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[Pathfinder: Kingmaker]

When I try to attach to launched prelude.exe process it does not recognize prelude.pdb as poroper symbol file. Wtf.

 

[Viata]

The codex when it finds out no programmer wants to go through poorly organised spaghetti code using an ancient version of c++ to fix bugs for an obscure game that was abandoned by its developer in 2002

I thought C++ has been basically the same over the years.

Modern C++ is way better than any other version of C++. But it is still C++, so.

 

[Pathfinder: Kingmaker]

So, is anyone planning to port it to dx11 or opengl?

 

[Haba]

So, is anyone planning to port it to dx11 or opengl?

That is a funny way to say "asset swap and quick cash-grab on Steam".

 

[Pathfinder: Kingmaker]

Managed to attach debugger to running process by settings mouse cooperation to DISCL_NONEXCLUSIVE | DISCL_FOREGROUND.
It seems application crashes or smh when it loses focus.
Also I noticed that windowed mod doesnt work for compiled exe, while in 1.8 precompiled exe it does work.
Maybe thats due to source code being only version 1.5?

 

[Pathfinder: Kingmaker]

So, is anyone planning to port it to dx11 or opengl?

That is a funny way to say "asset swap and quick cash-grab on Steam".

I doubt it will be legal to sell...

 

[Viata]

So, is anyone planning to port it to dx11 or opengl?

Yes. Opengl so I can run it on Linux. Not releasing it anytime soon, though. It's mostly going to be a hobby project I can do a few minutes every day. Probably the first refactoring work I'll enjoy doing, kek. Thought I still need author to release some license.

 

[Pathfinder: Kingmaker]

So, is anyone planning to port it to dx11 or opengl?

Yes. Opengl so I can run it on Linux. Not releasing it anytime soon, though. It's mostly going to be a hobby project I can do a few minutes every day. Probably the first refactoring work I'll enjoy doing, kek. Thought I still need author to release some license.

Will you open your refactoring efforts to public? I development progress. Or only release it when its done?

 

[Viata]

only release it when its done?

When I have a "it can run on linux, now I'll release it so people can find all the bugs I have not found yet" version.
Btw, we do have someone else also working on it: https://github.com/rohit-n/Prelude/commits/main

 

[DreamMaster]

DreamMaster here from the ScummVM group. I'm kind of interested in porting the code as well to be a ScummVM engine, I hope I'm not stepping on any toes doing so. I haven't had a chance to try opening the solution yet, but the earlier posts saying it was compilable and startable sound promising.. always easier for later comparisons and tracking down issues. Plus, it sort of comes at an opportune time.. I've been refreshed on my memory of DirectX since I've also been working towards porting Freedink to work in ScummVM as a side project, and it too uses DirectX calls that I've had to simulate.

The only problem is that I can only use the source code if there's a clear GPL license for it. Can that be clarified?

 

[OSK]

DreamMaster here from the ScummVM group. I'm kind of interested in porting the code as well to be a ScummVM engine, I hope I'm not stepping on any toes doing so. I haven't had a chance to try opening the solution yet, but the earlier posts saying it was compilable and startable sound promising.. always easier for later comparisons and tracking down issues. Plus, it sort of comes at an opportune time.. I've been refreshed on my memory of DirectX since I've also been working towards porting Freedink to work in ScummVM as a side project, and it too uses DirectX calls that I've had to simulate.

The only problem is that I can only use the source code if there's a clear GPL license for it. Can that be clarified?

I don't think the original developer(s) post here. Konjad just bugged them to release the code. It looks like someone opened an issue about the missing license, but I don't know how active the developer will be.

 

[Tacgnol]

Konjad could you politely ask them about the missing license? It's going to discourage a lot of people from looking at this.

You seem to have the best working relationship with them at this point.

 

[Konjad]

Konjad could you politely ask them about the missing license? It's going to discourage a lot of people from looking at this.

You seem to have the best working relationship with them at this point.

I'm on holidays now, sitting with a phone and mobile data only. But after I come back I can ask them next week. If anybody has any other questions to them, also let me know, I don't want to spam them, but I could compile a few questions as one message to clarify whatever we need.

 

[Viata]

The license is the only important question here.

 

[Lord_Potato]

The game crashed when I tried to initialize a dialogue.

Seems like in your version you're going for the original experience

 

[Konjad]

The license is the only important question here.

Just came back from holidays and the first thing I did after coming home was to take shower.

Well, and then send an e-mail with the question about the license. I will let you know when I get an answer. I imagine it could take a while as it's possible they might need to discuss it between themselves, but we'll see.

 

[DreamMaster]

Just had a chance to start looking at the code, and realised it's more true 3d than I can handle. I knew an earlier post mentioned a missing d3d header inclusion, but I was holding out hope. ResidualVM with it's 3d games has only recently been merged into ScummVM, and I'm not familiar with any of it. I'm going to have to bow out of working on it. It's still really cool that it was released, so I hope others can make good use of it.

 

[Tacgnol]

This fork seems to be making some progress:

https://github.com/rohit-n/Prelude

Not sure if this is some dexer or just a rando that came across it.

 

[Konjad]

This fork seems to be making some progress:

https://github.com/rohit-n/Prelude

Not sure if this is some dexer or just a rando that came across it.

