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SCI Development Tools / SCI01 Template Game

« on: November 26, 2018, 10:21:07 PM »

After a bit of work, here is my SCI01 template game!
I based it off the QFG2 demo, and used the interpreter from the EGA 1990 Christmas Card.

11/27/2018 EDIT: I solved the problem with the game not recognizing new words -- SCI Companion thought the parser vocab was 000 instead of 900. To fix this, I went into the version detector and set the parser vocab to 900. Now it recognizes new words!

TODO
Implement QFG2-style death procedure (this procedure won't decompile in any of the games I've tried)
Work on R44Q SCI01 remake (I can do the scripting, but I can't do the graphics all that well).

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SCI Development Tools / System Logger found in QFG1VGA

« on: November 08, 2018, 08:49:56 PM »

Well, it turns out the original system logger is still intact in QFG1VGA. To access it, delete or rename 952.scr and 952.hep (these are dummy files meant to disable the logger). During gameplay, press Alt-N to bring up the logger.

It seems that this was supposed to be removed for shipping, but Sierra made a mistake and left the key combination in the Main script.

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(KEY_ALT_n
((ScriptID 952) doit: @sysLogPath 0)
(return (pEvent claimed: 1))
Here is some output:

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           GAME: Glory
        VERSION: 2.000
        QA-DATE: 11/08/118
        ANALYST: EO
       SEVERITY: S
    QA-COMMENT1: This is a test of the hidden System Logger found in QFG1VGA.
    QA-COMMENT2:
    QA-COMMENT3:
    QA-COMMENT4:
    QA-COMMENT5:
    QA-COMMENT6:
    QA-COMMENT7:
    QA-COMMENT8:
    QA-COMMENT9:
   QA-COMMENT10:
     DEPARTMENT: P
           ROOM: 300
    ROOM-SCRIPT: sEnter
     ROOM-STATE: 2
          EGO-X: 237
          EGO-Y: 181
          EGO-Z: 0
     EGO-SCRIPT:
      EGO-STATE: 0
       EGO-VIEW: 4
       EGO-LOOP: 6
        EGO-CEL: 0
   EGO-PRIORITY: 14
    EGO-HEADING: 45
         CYCLER: StopWalk
      EGO-MOVER:
        MOVER-X: 0
        MOVER-Y: 0
    EGO-MOVESPD: 6
    SIGNAL-BITS: 3002
   ILLEGAL-BITS: 8000
        HOWFAST: 3
        ICONBAR: mainIconBar
       CUR-ICON: iconTalk
   DETAIL-LEVEL: 3
       CD-AUDIO: 0
      VIDEO-DRV: VGA320
      SOUND-DRV: ADL
      AUDIO-DRV: AUDBLAST
   KEYBOARD-DRV: IBMKBD
        JOY-DRV: NO
          MOUSE: STDMOUSE
   LARGEST-HEAP: 12782
      FREE-HEAP: 12910
     TOTAL-HUNK: 294
   LARGEST-HUNK: 31824
      FREE-HUNK: 37
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SCI Development Tools / QFG1 Event Flags, Procedures, and Variables

« on: September 14, 2017, 12:20:33 PM »

After a bunch of work digging through the decompiled scripts of QFG1EGA, I was able to put together a few lists of variables, procedures, and event flags relating to the game. Some of the flags and variables are specific to QFG1VGA, and are noted as such.

9/30/2018 UPDATE: Thanks to Charles' work on the scripts here, I now have more complete and accurate lists! Also, there is now an extensive list of procedures and global variables for QFG1VGA.