Thanks for the write-up Niel! It was so cool to see this in action. ----- Original message ----- > *webOS games on the N900* > > * > * > > Hey guys, just a simple guide to show you how to play webOS games on the > N900. For those of you who do not know what webOS games are -> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS > > > Anyway, this came as good news for those of us who were wondering if we > would get any nice gaming experience on our N900’s… yes we can! And this > is just the beginning… > > Ok…now down to the detail… > > > Every game has its own requirements when being setup on the N900 but > there’s lots of tutorials on the internet on how to install various > games so I will just cite a few examples and then give u a few links on > how to get the rest done. > > > Again you should be very careful with this as you can completely brick > your N900… (If you don't know what bricking your N900 is, i suggest you > stop reading this - LOL) > > > Ok so here’s what you need : > > 1) A palm pre game (they have .idk extension) > > 2) 7 Zip (you can get this free from their website www.7-zip.org) > > 3) Preenv (Preenv is a set of libraries and stubs that should make > running WebOS native applications possible on the > N900<http://wiki.maemo.org/Nokia_N900> > ) > > 4) A third party file manager for N900 (I use midnight commander – > many of these are available in the extras, extras-devel and > extras-testing repositories) > > Alright, I am going to cover the installation of Need for Speed > Undercover… > > > *First we extract the game :* > > * > * > > Using 7-Zip extract the .ipk file com.ez.app.nfsuc_20.0.28_all.ipk to the > folder com.ez.app.nfsuc_20.0.28_all. > > > In that folder extract the data.tar.gz (ignore the error message that > shows up, it happens with all game files I have tried). After it > extracts the data folder navigate to data\usr\palm\applications. In > there the folder com.ea.app.nfsuc > is the one we are interested in. > > > You can rename this or you can just leave this as it is… You then copy > this folder over to the N900 and save it in root directory. > > > *Second we install preenv onto the N900 :* > > * > * > > Ok then we have to install preenv onto the N900 : > > > Make sure you have rootsh installed on your N900 and that you are > connected to the internet : > > Open X-Terminal and type in : > > > sudo gainroot > > > press enter then type: > > > apt-get install preenv and press enter. > > > Confirm the installation by pressing Y when prompted to. > > > *Thirdly we have to take the right steps to male sure that preenv is > playable:* > > * > * > > So you open up the file manager you are using and you make sure that you > copy the game folder we copied to the root of the N900 to the \home\user > directory. > > > In my case I used the Midnight Commander for this. In which case I would > move in the left pane to the /MyDocs folder in which I would find the > games folder I copied to the N900 com.ea.app.nfsuc . > > > After selecting this I hit the copy button and select the \home\user > directory in the N900. > > > After that we open up X-Terminal again and type in sudo gainroot and > press enter. > > > Type preenv and press enter. > > > We then move to where we saved the game by typing this command : > > cd /home/user/ com.ea.app.nfsuc/ > > > Next type this : > > chmod +rwx com.ea.app.nfsuc > > > Then we type this : > > desktopgen appinfo.json > > > And there you have it guys… You are now ready to play *Need for Speed > Underground* on your N900. > > > *Please note : * > > 1) The icon shows as a blue box until you restart so if you really > want to see the Need for Speed icon it won’t show up until you restart. > > 2) Pick up some *.ipk’s > here<http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f487/palm-pre-pixi-webos-apps-games-1019334/>(I > ain’t said nothing!!!) > > 3) The guys from 360Nextlevel have a nice video tutorial on this > here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGQwWZ_VriA> > . > > 4) Need for Speed needs this installed to play : > > go to x-terminal > > type sudo gainroot (Enter) > > apt-get install libGLES* > > è A list of compatible webOS games can be found > here<http://wiki.maemo.org/Preenv/Game_Compatibility> > .
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