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[Q] Best Game/App for Graphics Demo?

So my new SGS2 has ALL this graphical horsepower...is there anything that actually takes advantage of it? I haven't found any reviews of mobile games that really talk about graphics, so I thought I'd ask the xda users what you guys would suggest...

Galaxy on Fire 2 THD

Grave Defense HD is pretty awesome on GS II

Reptide GP. Galaxy on Fire 2. Or that Samurai game. All these are Tegra 2 optimized games, so they look great.
Non tegra games... Modern Combat 2, Grave defence HD, Battlehart...
I also impres my friends with old games running on emulators, like Zelda, Super Smash Bros, Final Fantasy, etc

XDA mark said:
Reptide GP. Galaxy on Fire 2. Or that Samurai game. All these are Tegra 2 optimized games, so they look great.
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+1
Although it seems ironic that the games which makes the best use of Mali-400 are "Tegra 2 optimized". If I didn't know better I'd think that the whole "tegra optimized" thing is just marketting bull****...

BlueScreenJunky said:
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Although it seems ironic that the games which makes the best use of Mali-400 are "Tegra 2 optimized". If I didn't know better I'd think that the whole "tegra optimized" thing is just marketting bull****...
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There is a pretty long post about the differences between tegra games and non-tegra games. Tegra "optimized" games are simply using nvidia texture compression method

Maybe I'm doing something wrong but when I go to the android market and try to install a tegra game in my sgs2, it says the mobile is incompatible and doesn't allow the installation process to go through.
Is there a way to circumvent this?
Thanks for any tips.

tosheeba said:
Maybe I'm doing something wrong but when I go to the android market and try to install a tegra game in my sgs2, it says the mobile is incompatible and doesn't allow the installation process to go through.
Is there a way to circumvent this?
Thanks for any tips.
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Download and buy Chainfire3d...the Pro version includes a Market Fix that allows you to install just about any game using one of the plugins (Nvidia/Qualcomm/PowerVR)

thanks bud

Jebus99 said:
Download and buy Chainfire3d...the Pro version includes a Market Fix that allows you to install just about any game using one of the plugins (Nvidia/Qualcomm/PowerVR)
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he forget to tell u about is u need Root access on yours phone before u can use chainfire!! if u dont have root yours sgs2 so dont buy it!

shanume said:
he forget to tell u about is u need root access on yours phone before u can use chainfire!! If u dont have root yours sgs2 so dont buy it!
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english moterf***er, do you speak it?

XDA mark said:
Reptide GP. Galaxy on Fire 2. Or that Samurai game. All these are Tegra 2 optimized games, so they look great.
Non tegra games... Modern Combat 2, Grave defence HD, Battlehart...
I also impres my friends with old games running on emulators, like Zelda, Super Smash Bros, Final Fantasy, etc
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Where can I find those Tegra games? I looked in Android market but I don't see them... I also downloaded Tegra Zone but it says I don't have Tegra, which I don't, but it should be plenty fast enough, and I have Chainfire3D Pro installed...
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Mmm thats strange i got my SG2 rooted i have the pro version applied the fix and i still dont see those games on the market
I found this.. http://thetechjournal.com/electroni...y-tegra-zone-games-on-non-tegra-devices.xhtml im gonna try it!
yep it worked

copponex said:
english moterf***er, do you speak it?
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I shouldn't, but that did make me LOL quite heartily for a while.

Seriously, just put on some pure black wallpaper. Then, have the iPhone 4 sheep put on a black wallpaper on his phone.
You will pwn!

any racing game ?

ravian29 said:
any racing game ?
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Asphalt 5 or NFS?

knightnz said:
Asphalt 5 or NFS?
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Did you get NFS working?

knightnz said:
Asphalt 5 or NFS?
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Asphalt 6 FTW...

bikeracer4487 said:
Where can I find those Tegra games? I looked in Android market but I don't see them... I also downloaded Tegra Zone but it says I don't have Tegra, which I don't, but it should be plenty fast enough, and I have Chainfire3D Pro installed...
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u need to download and install the the nvidia plugin in chainfire 3d and then reeboot and select fix market.

Games that run on Galaxy Note - Some Paid ones of Free too :)

These are the 2 videos that I have put up for the games I think are worth having on the Note... Some of these are not free on the Market but are free on from Samsung Apps... I have put up messages on the video indicating which ones are available... If you have any troubles pm me and Ill send you the APKs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JicMccvlPs4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIiGSFC_3Cg
This is my channel... Subscribe if you think my videos are worth it
http://www.youtube.com/user/aphroditelikesme?feature=mhee
-Cursed4Eva

That's some nice footage for newcomers. I already have all those games though =D

Cool videos Thanks!
Can you post that background image? I like it

You don't need Chainfire 3D for Samurai Vengeance II. Just download it from the Samsung Apps-app.

