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N64oid!

This is a great Nintendo 64 emulator now available on the market!
Here's the link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidemu.n64
For me, using an Xperia X10 and Advent Vega (Tegra 2) Banjo-Kazooie runs smoothly.
But Super Mario 64 runs too fast! I asked yongzh (the developer) to add a framelimiter, so hopefully it'll be implemented soon.
I'm amazed at this, especially after looking at how hard development of alternative N64 emulators has been.
E.g. http://forums.ngemu.com/misc-n64-discussion/139653-porting-mupen64plus-android.html

Nice! Says it's incompatible with my device (ZTE Blade) tough, no love for ARMv6?

have to try on my huawei u8800/ideos X5

that looks pretty impressive.
I wonder how it'll run on a Xoom...

I plays really good, I found mariokart to run a bit faster than it should and Killer Instinct was playing really well but the menu screen came out larger than it should. Lucky I remember what the options were.

Wow, Majora's Mask, on my SGS.. Oo And, it is too fast !! Desactivate frameskip helps, and it's more smooth, but sound keeps emulated too fast...
Updates will be great, results are really impressive !!
Screen is stretched, i know that Glide plugin on PC helps to do a true widescreen... Could be great to adapt it !

WOOHOOO!!!!!

90180360 said:
Nice! Says it's incompatible with my device (ZTE Blade) tough, no love for ARMv6?
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Same here on HTC legend...maybe there's a chance it gets compatible with our phones someday...fpse also was ARMv7 only at first...would be awesome.
Sent from my HTC Legend

Lothaen said:
that looks pretty impressive.
I wonder how it'll run on a Xoom...
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I'll go try it out real quick, so far I've only used it on my HTC Droid Incredible and Droid X, works great on both of those.
Edit: It runs really smooth and looks pretty good, it seems like .n64 files run smoother than .z64 files anyone else noticed this?

Well legend of zelda oot run almost perfectly on my atrix except in the beginning cutscenes of the game the sound glitched a bit but the frame rate was still good. But when I tried to get the sword in the beginning the screen turned black but the scound is current still playing perfectly. I dont really care about the imperfections with this emulator I just can believe one finally got released for android and how well it works.
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Apparently when I went to get the sword in the beginning my screen went black but the sound still worked. Still the creators did an awesome job worth it.
Zelda oot:
I think it was a random glitch cause i am now at the duko tree and no lag so far.
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it happened again. Something is causing the video to go out and turn the screen black otherwise perfect frame rate for zelda oot
Super Mario Kart:
The game menu it self plays perfectly but when im try to keep the accelorator(forward movement) going, steering the kart and fire an object on the touch screen it seems to freak out. It makes it when i press A it only accelerates for a bit then stops then I have to repress a to start again.
1080 SnowBoarding(Love this game):
I tried playing 1080 snowboarding it ran perfectly till i tried playing a level then it just froze.
Goldeneye:
I just finished playing the first level of goldeneye on agent. It ran almost perfectly. There were a few spots of lag but over all goldeneye is not ment for this controller set up. But again there were no major hicups with game. I was able to complete a the first mission.

kuci06 said:
is there a way to contact the developer?
maybe he can answer our questions
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Ive sent him an email (his email address is in the market)
EDIT: He´s answered my mail and said that it would be possible to make it compatible on ARMv6 devices but he doesn´t wanna do it because he has tested it on his htc legend and said that it was very choppy and he doesn´t wanna get bad ratings in the market because of ppl who expect the emu to run at fullspeed on devices with insufficent hardware. So I guess we´re out of luck.
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anyone here also using their hd2 to play n64oid?
mines runs like 2-4 games perfectly but the rest the sound is horrible and it lags sometimes like starfox, mario kart, zelda oot & mm, etc... is it cause i have the first gen of snapdragon cpu??? i have to set the frameskip to 10 and autoframe skip to get good gameplay but only on a few.
never the less this is awesome i cant wait till after some more updates 1.1 is already out =D

