+TravelingViking Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Just got a nüvi 550 with Wherigo Player installed... When loading the gwc generated for Garmin Colorado and using it: the unit switches itself off... When loading the gwc generated for Pocket PC and using it: I can start using it, but the unit sometimes locks after a few clicks - unfortunately I cannot reproduce this consistently... So is the Pocket PC file the right one to use or do I need some other format? Olaf Quote Link to comment
we4geo Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 (edited) I bought a "Nuvi 550" some month ago and it's ok for car-navigation and most "standard" geocaches (traditionals & multis). But for "Wherigo" it isn't usable at all: In the last few days I tried 2 cardridges in my "homezone" (which work fine in the version for PocketPC-Users on these devices). The first one http://www.Wherigo.com/cartridge/details.a...f8-8be958e12251 allways crashes already during start (the nuvi 550 needs a hard-reset to get re-animated). The second one http://www.Wherigo.com/cartridge/details.a...5f-212244e3b12d constantly crashes at station 2. Even the garmin-demo-cardridge which was on the nuvi 550 by default (the one with the spaceship) hardly crashes near the end (while refueling the spaceship). So garmin and/or Groundspeak did a very bad job on creating a stable Wherigo platform - especially on this device. It's a shame... Greetz to all Edited October 25, 2009 by we4geo Quote Link to comment
Sherlock & Lock Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I've done 3 Wherigo caches in my area and played the Wherigo Tutorial cartridge without any issues with the nüvi 550 (Software Version 3.40, Wherigo Engine 2.22). While building my own Wherigo, I found that my cartridge worked flawlessly on the Wherigo Builder's Pocket PC emulator but kept crashing in the field on the nüvi 550 (problems mentioned above; locks up or switches off). I've tracked down the problem to the "Show detail screen zobject" script Action (supposed to force a certain screen to be shown to the player, such as a particular Task or Location). When I removed all of these Actions, everything now works without a hitch. (When I download cartridge files from Wherigo.com, I get the ones for "Garmin Nuvi 500" in the drop-down box; when I build my own using the Wherigo Builder, I compile for "Any Device".) Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment
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