How to Play Star Trek Timelines in Windows (Andy)

Posted: 21 January 2016 01:54 AM Just in case you’d like to try running the game in Windows, but are very unfamiliar with how these things go: 1. Steps: 1.1. if you haven’t already, make an account in ST Timelines so your game is safe and transferable

1.2. download and install Andy on a Windows machine (download here: http://bit.ly/getAndy)

1.3. open Andy, sign in to a Google account (or create one, it takes less than a minute)

1.4. open the “Play” store (icon of a shopping bag with a play logo on it)

1.5. search for “Star Trek Timelines” and install it

1.6. run Star Trek Timelines and sign in to your game account 2. Q&A Q: What?

A: OK, OK! You’ll actually be running the game in Android, but a version of Android which is being run in Windows. Thus “in Windows”. I’ve seen several forum threads requesting the game be released on Windows 10 and this is the next-best solution. Q: Why?

A: There are plenty of reasons to do this:

-the game is easier to see on a larger screen

-your phone/tablet/etc. doesn’t support the game

-STT drains your mobile device’s battery too quickly Q: Why Andy (and not some other Android emulator)?

A: Personal experience. I’ve used many Android emulators and find that Andy runs 3D applications best. It is also free, unlike the other very good one (AMIDuOS). Q: Any suggestions if this doesn’t work for me?

A: If you don’t have the flawless experience I do running STT in Andy, AMIDuOS *does* have a free 30 day trial.

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Posted: 21 January 2016 02:43 AM Nice guide, thanks for writing it Signature Reddit community - Come join us on Discord (chat) Profile

Posted: 21 January 2016 03:26 AM Reporting Commander! Workink as expected. Running Andy on Windows 10. Signature To bouldly go… to the bathroom, excuse me. Profile

Posted: 21 January 2016 03:59 AM chesterman - 21 January 2016 03:26 AM Reporting Commander! Workink as expected. Running Andy on Windows 10. Many thanks for the feedback Sci-Tek - 21 January 2016 02:43 AM Nice guide, thanks for writing it Thank YOU for setting up your great STT chat room, Sci-Tek! Profile

Posted: 21 January 2016 04:04 AM Already tried Andy. Doesn’t work. Not only that but it gets as far as the loading lcars screen and the loading bar itself disappears. It doesn’t look like this game is compatible with emulators Profile

Posted: 21 January 2016 04:23 AM One thing to keep in mind is that you’ll want to activate virtualisation on your machine to overcome scrolling and performance issues. I posted the steps required in the other emulator threads: Yakuzi - 15 January 2016 12:34 PM Neinth - 14 January 2016 08:43 PM Andy android :> Yakuzi you have any issues with scrolling? if so how do you get around it? Had another look at it and seem to have fixed it. You’ll need to enable virtualization on your computer: go into BIOS at startup, then enable “Intel Virtualization Technology,” “Intel VT-x,” “Virtualization Extensions,” “Vanderpool,” or something similar.

Scrolling now works flawlessly and the emulator/game run a lot smoother as well. Hope this helps. Profile

Posted: 21 January 2016 05:37 AM Yakuzi - 21 January 2016 04:23 AM Hope this helps. Hi Yakuzi, I just found your *earlier* thread so feel obliged to reference that here: Yakuzi - 15 January 2016 12:46 PM I was pretty disappointed the original Star Trek Timelines release excluded a PC/browser version. However, I can now play it on Windows using an Android emulator after reading this thread: https://www.disruptorbeam.com/forums/stt/viewthread/47221/ Steps required to play:

1. Download Andy OS (google is your friend, this forum doesn’t allow me to post outside links)

2. Enable virtualization mode on your computer (go into BIOS at startup, then enable “Intel Virtualization Technology,” “Intel VT-x,” “Virtualization Extensions,” “Vanderpool,” or something similar. Save and restart).

