Database Users

[Discuss] Minecraft on Xperia Play

Can't believe this isn't here yet. Minecraft is demoed on the Xperia Play. Check it out. http://goo.gl/QCEQN
Please give me that asap I will do anything to be on that alpha list or something.
Please tell me how great this will be bellow...

I love Minecraft but personally would never play it on the Xperia Play.
Why?
Because as seen in that demo, the draw distance is really small on the Play and you NEED the draw distance when traveling at first to find your way "home" (Yes I know you can make a compass)
Also if you made your home far from your spawn and then died you'd never find your home lol
Even though it looks simple you need pretty beefy hardware to make it (My PC does no prob: i7, 5870, 12gb RAM, 1tb HDD, BR-burner) But my buddy struggles in the game on his laptop and its a dual core.
So I don't know, I just can't see it being very good really...unless they can increase the draw distance some how.

OHHH YESSS!!!! this is the best phone ever i never knew it could play minecraft this phone is the best !

gunstar3035 said:
I love Minecraft but personally would never play it on the Xperia Play.
Why?
Because as seen in that demo, the draw distance is really small on the Play and you NEED the draw distance when traveling at first to find your way "home" (Yes I know you can make a compass)
Also if you made your home far from your spawn and then died you'd never find your home lol
Even though it looks simple you need pretty beefy hardware to make it (My PC does no prob: i7, 5870, 12gb RAM, 1tb HDD, BR-burner) But my buddy struggles in the game on his laptop and its a dual core.
So I don't know, I just can't see it being very good really...unless they can increase the draw distance some how.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Draw distance will be fine by release, trust me. There is already a Minecraft clone on the market called Minebuilder. While it's unfinished, it's still a very good representation of how the real game would run on mobile.
If I were you, I would check your buddy's laptop for spyware and the like. It seems that it's running slower than it should be. I've run minecraft with no issues on a 1.3Ghz ULV (ultra low voltage, slower) dual core processor on my HP TM2 and with integrated graphics on.

My eeebook on ubuntu plays minecraft. And if that can, anything can lol.
Sent from my R800i using XDA App

Clyzm said:
Draw distance will be fine by release, trust me. There is already a Minecraft clone on the market called Minebuilder. While it's unfinished, it's still a very good representation of how the real game would run on mobile.
If I were you, I would check your buddy's laptop for spyware and the like. It seems that it's running slower than it should be. I've run minecraft with no issues on a 1.3Ghz ULV (ultra low voltage, slower) dual core processor on my HP TM2 and with integrated graphics on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmmm yeah maybe its just his laptop.
I just assumed you needed beefy hardware because it runs fantastic for me and not for him. I dont know, guess we will see.

I checked out minebuilder. It seems good but it won't work with buttons... anyone know how to configure controls?
Sent from my R800i using XDA Premium App

replicant101 said:
I checked out minebuilder. It seems good but it won't work with buttons... anyone know how to configure controls?
Sent from my R800i using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can't configure anything. The game is extremely extremely alpha right now. The actual Minecraft port from Mojang will likely come out before Minebuilder is actually playable.

Oh okay cool
Sent from my R800i using XDA Premium App

Just can't wait for it. It will be so good, in a shopping centre to be building... In Minecraft.

Not sure i would want to play MC on my Mobile over anything else i have to kill time with currently on there.

I'm pretty gutted to see that it's Minecraft Classic and not the current one. ie, there's no arm or anything, no need to harvest supplies to gain more, you have unlimited blocks!

Nhialor said:
I'm pretty gutted to see that it's Minecraft Classic and not the current one. ie, there's no arm or anything, no need to harvest supplies to gain more, you have unlimited blocks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't imagine it would be released without survival mode. That's probably just for testing.
Probably no multiplayer though.

giventofly17 said:
I can't imagine it would be released without survival mode. That's probably just for testing.
Probably no multiplayer though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I made a mistake in my post, there is the arm holding blocks! I read earlier that there will be multiplayer, but I pray to god that survival mode is included and not the classic mode :-(

You guys can have it. I'm waiting for desert wind or whatever it is. Lol

Nhialor said:
I made a mistake in my post, there is the arm holding blocks! I read earlier that there will be multiplayer, but I pray to god that survival mode is included and not the classic mode :-(
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not bothered at least we are getting it.
Sent from my R800i using XDA App

96!

