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Torque in Ubuntu ARM? Possible?

by Guimo · in General Discussion · 05/17/2012 (8:44 am) · 3 replies

Hi, this is just a very loose technical question.

Given Ubuntu is now running in Android tablets. How possible (as a rough estimate over being 0% = no way to 100% = just compile and run) do you think it would be to compile TGE for those platforms.

Considering that compiling TGE in a simple Ubuntu or Centos is a PITA (honestly I did it after so much suffering) I was just wondering about all those required MMX optimizations etc.

Anyway, not like I want to dig into that anyway. Just curious about setting a dedicated server in a tablet :)

Luck!
Guimo
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Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#1
05/17/2012 (9:34 am)
Possible, 100% with the right developer digging into the code.

Probably, 20% because it would most likely be more trouble than it's worth.

Torque 3D Owner Kenneth Eves
XAP GAMES
#2
07/16/2012 (12:19 pm)
From what I've seen TGE's use of MMX in the terrain system can be bypassed in code. There are C++ versions of the routines present. I don't know that I've seen assembler anywhere else but I never had reason to look since my work is Win32 only.

Dedicated server in tablet *grin* Yeah, that's a huge market.

Torque Owner Demolishun
DemolishunConsulting Rocks!
#3
07/22/2012 (4:10 pm)
Hold onto your socks and pay attention to the embedded Linux platforms. When Intel releases its SOC chip designed for phones and tablets I believe we will see a lot of Intel Android/Linux based devices. They are going to be contenders against ARM. Intel is already doing amazing things with the Atom processor. There are other low powered x86 processors as well. I am using one in an embedded robot app and it is 1Ghz and very low power. I could see it in a phone in the future. I think it may be a via chip.

I think x86 will be a huge contender in the phone/tablet markets. The only real barrier is converting to OpenGL vs direct x. This needs to be done in MacOS anyway so it pave the way to those platforms. The mobile markets are only going to get bigger.

As for converting to ARM it may or may not make sense. It really depends on how quickly the x86 devices come out. I could see it being a possibility if you already have an established game and want to direct funds to expand your markets.