What rom should i attach the game to? I have never heard of having to do this.
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kuci06 said:
disable sound, thats what making games laggy
I dont get it, a lot of people are complaining about laggy behavior, yet they are enabling everything... sound takes a lot of processing power
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ha im not a moron i have disabled sound and i know sound makes many games laggy (was using daedalus psp for a long time and realize that the first time i got it) i just wanted to know cause newer up to date phones like the samsung vibrant, galaxy s, etc run it better with less hic up i just wanted to know if anyone else realized this and wanted someone to clarify it
p.s. i wasnt complaining i was just curious curiousity and complaining are completely different please dont just start accusing

Banjo-Kazooie has some graphical glitches though it has always been a problematic game to emulate if memory serves me right. Also FPS could be better in many places despite the intense frameskip going on (HTC Vision at 1.5 GHz)

Yep, Banjo Kazpoie has some issues with graphics in emulation. But its still fully playable on my Fascinate, almost near full speed.
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ms_green said:
He´s answered my mail and said that it would be possible to make it compatible on ARMv6 devices but he doesn´t wanna do it because he has tested it on his htc legend and said that it was very choppy and he doesn´t wanna get bad ratings in the market because of ppl who expect the emu to run at fullspeed on devices with insufficent hardware. So I guess we´re out of luck.
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Thanks a lot for asking him! Let's hope he'll manage to make the emulator more efficient. Seeing how well FPse runs it's a shame...

Anyone using the wii classic pro controller with this? I can't seem to find key mappings that make sense for Goldeneye... Any suggestions?

Botero said:
Anyone using the wii classic pro controller with this? I can't seem to find key mappings that make sense for Goldeneye... Any suggestions?
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Those were the original controls:
You use the main analog stick to move Bond around, and you use the L button and the main analog stick combined to aim your weapon and lock the camera on a certain position. B is to reload, A to switch weapon, Left and Right C to Strafe, Up and Down C to look up or down, Z to use weapon, R is the same as L.
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Maybe B to ZL, A to ZR, C buttons to a,b,x,y, Z to R?
Or C buttons to the right analog stick, a to b, b to y? (Maybe Z to a, if it doesn't work well on R?)

very choppy on Nexus One playing Zelda oot.anyone know a good set up to run smoother than the pre setup?

[Q] Perfomance? Gameplay videos?

Hello!
I'm wondering how this phone perform in heavy apps and games.
I've searched for gameplay videos on youtube but haven't found any. Maybe my searching skills sucks. Can anyone here make a gameplay video? Or link to an existing gameplay video?
I'm about to buy LG Optimus 2X, Samsung Galaxy S2 or HTC Sensation. So I'm just looking for some answers.
Does anyone know any LG O2X vs SGS2 vs HTC Sensation article/video?

Hi.
You can find some gaming performance on this video after min 13:00.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ckamlzAYX0

Figure_desire said:
Hi.
You can find some gaming performance on this video after min 13:00.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ckamlzAYX0
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nice atleast the games i play work on the sensation

today i played asphalt 6 HD and Modern Combat 2 HD on my sensation...i have to say that the games luck much better than on the iphone 4.. i realyl was amazed by the graphics

abuserkadayf said:
today i played asphalt 6 HD and Modern Combat 2 HD on my sensation...i have to say that the games luck much better than on the iphone 4.. i realyl was amazed by the graphics
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how did you get em to work as it doesnt recognise my phone on gameloft site. cant find em on the market

Thank you for the video!
What happend @ 14:26 ? Since he went to the Task Mangager I guess he didn't have enough free RAM to run the game. But shouldn't a phone with that amount of RAM don't run low on RAM?
Would this phone be the right phone for me if I want a phone that can run EVERY game that exists now. And every coming games for about 1 year?

