GNUGoS60 v0.1.1 is released

GNUGoS60 v0.1.1 is released for S60 2nd FP2 phones.

GNUGoS60v20-FP2-0.1.1.sis

It fixes only this FP2 specific error, quite possibly only partially:

• Out of Memory after 1 or 2 moves on 6680

I have reduced the cache size from 2MB to 400k, and this seems to allow it to do some moves. I was able to make 10 or so on the 6680 RDA before I got fed up waiting for it :)

Please let me know if the out of memory still persists on any FP2 phones, and after approximately how many moves.

Note: For other S60 2nd users with low memory phones, (like 7610 or 6600) this may be worth a try also if you are experiencing this bug, but I haven't tried this release on anything other than 6680, and it was built with the FP2 SDK:

• 7610 gives an out of memory error after several (2-10) moves

GNUGoS60 v0.1 for S60 2nd FP2 released

I just uploaded a v0.1 package for S60 2nd FP2 phones now.

GNUGoS60v20-FP2-0.1.sis

I found that the reason it didn't work on them before was because there is a bug in the firmware for all phones based on that release that means ECompXL doesn't work at all. Staffan Ulfberg (of EEMame) had wrote in a forum about a similar problem, and mentioned he had a workaround, so I emailed him for the solution, and he kindly responded with help.

It now launches on 6680, but honestly I think anybody installing it is going to be disappointed, because you get out of memory so easily. Even after 1 move or something. I have read that 6630, 6680 and 6681 have even lower memory than 2.0 or FP1 devices like 6600 or 7610, which get out of memory too, but after 10-20 moves.

Anyway, the game is basically unplayable on those devices I would say.

Debugging the 6680: Forum Nokia's Remote Device Access

There is a longstanding bug in the S60 2nd editon port of GNUGoS60 that affects the 6680. I think it is probably also the same as reported by several people (including Dániel again a couple of days ago) for 6630 since those phones are basically identical in SW terms, the 6680 just having non-hideous mechanical design :)

• [ 1651164 ] can't install/run on nokia 6680

The symptom is that it installs, but doesn't run. I have been wondering how I can begin to solve this, since I don't have access to a 6680 or 6630 to try and debug it on. I remember reading a while ago about Forum Nokia's Remote Device Access program before, but at the time it was only for S60 3rd devices. I checked back today though, and the have a couple of 2nd edition devices now, including the 6680:

I was able to logon to the server, connect the phone and install GNUGoS60v20-0.1.sis to the 6680, all through a java interface. It's pretty neat.

And yes, I was able to reproduce the bug easily, since the program does not start at all despite the successful installation. Well, now I have to go and create a test build with some logging enabled to start to track the problem. Unfortunately I also need to recreate a 2^nd edition SDK build environment, since I had a hard disk fail, and my old one is kaput. I've been only working on 3^rd edition for the last few months while adding the new features.

Anyway, I recommend any developer to use the Forum Nokia RDA service. It seems really useful. It would be nice to have more S60 2nd devices though.