Freesci 20050804 Released

[The Phantom]

Hi all,

I just put up a new FreeSCI version. You can download it at http://www.retrovg.com/gp32/. These are the most important changes:

• Sound support.
• Faster saving.
• Configuration file can now be in DOS/Windows text format.

Unfortunately this version will not restore save games from previous releases. Sorry about that.

I'd like to thank Hooka for testing FreeSCI and for giving me the motivation to continue development.

 

[Vimacs]

cool, thank you, and thanks hooka

 

[Hooka]

Good to see you got it released!

 

[Esn]

Hurrah! I'll be sure to try it when I get a bit of free time.

 

[WhiteFalcon]

Great news, The Phantom! I love Space Quest 1-2 on the GP32 and now we can play SQ3 as well

 

[gametux]

Great! Thank you for the new version (especially sound support). I started a few days ago Leisure Suit Larry 2 (if I have time, because I play a lot Phantasy Star 4 on DrMD ). Chatboard works also great.

 

[Zorn]

Are there any old adventures for free? :unsure:
and does the program run as good as gp scumm??

 

[Zorn]

Please help me.
I can't get it to work....

Its a bit unconvertable that you are just
able to read the readme files on your gp32 <_<

How do i install freesci?
i've read something about a config file
but how to create a config file?

And does a compatibility list excist?
can i play games like space quest 5 and lsl6?? :blink:

EDIT: please help!!
I just want to play space quest3!
tell me how!

 

[Hooka]

Zorn: read the readme (and the readme.gp32) all the info to create a config file is there in addition to information about the games supported

SQ5 and LSL6 are a little too advanced for freesci for now but SQ3 is completeable (I finished it the other day infact)

 

[gametux]

The README and README.gp32 (with all information you need) are in the .zip archive. You can read these files before you install freeSCI on your GP32 :blink:
The games are still under copyright, but Google (or another search engine) may help you to find games.
More information about the SCI games, that run with freeSCI will you find on the
freeSCI Homepage.

 

[Zorn]

I know that you can read the readmes on your pc
but it's totaly messed up! only on your gp32 its looking normal....

I really can't understand these weird readmes.
maybe my english is to bad!

I've tryed to create a config file called
"config.CFG" it contains:
[sq3]
resource_dir=dev0:\gpmm\sq3

But it doesn't work... when i start freesci there is
no game in the list it restart by pressing any button

Can't you tell me step by step how play
space quest3 on my gp32?

I've done it like that:
put freesci.fxe into gpmm directory
load the SQ3 game on gp32 into a new folder
create config with game directory (SQ3)
start freesci.fxe and that's it... isn't it? :blink:

 

[A600]

The config file needs to be in UNIX text format.

 

[The Phantom]

but it's totaly messed up! only on your gp32 its looking normal....

The files were in UNIX text format. I converted them to DOS text format now, so please re-download the zip file and try again.

I've tryed to create a config file called
"config.CFG" it contains:
[sq3]
resource_dir=dev0:\gpmm\sq3

The file looks ok, but it needs to be called just 'config', no extension, and you should put it in the \gpmm\freesci directory.

 

[The Phantom]

The config file needs to be in UNIX text format.

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Actually, in this latest version the config file can also be in DOS/Windows text format.

 

[Zorn]

I thought i have the latest version...
The version from gp32x.de :blink:

EDIT: sorry i can't find your (latest) version
with the dos text format!!!! :mellow:

 

[The Phantom]

I thought i have the latest version...
The version from gp32x.de :blink:

EDIT: sorry i can't find your (latest) version
with the dos text format!!!! :mellow:

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Download it from http://www.retrovg.com/gp32/.

Btw, I editted an earlier post to mention that the configuration file should be called 'config', not
'config.cfg', in case you missed it.

 

[Zorn]

Ok i got it. THX
Now i will try again to run a game.
and i can use every game mentioned here right?:
http://freesci.linuxgames.com/?page=games

 

[nem]

Unbelievable, you did it! I never thought you'd get sound working. Great work

And Quest for Glory is now working properly. Huzzah!

I did find out however that the music had the tendency to stop abruptly. Any ideas why this is happening?

 

[The Phantom]

Unbelievable, you did it! I never thought you'd get sound working. Great work

It was quite a bit of work because I had to implement a basic multithreading library first.

I did find out however that the music had the tendency to stop abruptly. Any ideas why this is happening?

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Can you point out the games/scenes where this happened? And do you mean that music would stop and then you'd get no more sound at all in the entire game?

 

[Zorn]

Call me stupid but i can't get space quest3 or larry2 or anything else to work!! :angry:
Do i have the wrong game versions?
I just need the old dos versions of them right?