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SCI Programming => SCI Development Tools => Topic started by: EricOakford on November 08, 2018, 08:49:56 PM

Title: System Logger found in QFG1VGA
Post by: EricOakford 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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Title: Re: System Logger found in QFG1VGA
Post by: MusicallyInspired on November 09, 2018, 12:49:34 AM

What does it do?

Title: Re: System Logger found in QFG1VGA
Post by: EricOakford on November 10, 2018, 11:55:37 AM

This is a tool that was used by Quality Assurance to generate bug reports within the game. It lists various details about the current game state, and lets you decide the severity of the bug you discovered, as well as which department you would think could fix it (programming, art, music, or design)

Title: Re: System Logger found in QFG1VGA
Post by: Kawa on November 10, 2018, 07:46:23 PM

Seems nice and helpful. Moreso than say a polygon creator.