I'm really glad at least this one person works on it, so my constant nagging developers yielded benefits and was not for naught.

Albeit I have expected one or two more people to actively work on it. I hope in the future we'll see more done.

By the way, Fowyr - what about you? I had an impression that you were one most interested in the source code, do you have any plans to pick it up?

 

[Fowyr]

By the way, Fowyr - what about you? I had an impression that you were one most interested in the source code, do you have any plans to pick it up?

Pretty busy with other stuff, but have some plans. Already duly noted all tricks for compiling it.

 

[Alpan]

This is beautiful, not just the potential for community work, but also as an opportunity to study how an RPG engine works under the hood. I just wanted to give thanks to Konjad and the Prelude team for making this happen.

 

[Pathfinder: Kingmaker]

By the way, Fowyr - what about you? I had an impression that you were one most interested in the source code, do you have any plans to pick it up?

Pretty busy with other stuff, but have some plans. Already duly noted all tricks for compiling it.

rohit-n seems to be doing a fine job with porting prelude to directx9.
pretty (if he will do any work on it at all) will probably focus on:
1) Extending things available via configuration (like maximum zoom distance, alternative key mapping, especially for camera controls)
2) Fixing odd behaviours during interactions with gui (mouse getting stuck after right click and etc)
3) Fixing interface scaling for higher resolution (once game will be able to run in higher resolutions without dxwrapper)
He is currently looking for a new place of employment and deals with some life stuff so delivery date is uncertain, even if the goals are quite small in scale.

 

[asfasdf]

I had some free time yesterday, so I applied an old DX to openGL wrapper I wrote somewhere in the last decade on this. I had to do some changes to adapt do DX7 but it seems to work more or less. This one is in 1920x1080:

Spoiler

The main issue here is I only have the game on 1.8 version, and this source seems to be for the 1.5? Anyway, the original with dx7 seems to have some issues also with the files for the 1.8:

Spoiler

The characters are mostly not pink on the GL version at least. Also I still need to adjust lighting on my version, and see why there are some artifacts like the square under the chars. The 1.8 files also have some compatibility issues (ie. they require some script functions not available in this source code). I also need to fix the arrow over their heads, there is something wrong with the texture transform.

Anyway, anyone knows where I can find the assets/other stuff for the 1.5 version? I can't find those anywhere. I own the game so it wouldn't be piracy. Probably.

I guess I could set it up in github if anyone is interested. This one is compiling in VS 2017. I had to fix some minor bugs and some weird syntax which older MS compilers accepted, but that is part of it. Main menu is working mostly (load game crashes, might take a look into it). Introduction video seems fine.

For those who want to run in Linux, there is still some (maybe a lot) of things to adapt. Game (and a small part of my wrapper) still relies heavily on Win API, so would need to refactor that.

OpenGL calls are mostly unoptimized, several of the stuff could be moved into shaders. I remember there are some buffer copies also which could be avoided if the FPS becomes an issue.

I might work more on this if there is any interest, and if I get enough free time.

 

[asfasdf]

I worked a bit more on this, fixed some of the OpenGL issues:

Spoiler

Lighting is still a bit off, I will probably need to dig into how old D3D lighting works again. There is something wrong with texture mapping also, which leaves some pink spots on character skins, probably filtering options.

Lack of proper assets is a major problem though, going a bit further into the game I keep running into this:

Spoiler

This is caused by missing script functions, which my game version requires. I guess I could set up some dummy functions, but I doubt the game would be playable without some major reworking of scripts. So, if anyone has the 1.5 assets, it would go a long way to make this playable.

I started porting it into Linux, so I might have some updates soon.

 

[asfasdf]

Well, porting it to Linux was easier than I imagined. I got it to run on an Ubuntu box here, and also on my Slackware machine. It has no sound though as the sound library it uses, libbass (https://www.un4seen.com/bass.html) seems unable to find the sound device in my Linux machines. Since this one is closed source it will be a bit hard to debug. The game relies on some crazy undefined win32 behaviour on file endings also, so I had to do some magic to make everything work.

So, anyone wants to give this a try? I could set up a git somewhere.

 

[Tacgnol]

Anyway, anyone knows where I can find the assets/other stuff for the 1.5 version? I can't find those anywhere. I own the game so it wouldn't be piracy. Probably.

Fowyr you wouldn't happen to have any of the 1.5 files lying around would you? You seem to be the most thorough archivist for Prelude stuff.

 

[Modron]

I found a link to the 1.41 installer https://web.archive.org/web/2004120...al/temp/306443/PreludeInstall.exe&asid=306443

You can find a 1.50 patch at https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3213/7/

Dunno if that gets you what you need.

Edit: there is a fixed exe for 1.41 at https://gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_prelude_to_darkness.shtml if you need that as well.

 

[Fowyr]

Anyway, anyone knows where I can find the assets/other stuff for the 1.5 version? I can't find those anywhere. I own the game so it wouldn't be piracy. Probably.

Fowyr you wouldn't happen to have any of the 1.5 files lying around would you? You seem to be the most thorough archivist for Prelude stuff.

I definitely have them, but couldn't access files on that computer now.

Version 1.5 have "another meal" option, but still had reputation check.

Patch in Modron's link seems right. I remember installing 1.35 and upgrading it to 1.5 myself.