simonh94 said:
Thank you for the video!
What happend @ 14:26 ? Since he went to the Task Mangager I guess he didn't have enough free RAM to run the game. But shouldn't a phone with that amount of RAM don't run low on RAM?
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The Sense UI is a real memory hog. It certainly looks nice, but it takes up a lot of memory. That's why I'm hoping HTC unlocks the bootloader on the Sensation soon than later.

i have been using the desire hd version for those games (cracked apk's)
and what happened @14mins mark was: that game is supposedly made only to run on tegra 2 devices but somehow this guy has found a workaround for it that still is a bit buggy !
about the ram: dont worry u wont run out of ram !

Alright! Thanks.
How much free RAM would it be possible to get? Without rooting or change rom. How much RAM would I save by maybe turn off some animations ?
Like I said before. I wanna be able to run heaviest games that exists now perfectly. And the coming games for a while. Is this the right phone then?

simonh94 said:
Alright! Thanks.
How much free RAM would it be possible to get? Without rooting or change rom. How much RAM would I save by maybe turn off some animations ?
Like I said before. I wanna be able to run heaviest games that exists now perfectly. And the coming games for a while. Is this the right phone then?
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let me say this: i have everythig enabled: all animations and syncs i can play those games without any hiccups ..dont worry about gaming on sensation but le me warn you, when you play hd games the it eats the battery !

abuserkadayf said:
let me say this: i have everythig enabled: all animations and syncs i can play those games without any hiccups ..dont worry about gaming on sensation but le me warn you, when you play hd games the it eats the battery !
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I guess it's quite good on gaming. But maybe gaming works better on another phone.
I guess that playing games eats battery on every phone But I can charge it while I'm playing.
Ah I got a question now. HDMI works on every TV, but it only charge the phone if the TV supports MHL? Is there any adapter, so I can charge it AND using HDMI without a TV that have MHL.

simonh94 said:
I guess it's quite good on gaming. But maybe gaming works better on another phone.
I guess that playing games eats battery on every phone But I can charge it while I'm playing.
Ah I got a question now. HDMI works on every TV, but it only charge the phone if the TV supports MHL? Is there any adapter, so I can charge it AND using HDMI without a TV that have MHL.
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Yes they do have such adapters that allow you to do that which should be coming out soon. I believe I saw one in a Galaxy S II demo video a couple months ago that had two microUSB ports: one for the MHL connection and one for the phone charger.

simonh94 said:
What happend @ 14:26 ? Since he went to the Task Mangager I guess he didn't have enough free RAM to run the game. But shouldn't a phone with that amount of RAM don't run low on RAM?
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He was trying to run a game optimized for Tegra - for some unknown reason it didn't launch on the first attempt (black screen), therefore he launched the task killer and force closed the game. He did not kill any other applications. After that, he proceeded and (this time successfully) launched the game a second time.
This definitively wasn't RAM related as there was still plenty of free space left.

Virtue94 said:
Yes they do have such adapters that allow you to do that which should be coming out soon. I believe I saw one in a Galaxy S II demo video a couple months ago that had two microUSB ports: one for the MHL connection and one for the phone charger.
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Awesome!
PartyMango said:
He was trying to run a game optimized for Tegra - for some unknown reason it didn't launch on the first attempt (black screen), therefore he launched the task killer and force closed the game. He did not kill any other applications. After that, he proceeded and (this time successfully) launched the game a second time.
This definitively wasn't RAM related as there was still plenty of free space left.
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Ah okay
The LG O2X does have randomly reboots. This one have a death grip and the camera app crashes. Samsung Galaxy S2, seems to be so plastic and slippery but that phone seems to be quite stable.
HTC Sensation doesn't have USB OTG.
All the phones probably have more bugs but that's a few of them. This is driving me crazy.

