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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FelipeRRM:
I've sent mine to the warranty, and they gave me a new one working. The new x10 had a dead pixel, then I sent it to the warranty again, but after a year (on the last warranty day), so they would not have any x10s left, and it worked, they gave me an Arc :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
Hey guys, just wanted to announce my game for windows phone called Sketch Defense. Its the first game I've ever made (I just started programming this summer). It's a fixed path tower defense game that I think is pretty fun. Sorry there is no trial and no way to give out free codes for downloads.

If you feel like spending a buck to check it out I would love to get some feedback from you guys! I also look forward to the dev community and seeing what they can come up with! Hopefully with my limited knowledge of C# I'll be able to participate a bit more than on other platforms!

Update 1/14/2011 - New version has been released with a new account. Working on fixing some bugs and re-coding the particle system. New version should be out in a few weeks. Hope you all are enjoying the game!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ekw:
i remember seeing this on youtube a while back. playing it now, looks fun!

haha i dumped 2 hours into this thing. really addictive. will there be updates?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] evolutionqy7:
some pictures or videos in the first post would help you to get some insight on whats it like :P
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
Did you play the unlimited stages or just the normal levels? There is actually an update I'm uploading right now that just fixed a few bugs. Do you think it's too easy? On the emulator it seemed more difficult, on the device its easier. I also may need to tweak the stars... on the device I dont seem to get nearly as many points as on the emulator. The game ran horribly on the emulator for some reason, but runs really well on the device thank goodness.

Got any suggestions? Like I said, this is my first game ever (just started programming a few months ago) so any suggestions are very welcome!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ekw:
I think it was quite difficult, until I bought the boost tower. After that it was smooth sailing.

Suggestions:

-Have an offset when dragging the tower, so that the finger doesn't cover the tower during placement. makes it much easier! (may require additional logic for edges)

-Maybe in the future allow a maze mode! I think it would require a snap-to-grid layout, which i don't think the current implementation implements.

-Air units and air towers/invisible units and invisible sensing towers.

-Races, each race has different towers and different special effects.

-Individual upgrades to damage/range (perhaps after the max upgrade?)

-Description of towers would be nice

-Space the towers a little bit, i tend to always grab the wrong tower. (perhaps there could be a build-tower button that opens up a scrollable menu that gives tower selection (can also place descriptions here).

-Ability to pause the game (for tower placement)

-Trial mode (would probably bring you the most cash)

Bugs:

-For some reason all my lightning buffs disappear

-When reloading the game, the boost tower disappears

-Can't upgrade the boost tower, had 15K gold and it still didn't work.

-That ice map didn't follow that pathing, is that intentional for the "slipping"?

I am quite impressed on your first project, did you use game studio when implementing this? or you did it straight up in c#? If so do you have any links that helped get you started (so i can take a look at them :) )?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
Offset when dragging towers: There should be an offset of over 100 pixels already, at least there is on my copies and I've tested it on a couple different phones.

Maze mode: What do you mean?

Other suggestions: I'll take them into account. I do plan on making some changes eventually to give it more depth, but the hardest part of making this game was "balancing" the different towers so that one wasn't way too powerful or really weak. As it is, the arc tower needs a strength or range upgrade I think, albeit slight.

Bugs: The lighting buff only lasts a few seconds and it is global, so if you use it on one tower, it will take away from your global pool. The normal levels only have one lightning boost, the unlimited levels have 20. I'll add some better descriptions to the help screen about this.

I'll look into the boost towers, they must not be getting re-loaded correctly. Not sure why you arent being allowed to upgrade them.

Ice map "slipping" is intentional, a friend did the map and it was his idea.

How I got started: I used XNA game studio which makes things really easy (compared to doing everything on your own). I started by reading a few C# tutorial books, then once I had a decent grasp of object oriented programming and C# syntax I started doing xna tutorials. After a few weeks of tutorials I started working on the game and just worked on one thing at a time. Each day I could typically work out one thing and eventually got a working game. Like I say though, the hardest part was balancing everything out.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions and bug reports. There is already a new version being validated that fixes a few bugs you didn't mention (levels not loading after coming back into the game). I'll try and get a new update out this week with some other bug fixes. I'll also be adding another level this week or next and maybe a trial mode. The reason it doesn't already have one is because people were having problems with it before windows phone was released and I just didn't want to mess around with it.