Very nice video mate. I don't have the samsung app store on my phone, anyone have a link to it or a link to asphalt 6....!?

AdzUK said:
Very nice video mate. I don't have the samsung app store on my phone, anyone have a link to it or a link to asphalt 6....!?
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you should have the app "s choice" preloaded on your phone. it's samsung apps

Did anyone get GTA3 from S choice?

Nope .

Nice Videos!
Anyone got GTA3 working on the Note? I had bought it for my SG2 from the market but though it's very playable on the note, it shows incompatible to me. :-(
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GTA3 works fine on mine. Bought it in the Market.
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LordManhattan said:
GTA3 works fine on mine. Bought it in the Market.
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When did you buy it? They have recently disabled it for the Galaxy Note.
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AdzUK said:
Very nice video mate. I don't have the samsung app store on my phone, anyone have a link to it or a link to asphalt 6....!?
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PM me ur mail ID n ill send you the APK.

RenkliArif said:
That's some nice footage for newcomers. I already have all those games though =D
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Thanks a lot for the comment will up the next video soon and maybe this time ill list some game that you dont have yet
Anyway temme if I have missed out on any great games so that I can add that to my next video
Thanks in advance
-Cursed4Eva

zkyevolved said:
Cool videos Thanks!
Can you post that background image? I like it
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Lol this is funny...
I get the background image from an XDA thread, make a video and now you ask me for it
Here you go
Have a nice day bro

LordManhattan said:
You don't need Chainfire 3D for Samurai Vengeance II. Just download it from the Samsung Apps-app.
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Sorry about that will annotate that into the video, thanks

entropy96 said:
Did anyone get GTA3 from S choice?
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Its not available here in India

JulyDerek said:
Nice Videos!
Anyone got GTA3 working on the Note? I had bought it for my SG2 from the market but though it's very playable on the note, it shows incompatible to me. :-(
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Works on mine but sadly loaded onto a black screen wen I made this video hence edited it out.. will list it in the next video

With those of you having trouble getting/running GTA 3 on your Note, I also had trouble running it.....Until now...
Like many others the game is no longer available in the market place & even when attempting to purchase it online I get the message ''no devices/your device is not supported''
I had to do things the hard way by manually looking for and installing the GTA 3 apk file.
When this was complete things got worse. When attempting to install the game data via wifi I got the following message ''Data download authorization error. Is the time on your device set correctly?"
Regardless of what I tried to do the message would continue.
Once again I had to mess about looking for the data files for GTA 3 to manually run the game without the need to download it via wifi.
I then downloaded the game data & copied it to my android/data folder.
When launching the game you will still be prompted to update. If you decline it the game closes, if you accept you get the above error about the time zone.
What I had to do was to press the back button on the note. The screen would then go black and stay black.
Lastly I pushed the home button, I did not close the game but went to my home screen (game was still running in the taskbar) I then open my task bar and press GTA 3. Bam, it now works!
Anyone have any questions?

I have a fixed APK though... deleted all my files and am trying to download and reinstall, will let you know if it works at this time

What a releif I had no problem installing GTA3..
It may be of interest to some that it plays completely smoothly when clocked at 800MHz, and very slightly choppy but totally playable at 500MHz.
Also, the only games I think anybody needs are GTA3, and Zelda OoT and Majora's mask - both run smoothly with N64oid, though the latter is more demanding. I found that MM was not playable until I bought setCPU (rooted etc.), but interestingly I can play it completely smoothly when clocked at 1000MHz.
But PLEASE has anyone had success with PS1 or NDS emulators? I find that when starting an emulation, both just show the controls but fail to load a game :/

Games....

While most games work I have a few that don't.
Asphalt 5 or 6 don't work... most likely a build. prop issue.
Heavy Gunner has an xy axis issue that is reported to be an ICS issue.
GTA III does work.
Has anyone moved the build.prop to get more games to install?
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Not sure about build prop but I can say that Nova2 HD doesn't work (Gameloft sucks), Shadowgun force closes sometimes. Dead Space, Temple Run, Angry Birds Space and N64 emulator all work well.

Plants vs Zombies doesn't work on my Tab 2 7.0

earlster said:
Plants vs Zombies doesn't work on my Tab 2 7.0
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it works on mine...try to download the latest version, try the HD version, i'm using it.