Is there a way to turn Sense animations off? That might help memory use and performance.
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Anyone try dungeon defenders yet?

degeneration said:
Anyone try dungeon defenders yet?
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sometimes it helps to read or better yet look at the videos because in the video he did test dungeon defenders and in other post others have been playing dungeon defenders. so next time to avoid unnecessary post search observe and most of the time your question is already answered

boostedb16b said:
sometimes it helps to read or better yet look at the videos because in the video he did test dungeon defenders and in other post others have been playing dungeon defenders. so next time to avoid unnecessary post search observe and most of the time your question is already answered
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The search doesn't do anything, the video I saw him load angry birds with no mention of dungeon defenders. Although I asked if anyone tried it, not if there were videos of it. The game runs smooth on my SGS in single player, but in multiplayer it can get really laggy. He just showed that it boots fast pretty much.

degeneration said:
The search doesn't do anything, the video I saw him load angry birds with no mention of dungeon defenders. Although I asked if anyone tried it, not if there were videos of it. The game runs smooth on my SGS in single player, but in multiplayer it can get really laggy. He just showed that it boots fast pretty much.
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he did a little play around in the game i would say if you really need to find it. make a new thread asking a question. do you have sgs or sgs2?

boostedb16b said:
he did a little play around in the game i would say if you really need to find it. make a new thread asking a question. do you have sgs or sgs2?
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First one... My point was single player vs multiplayer on dungeon defenders is way different on the SGS phones (which are listed as "mid range" for their specs, and the only thing better is Tegra2s).
It's not essential, I just can't find much info any where on the net about it (then again it's hard to find as typing "dungeon defenders sensation" brings up tons of forums that discuss both dungeon defenders and sensations but separately) and I have read the SGS2 (which isn't really an option for me, but I am presuming the Hercules will be similar) has problems with gaming. I don't think that will persuade me one way or the other but figured I would just drop the question in a gameplay thread.
I like the qHD screen, but I love my amoled... The benchmark comparisons is sort of worrisome as well, but I might end up with a sensation either way, as long as the bootloader gets unlocked.

will android apps be optimized for sensation screen resolution?

hey guys,
I am considering buying a sensation phone, but what bothers me is that the screen resolution is different from the standard 800x480px in all current smartphones.
will the sensation phone be the only one using that resolution?
will samsung build new displays with even higher resolutions?
and considering these questions: will all the apps you daily use be optimized for that high resolution? or will there be graphical glitches everytime you install a software not optimized for that screen resolution?
i dont want to buy a phone that has unique high screen resolution with noone apart from sense 3.0 and a browser profiting by using it.
tell me what you think about these things!
thanks!

So far, most apps I've tried work perfectly. The only one I know off the top of my head is Robot Unicorn Attack, it seems to only display it at the 800x480 resolution and the rest of the screen is black

is there some kind of scaling mechanism?

I guess it all depends on how the app is coded. Such as using relative values rather than absolute.
Basically, Angry Birds runs fullscreen, my piano app works great, but Robot Unicorn attack was the only one I tried which doesn't run in fullscreen.
Some of the carrier apps on my phone to check balance and what not look a bit pixelated on the graphics though.

Matt1408 said:
I guess it all depends on how the app is coded. Such as using relative values rather than absolute.
Basically, Angry Birds runs fullscreen, my piano app works great, but Robot Unicorn attack was the only one I tried which doesn't run in fullscreen.
Some of the carrier apps on my phone to check balance and what not look a bit pixelated on the graphics though.
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Groupon and Open Table are my only issues, but just visual problems. They run well otherwise.

