1 | This document is a partial translation of the English README file. The
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2 | original document has much more information, so if you cannot find what
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3 | you need here and can understand a bit of English, try to look at the
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4 | English README file.
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5 |
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6 | For more information, compatibility lists, details on donating, the
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7 | latest release, progress reports and more, please visit the ScummVM home
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8 | page at: https://www.scummvm.org/
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9 |
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10 | Table of Contents:
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11 | ------------------
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12 | 1.0) Introduction
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13 | * 1.1 About ScummVM
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14 | * 1.2 Quick start
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15 | 2.0) Contact
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16 | * 2.1 Reporting Bugs
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17 |
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18 | 1.0) Introduction:
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19 | ---- -------------
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20 |
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21 | 1.1) About ScummVM:
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22 | ---- --------------
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23 | ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical
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24 | point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data
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25 | files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables
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26 | shipped with the game, allowing you to play them on systems for which
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27 | they were never designed!
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28 |
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29 | Originally it was designed to run LucasArts' SCUMM games, such as Maniac
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30 | Mansion, Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle or Sam and Max. SCUMM stands
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31 | for "Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion", which was the first
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32 | game for which LucasArts designed this system. And much later it gave
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33 | its name to ScummVM ('VM' meaning Virtual Machine).
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34 |
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35 | Over time support for a lot of non-SCUMM games has been added, and
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36 | ScummVM now also supports many of Sierra's AGI and SCI games (such as
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37 | King's Quest 1-7, Space Quest 1-6, ...), Discworld 1 and 2, Simon the
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38 | Sorcerer 1 and 2, Beneath A Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress, Broken
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39 | Sword I and II, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Gobliiins 1-3, The Legend of
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40 | Kyrandia series, many of Humongous Entertainment's children's SCUMM
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41 | games (including Freddi Fish and Putt Putt games) and many more. You can
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42 | find a full list with details on which adventures are supported and how
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43 | well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so
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44 | check back often.
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45 |
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46 | Among the systems on which you can play those games are regular desktop
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47 | computers (running Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, ...), game consoles
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48 | (Dreamcast, Nintendo DS & Wii, PS2, PSP, ...), smartphones (Android,
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49 | iPhone, Symbian ...) and more.
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50 |
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51 | At this time ScummVM is still under heavy development. Be aware that
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52 | whilst we attempt to make sure that many games can be completed with few
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53 | major bugs, crashes can happen and we offer no warranty. That being
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54 | said, some of the games have been supported for a long time and should
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55 | work fine with any recent stable release. You can get a feeling of how
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56 | well each game is working in ScummVM by looking at the compatibility
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57 | page. Actually, if you browse a bit around you might discover that
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58 | ScummVM is even being used commercially to re-release some of the
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59 | supported games on modern platforms. This shows that several companies
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60 | are happy with the quality of the software and how well it can run some
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61 | of the games.
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62 |
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63 | If you enjoy ScummVM feel free to donate using the PayPal button on the
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64 | ScummVM homepage. This will help us buy utilities needed to develop
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65 | ScummVM easier and quicker. If you cannot donate, help and contribute a
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66 | patch!
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67 |
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68 | 1.2) Quick start:
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69 | ---- ------------
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70 | IMPORTANT: This short guide assumes you are using ScummVM in <translated
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71 | language>. By default, ScummVM will use your operating system's
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72 | language. If you prefer to use ScummVM in English, You may also prefer
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73 | to follow the guide from the English REAMDE file.
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74 |
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75 | For the impatient among you, here is how to get ScummVM running in five
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76 | simple steps.
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77 |
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78 | 1. Download ScummVM from <https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/> and
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79 | install it.
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80 |
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81 | 2. Create a directory on your hard drive and copy the game datafiles
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82 | from the original media to this directory. Repeat this for every
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83 | game you want to play (it is better to use a separate directory for
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84 | each game).
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85 |
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86 | 3. Start ScummVM.
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87 |
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88 | If at this stage ScummVM appears in English instead of <translated
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89 | language>, do as follow to change the language:
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90 | - Click on "Options".
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91 | - Click on the right arrow in the tab bar and select the "Misc"
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92 | tab.
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93 | - Select "<translated language>" in the "GUI Language" box and
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94 | click on "OK".
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95 | - Confirm the message box that pops-up, click on "Quit" to quit
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96 | ScummVM and then restart the program.
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97 |
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98 | Now choose 'Add game', select the directory with the game datafiles
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99 | (do not try to select the datafiles themselves!) and press
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100 | "Choose".
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101 |
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102 | 4. A dialog should pop up allowing you to configure various settings if
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103 | you wish to (it should be just fine to leave everything at its
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104 | default, though). Confirm the dialog.
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105 |
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106 | 5. Select the game you want to play in the list, and press "Start".
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107 |
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108 | In the future, you should be able to directly skip to step 5, unless you
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109 | want to add more games.
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110 |
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111 | Hint: If you want to add multiple games in one go, try pressing and
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112 | holding the shift key before clicking 'Add game' -- its label will
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113 | change to 'Mass Add' and if you press it, you are again asked to select
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114 | a directory, only this time ScummVM will search through all
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115 | subdirectories for supported games.
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116 |
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117 |
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118 | 2.0) Contact:
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119 | ---- --------
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120 | The easiest way to contact the ScummVM team is by submitting bug reports
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121 | (see section 2.1) or by using our forums at https://forums.scummvm.org .
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122 | You can also join and e-mail the scummvm-devel mailing list, or chat
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123 | with us on IRC (#scummvm on irc.freenode.net) Please do not ask us to
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124 | support an unsupported game -- read the FAQ on our web site first. Note
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125 | that the official language of the forum, mailing list and chat is
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126 | English and no other languages should be used.
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127 |
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128 |
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129 | 2.1) Reporting Bugs:
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130 | ---- ---------------
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131 | To report a bug, please follow the "Bug Tracker" link from our homepage
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132 | and log in with your GitHub account. Please make sure the bug is
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133 | reproducible, and still occurs in the latest git/Daily build version.
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134 | Also check the known problems list (below) and the compatibility list on
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135 | our website for that game, to ensure the issue is not already known:
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136 |
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137 | https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/
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138 |
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139 | Please do not report bugs for games that are not listed as being
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140 | completeable in the 'Supported Games' section, or compatibility list. We
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141 | -know- those games have bugs.
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142 |
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143 | Please include the following information:
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144 |
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145 | - ScummVM version (PLEASE test the latest git/Daily build)
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146 | - Bug details, including instructions on reproducing
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147 | - Language of game (English, German, ...)
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148 | - Version of game (talkie, floppy, ...)
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149 | - Platform and Compiler (Win32, Linux, FreeBSD, ...)
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150 | - Attach a saved game if possible - If this bug only occurred
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151 | recently, please note the last version without the bug, and the
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152 | first version including the bug. That way we can fix it quicker by
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153 | looking at the changes made.
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154 |
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155 | Finally, please report each issue separately; do not file multiple
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156 | issues on the same ticket. (Otherwise, it gets difficult to track the
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157 | status of each individual bug). Please keep also in mind that all the
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158 | bug reports must be written in English.
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