3. Start Andy OS, download Star Trek Timelines from the Google Play store in the “Entertainment” section (search for “Disruptor Beam”)

4. Hit “Play”, listen to Q -> profit Good luck! I looked for such a thread previously (I promise!), but obviously not thoroughly enough. Thanks for (re-)iterating the importance of enabling hardware virtualization. I forget how many manufacturers use hardware capable of it, then leave it disabled. Baffling! If anyone is uncertain how to get to their BIOS (as above), here is a good resource (only for the table - ignore the other instructions):

https://craftedflash.com/info/how-boot-computer-from-usb-flash-drive

Make sure not to change anything other than virtualization in your BIOS without concrete knowledge of what changes you’re affecting. Profile

Posted: 21 January 2016 06:13 AM incoherentian - 21 January 2016 05:37 AM Hi Yakuzi, I just found your *earlier* thread so feel obliged to reference that here: I looked for such a thread previously (I promise!), but obviously not thoroughly enough. No worries! These threads get buried quickly and the most important thing is people are aware they can play STT on Windows. Additionally, your description is a lot more clear/comprehensive Profile

Posted: 22 January 2016 03:39 AM Yakuzi - 21 January 2016 04:23 AM One thing to keep in mind is that you’ll want to activate virtualisation on your machine to overcome scrolling and performance issues. I posted the steps required in the other emulator threads: Yakuzi - 15 January 2016 12:34 PM Neinth - 14 January 2016 08:43 PM Andy android :> Yakuzi you have any issues with scrolling? if so how do you get around it? Had another look at it and seem to have fixed it. You’ll need to enable virtualization on your computer: go into BIOS at startup, then enable “Intel Virtualization Technology,” “Intel VT-x,” “Virtualization Extensions,” “Vanderpool,” or something similar.

Scrolling now works flawlessly and the emulator/game run a lot smoother as well. Hope this helps. Unfortunately no, as virtualization was already enabled. Whatever the issue is it isn’t that. Frankly i’m starting to wonder if there is something screwy going on with serverside data transfer. This kind of thing happens alot when bundle objects do weird things in an app Profile

Posted: 22 January 2016 10:12 AM Anyone able to get this working on OSX? I have a macbook pro 2013, I run VMWare Fusion on this with several VMs with no problems. Andyroid installed VirtualBox, it loads fine, but many of the apps seem to crash out a lot. Star Trek Timelines shows “not compatible with your device” from the play store, I found an APK of 1.0.2 but it crashed at the loading screen a lot. Perhaps there are some settings on a mac that need tweaking that I am missing? Thanks, Profile

Posted: 23 January 2016 01:06 AM Quark.Butcher - 22 January 2016 10:12 AM Anyone able to get this working on OSX? I have a macbook pro 2013, I run VMWare Fusion on this with several VMs with no problems. Andyroid installed VirtualBox, it loads fine, but many of the apps seem to crash out a lot. Star Trek Timelines shows “not compatible with your device” from the play store, I found an APK of 1.0.2 but it crashed at the loading screen a lot. Perhaps there are some settings on a mac that need tweaking that I am missing? Thanks,

I am downloading the Andy OSX DMG right now…hoping it works smoother than Bluestacks…I will post back with a update Profile

Posted: 23 January 2016 04:21 AM Download and Install Bluestacks

After the installation, configure it and add your Google account.

Once everything is done, just open the Market in Play Store and Search for the app..

Tap the first result and tap install.

Once the installation is over, Tap the App icon in Menu to start playing.

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Posted: 23 January 2016 05:26 PM guest_674606140710914 - 23 January 2016 04:21 AM Download and Install Bluestacks

After the installation, configure it and add your Google account.

Once everything is done, just open the Market in Play Store and Search for the app..

Tap the first result and tap install.

Once the installation is over, Tap the App icon in Menu to start playing.

Enjoy! Game does not work properly with Bluestacks…everything is blacked out. (pictures, ships, etc) Profile

Posted: 23 January 2016 05:27 PM So attempted to do this on OSX w/ Andy…well Andy is not compatible with El Capitan…so I have to wait for a update. Profile

Posted: 26 January 2016 02:40 PM Tried on bluestacks and fails constantly even with increasing blustacks Ram settings. downloaded Droid4x for windows, which is free http://www.droid4x.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=743890&extra=page=1 I had to enable visualization in bios. My system - AMD FX 6100 6 core CPU

32 gb ram

Win 10 Pro 64bit I played with the settings till i found a setting that worked well: Under settings menu >Basic Settings tab resolution = 1920x1080

DPI = 320 under other settings tab

warning - do not exceed your system resources ie CPU Cores & available ram CPU = 2

Memory = 8921 MB a Mac client is available but i have not tested:

http://www.droid4x.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?fid=17 hope this helps anyone.

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