We're getting there....96 tablet optimized apps in the Android Market!

Not bad, no. But I really hope there'll be some quality MMORPGs optimized for Tegra 2 and tablet-size screen. All the current RPG games for Android are poor quality, not Tegra 2 - optimized, and are aimed at mobile phone screens :/

WereCatf said:
Not bad, no. But I really hope there'll be some quality MMORPGs optimized for Tegra 2 and tablet-size screen. All the current RPG games for Android are poor quality, not Tegra 2 - optimized, and are aimed at mobile phone screens :/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you have a list of those apps please? I'd love to which of them to download. Thanks

TFordham said:
We're getting there....96 tablet optimized apps in the Android Market!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,do you have a list of the apps. I'd love to know which would be suitable personally for me. Thanks

nasimdejai said:
Hi,do you have a list of the apps. I'd love to know which would be suitable personally for me. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
See for yourself: Android Market
The I'd like to add that these 96 are just the "Featured" tablet apps. Do a search in the market for "Tablet" or "Honeycomb" and you can find thousands more.

4dthinker said:
See for yourself: Android Market
The I'd like to add that these 96 are just the "Featured" tablet apps. Do a search in the market for "Tablet" or "Honeycomb" and you can find thousands more.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This URL does nothing for me.

WereCatf - Have you looked at "Galaxy on Fire 2" it's really not bad and makes good use of Tegra 2 graphics.

metpolds said:
WereCatf - Have you looked at "Galaxy on Fire 2" it's really not bad and makes good use of Tegra 2 graphics.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's not really an RPG, though. It's a space combat game with more-or-less nonexistent RPG elements.
Being an RPG buff myself I really wish there were some high-quality ones for tegra 2 :/

WereCatf said:
It's not really an RPG, though. It's a space combat game with more-or-less nonexistent RPG elements.
Being an RPG buff myself I really wish there were some high-quality ones for tegra 2 :/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For sure! Ive been searching to no avail. It'd be awesome if we could eventually get some quality rpgs. I wanna play oblivion my tablet. Mwahahaha!

List Of Games Working for Asus tf300

.::Updated::. 5/18/12
Wont update no more...i will only update games that do not work!!!!!!!!
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

I have had no issues with GOF2 THD. (Galaxy on fire)
Initially i was getting freezing, but not since a factory reset.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using XDA Premium HD app

Riptide is also working fine.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using XDA Premium HD app

Everything I've come across on the Tegra Zone app works great. Dungeon Defenders Second Wave, Riptide Gp, Sonic 4 Episode II, Siegecraft THD, etc......

Jelly Defense, Deer Hunter Reloaded, Let's Create! Pottery, Treemaker, Flick Golf Extreme, Smuggle Truck, Zombie Flick, Radiant Defense, all Kairosoft Games, Evac HD, Zombie Wonderland 2, Beyond Ynth, OvenBreak, Zombro, and Pro Zombie Soccer just to name a few lol...
I've played dozens of more that I know work, but those are some good ones that work well on the 300t. 9mm I couldn't get to work, but that's about the only one I really miss so far...

CoolhandLocke said:
Jelly Defense, Deer Hunter Reloaded, Let's Create! Pottery, Treemaker, Flick Golf Extreme, Smuggle Truck, Zombie Flick, Radiant Defense, all Kairosoft Games, Evac HD, Zombie Wonderland 2, Beyond Ynth, OvenBreak, Zombro, and Pro Zombie Soccer just to name a few lol...
I've played dozens of more that I know work, but those are some good ones that work well on the 300t. 9mm I couldn't get to work, but that's about the only one I really miss so far...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea u can play a lot but I wanted to make a list of hard core games
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409077

Raul69.atl said:
Yea u can play a lot but I wanted to make a list of hard core games
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Perhaps you did (although that wasn't specified), but many others will find the information useful. You don't have to include them in updates to the first post, but everyone should feel free to contribute any working game.
ryzilla23 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409077
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There's really no reason why those shouldn't be able to work with the TF300, so that list is probably a good place to start.

thanks for the list

ryzilla23 said:
I have had no issues with GOF2 THD. (Galaxy on fire)
Initially i was getting freezing, but not since a factory reset.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using XDA Premium HD app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I downloaded galaxy on fire 2 THD and its definately not in HD, the graphics look absolutely gash. Is this just me being an idiot and downloading the wrong version or it not native 1280*800 resolution?
Also where did you get battlefield 2 from? Cant find it on play store.

