Develop Bugs

[Q] Zen Pinball - does it stutter for you?

My One X is running perfectly smoothly with everything EXCEPT Zen Pinball, which is meant to be optimised for Tegra 3. It is almost unplayable, as it jerks every few seconds and suffers from severe slowdown - which is a shame, as the game seems pretty good (And is free).
Have any of you guys had the same problems? And if you haven't tried, could youc heck please?

Same for me...

Same here seems the game needs some optimization for the One X, try to contact the develloper i will do the same.

Yes, stutters here too. As it was the first Tegra game I played on my new HOX, I was really disappointed. Luckily, everything else seems to run perfectly. Hope we get a fix for this soon... disappointing that the developer released this (presumably) without having tested it on the One X first (even if it is free) as some users will see this as a weakness with the device rather than the app.

GTA III is also choppy like hell for me along with Zen pinball.

Same here. Fruit Ninja too.

Me too.
I found GTA3 to be choppy too but it's playable at least.

JayceOoi said:
Same here. Fruit Ninja too.
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Hmm Fruit Ninja seems to be running OK for me, but, to my extreme distress, Homerun Battle 3D is not smooth at all! That is like one of my favourite mobile games!!!!
Are developers going to be bothering to sort this sort of stuff out? I mean surely, the One X is more than powerful enough to handle stuff like this no?

Yes unplayable here too..; Along with alot of other games; Mostly all "ball" games. Love to play teeter when waiting somewhere, ball stutters over the screen instead of running smooth.
All fruit slice games stutter when you slice the fruit and don't run smooth; Wonder if this gets better with updates.

Try glowball it's a proper demonstration of what the one x can do.
Does make mine get hot really quickly tho.
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same here with zen and gta3 maybe a custom rom might solve the problem?

getting weird lag even in built-in stock teeter game ?!

Just installed it on my device this morning and yes it lags during the game rendering but user interface is responsive.
I have written an email to the devs let's hope they will fix it.

Works fine for me !
I just fell back in my youth and played a couple of pinball-games after I had red about this issue. Wow, was good fun still I prefer the bigger screen on my Prime.
The responsiveness of the H1X is a bit laggy but the game goes flawless so I can adjust to it.
Test passed, once again I am happy I am not having any issue with my H1X.
Well done HTC.

Yeah Zen pinball is laggy for me as well! shame really because i love it on 360 & PS3. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
Surprised that Teeter is laggy as well!! It runs smoother on my Desire...strange!

Game was made for Tegra 2. Either the Game needs an Update or the One X...

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your report, we will look into and try to address this in the next game update.
Best Regards,
Zen Pinball Team
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I've emailed their support about this a few days ago and that was their reply.
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Lipinsky said:
I've emailed their support about this a few days ago and that was their reply.
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got the exact same response from [email protected]
+ same here was not happy with GTA stuttering.

Next Update should fix these problems. Seems to be a problem with power management.

Change the settings
see my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599214
it should help some of you I hope.

[doubt] gameloft games slow ...

Is there anyone having the same problem as me? The new gameloft games like spiderman, batman, asphalt are slow to 7 htc one x, I tried with the new kernel faux promises an improvement in the games but still slows down. And the other games are normal, these three are happening ONLY this.

You need the Faux kernel AND the Gaming Boost app.

ArmedandDangerous said:
You need the Faux kernel AND the Gaming Boost app.
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Are you kidding me? Out of the box the one X struggles with games?

Gambler_3 said:
Are you kidding me? Out of the box the one X struggles with games?
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no it does not, its just gameloft don't support tegra 3 yet, but after nexus 7 was released gameloft announced that its going optimize games for tegra 3. we just need to wait. so my advice to you don't buy any Gameloft games its extremely laggy and anyone who says it isn't he is stupid. Even with custom kernels and Game boost app its still sucks, i have tried them.

hosmsdos said:
no it does not, its just gameloft don't support tegra 3 yet, but after nexus 7 was released gameloft announced that its going optimize games for tegra 3. we just need to wait. so my advice to you don't buy any Gameloft games its extremely laggy and anyone who says it isn't he is stupid. Even with custom kernels and Game boost app its still sucks, i have tried them.
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Ah I get it now thanks for clearing it.
Although I would have thought a tegra device would be supported more quickly.

