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#1739 FOA (FM-Towns): wrong target?

Indiana Jones 4
closed-fixed
kirben
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2004-09-03
2004-08-23
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Win32 CVS (1496K exe file, last update: August 22,
2004, 2:33 am)

The Compatibility list says that 'atlantis' is supported by
the FM-Towns platform; that may be true if you copy
the content of the CD on the HD and rename the
Indy4.xxx resources to Atlantis.xxx, but it doesn't work if
you launch it straight from the CD (ScummVM complains
about Atlantis.xxx missing).

On the other hand, the deprecated target 'indy4' still
works as expected.

Discussion

  • Max Horn

    Max Horn - 2004-08-23

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    Hi Kaminari, could you please tell me where exactly it says/implies that
    the "indy4" target is deprecated? Looking at our codebase (and w/o
    having Indy4 FM-TOWNS), I don't think it should be -- at least not unless
    code gets added to properly support the FOA version for FM-TOWNS via
    the atlantis target.

    It probably *is* possible to use the "atlantis" target, but the proper way
    isn't to rename the files to "atlantis.xxx". Rather, one would use a config
    file entry like this:
    [indy4]
    target=atlantis
    basename=indy4
    platform=towns
    path=...

    However, nothing in the auto detector would allow for such an entry to
    be auto-generated. Hence, unless we add such a feature, "indy4" will
    stay as a target...

     
  • Patrice Aubry

    Patrice Aubry - 2004-08-23
    • summary: FOA (FM-Towns): wrong target --> FOA (FM-Towns): wrong target?
     
  • Patrice Aubry

    Patrice Aubry - 2004-08-23

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    Mmm, forgot the question mark in my topic meseems. It was
    more a question than an assertion :)

    I recently noticed the Compatibility list was now mentioning
    the FM-Towns as a platform recognized by the
    target 'atlantis'. IIRC, the FM-Towns specific target for FOA
    used to be clearly referred as 'indy4' in the past, but now this
    target is not mentioned at all in the list nor in the README.
    That's why I got the assumption that 'indy4' was now
    deprecated in favor of 'atlantis'.

    Anyway, my point is: if the user trusts the Compatibility list
    and wants to play from the CD, it won't work with the
    target 'atlantis'. It may be useful to update the list and
    indicate that the target 'indy4' is the method of choice in
    such a case.

     
  • kirben

    kirben - 2004-09-03

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    The compability list on web site has been corrected.

     
  • kirben

    kirben - 2004-09-03
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    • status: open --> closed-fixed