Raul69.atl said:
Yea u can play a lot but I wanted to make a list of hard core games
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, the term "hard core" can go a lot of different ways. If by hard core you mean THD games or basically games that show off your tab's graphical prowess... you've got most of the top ones already. There are some nice older titles like Roboto HD that look great as well but aren't graphically as strong as games like Shadowgun or 9mm.
If you want games that look good and actually work like they're supposed to the ones I added are nice options; It really just depends on the type of games your looking for. I generally blow through 40-60 games a week and can put any others I find in the thread bsweetness suggested, thanks for that btw there were some there I haven't tried yet.
I picked up my tab 2 days after it dropped on-line, and my biggest gripe so far besides color depth has been lack of compatible games. There are a lot out there, but I was surprised at how many don't play nice with ICS or with tablets in general.
They like to tout the "power of gaming" with quad-core devices, but they don't talk about the lack of quality or compatible games do they...

CoolhandLocke said:
Well, the term "hard core" can go a lot of different ways. If by hard core you mean THD games or basically games that show off your tab's graphical prowess... you've got most of the top ones already. There are some nice older titles like Roboto HD that look great as well but aren't graphically as strong as games like Shadowgun or 9mm.
If you want games that look good and actually work like they're supposed to the ones I added are nice options; It really just depends on the type of games your looking for. I generally blow through 40-60 games a week and can put any others I find in the thread bsweetness suggested, thanks for that btw there were some there I haven't tried yet.
I picked up my tab 2 days after it dropped on-line, and my biggest gripe so far besides color depth has been lack of compatible games. There are a lot out there, but I was surprised at how many don't play nice with ICS or with tablets in general.
They like to tout the "power of gaming" with quad-core devices, but they don't talk about the lack of quality or compatible games do they...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Il add them to the list later on today...also hopefully when ics hits most of the phones they will update games to work with ICS and tegra 3
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

That's true. The One X and One S seem to be selling well, so one can only assume that better Tegra 3 support is coming. However, aside from the One phones, how many phones are being released with a Tegra 3 SoC? Well, at least those are selling well.

RolloJarvis said:
I downloaded galaxy on fire 2 THD and its definately not in HD, the graphics look absolutely gash. Is this just me being an idiot and downloading the wrong version or it not native 1280*800 resolution?
Also where did you get battlefield 2 from? Cant find it on play store.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it is not native resolution, you do get the screen resize option in the tray. My graphics are fine while in the ship flying. Not true HD, but certainly not gash.

games
supersoulfly said:
Everything I've come across on the Tegra Zone app works great. Dungeon Defenders Second Wave, Riptide Gp, Sonic 4 Episode II, Siegecraft THD, etc......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Where can i download those games?

Yayyy!! RealRacing 3 Free is out for the Note2!!!

A brilliant game, awesome graphics and great gameplay! You must play this if you have a note 2

How to get this?

Search for it on google play store.
I agree, great game

This game is ruined by how unbalanced it is to play, read some reviews. You need to spend a lot of real world money to get anywhere as it relies on a lot of in-app purchases.

Yupe in app purchasing just ruins the game, but then again most free games do come with a catch.
Sent from the rabbit hole.

Does this sync up with the iOS version so any purchases made and progress made carry across? Thankyou.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2

Game is nice ... but unfortunately most game features are baid :crying:.

I've been playing this for quite some time now and yes, you do have in-app purchases. It's totally optional as to what you'd like to spend. But either ways, come on guys....this is console quality graphics for your handheld with multi million dollar budgets spent on development - of course they expect to make some money back! But you do have the option if you want to spend or not If you dont think the game is worth spending, then dont! But trust me guys, with RR3....it's so damn justified!
Give it a shot, you've got nothing to lose

Nfs mw the best racing game xD
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

How big is the install? It's been on wifi for awhile!

DaBountyHunter said:
How big is the install? It's been on wifi for awhile!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i've read its somthing like 1.5GB

Is this game also giving some previliges to iOS platfrom over Android?

yahyoh said:
i've read its somthing like 1.5GB
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1.7 GB
It says it at the description.