GTAIII only barely works for me. It ends up freezing the controls, so if I was running, he just keeps running as I am still touching the controls. The controls also seem to lag greatly causing me to get my butt kicked when I am trying to mug people.

i'm considering buying this tab and games if definatly an interest. Was wondering has anyone tried a PSemulator on the tab? Wonder how that would play with something like say, FF7 also curious how Mini Motor Racing plays on the tab.
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lastiko said:
it works on mine...try to download the latest version, try the HD version, i'm using it.
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I removed it and re-installed it. Still doesn't work. It downloads the levels, goes to the PopCap screen then hangs forever, sometimes it makes it to the next screen (Loading...), then hangs.
I can't find a HD version, just the regular pay for version. It works just fine on my Atrix 2.

Real Racing 2 doesn't work. It installs but gets a server error 5002 when launched. I bought the Tab just for this awesome game!

I got a bunch of Gameloft games to work, by changing the build.prop to Galaxy Nexus. Same GPU as our tab, and high resolution, so the games should be optimized. Unzip this and overwrite the one inside /system/
Make a backup first, this might cause problems down the line.
EDIT: Yeah this kills sound. So, after you change your build.prop, download the games, install the data and restore your backed up build.prop. Sound will work again. The games will also still work.
There is an app on the market called "Device Spoofer" that makes this process easier.
View attachment build.prop.zip

djturnz said:
...causing me to get my butt kicked when I am trying to mug people.
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CRIME DOESNT PAY!
Cut the Rope is awesome on it, btw.

nphil said:
I got a bunch of Gameloft games to work, by changing the build.prop to Galaxy Nexus. Same GPU as our tab, and high resolution, so the games should be optimized. Unzip this and overwrite the one inside /system/
Make a backup first, this might cause problems down the line.
EDIT: Yeah this kills sound. So, after you change your build.prop, download the games, install the data and restore your backed up build.prop. Sound will work again. The games will also still work.
There is an app on the market called "Device Spoofer" that makes this process easier.
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Device Spoofer worked great. You a life saviour. Thanks 4 the tip.
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Put sims free play on it for the wife to play. It runs really well considering its almost a gb of data downloaded.

tonyzoc said:
While most games work I have a few that don't.
Asphalt 5 or 6 don't work... most likely a build. prop issue.
Heavy Gunner has an xy axis issue that is reported to be an ICS issue.
GTA III does work.
Has anyone moved the build.prop to get more games to install?
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Asphalt does work on my tablet(p3110) but Plants vs Zombies don't~~

Grand Theft Auto and Plants vs Zombies both work great for me on CM9.

lastiko said:
it works on mine...try to download the latest version, try the HD version, i'm using it.
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I downloaded the plant vs zombiesHD version which was around 2 mb , later when I installed and launched the game it stopped working the message says "unfortunately plant vs zombies has stopped working" so any suggestions for this problem
thank you in advance

Luffyd.zoro said:
I downloaded the plant vs zombiesHD version which was around 2 mb , later when I installed and launched the game it stopped working the message says "unfortunately plant vs zombies has stopped working" so any suggestions for this problem
thank you in advance
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That message you got is called a "force close" Some apps do this s8metimes especially if there are many apps fighting for Ram, thats when you need the multirasking butt8n, which looks like 2 frames with an overlap, selecting "Remove all" will clear up Ram.
Thats all i really know, feel free to PM me for further issues.
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Luffyd.zoro said:
I downloaded the plant vs zombiesHD version which was around 2 mb , later when I installed and launched the game it stopped working the message says "unfortunately plant vs zombies has stopped working" so any suggestions for this problem
thank you in advance
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hi!
PvZ works great for me, I am using version 1.3.16 with included data files to sd card.
however, it is always asking for network, just for starting the app.

GTA 3 work fine for me CM 10/1 and aopk oc kernel :good:

do you guys experience any lag in games on custom or official firmware and which firmware is best for gaming? I will get gtab 2 7.0 in few days so I thought it would be good to ask.

jperkovic said:
do you guys experience any lag in games on custom or official firmware and which firmware is best for gaming? I will get gtab 2 7.0 in few days so I thought it would be good to ask.
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Nop, i can run Modern combat 4, GTA, dead trigger, spider man etc perfectly without any lag, using cm10.1 but with a official Rom it should the same.

gedeROM Game/app Compatibility List

I can't seem to get any gameloft games besides 9mm to play. tried about half of them and they crash on boot or won't finish
downloading from gameloft servers due to some error(checked my wifi no problems).
Is there some sort of compatibility list for KF and ICS for games or apps??
If not making one would be cool so people could avoid wastin time downloading **** that doesn't work(like me)