Edit: new build submitted. boost towers can now be upgraded and will persist on load. Rocket tower range now properly indicates when being dragged. Offset from fingers has increased when dragging a tower. Arc tower names have been changed.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Revaric:
There should really be a trial option; let people play the first few levels, or try to add xbox live achievements, and let the trial run forever without them...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Revaric:
Since 1.5, I noticed that once I place a tower, I can't place other towers. Any attempted to "grab" a different tower results in that first tower being selected.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
Thanks, working on a new version now. Strange how bugs pop up when you don't even touch areas of code that they deal with!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zyclop:
The game looks really nice, whish I would have a WP7 device.

This picture would be pretty nice as wallpaper, can anyone share it? Would like to have it for WVGA-device :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
Hey guys, new version was released a while ago but I've pulled it due to problems with Microsoft. I've had to create an entirely new developer account and my apps will be moving to that account. I've already talked to Microsoft and essentially, anyone that already bought this app won't be able to receive further updates.

With the new account, and the new apps that I'll be releasing, this won't happen.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] nat45928:
so are you going to re-release sketch defense or just end development?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] capsloc:
Hah this game is pretty fun, going to recommend to my friends :D

Played during lunch at work and had me going the whole time lol. Good stuff, but need to work on touchability a little bit down when you select the defense weapon, sometimes it chooses the weapon to the right of what you are actually trying to click.

Other than that, fun game!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Raptor550:
Hi, i am an artist, Your game is pretty neat. I was going to offer if you wanted I could help you with art for this game or a re-theme under a different title. Or if you have something new in the works I can make it look slick. Basically I have been looking to developers because I want to bring life to my art. You can see some of my art by looking at the latest thread I started.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] CyiDev:
Great game, just purchased. How are your sales doing on the app?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
I have my little brother working on art for me. I am working on a new game, its a tower defense again, but you play as a ship and you fly around the level using dual thumbsticks. Your ship has lasers and you can also fly to different "dock" zones and build towers for defense. Graphics in this new game are going to be glow style, all black backgrounds.

I've had a few hundred sales. Hopefully when WP7 takes off more, sales will go up a bit so I can justify spending more time on development. Currently I only have a few hours a couple nights a week.

That's really strange because when I play, it tends to select the tower to the left... I wonder if I modified the touch zones too much in favor of me playing. I'll look into it and hopefully fix it in future releases. Thanks for the report as well. As I mentioned, this is my first game ever (started programming a few months ago) and all the feedback is very nice to hear. Makes it much easier to get rid of bugs and enhance gameplay.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] teoami:
that sucks to hear about having to create a new account.

I paid for it before and it was pretty good. Not sure if I want to buy it again for updates.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
Just wanted to let everyone know that I've completed a new update for Sketch Defense. I'll be uploading the new version either tonight or tomorrow. Assuming MS has no problems with it, it should be available later this week to download.

Changes:

I've re-written the particle engine so that it should be a bit quicker now, and the particles will be more random.

I've changed how the disc tower's "bullets" work. Hopefully you won't notice a difference, but it eliminates a bug with calculating damage inflicted upon nearby enemies.

Also, concerning the problems selecting the towers... I'm open to suggestions on making that better. Currently, the selection area for the towers are as big as I can make them without having them overlap.

And...

If you find that by next week there isn't an update available for you, please let me know by PM!

Check your PM.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Raptor550:
Cool, well if you want art done PM me and well talk specs.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Mr_PDA:
i really like this kindda tower defense game with the cool eraser function lol
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] z33dev33l:
I really enjoy this game but I've had to purchase it twice now from the same account and went to download it again. Out of the 15 or so games I've bought on the market it's the only one that's asking me to purchase it again.... the game is more than worth the original cost but I don't want to have to buy it a third time :/
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
Check your PM please!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] courtlandre:
Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I have an update in the works with a new particle engine, update interface and a new tower!

There is currently no ETA on the update, but I would imagine it no further than a month or two away.
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
I accidentally erased sdcard folder. I am rooted on 1.6, tried using astro to delete twitroidpro.apk from sdcard root, becuz it wouldnt install. didnt seem to delete, also tried droid explorer and didnt seem to delete, restarted phone and sdcard folder is empty!! Please help! Will flashing a stock 1.6 restore this?? I am currently running a sdcard recovery program r0linux, I hope it works, any ideas guys?? Please...:eek:
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
kind of a a n00b b

i just got my streak 2 weeks ago, so I dont need any info, I concerned about the folders/directories being missing.

New to android, experience with iPhone, I see it is very different.

Did I need permissions to delete the .apk from sdcard? it said file was -rw in astro, but when I deleted it it still was showing up.

:eek:
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
ZOMG!

