Opened 9 months ago
Last modified 8 months ago
#13119 new feature request
DIRECTOR: Unknown game variant for "Physikus"
| Reported by: | oNdsen | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Component: | Engine: Director |
| Version: | Keywords: | detection | |
| Cc: | oNdsen | Game: |
Description (last modified by )
ScummVM version: ScummVM 2.5.0 (Oct 1 2021 17:49:58)
Trying to start "Physikus", but it crashes (https://imgur.com/a/DJ1SGFi)
It automatically created it as "Macromedia Director Game (v7.0.2r85/Windows)
Language of game: German
Version of game: Original CD's (Ive created ISO's if needed)
Your OS: Windows 11 build 21H1 64-bit
Matched game IDs for the director engine: director-win-fallback
{"Physikus.exe", 0, "f72891d5f9ae898f97562385d794870a", 1816828},
Attachments (1)
Change History (7)
comment:1 by , 9 months ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Summary: | New Game Support: Physikus → Unknown game variant for director "Physikus" |
comment:2 by , 8 months ago
| Component: | --Unset-- → Engine: Director |
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| Keywords: | detection added |
| Summary: | Unknown game variant for director "Physikus" → DIRECTOR: Unknown game variant for "Physikus" |
comment:3 by , 8 months ago
by , 8 months ago
| Attachment: | Squ9aHR.png added |
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comment:4 by , 8 months ago
Hi digitall
Sorry for the external upload, i used it because image upload isnt available on initial form and i was a little confused at the start. Thanks for changing that.
Im new in using ScummVM and didnt found something with "VMCF" on https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/help/faq.html.
Do you have any hints for me and maybe an example, what is needed for a functional VWCF resource and where this resource should be located?
Ive just tried to add "Physikus" by "Load..." and selecting the corresponding exe from Phyiskus.
Best Regards
comment:5 by , 8 months ago
oNdsen: That is OK. We try not to use external hosting for bug artifact assets (mainly images) _where possible_ as bugs can sit for some time before a developer looks at them and the external links get broken over time.
The Director engine is still very much a Work in Progress and under development. See:
https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Engines#In-Progress_Engines
Support is limited to Director v2 and v3 games with L-Zone being supported in the last stable release:
https://www.scummvm.org/news/20211009/
https://www.scummvm.org/news/20210817/
From your screenshot, I think that game might be Director v7 which I don't think is supported yet. Your game does not seem to be listed on:
https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Director/Games
I left this bug so that a DIRECTOR engine developer could comment... I am just the janitor here :)
comment:6 by , 8 months ago
Just let me know if you need the Disk Images. I own both original CD's from 2004.
Best Regards
Uploading the image from https://imgur.com/a/DJ1SGFi to avoid breakage in future on loss of external hosting.
The critical line seems to be "Warning: Cast::loadConfig(): Wrong format. VWCF resource missing!"