All 102 apps i got work fine.
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[games]List of games optimized for full screen so far

I'm not sure if I'm the only one who still keeps the three dot bar for the normal functionality of some games (I'm looking at you, gameloft), I'm sure we all appreciate games that are actually designed to fill our full screen. So here we go!
Here's my list:
Air Attack hd
Dark Nebula
Dead Trigger (quitting now...it's getting ridiculous as game progresses...I miss the good old days in shadowgun)
Drift Mania (actually very entertaining...once you get used to it)
Dungeon Hunter 2
ME Infiltrator (heavy load on the gpu though...heating like crazy sometimes)
Real Racing 2 (graphic is a little rough on some curves...and the menu is not smooth for some reason...but the actual gameplay is buttery smooth)
Reckless Racing HD (all time favourites)
Temple Run
World Of Goo
Zen Bound
Riptide GP (needs a little more gpu juice to keep the frame rate steady sometimes)
This list will be constantly updated, and general game discussions (just anything about games on our devices) are welcomed.
p.s. any testers on the Asphalt 7 yet? Are we getting the ****ty graphics for lower devices AGAIN? (is the 3 dot bar there again? how is the surface reflection of vehicles?)
p.s. 2 GIVE US NOVA 3 GAMELOFT! AND LET THE ADRENO 225 DO ITS JOB!
p.s. 3 (would be nice to have one in my next 4 years in a hell-like program...oh, did I go off topic?:silly

I have asphalt running on h8's latest CM9. The vehicles look very good and there aren't any FPS drops in any game mode. I'm about half way through the game and it's been flawless. I can't reply in reference to the 3 dot bar, because again I have been running it on CM9. But don't hesitate to buy this game! It's only 99 cents and runs great. Some of the tracks are recycled from Asphalt 6 but the graphics are much better.

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I have asphalt running on h8's latest CM9. The vehicles look very good and there aren't any FPS drops in any game mode. I'm about half way through the game and it's been flawless. I can't reply in reference to the 3 dot bar, because again I have been running it on CM9. But don't hesitate to buy this game! It's only 99 cents and runs great. Some of the tracks are recycled from Asphalt 6 but the graphics are much better.
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I actually own the game on IPAD 2 and is hesitating to give it a try on my one xl......for some reason I just can't accept the current IAP business module used by gameloft......reminds me of spoiled Chinese online games....which they don't charge for hours you play but changes the drop/success rate of anything and make players buy equip and even the f**king avatar hairstyle with ￥￥￥

Yeah I also own the game on my iPad but I carry my HOX with me more often and it's a lot easier to access. I also feel like the screen on my HOX is superior and I want to take advantage of it. I've also been playing some Final Fantasy on it which is an excellent game, but doesn't really utilize the nice GPU. Check out AstroWings3. Pretty awesome retro style game. It's a basic flying shooter game but it's fun. Helps me pass time at work when it gets slow!

Idk how but I've been playing nova 3 for some time now. It's awesome.
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Why not just map menu to the recents key? Gets rid of the overflow menu and all games become full screen.
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Dead Space is pretty good and full screen.
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_MetalHead_ said:
Why not just map menu to the recents key? Gets rid of the overflow menu and all games become full screen.
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there are issues present sometimes...
e.g. N.O.V.A.2 have its buttons displaced...

xhao1108 said:
there are issues present sometimes...
e.g. N.O.V.A.2 have its buttons displaced...
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Not for me it doesnt. Zero issues with any game. That's with the flashable mod from 1.85 or the HTC implemented remap from the latest OTA. I haven't seen the menu overflow for months.
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[Q] gangstar vegas bad graphics

I just downloaded the new released gangstar vegas on my samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0 p3100. But the graphic is very bad. And in the options it only shows "low and very low visual qualities". How do i make the graphics better. Thank in advance.

Legit download?

Same problem With same game and with same device
I also have this problem with this game. resolution of this game is very low on galaxy tab 2 is there any way to run this game on tab 2 with medium or high graphics

The same problem here...

Same here, galaxy tab 2 with cm10.1 framerate is fine, but only low and very low graphics are available plus low runs at lower resolution than very low wtf

The same trouble with my GT-P3110 stock 4.1.2.. Maybe editing build,prop would help.. but i am too lazy to do dat.

