Tuesday, 3 of January of 2006
Installing the Monkey Island and the ScummVM step by step
Weeks ago it spoke of which ScummVM, the program that allows us to play classic graphical adventures, has version for PalmOS. Nevertheless, although the process to install the program and the games is explained in the file README.PALMOS that comes with the program, is not very clear, reason why I am going to detail how it would settle the ScummVM and the game Monkey Island as a example.
- We install the ScummVM-Frontend.prc archives and skin.pdb in the Palm of normal way.
- By means of some method to accede to card SD, we copied the file scumm.engine in the route “/Palm/Programs/ScummVM/Mods/”. If he does not exist, we created.
- We already have the ready program. Now it is necessary to install the games. In order to know what archives we must copy, we consulted this page. In our case, of Monkey Island, The is Secret (PC VGA CD), since the archives which I have (that is to say, those that are in my CD of the Monkey Island), are MONKEY.000 and MONKEY.001.
- The archives of the games are copied in the /Palm/Programs/ScummVM/Games/ directory. Thus, for example, in our case both archives of we will copy them to the game in /Palm/Programs/ScummVM/Games/Monkey.
- All the archives are in their site. It is important to know that the games are not going to appear single in the list when starting the ScummVM. It is necessary to add them. So we executed in the Palm the ScummVM and pressed the Add button. A window is abre where the data of the game are requested to us. In this case we put:
- Entry yam: Monkey Island (the name that we want that one is in the list)
- Path: monkey (the directory that we have created within /Palm/Programs/ScummVM/Games/
- Game: monkey (I suppose that it is the name that scummvm gives internamente each game. the list is here).
- Engine: Scumm Games (it is very important to choose this motor)
- Also we can choose customized options for the game, as if we want subtitles, to load a game kept automatically when beginning, etc.
- We press OK and already it will appear the game in the list. Now we can activate the sound, entering the menu of the program, Music option & sound. We activate audio Inable and Mixer AdLib/MIDI mode. As Driver we chose Native MIDI.
And he is already everything ready. Seeing all the steps, I realize of which this explanation was necessary. I recommend to you that naveguéis by the own page of the ScummVM, since more interesting information is much about this program, for example Preguntas Frequent. As always, if some step has not been clear, or is some error, you have the commentaries to your disposition.
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Thousand thanks! I am going to prove it this same afternoon, already was desperate.
By the way, it is certain that in the screen of SCUMMVM to choose game, if you leave without marking some, and him DAS to “play” looks for, them single?
I hope that it serves the explanation to you
With respect to which you comment, you are right. I have tried to press “play” without choosing no, asks then you that engine to use, I choose scummvm, and the program is executed, and when beginning, removes a list to me from the games available.
Nevertheless only it found two me of four that I have, not if there will be to call of the way that puts in the page of the ScummVM to direcotrio of each even game recognizes that them.
I do not create, I to the directory of the game have called him “Tentacle” and she has recognized it to me. Perhaps not you the loading because need some file or, since it has even happened to me, because some models of PDA do not execute certain actions if they are low of battery.
The problem that I have is that, indeed, the game works, but gives some failures me:
First of all, I have a SONY CLIE TH-55, that goes of wonder, so I do not believe that the problem is of their processor…
the failures are:
1. - How it is acceded to the menu of options? (it knows, load, quit, etc).
2. - Why the game works to me well, with sound, subtitles in Spanish, action in Spanish. BUT IT GOES SO SLOWED DOWN? I do not know if it will be I am proving because it while it loads battery, because she was lowest, but the game goes superslow and thus it is not worth the trouble to play, because to say to a phrase of two lines the personage throws 3 minutes speaking to trompicones.
to what it is possible to have? Thanks.
ah, and either does not allow me to clear half inferior of the screen, where it leaves “the tablet” to write and those things…
I know to which you talk about. When mine it does not have battery almost, he is not able to accede to card SD. But the case was not this one. I do not believe either that it lacks some file, because the games work well. Although I do not put the hand in the fire. He is not either something that worries much to me, because creating the entrances by hand it goes of wonder. The other is useful for the first time, when you do not know to use it.
With respect to the menu, I have not touched anything in the configuration in that respect, and accede with the button of tasks (third party of four). In order to advance scenes, it uses the one of contacts (secondly of four).
I have watched the TH-55, and I read that it uses a processor of Sony that works between 8 and 123MHz (what things, variable frequency, did not know it). My E2 works to 200MHz, and can be that what causes moves that it well. Test to deactivate the audio one.
Also I remember to you that this version is optimized for ARM. I do not know if the TH-55 has a processor of that type. If it were thus, perhaps a previous version of the program goes to you well.
With respect to the zone of writing, my E2 has resolution of 320×320, reason why it is “hardware”, but in any case, perhaps the program nonsupport 320×480 (although he would be brilliant to be able to play in oblong).
I have deactivated the audio one, but it follows slow, slowest. to see if when loaded the battery the thing improves. I have the version of SCUMMVM for PDA 0.7.1, to see if encounter a version for PDA previous to this one. Putada would be one that did not work, I have been weeks trying it and looking for tutorial. To see if there is suertecilla.
FUNCIONAAA!
Ja, ja, ja. Brilliant! I am glad of which it was fixed. If it seems to you, comments you fixed as it, so that when somebody is in the same situation it can solve.
Happy Christmas present
When initiating the monkey island 3 asks for the date in which they hung to a series of pirates. .e you can help with this?
That is the illegal copy protection. The answer would have to be in the manual of the game.
Of all ways are rare that it happens, since I have understood that the ScummVM usually jumps that protection, to avoid problems.
I feel not to be able ayudarte more.
The documentation of the emulator is not very there… when not having a keyboard… we do not have keys of ctrl, alt, escapes, etc. Since one becomes when there is to press the numbers in fights?
On music, if I select as to driver Native Midi it says to me that I do not have native support of midi in my device, a Tungsten E2 (There is not built-in MIDI support on your device). However, if I give start and position the game on the interface of scummvm (the green one) takes the sound to me of the pull, without touching nothing.