Yeah... you'd assume that a company like GL would optimize for the most powerful hardware on the market... apparently not!
Regardless, I find Batman to be ok generally, bit laggy after prolonged sessions, havent touched Spider-Man as I've only heard bad things, messed about with Asphalt 7 and so far it's just the FPS that dips and gets laggy so I'm not too fussed about that, don't play it much.

The only game that support Tegra is batman, the only game with no polygon clipping issues
Nova3 is still not officially released and all the other games are running like a joke
Batman is ok on stock but with faux and gaming boost its supers smooth while spiderman a mess no matter what you do
the situation is the same on the Nexus 7
finally One X firmware 1.29 is known to have a serious issues with games' CPU scaling, which will be solved mid august when HTC releases the 2.x update
But yea Gameloft....is so far anti tegra

hamdir said:
The only game that support Tegra is batman, the only game with no polygon clipping issues
Nova3 is still not officially released and all the other games are running like a joke
Batman is ok on stock but with faux and gaming boost its supers smooth while spiderman a mess no matter what you do
the situation is the same on the Nexus 7
finally One X firmware 1.29 is known to have a serious issues with games' CPU scaling, which will be solved mid august when HTC releases the 2.x update
But yea Gameloft....is so far anti tegra
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It's a shame really... I personally think Spider-Man was a rush job, no doubt about it, Batman had the bigger budget as the only official game for the movie so they made damn sure it was T3 optimised, still has hiccups but updates can rectify that.
Nova3 is a joke, unless you want to r00t, flash and customize stay well away!
Bring on 2.X I say! and GameLoft... Sort your Sh*t out!

The-Last-Hylian said:
It's a shame really... I personally think Spider-Man was a rush job, no doubt about it, Batman had the bigger budget as the only official game for the movie so they made damn sure it was T3 optimised, still has hiccups but updates can rectify that.
Nova3 is a joke, unless you want to r00t, flash and customize stay well away!
Bring on 2.X I say! and GameLoft... Sort your Sh*t out!
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very easy to judge this whole thing with batman
batman has all the effects runs better than iDevices and old SGS2, only SGS3 beats it and NO POLYGON CLIPPING ISSUES, the difference between v1.05 and 1.06 was massive
how do you expect a game to run well when you actually see visible polygon clipping bugs

hamdir said:
very easy to judge this whole thing with batman
batman has all the effects runs better than iDevices and old SGS2, only SGS3 beats it and NO POLYGON CLIPPING ISSUES, the difference between v1.05 and 1.06 was massive
how do you expect a game to run well when you actually see visible polygon clipping bugs
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Yeah, When I installed 1.06 I was impressed with how much 'crisper' everything looked.

I have no problem with nova 3 using arhd 8.1.0 with 3 dot menu removed but my phone gets really hot though and I emailed them about mc3 cuz I love that its just like cod on a mobile and they sent me a tegra 3 version and runs sweet but looks about the same on my old phone
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Thanks for the replies, the way is to wait, tried to play Spiderman with faux kernel, it was almost the same thing, only slightly improved, is still quite slow. So we wait.

marvelspires said:
Thanks for the replies, the way is to wait, tried to play Spiderman with faux kernel, it was almost the same thing, only slightly improved, is still quite slow. So we wait.
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spiderman is a mess
Asphalt 7 and Spiderman runs awesome with Faux and Gaming boost, 60fps