Maybe they haven't still optimsed it for those types of screens.
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yeah.. the game works great on very low settings with a high resoltuion.. ON LOW SETTINGS IT IS SHOWNG BAD GRAPHIC low resolution. Maybe Gameloft messed up these settings and I hope a future patch addresses this.. On low settings there is no lag, nice graphics but the only fault is that there are no pedestrians or vehicles.. a ghost city.. In missions however the characters appear.. and i have got a vehicle to travel by spending 5000 on getting a bike delivered.. Definetely this can be addressed in a patch..

very boring with no cars and d people,they have no brain,atleast cars and people should be in every settin

I was trying to find a file with the graphics settings to be able to set the very high and I think it might be the file called "phone_performance_profiles.xml.bin" in the obb file... but I wasnt able to edit it with notepad.
I think It might work if we could edit it or if someone with a phone capable of playing it on very high would upload this file and we would just replace it.

On my Allview P5 Mini stock it works like a charm but just on low and lowest graphics.. i also have an Asus TF101 and on Low graphics it works like a charm but the resolution is lower than on my phone. I have contacted Gameloft through email and forums but they just ignored and removed my suggestions.. it would be cool to be able to change to which graphics we like on every phone even if it may cause lags.. and in case of crashes it should automatically go back to defaults.
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I have been thinking about the resolution and graphics issue. We cannot replace the performance_phone_profiles.xml.bin or however it is named from a phone like galaxy S IV or Note II because it won't make a change to it. Instead we could manage to edit the file somehow. All I would need from Gameloft is to add a graphics settings just like on GTA III or Vice City on Android and iOS. Someone please send them this thread through email or forums because they're ignoring me. Thanks.
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I forgot to mention that they set resolution lower on Low than Lowest to give us less lag.. but this doesen't mean that we should have only low and lowest. Some of our devices can run better graphics with better resolution!

Gangstar vegas graphic patch for low end phones-
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zi215u
Extract it,delete current profile.bin in obb and replace it there,now you have upto HIGH Option
ENJOY IT and hit like

mj111996 said:
Gangstar vegas graphic patch for low end phones-
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zi215u
Extract it,delete current profile.bin in obb and replace it there,now you have upto HIGH Option
ENJOY IT and hit like
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OMG OMG OMG I LOVE YOU LOL.
I cant wait to test it!!!! Thanks bro.
BTW.. which obb file should i edit? I cannot find any profile.bin
EDIT: i am such a noob... it was in the main obb folder lol.

It does work, but still, the resolution is low. If you can fix that it would be perfect. Works like a charm on my TF101 overclocked, with SetCPU and RAM Manager Pro and High graphics.
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mj111996 said:
Gangstar vegas graphic patch for low end phones-
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zi215u
Extract it,delete current profile.bin in obb and replace it there,now you have upto HIGH Option
ENJOY IT and hit like
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Perfect.. It just makes Gangstar Vegas so pretty on my Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.. Playing on medium. It gives a better resolution than on low and a lot more vehicles appear than on low. There is a small lag only in intense activity and for most of the time, it is lag free mainly on free roam for which i play.

Er... Could you please give precision for the place to paste the file? ^^'

Clem_Kos said:
Er... Could you please give precision for the place to paste the file? ^^'
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Obb game folder = sdcard\android\obb\com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftGGHM
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I had originally HIGH on my SGS II. Do you think it would be possible to make a VERY HIGH version of the file?

SteelDragonX said:
Obb game folder = sdcard\android\obb\com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftGGHM
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Got it! Thanks!

Hey guys. I am back. Lol.
I have got a new graphics mod which has Ultra High with bloom and better draw distance etc. Just download it, place it in the obb/com.gameloft.anmp.GGHM or something like that and play. Do not change the graphics or you cannot go back to ultra until you won't replace profile.bin again. So after you place it, just do not go change the visual quality. All of them should be hite/grey, not yellow. Link: http://j.gs/2JeJ
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