Installed and played the game.. its really **** (my opinion).. id maybe like it if i didnt played Need for Speed most wanted before
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

I hate to spoil the party, but when I play on the note 2, it immediately becomes apparent how much better the ios version is on a retina device. The graphics look TERRIBLE on the Note 2 and absolutely stunning on my ipad.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 using Tapatalk 2

EP2008 said:
I hate to spoil the party, but when I play on the note 2, it immediately becomes apparent how much better the ios version is on a retina device. The graphics look TERRIBLE on the Note 2 and absolutely stunning on my ipad.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
720p phone GPU vs a 1500p iPad with a tri or quadcore powerVR GPU. Not exactly fair game.

irzero said:
720p phone GPU vs a 1500p iPad with a tri or quadcore powerVR GPU. Not exactly fair game.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I didn't say it would be, but the difference is quite noticeable.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 using Tapatalk 2

The real problem is: Developers simple made it nicer on Apple devices. Simple fact.
I know it might sound strange for some, but that's the truth.
The current SOC of the Note 2 would be able to run this game equal to the IOS counterpart, but developers did not bother to adjust/polish/optimize the game for the top android devices.
That's very common these days

TerrAme0 said:
The real problem is: Developers simple made it nicer on Apple devices. Simple fact.
I know it might sound strange for some, but that's the truth.
The current SOC of the Note 2 would be able to run this game equal to the IOS counterpart, but developers did not bother to adjust/polish/optimize the game for the top android devices.
That's very common these days
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
when you said android devices, did you know how many are they? and when you said apple devices, how many are they? so it is easy to develop a perfect game for apple(dont need for me to explain more)

dreamtheater39 said:
I've been playing this for quite some time now and yes, you do have in-app purchases. It's totally optional as to what you'd like to spend. But either ways, come on guys....this is console quality graphics for your handheld with multi million dollar budgets spent on development - of course they expect to make some money back! But you do have the option if you want to spend or not If you dont think the game is worth spending, then dont! But trust me guys, with RR3....it's so damn justified!
Give it a shot, you've got nothing to lose
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
total agree with what u saying, ive been playing it for 3 days now and its incredible to be honest, some of the cars are expensive and so far ive had to redo races to get more R$ to buy a car . . but hey . . . its kept me interested, i think the only downside to this game is the fact that i dont think you can just have a proper season of racing like 16 races over X amount of laps for points etc etc . . and also you cant actually race against friends in real time multiplayer . . but other than that is brilliant! 8/10

Galaxy S4: top android or expensive stone?

Hello
Im a new owner of a Samsung galaxy S4 I9505. Im experiencing big problems in a game called Modern Combat 4, which has great graphics. Its often unplayable during multiplayer (and sometimes singleplayer) due to excessive fps drop. Naturally game is original, bought on play store, device not rooted and just booted... Why? Oo
I remember with my iphone 4s i could play Modern Combat 3 withouth any fps drop T_T
Thanks

This can perhaps be a software optimization issue. I have an ipad 3 which can play MC3 perfectly fine but MC4 is messed up with frame rate drops all the time. But then, any issues should have been fixed by now as the game has been out for like 9 months or so:what:
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4

1080p unfortunately kills the performances in game.
Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk

batna.antab said:
1080p unfortunately kills the performances in game.
Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I see
Anything I can do to give it good performance? Especially during online gunfights its really unplayable

Are you familiar with overclocking, custom kernels, and custom roms if yes then thats what I would do, if no i wouldn't even step into that field with such powerful device.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app

strange. It plays fine here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfzb0mpugrw and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKXdDavWMiU.

ifoxd007 said:
Are you familiar with overclocking, custom kernels, and custom roms if yes then thats what I would do, if no i wouldn't even step into that field with such powerful device.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Definitely not familiar
nik511 said:
strange. It plays fine here [/url].
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thats the i9500 (octacore), i got the i9505 (quad core)
and btw single player lags just a bit, except in some really heavy parts like 1st mission, where you must attack a beach with so many enemies, water, boats, etc
real problem is multiplayer, which always lags a lot during gunfights T_T