Got em all back! Sweet jesus! used r-Linux, lifesafer. Anyone have any ideas why file would not delete? and any idea isf any type of restore/ re-flash will restore sdcard?? thanks I hope this helps someone!:)
[G2 and Desire Z General] microse23:
I know this forum can use one less thread but this has to be said. "Developers are GOD sent". This thread is for u "the DEV's". I personally want to say thank you! Thank you for all ur hard work and dedication. Many of u spent hours, days, weeks even months working hard to give us the freedom we deserve with our cellular devices. You're the best! As for all the haters and complainers out there that thinks they took too long, I'm gonna keep it PG, hop off a roof and kick urself in the nuts on the way down. If it was easy to root, hack, flash or develope the tools needed for anything else, then tru dev's wouldn't be needed here. When a device poses a challange, it allows dev's to shine and hone thier skill and technique. Please take the time on this thread to thank all the wonderful developers at XDA, for without them, a phone is just a phone!:)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpgifford:
So just wondering around on the internet I ran across this link on wiki.cyanogenmod.com talking about Compiling CyanogenMod for Vision using Ubuntu. I was wondering if someone could possibly compile using this method and send me the rom so i can Test it. I am just so impatient and cant wait for the cm6.1 to be released for our phones.... :/

Any Ideas about this or Information? Maybe Cyanogen will chime in telling us some progress :D

I <3 Cyanogen :p
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Okawa:
No but I think we can send you a nice Sense UI rom.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iX_MANDO_Xi:
Hello, I Just Rooted My HTC Aria And Installed Cyanogen Mod 6 On It. But I Just Wanted To Know, How Can I Go Back To The Regulat HTC Sense And Unroot The Phone. Can Anybody Please Help Me?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iX_MANDO_Xi:
Bump!,.....
[Advantage X7510 General] ftoz:
Hi, there is a linux sample runing on x7510

Base on new kernel 2.6.36

initrd from trinity nacho-g

!!!!! Note: there is not full android system, its only for testing, because there is no storage find for full rootfs

keyboard-work (remaped to x7510)

touchscreen-work

g-senzor-find in kernel, but not tested

gps-find in kernel, but not tested

vga- work, base on vsfb driver

bluetooth- find in kernel, but not tested

usb host-find in kernel

network- dont work, but there is mac adress assign tu usb device

audio-dont work

nandflash- dont work

flashdisk- dont work, flash controller isnt known

sdcard- dont work

thanks to Olivier Grisoni for low-level driver develop

http://projects.linuxtogo.org/scm/browser.php?group_id=52

thanks to nacho-g for rdinit ram and trinity develop

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=288070

download: http://www.uschovna.cz/zasilka/ABV4WR22WJ49AKZB
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
I use advanced task killer (not the advanced part just using it manually) and have been noticing loads of random apps on startup. Is this normal, is it killing my battery or making my startup slower? Mostly concerned about the battery.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897, using Android 2.1, rooted with ryan's lag fix.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
No one can give you a real answer on this. I used to us a task manager. I stopped. I do not notice a difference. Then again I flash a new rom every 4-5 days

Captivate

Cog 2.2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MIC NUN:
The biggest misconception is that the tasks you see are "running" in the back ground. Nothing can be further from the truth. There's a reason that the apps start back up immediately after they are killed. Remember, this isn't windows. Android OS, especially 2.2, is designed for multitasking. The apps begin to load because it makes it easier for the OS to perform certain tasks. They appear to be running, but in fact are merely being used as a place holder so to speak. When the system recognizes it isn't needed, it stops the app from running and replaces it with said place holder. And even that is ended after a while. In essence, Android itself is a task killer. If you think about it, it's actually counter productive because the system expands more energy, or battery, when you close tasks that aren't ready to be closed, and uses more battery restarting those apps. Trust me, the OS knows what's best for the phone more than we do. I stopped using task killers and noticed a slight difference in my battery life, for the better, when I let Android to its thing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
Ok but why are they starting up during my boot?

I only use the task killer for poorly behaved apps if they malfunction or need to be reloaded for some reason, i don't turn on the auto part.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
What apps are you concerned about specifically.

swyped from a captivate running doc's jpo+setiron kernel
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulphur4724:
Android actually tries to start everything... at least it seems so to me. That way it doesn't waste time nor energy (battery) starting apps when it (or you) need them. Get something like osmonitor or system monitor or watchdog. Then you can see what the apps are actually using. Most of them sit there idle using 0 cpu time. Mostly you should let 'em be. It's a feature, not a bug!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
I tried watchdog, it's pretty good. Now i can see the usage percentage, much better.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
Also y can't laptops have an option to multitask like this? Seems like loads of battery would be saved.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatttire:
When you kill a process and it has to start up again fresh that kills your battery more. To a certain extent, those task killer apps are scams
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
The apps that were booting were random ones like Yelp, and Adobe Reader etc that I don't think ought to have any bearing on startup. Using Watchdog, they don't seem to be affecting any CPU when they startup but aren't they slowing my boot for no reason? Or no.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesAK:
Installing Rom Manager, did the Flash Recovery.....worked fine.

