Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

HEY folks: using preenve i successfully installed nfsic using the autoinstaller, sims3 using the youtube tuotorial, but I'm dying to play N.O.V.A on my N900. I can't follw the youtube tutorial because inside nova's game folder there is no nova file but only an appinfo.json, icon, and a folder. Can somebody post step by step instructions on how to install nova?
Thanks in advance i'll appreciate any assisstance.
(offtopic) i will soon be a full indepth review of meego 1.1 on my N900 i've succesfully installed it)

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

The nova binary is in a subdirectory.

Find the directory where you see the appinfo.json file. Next to it you'll see a directory called nova.

In this directory you'll see a binary called nova. You can execute that to play the game.

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

should i move the appinfo.json and icon to nova directory too to have an icon in the app menu? i know it sounds nooby:o

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

Why do we need a new friggin thread with CAPS in it every time someone has an issue installing a pre game. Use the existing threads and stop cluttering up the forums which are already to crowded with new threads for questions answered MANY times before.

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

sorry Bratag but i couldn't find the answer to my question in any other posts I kept searching for 2 days about that silly query. BTW I was 100% sure somebody was going to post ur post in here

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

No need. Just navigate to the directory that hold NOVA's appinfo.json file as root in the xterm and type:

preenv <hit enter>

desktopgen appinfo.json <hit enter>


And yeah, if you were 100% sure that someone would voice the same concerns noted by Bratag, then maybe you should have taken that as a sign that a new thread was not needed?

I swear, I would've answered your questions even if you posted this in any of the already exisitng preenv treads.

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thx cddiede for your assisstance and patience
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travelling out

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

just curious if anyone else has had this problem: installed nova, it runs with no errors, but I only get a black screen. No matter how long I wait, or how many times i tap the screen I still only get a black screen. When I check the terminal i ran the application from I get no errors, no seg faults, all looks to be running fine. But I cant play the game. Anyone have any ideas?

edit: I have several other games running just fine including asphalt 5, brothers in arms, heros of sparta, lets golf, monopoly, nfsu, oregon trail, the settlers, sims, xplane; so its not like i dont know what i'm doing, i just cant get nova to work :(

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

Did you run this on the xterm as root:

apt-get install libsdl-net1.2

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

http://wiki.maemo.org/Preenv/FAQ#How...V.A_working.3F

Also, AFAIK N.O.V.A requires a multi-touch device like an Iphone, because you have to use two fingers at the same time. (one for moving character, another is for moving sight(not sure if this is the correct word in English) pointer.

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

[2010.10.30 17:47:23] Vilioxx: LOL how many nova directories have you (/nova/nova/nova !?) well, i'm going to explain it from the beginning:

- First of all, N.O.V.A. needs an extra package in order to run. Do this in xterm:
Code:

sudo gainroot
apt-get update
apt-get install libsdl-net1.2

- Get yourself a copy of *.ipk file or the whole directory tree of the app from your Palm Pre
- If you have the .ipk file, extract it with 7zip, and them the data.tar with WinRAR (sometimes 7zip doesn't get the correct directories, at least for me). you can do this in Windows, Linux or your own N900 if you have installed p7zip and untar.
- You should get /usr/palm/applications/com.gameloft.app.nova/ and inside it /nova directory with nova executable (7.6Mb) and lot of more stuff, and appinfo.json and icon.png files
- Place only com.gameloft.app.nova and all its content (/nova and other files) in N900's /home/user directory. How? with SSH or simple mv command from your MyDocs (main internal mass storage) to that.
- Add permissions to com.gameloft.app.nova/nova/nova file
Code:

sudo gainroot
cd /home/user/com.gameloft.nova/nova
chmod 755 nova

- Now make a desktop icon
Code:

desktopgen /home/user/com.gameloft.app.nova/appinfo.json

- Now run Preenv enviroment with preenv command and type ./nova And game will run!
(TIPS: use Tab function of your terminal to autocomplete paths in order to save you some typos and mistakes. If you are lost in wich directory are you, run pwd command)
Sorry but if you can't get it to run after this... i can't explain it more noob-friendly xD
Last edited by Hariainm; 10-26-10 at 09:29 PM.



This is copy.. thx : Hariainm

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

Indeed i did. Just to make sure ran it again and got the following output:

Running the application gives me this output on the terminal:

at which point i am greeted by a solid black screen. No amount of waiting or tapping gets rid of the black screen.

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

I play it just fine on the N900. I just stop moving when I want to look around. Also the fire buttons ability to move your view makes it very playable on a resistive screen.

I'm just glad the WebOS version of NOVA doesn't have all of the multi-touch puzzles that the iPad version of NOVA does as that would make the game unplayable beyond said puzzles....

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

Remember that you need to be in the preenv shell environment for the desktopgen command to work. So just type "preenv" as the root user in the xterm before you run desktopgen.

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Wow, that is odd. I see the same dialog when I run the game from xterm but it works fine for me.

Are there any other WebOS games that can run okay on your N900, or do they all result in black screens?

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

i just installed it over the gameloft site without any modding.
but its pointless because you can't run further then 10 feet(there comes a rock and you have to jumpon it but it doesn't work without multitouch

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

ya quite a few other games work just fine.

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You can do it. It just takes a few tries.

Try getting a BIG running start and then releasing the virtual D-pad before jumping. Only took me 3 or 4 times to get right.

I'm now on level 3 (I think) and I haven't had to jump again yet.

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ok i didn't know that.tried it 100 times but without a big running start.
but isn't it difficult to aim without multitouch???

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Normally, yes. But if you notice, the fire button also functions as a look key/left analog stick.


So you are able to aim WHILE firing. You just can't aim prior to firing.

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out of curiosity what is your firmware/kernel setup? I'm running pr1.3 with titans power kernel. Maybe this setup just doesnt run well with nova?

Re: Help Installing NOVA PLEASE
 

That's the same setup that I've got. Titan's power kernal with an OTA upgrade to PR1.3, and I can run the game both over and under clocked on the CPU.