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Running STO on tablets?

jeremiahhayesjeremiahhayes Member Posts: 147 Arc User
edited December 2013 in The Academy
I just bought a new Asus TF300T (1GB DDR3, 32GB Memory) tablet running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Will STO run on my tablet, and how to I download it and/or install it? I'm a total noob when it comes to tablets. I do have the .exe for installing STO on my computer so if there's a way I can use it and/or transfer it to the tablet I should be able to do so with a little help here. Thanks...
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    It won't run on Android. Some high end Windows 8 tablets can handle it, though - GPU being the limiting factor, generally keeping you at/near minimum settings.

    You could use a program like Kainy to try to stream it over a network from your PC - your PC runs it but the tablet displays and controls it. It needs a powerful network, and is pretty much a lost cause if you're not on your home network (that kind of real time streaming is too much for most home internet upstream), but it can work.
  • chilleechillee Member Posts: 176 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    With Android as your OS, its worthless to do any PC games.
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Look into Windows Surface Pro with Intel HD4000, pretty good performance for integrated graphics.

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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Even if it did run on a tablet, controlling stuff would be a huge pain in the posterior! No mouse, no keyboard, no direct neural interface, no cupholder... I mean what'd be the point of playing without those?
    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • jeremiahhayesjeremiahhayes Member Posts: 147 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    dracounguis wrote: »
    Even if it did run on a tablet, controlling stuff would be a huge pain in the posterior! No mouse, no keyboard, no direct neural interface, no cupholder... I mean what'd be the point of playing without those?

    Got mouse...got keyboard...
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Most good tablets have keyboard and mouse attachments available (especially Windows 8 tablets which almost always have standard USB ports), even my cheap Flytouch 2 has them. And the touch screen almost eliminates the need for a mouse.

    Control's not the issue with running STO on a tablet, just compatibility.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    The HP Envy x2 does the job pretty nicely
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  • royalsovereignroyalsovereign Member Posts: 1,344 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Heck, I'd consider getting a tablet just to be able to manage my doffs from the office or on the road.
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    edited April 2013
    10 carriers vs 10 carriers (tetryon danOObs pets if possible for more particles to process) pvp on a tablet.... :rolleyes:
  • jornadojornado Member Posts: 918 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Since Android is essentially a fork of Linux (the new Ubuntu mobile initiative is supposed to run on the droid kernel side-by-side), I fully anticipate more emulation options (a la WINE) in Android tablets once the hardware becomes more robust.

    Using DOSBox people are already getting WindowsXP running on Nexus7 level tablets with relative ease, so probably in the near future we can expect better tablet gaming options.

    It is going to be a while, but we'll get there.

    And to the naysayers on the basis of control schemes, one or two of the Android DOSBox emulators have extremely intuitive and easy to use ways of emulation mouse and keyboard, so there is hope.

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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Just because it's Linux doesn't mean much - there are linux builds for almost every CPU you can imagine, but programs aren't automatically compatible with all of them.

    Issue is Wine isn't a full fledged emulator, only an API. It still requires a native x86 environment to run on. The name is a recursive acronym for "Wine is not an emulator." Winelib does exist for ARM, but it's extremely limited on what can and can't run since most binaries require an x86 environment - you can run Minesweeper (as long as it's not the Windows XP or newer versions), and most things you'd compile in Visual Basic, but other programs need to be compiled to run with Winelib on ARM.

    Those Windows XP installs require an x86 emulator, which destroys performance pretty bad - you're basically getting about 10-25% of the equivalent processor power into the copy of Windows you're emulating. That's enough to run Windows 95 pretty well, but Windows XP just barely limps along, the emulated CPU doesn't technically meet XP's minimum CPU requirement.


    There is a Windows 8 RT build that runs on ARM processors, and you can load it into some very high end android tablets if you get your hands on it or pay too much for a Surface tablet (not Surface Pro, which is full fledged Windows 8 with an x86 processor), but it can only run Windows executables compiled for ARM environments, so again, x86 locks you out.

    Surface Pro, like I said, full Windows 8 and a compatible processor. There's been persistent rumors of an x86 Ubuntu tablet for the last few months, and if it ever materializes Wine on that will be an option.

    tl;dr: Wine's not feasible for the next decade easily, but Surface Pro is an option.
  • iontigerhawkiontigerhawk Member Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    there are blue tooth enabled keyboards and mouse that you can buy for what you own for a tablet. I just hope that the devs can find the time to make a sto app that we can download so we can have fun being on sto.
  • leto81leto81 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Does anyone have a confirmed list of tablets that can run STO?
  • anasaziscoutanasaziscout Member Posts: 30 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    dracounguis wrote: »
    Even if it did run on a tablet, controlling stuff would be a huge pain in the posterior! No mouse, no keyboard, no direct neural interface, no cupholder... I mean what'd be the point of playing without those?

    He's taking about an Asus Transformer. They have a keyboard dock.

    Launcher 7 is a windows 7 emulator app which might work for that.

    edit: also, that is not a cupholder, that is a CD rom...
  • steamwrightsteamwright Member Posts: 2,820
    edited December 2013
    anasaziscout wrote: »
    edit: also, that is not a cupholder, that is a CD rom...

    You've clearly never met many of the users for whom I repair business computers. :rolleyes:
  • greendragon527greendragon527 Member Posts: 386 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    dracounguis wrote: »
    Even if it did run on a tablet, controlling stuff would be a huge pain in the posterior! No mouse, no keyboard, no direct neural interface, no cupholder... I mean what'd be the point of playing without those?

    Would be cool to handle doff assignments though! Eagerly awaiting the day we can do it through gateway!
  • confedinblueconfedinblue Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    I have a friend who was able to play STO on a Surface. He says it's pretty slick, except he has trouble getting all of the HUD to show.
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  • sandormen123sandormen123 Member Posts: 862 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    I have a dream... ...a dream of an app that is dedicated to doffing.
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  • oldkirkfanoldkirkfan Member Posts: 1,263 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    dracounguis wrote: »
    Even if it did run on a tablet, controlling stuff would be a huge pain in the posterior! No mouse, no keyboard, no direct neural interface, no cupholder... I mean what'd be the point of playing without those?

    Finding a computer with a cup holder was one of my top priorities when I purchased my last machine.
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