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SCI Development Tools / Re: How to extract SCR and HEP files?

« on: October 10, 2021, 11:16:32 PM »

I ended up pointing SCI Resource Viewer to the CD version of QFG4 and was able to extract the files I was looking for.  Odd how it doesn't seem to show everything with the floppy disk version of the game (which is saved into a folder called SHADOWS).

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SCI Development Tools / Re: How to extract SCR and HEP files?

« on: October 10, 2021, 11:39:44 AM »

When I use SCI Resource Viewer, the only scripts or heaps it shows are the ones which are already in the SHADOWS directory, so I don't see a bunch of the other scripts.  (shrug) When I use the program, I opened up the SHADOWS folder.

In the SCI Resource Viewer, open QFG4 and expand the Script folder. Select 18.scr, click File, Extract. Save as 18.scr, the default. Now do the same with 18.hep in the Heap folder.



Unnecessary explanation of why you need to extract those files, feel free to ignore: another script in the game checks for the presence of the file 18.scr and enables access to the debugger if it's there. The debugger itself is script #18, already there in the game but inaccessible. Technically you only need to extract the script, not the heap.

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SCI Development Tools / How to extract SCR and HEP files?

« on: October 09, 2021, 10:23:23 PM »

I was reading about the debug mode for Quest For Glory 4 here (https://tcrf.net/Quest_for_Glory:_Shadows_of_Darkness#cite_note-1) and it mentions to implement that mode, one needs to extract the files 18.scr and 18.hep from the floppy disk version of the game.  How do I go about doing this?  The footnote mentions using SCI Resource Viewer.  I was able to use that tool to open up the SHADOWS folder and it shows the already listed scripts, heaps, sounds, and maps, but I'm not seeing anything immediately that indicates how I can extract the "18" script and heap from the game.  Is there a specific file I should be opening instead of the entire folder?