The Ur-Quan Masters 2X 15/01/08

The Ur-Quan Masters 2X 1.1 =-
(based on UQM 0.6.2)

Ported to GP2X by Senor Quack (Dan Silsby)
dansilsby gmail com

Jan. 15, 2008

Welcome to one of the greatest games ever made!

This is the definitive port of The Ur-Quan Masters to the
GP2X. It is quite stable (no crashes have ever been
reported by users so far and your author has neither ever
had a crash.) It runs at full speed in every situation at
200mhz, but you must enable the RAM tweak through GMenu2X's
launcher to achieve this. UQM2X is a very bandwidth-
hungry game and probably always will be, because all graphics
work is done at 32bpp internally. TV-Out mode might require
a slight overclock.

If you have saved games from either my previous versions of
this port or the ports by foehammer or loki666,
you can copy them into the save folder of this version.

Ur-Quan Masters is an open source port of Star Control II:
(FROM http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Star_Control_II):
Star Control II, the sequel to the original Star Control, is a space adventure game that features role-playing elements alongside a robust 2D combat system. It was a milestone for non-linear gaming and an undeniable influence on modern space travel games such as Homeworld; many consider it one of the best computer games of all time. The player assumes the role of the captain of a single starship wandering a detailed environment of solar systems, gradually gathering information and resources in order to defeat a mysterious and implacable enemy; the plot contains numerous mysteries and other half-explained elements that contribute to the beauty of the game,1 along with a rare sense of humor that manifests numerous times, inevitably having the player rolling on the floor laughing.

Notice: UQM2X now uses v0.6.2, not v0.6.3 of UQM.
This was because joystick controls are broken in 0.6.3.
If you were a user of my language translation pack, you
must download the latest version of it; previous versions
won't work.

IMPROVEMENTS IN VERSION 1.1 OVER 1.0:
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(released Jan 15, 2008)

* USB joystick support for 1 or 2 players, out of the box.
Since the main UQM port's control configuration is not
complete yet, I spent a week writing a custom control
configurator. You can customize all controls for the GP2X
and USB Joysticks 1 & 2. Launch "uqm2xcfg.gpe" to use it.
UQM2X now has better joystick support than any other port.
In fact, it has better joystick support than the native PC
version itself. Joystick controls are preset for two
Logitech Dual Action controllers.

* Altered some bilinear sprite-scaling code to work properly
with 16bpp surfaces. Bilinear scaling is now used for
all sprite scaling. As a result, smooth-scaling mode is
now full-speed and is the new default for melee fights.
This includes fights in the single-player game.

* Adjustable TV-Out support. Game now detects TV-Out mode
and adjusts screen resolution appropriately for PAL/NTSC.
At the main menu, you can adjust the screen centering by
holding the R-trigger button and moving the stick/DPAD.

* Mapped control for searching for star names via the starmap:
press B in the starmap to bring up a prompt.

* Mapped control for quitting super-melee mode: SELECT is the
default.

* Diagonal controls are fixed.

* Further speed improvements to planetary lander:
Smoother than ever, but RAM tweak in GMenu2X MUST be enabled
to see the improvements.

* Full-screen blits are now handled by a custom ARM ASM routine.
TV-Out mode does now allow this, however, so a slight
overclock when using TV Out might be necessary for
smoothness if you play the single-player game. Melees are
always full-speed no matter what.

* Squidge's MMU hack is now loaded to speed up blits.

* Internal sound mixing is now entirely done with integer math.

* Options in the setup menu that don't work with the GP2X
version are not saved. This includes control re-configuration.

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