Wickam said:
Definitely not familiar
thats the i9500 (octacore), i got the i9505 (quad core)
and btw single player lags just a bit, except in some really heavy parts like 1st mission, where you must attack a beach with so many enemies, water, boats, etc
real problem is multiplayer, which always lags a lot during gunfights T_T
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The game is pretty graphic intensive. I ran it on my i9505 international version rooted running AOSP with stock kernel.
Frame rates is definitely lower than what I use before (Xperia S).
I have to use SetCPU to dial up the speed and it ran much better but heats up a lot.
My gut feeling tells me that it has something to do with the stock kernel.
I'll look into it later and let you know.

slick530 said:
The game is pretty graphic intensive. I ran it on my i9505 international version rooted running AOSP with stock kernel.
Frame rates is definitely lower than what I use before (Xperia S).
I have to use SetCPU to dial up the speed and it ran much better but heats up a lot.
My gut feeling tells me that it has something to do with the stock kernel.
I'll look into it later and let you know.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oww thanks!!!
Especially you should try multiplayer: gunfights are pretty much unplayable imho... But fortunately I was very good with MC3 so I can kill... Sometimes
About singleplayer, it doesnt lag as much, it doesnt even lag often but, for example, in the beginning of first mission (during beach assault) i get some lag, not as much as multiplayer though

Wickam said:
thats the i9500 (octacore), i got the i9505 (quad core)
and btw single player lags just a bit, except in some really heavy parts like 1st mission, where you must attack a beach with so many enemies, water, boats, etc
real problem is multiplayer, which always lags a lot during gunfights T_T
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i9500 performs better in games than i9505? well that's new ... until now i was told otherwise ... marginal difference ... but otherwise nontheless

Wickam said:
I see
Anything I can do to give it good performance? Especially during online gunfights its really unplayable
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can change the graphical setting of the game, you'll lose a lot of details but the game will be much smoother, there is an app to change the gameloft games graphical settings but I don't remember the name.
Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk

Wickam said:
Definitely not familiar
thats the i9500 (octacore), i got the i9505 (quad core)
and btw single player lags just a bit, except in some really heavy parts like 1st mission, where you must attack a beach with so many enemies, water, boats, etc
real problem is multiplayer, which always lags a lot during gunfights T_T
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There isn't any noticable difference for GPU performance between these two models http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_i9500_vs_i9505-review-930p2.php
S4 is a new phone and probably their graphics engine is not optimized for this phone I guess.

A phone is as good as its user who knows how to operate it

gee2012 said:
A phone is as good as its user who knows how to operate it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
funny
so am i supposed to buy 600$ or more of top android device just to change rom, kernel and overclock it to run a game that iphone 5, which has half of the hardware, runs smooth? eheheh,

Wickam said:
funny as a cactus in the ass
so am i supposed to buy 600$ or more of top android device and just to change rom, kernel and overclock it to run a game that iphone 5, which has half of the hardware, runs smooth? eheheh, i love androfanboys <3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I personaly xperience no lags or framedrops on NFS, Asphalt 7 and Riptide GP Pro. Maybe too many apps and widgets working in the background, hardware has its limitations

gee2012 said:
I personaly xperience no lags or framedrops on NFS, Asphalt 7 and Riptide GP Pro. Maybe too many apps and widgets working in the background, hardware has its limitations
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i could play asphalt 7 and nfs without any lag also on iphone 4s wich is neither paragonable to i9505
only modern combat 4 seems to be able to stress my device and give so bad performance, especially during multiplayer matches

Its Modern Combat 4 the problem not your phone... there is an actual problem in the game. it doesn't even play in 1080p anymore after the update. i've overclocked my phone like crazy and removed any thermal throttling. it still lags a lot in multiplayer. The same thing happened when i had my HTC One... I think it has to do with poor optimization for the snapdragon 600 because it doesn't seem to work well with any phone with that processor

crzykiller said:
Its Modern Combat 4 the problem not your phone... there is an actual problem in the game. it doesn't even play in 1080p anymore after the update. i've overclocked my phone like crazy and removed any thermal throttling. it still lags a lot in multiplayer. The same thing happened when i had my HTC One... I think it has to do with poor optimization for the snapdragon 600 because it doesn't seem to work well with any phone with that processor
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
****ty ****floft, i wonder why for god sake i still keep buying their sheets ehm games

Wickam said:
****ty ****floft, i wonder why for god sake i still keep buying their sheets ehm games
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah well.. GTA also still lags like hell
Me Gusta!