GT Free+ HD works fine.
UNO (Kindle Fire version from Amazon App Store) works fine when restored from Titanium Backup. UNO from the Play store runs, but doesn't work well (touchscreen issues)
I haven't been able to get Asphalt 6 to work (KF version from Amazon store restored from Titanium Backup, nor the Google Play store version)
Shrek Kart (Kindle Fire version from Amazon) doesn't work either from Titanium Backup.
That's all I've tried so far.
KF running gedeROM v1.45

I got Nova 2 HD to work but theres issues with the touchscreen locking inputs in
(aim left and it continues to wave or shoot and doesn't stop)just pausing the game
and unpausing resets it so its not that bad.
Counter strike and Minecraft work too.
The games I have tried haven't been from either store.. torrented them.
Guess I'll start tryin different sources and different Versions and post'em if i get lucky
EDIT::::: I think It might have something with the tablet thinking its a galaxy nexus and the
versions of the apk aren't really compatible with it. Do all versions of ICS show KF as a Galaxy nexus
or do they differ from which ICS was ripped from????

Has anyone had any luck with game console emulators, such as NESoid, SNESoid, N64oid, etc? I tried them last on Hashcode's vanilla release, but they failed to load ALL game roms. I haven't had the chance to try them yet on gedeRom, but I expect the same results since all ICS roms for the Kindle Fire are still in early development.

xFalkenx said:
Counter strike [...] work too.
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never knew this was ported over...looking forward to an unproductive weekend!

NESoid and Gameboid worked foe me in gedeROM!
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No, just this ROM masquerades the Kindle as a Galaxy Nexus. Others, like Hashcode's, show it as a Kindle Fire.
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Dungeon Hunter 2 crashes after the opening cinematic, even the GTP1000 version which works for CM7. Such a shame. DH3 is boring as hell.

I've just tried NESoid and SNESoid. Both apps work, but when the scaling is set to "Stretched" and used in the landscape orientation everything is extremely blurry. Even the on-screen gamepad controls are blurred. It looks fine in the portrait orientation though. I'm not sure what's causing this...
EDIT: I was going to take a screenshot of the blurry screen to post here, but the screenshot is not blurry at all. So strange...

does cant seem to download tegra games . showing incompatible. do i need to change anythin on build.prop to let me download?
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Asphalt6 still not work. After licence check just quit to homescrn
Kindle Fire - gedeROM - Tapatalk 2

Where is my water and Plants vs. Zombie not work for me
can't somebody send me the link

Everything works!
I'm not sure why everyone's stuff is incompatible.
Every game ive ever tried works great.
GTA 3, Gangstar Rio, Asphalt 6, Minecraft, Wheres my Water, Plants vs Zombies, 9MM, NOVA 3, they all work.
dvkrs
does cant seem to download tegra games . showing incompatible. do i need to change anythin on build.prop to let me download?
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Use chainfire 3d

I've had no problembs
xFalkenx said:
I can't seem to get any gameloft games besides 9mm to play. tried about half of them and they crash on boot or won't finish
downloading from gameloft servers due to some error(checked my wifi no problems).
Is there some sort of compatibility list for KF and ICS for games or apps??
If not making one would be cool so people could avoid wastin time downloading **** that doesn't work(like me)
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MC3 and brother in arms 2 work fine for me.

MainCourse said:
I'm not sure why everyone's stuff is incompatible.
Every game ive ever tried works great.
GTA 3, Gangstar Rio, Asphalt 6, Minecraft, Wheres my Water, Plants vs Zombies, 9MM, NOVA 3, they all work.
dvkrs
does cant seem to download tegra games . showing incompatible. do i need to change anythin on build.prop to let me download?
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Use chainfire 3d
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I can't ever get Asphalt 6 to work. Did you have to do any kind of build.prop changes? Do you have to use Chainfire3D with it? If so, what settings/plugins do you use and did you use the free or pay version? Thanks.

MainCourse said:
I'm not sure why everyone's stuff is incompatible.
Every game ive ever tried works great.
GTA 3, Gangstar Rio, Asphalt 6, Minecraft, Wheres my Water, Plants vs Zombies, 9MM, NOVA 3, they all work.
dvkrs
does cant seem to download tegra games . showing incompatible. do i need to change anythin on build.prop to let me download?
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Use chainfire 3d
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You have PvZ working in ICS? I've only gotten it to work in GB, what version are you using? For me, it works for about 30 seconds then freezes, which is common for ICS from what I could gather in the PvZ forums.