[GAMES] HTC One Gaming Thread

Figured I'd get this started because the screen on the One is too good not to play games on.
Use this thread to discuss any and all gaming matters, rather than creating another thread and cluttering this forum!
What games have you already played on the One?
What good games would you recommend?
As not all games are going to be compatible with the One, below I'll be keeping an updated list of compatible games as and when we conform they work...
Compatible Games
Air Attack HD
Asphalt 7
Candy Crush Saga
Draw Something
Final Fantasy III
Flick Golf
Grand Theft Auto : Vice City
Great Big War Game
iBlast Moki 2
Jelly Defense
Manuganu
Mini Motor Racing
Modern Combat 4 : Zero Hour
Muffin Knight
Need For Speed : Hot Pursuit
Real Racing 3
Shadowgun
Shadowgun: Deadzone
Six-Guns
Spectral Souls
Spirit HD
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Bard's Tale
The Simpsons : Tapped Out
Symphony Of Eternity
Total War Battles
Zenonia
Compatible Emulators
Gameboid
Incompatible Games/Emulators
Tiny Tribe
Need For Speed Most Wanted

GTA Vice City
Candy Crush Saga
Asphalt 7
Real Racing 3
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yvibes said:
Asphalt 7
Real Racing 3
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AW: [GAMES] HTC One Gaming Thread
Real Racing 3
Six Guns
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Real racing 3
Manuganu
Final fantasy 3
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here mate some titles i've tested
working on a list now my dad uses my Gmail and he's bought like £300 worth of games so trying them now he uses the new Acer Iconia so the THD won't work but most of the rest should fingers crossed. here's some so far.
asphalt 7 works well
real racing 3 looks great
simpsons tap works great
tiny tribes didn't work for me-kept closing with no force close error
most of the THD normal versions work such as Shadowgun, zombie driver, sprinkle etc
mini motor racing works great
great big war game works well
Sega total war battles is amazing sounds really great.
the treasures of montezuma 3 works
iblast moki 2 works
symphony of eternity works
draw something works
zenonia works
flick golf works
need for speed hot pursuit works
jelly defense works
muffin knight works
air attack hd works
spectral souls works
spirit hd works
currently testing Fpse psone emulator and bards tale will update when i know if they work
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confirmation The bards tale works (epic game) bit like top down diablo rpg
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modern combat 4 works to great game
spiderman works

playing around this morning after root and custom rom installation-found Retroarch-FPse all work fine with ps1 games, tested Spyro/Crash/jadecoocoon/finalfantasy/resi1 all perfect
also my boy GBA emulator works fine being playing pokemon this morning as well
going to try ps2 emulator either later today or tomorrow will update

kings bounty legions works-great strategy game for android and its free

Gameboid also works like a charm.
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More tried
Tired sonic episode 1 and 2 this morning work great guys

I only have the one game - Temple Run 2.

You can't believe how good and smooth real racing 3 is on HTC One. Such a great experience.

Dharkan said:
You can't believe how good and smooth real racing 3 is on HTC One. Such a great experience.
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Whilst I agree it's pretty good - you should try it on an iPhone5. It's even better.
However, I still have made the full-time switch over to a One. What a phone!

Anyone else get a Green Fuzzy screen on "Shadowguneadzone"
otherwise these are all tested to work too Vector, Pool Break Pro, Subway Surf, Epic Citadel, and Dead Trigger..

finally a gaming thread
guys be sure to check the following posts
HTC One Gameplay videos>>
HTC One Gameplay analysis videos>>
regarding RR3 sadly so sadly i still dont have my device, but it appears to be running in 1080p? pretty soon with the invation of s600 1080p phones, devs will realize not run at native 1080p on wasted pixels (even current consoles struggle with that) and instead scale up from 720p like they do on the retina iPads and regain 50% performance
two more things to keep in my mind, there is a promised GPU drivers update on the way which might come along the 4.2.2 should result in better performance as well and finally HTC own CPU governor is a little battery friendly and can drop frames so if you are willing to root at a later point, a lot more speed can be extracted with custom gaming tweaks

Restless said:
Anyone else get a Green Fuzzy screen on "Shadowguneadzone"
otherwise these are all tested to work too Vector, Pool Break Pro, Subway Surf, Epic Citadel, and Dead Trigger..
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Give it a little time and deadzone will boot up fine. I have the same problem from time to time
@all - I'll add these other games to the OP later or in the morning. All depends on how early I fall asleep
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Total war battles works great.

