, maybe i'll add the 2 options ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Buji:
lat and long would be nice. I'm tired of the focus on the southern hemishpere. (have my globe moved up from center)

you could always have a field to input it once and set it, instead of having a geo-lookup all the time.

fyi - I replaced my earth day and night post import png files with 1024x1024 files and it looks much better. did a similar thing with the background. realtime clouds still dissapear or become checkerboards every now and then, but I have it on random with two maps (mars, which I also replaced with a 1024 texture) and that seems to keep it from dieing out.

btw- this is one of the things people are most impressed with when I show them my phone. You already have my money, but keep up the good work.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] F3niX:
It would be great if you give a link here

There are many people without data connection

I am having an EDGE connection and it takes 5min for this
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] unixseb:
The last update provide the feature you've asked, position fixed on current location + many bugfixes.

@tejagamer: a link to what ?? the map pack ?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] HydrogeneH2:
I just bought EarthRot2, and I love the new look of the earth. It's really lovely.

The only problem is the rotation of the planet isn't smooth at all on my HTC Desire, it's quite jerky. :(

It wasn't like that on the first version. It's also very strange, because when I drag the homescreen left or right, the rotation becomes smooth again.

Am I alone in seeing this?