+g-o-cashers Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I downloaded and started to play 4 Minutes Hourglass on my Colorado 400t. I can turn both of the hourglasses but when I select the noodle and click on "Actions" my 400t resets. GO$Rs Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Since the 400t is an embedded system it is less graceful with errors than the emulator or Pocket PC device. I expect there's a pretty lethal bug in the Wherigo cart that is resetting the device. Quote Link to comment
+coreynjoey Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I had a problem with this cartridge as well, but on Mobile Crossing Waypoint 200 ppc. The Wherigo player didn't see the new cartridge added, even after I clicked the reload cartridge list option. I ended up changing the name of the cartridge file to remove the underscores in it, (it was named 4_minites_hourglass.gwc..I just deleted the underscores) and then it showed up on the list. I did some more testing, and it's not the underscores that were the problem, but one too many characters in the file name. 19 characters are too many for my ppc I guess, but 18 works! Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I had a problem with this cartridge as well, but on Mobile Crossing Waypoint 200 ppc. The Wherigo player didn't see the new cartridge added, even after I clicked the reload cartridge list option. I ended up changing the name of the cartridge file to remove the underscores in it, (it was named 4_minites_hourglass.gwc..I just deleted the underscores) and then it showed up on the list. I did some more testing, and it's not the underscores that were the problem, but one too many characters in the file name. 19 characters are too many for my ppc I guess, but 18 works! Thanks for that. I'll see if I can reduce the number of characters even further so it isn't an issue. Quote Link to comment
+TOSY Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Thank you all for the information. I uploaded the modified cartridge "4 minutes Hourglass". Simply, I changed the cartridge file name. No story has been changed. Could g-o-cacher and coreyjoey try the new cartridge and inform if it can run successfully? TOSY Quote Link to comment
+trenkle Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 TOSY, I took a look at your source and noticed all of your media were GIFs. Colorado only supports JPGs. Perhaps this is related to the shutdown problem as well? In either event, a Colorado only renders visual media if it is a JPG, so at best, your cartridge will be text-based. -trenkle Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 TOSY, I took a look at your source and noticed all of your media were GIFs. Colorado only supports JPGs. Perhaps this is related to the shutdown problem as well? In either event, a Colorado only renders visual media if it is a JPG, so at best, your cartridge will be text-based. -trenkle You can tell if it is a GIF issue if you connect the Colorado to your machine and see an image in the Wherigo folder. I can attest from my own experience that trying to use a GIF file will crash the Colorado. Although our online compiler *should* (and doesn't currently) fix the cartridge so the GIFs are either removed or ignored, it doesn't. Converting to JPG should do the trick. Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Thank you all for the information. I uploaded the modified cartridge "4 minutes Hourglass". Simply, I changed the cartridge file name. No story has been changed. Could g-o-cacher and coreyjoey try the new cartridge and inform if it can run successfully? TOSY I tried downloading the new cart but the name seemed to be the same. I tried it again and I noticed something else. If I select Noodle->Actions I see the Start/Stop buttons, no failure. If I start the 3 minute timer, then the 5 minute, then select Noodle->Actions it resets. So it seems to be something related to have the timers running when I select Actions on the Noodle. Didn't notice any images in my Wherigo folder when connected if that helps. GO$Rs Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Good news! Garmin looked at the cartridge and discovered two bugs that were causing issues and have fixed them in an update that will be forthcoming. In the meantime the cartridge won't work - but the good news it wasn't anything particularly wrong in the cartridge. However the GIF images were causing one of the issues and will simply be ignored on the Colorado unless they are converted to JPGs. Quote Link to comment
+TOSY Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Thank you all, I am pleasure the good news from Garmin. Anyway, I have updated the cartrige to try to fit the current Colorado. - Change gif to jpg - Modify algorithm for variables to avoid to be minus value. I'm not sure that second change works, but one of the difference between variable for "Noodle" and "Hourglass" was the variable sometimes is minus value for hourglass. If someone try the new cartridge and inform the result, it will be appreciated. Quote Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I tried again and it failed, unfortunately. Although the images were fine. The problem occurred just as the 5 minute hourglass reached the 4 minute mark (the point at which you are supposed to start the noodles). At first I thought it was the batteries dying because it just faded to black (turned off). Quote Link to comment
+Los Traviesos Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I am trying to load the 4 minute hour glass on an ipaq. It is not showing in the cartridge list here either. I have tried shortening the name (now to 16 characters) but it is still not showing. The tutorial cartridge worked just fine. I am having trouble getting Sample Clue hunt to show in the list also. Quote Link to comment
+Los Traviesos Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 A little more effort on my part and it looks like it is working correctly. Quote Link to comment
+coreynjoey Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 A little more effort on my part and it looks like it is working correctly. What did you do to get it to work? Quote Link to comment
+Los Traviesos Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 What did you do to get it to work? I was putting it in the main file. I had to put it in the Groundspeak/Wherigo/cartridges folder for it to recognize it. Quote Link to comment
+TOSY Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Hello Los Traviesos, I uploaded the modified cartridge again. Maybe the file name starts with digits didn't work well. Please try again. Thank you, TOSY Quote Link to comment
+Los Traviesos Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 [Please try again. Thanx. I'm up and running. I just love this. Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I just wanted to provide an update. The latest version on the Garmin Colorado, 2.40, now fixes the issue where the cartridge reset the 400t on the 4 minute hourglass cartridge. I was able to download, play, complete and upload the save file for the cartridge. I even made it in 241 seconds! Quote Link to comment
+kazuma Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I just wanted to provide an update. The latest version on the Garmin Colorado, 2.40, now fixes the issue where the cartridge reset the 400t on the 4 minute hourglass cartridge. I was able to download, play, complete and upload the save file for the cartridge. I even made it in 241 seconds! I'm sure you cheated I've played yesterday again with my Colorado 300 and I can conform it works great... Just need to work a little bit more on using the device... I was faster on the Emulator (243). My best on the Colorado is 244. Kazuma, Geocaching-Italia Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 I just wanted to provide an update. The latest version on the Garmin Colorado, 2.40, now fixes the issue where the cartridge reset the 400t on the 4 minute hourglass cartridge. I was able to download, play, complete and upload the save file for the cartridge. I even made it in 241 seconds! I'm sure you cheated I've played yesterday again with my Colorado 300 and I can conform it works great... Just need to work a little bit more on using the device... I was faster on the Emulator (243). My best on the Colorado is 244. Kazuma, Geocaching-Italia Yup. Same here! Works fine for me. GO$Rs Quote Link to comment
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