Vector works great.although it did on my nexus also lol
Great game...if you've not got it..go fetch
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NBA 2K13 is working,
but in the replay or zoom szenes, there are some grafic problems like black regions on the player models

Compatible
Swocery
GTA 3
GTA vc
Contre jour
Zen pinball
Papier monsters
Ski safari
Modern combat 4
Incompatible
Need for speed most wanted (hud and menue only)
Dead space (not possible to install)
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[Q] What are your favorite games for the buzz?

With such a low specs device, I'm wondering which recent games one can play with it. My buzz is to be used by a 7 years old boy, no I'm looking for some suitable hints without violence.
Any recommendations?

Master One said:
With such a low specs device, I'm wondering which recent games one can play with it. My buzz is to be used by a 7 years old boy, no I'm looking for some suitable hints without violence.
Any recommendations?
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Angry birds or small arcade games are your best hope.
Or you can Download a GBA emulator so the kid can play pokemon, Zelda or Mario (or any other Gba or GBC game)
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BatEarsJoe said:
Angry birds or small arcade games are your best hope.
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I just downloaded Angry Birds v.3.2.0, it installs fine, but does not start (just a black screen, no reaction, needs to be rebooted). Do I have to look for a previous version?

Master One said:
I just downloaded Angry Birds v.3.2.0, it installs fine, but does not start (just a black screen, no reaction, needs to be rebooted). Do I have to look for a previous version?
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Hmm Yeah Have ago, ill take a look on my Wildfire when i Have access to it what games work nicely
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BatEarsJoe said:
Hmm Yeah Have ago, ill take a look on my Wildfire when i Have access to it what games work nicely
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Thanks a lot

So in the meantime I tried to install some games, but it really does not look good. Most recent games install just fine, but either are unplayably slow or don't start (black screen then exits after some time without error message, force close with error message, or error message about missing FPU), not even low-end arcade type games.
So far only a 1 1/2 years old version of Angry Birds and GBAoid seem to work just fine.
If anybody knows of any other games that can be played on a Buzz, please tell. Doesn't look like my 7y old son will be happy with that device.

Master One said:
So in the meantime I tried to install some games, but it really does not look good. Most recent games install just fine, but either are unplayably slow or don't start (black screen then exits after some time without error message, force close with error message, or error message about missing FPU), not even low-end arcade type games.
So far only a 1 1/2 years old version of Angry Birds and GBAoid seem to work just fine.
If anybody knows of any other games that can be played on a Buzz, please tell. Doesn't look like my 7y old son will be happy with that device.
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Unfortunatly Buzz isnt good with gaming. Are you on a custom rom and what kernel ? (as you can make gameplay more smooth and less lag)
Your better off getting a cheap tablet for your kid to play games off.
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BatEarsJoe said:
Unfortunatly Buzz isnt good with gaming. Are you on a custom rom and what kernel ? (as you can make gameplay more smooth and less lag) Your better off getting a cheap tablet for your kid to play games off. Sent from my HTC Desire X
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I know, didn't think it's gonna be that bad though.
So far I managed to install Shoot Bubble v3.0 and Dragon Fly v4.15 in addition to Angry Birds v.2.0.2 and GBAoid v.2.4.7, a lot of other (simple) games just won't run. I seriously will have to think about another phone for my boy (a tablet is out of question).
BTW I have [GB] UltraBeam V0.03 on that buzz (comes with kernel 2.6.35.14-nFinity), setup with SmartassV2 176/748 MHz.