Created backup, it went into the recovery menu and gave me this:

-- Install from package...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

--Applying Multi-CSC...

Installing Multi- CSC

Installation aborted

--Install from sdcard...

Finding update package

Opening update package

Verifying update package

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification aborted

Installation aborted.

Also does this when I try to flash a new rom from the internal sd (of course)

Any ideas?!?

("stock" rom i897ucji6)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
What are you trying to flash?

Are you on the leaked froyo? You say Ji6. If you are the problem is because the recovery on that rom does not have a 2e recovery. I would stock flash through Odin then try to flash the rom

Captivate

Cog 2.2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesAK:
Ahh that was the deal alright.....reverted to the stock eclair and everything fell right into place :D

THANK YOU MUCH!!!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ajovanovski:
Can anyone tell me the location of the language files for the X10? I would like to translate them to my language since it is not available as a display language option.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] h.boushi1987:
as far as i know they are in system/lib folder ofcourse you need to be rooted and i guess the most important files is :

libsika.so

libsikagal.so

libwebcore.so

but if your language doesnt has connected letters you can use more locale2 in the market it has allmost all the languages in the world
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ajovanovski:
Thank you for the answer. :-) my phone is rooted and how can I edit those files? I dont think that locale2 can help me because I want to translate the interface. By the way my language doesnt have connected letters.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] h.boushi1987:
but more local able to change the user interface and as you said your language doesnt have connected letters it does help and to edit them i geuss you need to be java expert

Sent from my X10i using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tredynt:
www .lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensource.jsp

In 'Category' select 'Mobile Phones'. In 'Model Name' enter 'LGLS670'.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] tayytayy:
Ok so i was searching around on the Desire thread and stumbled across this thread..http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=775970.

As far as i can tell it does not work on stock based ROMS.. but it is suppose to work on most versions of CyanogenMod.. I will most likely be trying it out soon and will report back afterwards..
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] lasertits:
I've used it a few times with sense roms but it doesn't allow you to change much, just the notification bar really.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] kura808:
It works on sense. I changed the battery icon and the boot screen animation.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] tayytayy:
Okay I stand corrected. This does work for stock ROMS.. Though its not quite an entire theme.. It is a nice and easy way to change notification icons, battery icon and status bar..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
hello im running obsidian 2.0 and i havent wiped yet, but if i wipe will i have to reflash the rom using clockwork recovery
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinyBuddha:
Why do you want to wipe again? There's no need...

If you wipe, just reinstall from scratch don't worry about reinstalling from cwm. The system will work better if fresh.

And remember, if you wipe and cant get it all, just remember to take a shower for hygiene's sake. =)

~SB
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
How come this rom isn't oc or lagfixed
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
Wait how do I revert back to the stock kernel
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chalup:
I don't know how do I read a sticky topic or use a question mark
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] jdog94:
android commander is a great tool is works so well and does som many thing please check it out

i have nothing to gain by sharing this but you have alot to gain by using it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=597098
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] jdog94:
it will back up your apps to your computer and reinstall them for you
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] dragon1018:
great app thanks for the info
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] Bimmer323:
Yeah, I've been using Commander for a couple of months now, it's a great program.

I didn't know it would backup your apps, I've got about a dozen that I've themed with glossy icons, I keep them on my PC and use Commander to install/push them after loading up a new rom. Cake!
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] jonathon2011:
Hey, first post but iv been lurking for awhile (and have learned alot btw) but I cannot seem to get commander to pick up my phone. It keeps saying I need to set up adb, which I have or that I need to set the path, to no avail. Any help would be great. Thanks to anyone who can.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] dr0ided:
jon, is there a screen that pops up about app2sd? if so try clicking the "i have native froyo apps2sd". but if you haven't gotten to that screen yet, try downloading htc sync from htc site and when that is installed you will have the right drivers needed to run android commander.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] jonathon2011:
I have all drivers, and have used adb several times so im used to it lol. Iv also done everything mentioned in the op. Im just tired of command lines :p
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] jonathon2011:
Ah Nvm. Everything is working now, fresh reinstall of everything fixed it :)