I am using gederom 1.55, with stock build.prop (ie galaxy nexus).
Works great for me, love that game!
No chainfire.
To the other guy, PvZ is fine on ICS, i dont play it often, but it worked for 1 game on same rom as above. Dunno, ive never had problems, just make sure you use powervr APK. If the market has problems, there is something wrong with the ROM i presume.
Hope ive helped!

MainCourse said:
I am using gederom 1.55, with stock build.prop (ie galaxy nexus).
Works great for me, love that game!
No chainfire.
To the other guy, PvZ is fine on ICS, i dont play it often, but it worked for 1 game on same rom as above. Dunno, ive never had problems, just make sure you use powervr APK. If the market has problems, there is something wrong with the ROM i presume.
Hope ive helped!
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Just curious, which version of A6 do you have (HD? 1.3.3 or another version)? Thanks.

MainCourse said:
I am using gederom 1.55, with stock build.prop (ie galaxy nexus).
Works great for me, love that game!
No chainfire.
To the other guy, PvZ is fine on ICS, i dont play it often, but it worked for 1 game on same rom as above. Dunno, ive never had problems, just make sure you use powervr APK. If the market has problems, there is something wrong with the ROM i presume.
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You need Chainfire3D to run Tegra optimized games on Non-Tegra devices.

Anyone know if worms works?

Change build.prop to nexus 7

Can we change the build.prop to look like a nexus 7 so tegra games can be downloaded?
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EYEramid said:
Can we change the build.prop to look like a nexus 7 so tegra games can be downloaded?
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Maybe, but they will not run ... because they run on Tegra, Nexus 10 is not Tegra, or if they do run they will run like crap ...

I figured they wouldn't run good, but I gotta try
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EYEramid said:
I figured they wouldn't run good, but I gotta try
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Just use google , find an apk , sideload it, see if it runs ...
Better than screwing with your build.prop ...

Watcher64 said:
Maybe, but they will not run ... because they run on Tegra, Nexus 10 is not Tegra, or if they do run they will run like crap ...
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From what I've heard, Tegra-only effects are bs. In other words, it'll run fine on any hardware that is capable of pushing the extra load (and a Mali-T604 should have no problem with that seeing as it seems to be better then Tegra 3 by a significant bit).
In any case, if someone could get a hold of Fruit Ninja THD Free, that would be a fine test to see if Tegra games can even be played.

espionage724 said:
From what I've heard, Tegra-only effects are bs. In other words, it'll run fine on any hardware that is capable of pushing the extra load (and a Mali-T604 should have no problem with that seeing as it seems to be better then Tegra 3 by a significant bit).
In any case, if someone could get a hold of Fruit Ninja THD Free, that would be a fine test to see if Tegra games can even be played.
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Fruit Ninja THD = Force Close
Riptide GP THD = Force Close
ShadowGUN THD = Force Close

Watcher64 said:
Fruit Ninja THD = Force Close
Riptide GP THD = Force Close
ShadowGUN THD = Force Close
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Just to be sure, but these are also fully updated, straight from the market and nowhere else versions of the games, on Stock ROM?

espionage724 said:
Just to be sure, but these are also fully updated, straight from the market and nowhere else versions of the games, on Stock ROM?
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Pulled them off my nexus 7 , they were installed from the market ...
not my first rodeo ...

They probably will not work since they use Tegra specific API for rendering... the best you could do is use Chainfire3D, but I don't know if or how well that'll work with Android 4.2

craigacgomez said:
They probably will not work since they use Tegra specific API for rendering... the best you could do is use Chainfire3D, but I don't know if or how well that'll work with Android 4.2
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Maybe they will listen to you ....

I thought about trying chainfire3d, but its hasn't been updated in a year
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Unfortunately, Chainfire 3D is a dead project, there is no other way to try tegra games .
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Watcher64 said:
Maybe they will listen to you ....
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There's pages of people using Tegra Effects on non-tegra devices for DEAD TRIGGER, so if anything, it's possible maybe for a few games.

There are plenty of people in the Themes & Apps forum, mentioning that they've got various games working in the N10 gaming thread, so some of them do work, it's just getting hold of the ones you own legitimately that's the difficult part.
I tried modding my build.prop but my market died and failed to connect to the server until I restored it. A reboot at that stage would likely cause you to bootloop so I didn't try rebooting.

espionage724 said:
There's pages of people using Tegra Effects on non-tegra devices for DEAD TRIGGER, so if anything, it's possible maybe for a few games.
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That was because it used standard GPU API for the advanced effects, but just turned it on for Tegra only devices... the game itself euns even on non-Tegra devices... any game with Tegra specific API calls will not work... some may start up, but may FC when they reach a point when such a call is made... but most apps written specifically for Tegra check the GPU and don't continue...