I found 2 games that are fun, here they are
Copter classic
Falldown classic
It will be fun for you and your son. Enjoy!
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Also got another one which your son will like I found it on play store and tried it 100% lagfree and awesome to play to pass time
Pocket soccer
Check it out
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Stone. Cold said:
Also got another one which your son will like I found it on play store and tried it 100% lagfree and awesome to play to pass time Pocket soccer Check it out
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Thanks. Searching for "Classic" in Play was a good hint, I found a few of those classic ones, but only installed a few. He's not supposed to play all the time anyway
Just too bad that none of the recent games can be used, still not sure if he's gonna get the Buzz, or if we'll use it for telephony only otherwise, and I'll give him a LG Optimus 4X HD. That's tough, on one hand I don't want to refuse him to be able to play really cool games, on the other hand I'm not sure if he's up to the task yet (more concerned that he bricks or looses it).

Sky force reloaded

Hello Everyone,
Are there any of you who play Sky Force Reloaded frequently? Is it smooth or laggy? I play the crap out of it and now that there is a lot happening on the screen at any given moment it has started to drop in frames fairly badly. This game plays very well on other phones but its still not buttery smooth like the original Sky Force. So I'm thinking part of it is that the game needs some optimizing.

I play it frequently. It's smooth and responsive. Np lackin frames, only sometimes my fingers are too slow [emoji14] BTW this game difficult mode is quite insane, too much of being frustrated ://

nathasnajperowa said:
I play it frequently. It's smooth and responsive. Np lackin frames, only sometimes my fingers are too slow [emoji14] BTW this game difficult mode is quite insane, too much of being frustrated ://
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How far are you?

nathasnajperowa said:
I play it frequently. It's smooth and responsive. Np lackin frames, only sometimes my fingers are too slow [emoji14] BTW this game difficult mode is quite insane, too much of being frustrated ://
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If you dont mind can you download the original Sky Force 2014 and compare the smoothness and let me know what you think. Cause for me the original is nothing shy of buttery smooth but thats not exactly the case for reloaded. It could be the game needs optimizing, I'm not sure

Oryginal one from 2014 is indeed more smooth comparin to reloaded version. I noticed reloaded is twice as bigger data than 2014 version.

nathasnajperowa said:
Oryginal one from 2014 is indeed more smooth comparin to reloaded version. I noticed reloaded is twice as bigger data than 2014 version.
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Yup, its definitely a bigger game with more to it, which leads me to believe it needs optimizing. They also just put out a big update not long ago. Do you play any other graphics intensive games? This is probably the most intensive one I play

I have also riptide 2, warhammer, assassin's creed, oddworth, Thor, NFS, rise of God etc but they are not so immersive cause controls are not so playable on little touch screen

nathasnajperowa said:
I have also riptide 2, warhammer, assassin's creed, oddworth, Thor, NFS, rise of God etc but they are not so immersive cause controls are not so playable on little touch screen
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I agree, I tend to stray from on screen control games. I picked up this awesome controller I can easily recommend (http://www.nes30.com/)
I just played a couple racing games and those are buttery smooth. Traffic rider is fun. The battery life on this phone actually makes me want to play games now lol

_-..zKiLLA..-_ said:
Hello Everyone,
Are there any of you who play Sky Force Reloaded frequently? Is it smooth or laggy? I play the crap out of it and now that there is a lot happening on the screen at any given moment it has started to drop in frames fairly badly :crying: This game plays very well on my note 4 but its still not buttery smooth like the original Sky Force. So I'm thinking part of it is that the game needs some optimizing.
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it seems since your last device is note 4 you tend to compare 10 with note4 always....
you do know that samsung devices are tuned for different purposes where in htc10 isn't factory tuned but instead gave the choice to users tune it the way they want to...
and believe me gpu 530 rips out 420 by so far... i believe its your feeling than an actual fact including the screen goes off lock in a second instead of half a second as your note 4 does....
there is no way note 4 can outperform htc 10 unless you are messing up something in htc10....

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