Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#5641 closed defect (fixed)
DW2 - Unable to Save
| Reported by: | SF/m4sk | Owned by: | dreammaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Component: | Engine: Tinsel |
| Version: | Keywords: | ||
| Cc: | Game: | Discworld II |
Description
Unable to save game in Discworld II on Android Platform. SCUMMVM menu items (Save/Return to Loader) are greyed out. Trying virtual keyboard ends up with "clicking/tapping" at the spot where keyboard key appears.
Version : 1.3.0git4063-g6bd 1806
Ticket imported from: #3277422. Ticket imported from: bugs/5641.
Attachments (1)
Change History (12)
comment:1 by , 14 years ago
comment:2 by , 14 years ago
I know it's not supported through SCUMMVM directly. I've read a few posts regarding the matter and it should be possible to use the virtual keyboard. However it doesn't work. When trying to type on the keyboard, click on the key is registered as tap on the screen in the game, causing action (movement, etc.)
comment:3 by , 14 years ago
Some Android devices only have 2 hardware buttons. One maps EVENT_MAINMENU, the other KEYCODE_ESCAPE. The Android port uses the native vkeybd of the OS, not backends/vkeybd/. And that doesn't have Fx keys (and for what). So its impossible to invoke Fx, just because its not mapped anywhere.
comment:4 by , 14 years ago
As mentioned in this forum thread : http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=10084 it seems that in official release 1.2.1 , "!" key on virtual keyboard triggers the game menu and "%", "&" work as load/save. However this is not the case for the dev version I installed (1.3.0git4063-g6bd 1806) to fix Beaneath the Steel Sky start-up crash problem. Maybe it's caused by the new "trackpoint" control system.
comment:5 by , 14 years ago
Grepping for KEYCODE in tinsel yields only a couple of used keys. How about we map the function keys additionally to the corresponding numeric key? Mapping Fx keys would still be useful for the Android port, but reusing the vkeybd sounds reasonable. And maybe it solves the same issue on another port...
by , 14 years ago
| Attachment: | tinsel.patch added |
|---|
comment:7 by , 14 years ago
attached a simple patch, i'll let someone from the tinsel engine team decide if this is appropriate.
fyi: my initial plan was to add a toggle for android, accessible via a port specific dialog. but this is way nicer: - you don't need to toggle forth and back - this approach allows numbers to be used in savegame names without any key conflicts - you can use '7' on builds with vkeybd now, since it doesn't conflict
comment:8 by , 14 years ago
erm, i meant: a toggle that maps the numeric keys to the function keys :)
comment:9 by , 14 years ago
| Owner: | set to |
|---|
comment:10 by , 14 years ago
I agree it seems like a reasonable solution for now. I've committed the changes into trunk.
comment:11 by , 14 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
|---|---|
| Status: | new → closed |
The Tinsel engine doesn't support saving directly through the GMM in either Discworld game - you need to use the F1 menu, or the F5 key directly. Whilst my first thought was to simply close this ticket as being invalid, or re-classifying it as a feature request, I'm not sure if there's any issue because of this when playing the game on a PDA. Presumably you can use the virtual keyboard to just select F5 and get the in-game save dialog that way.