DjDiabolik Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) 7 hours ago, Aaron Giles said: I suspect the flakiness in Monkey 4 is due to running low on memory in the virtual machine. Does your weird behavior only happen after playing the game for a while? yeah.. let's say like after 10/15 minutes of play more or less Strange... it's possibly only the Italian retail version has this trouble ? ** Little OT ** https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=15986 Were you aware of this sort of unofficial patch? Some report there's already included on some 1.1 GOG Version of the game (expecially the PS2 Monkey Kombat variant) . I have tryed on italian 1.1 retail and apparently it's work but you need to RESTART the ADVENTURE from beginning. If you apply this patch and use a previous savegames made on version 1.1 it's cause the game tends to crash often and end up in deadlocks especially during discussions. Infact if you go on Games Setting (in Italian "Modifica Pizzellacchere") where you can set the graphic details this unofficial patch it's listed as version 1.2.... Edited June 4 by DjDiabolik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 Ok, new beta time! https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta New in 3.0b13: * UI font is now generated live at the target resolution from TrueType * Split DREAMM options into Options & Tools; moved Add New Games to tools * Enforced a minimum window size to help prevent problems at very low resolutions * Made auto-pause a global setting, configurable from the Options screen * Internal debugger added, run with -debug; mostly for my internal use, but you can play with it; try 'help' * Fixed bug where TIE Fighter Collector's CD would hang if you skipped through opening cutscenes * Fixed errors when running CD versions of Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe * Fixed bug where overdriving MIDI volume for external MIDI devices would wrap * Fixed visual glitch where indefinite progress bars would overhang to the left * Removed video configuration from Indy Fate Italian (GOG) to prevent errors when starting 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjDiabolik Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) On 6/3/2024 at 7:00 PM, Torbjörn Andersson said: Once upon a time, I would have used Wine to unpack those installers in Linux. But these days, the "innoextract" command line tool seems to be doing a good job too. Even if that'll get you a bunch of files that I assume are only used during the installation, as well as the installed files themselves. I think the official web page for it is https://constexpr.org/innoextract/ Since the file format is apparently well understood, I guess there's no technical reason that DREAMM couldn't install the games directly from those installer files. But I haven't heard anyone say it does, and I've never tried it. So i have tryed this solution whit two italian GOG setup.... i have both file: setup_escape_from_monkey_islandtm_1.1_(italian)_(20987)-1.bin setup_escape_from_monkey_islandtm_1.1_(italian)_(20987).exe After about 5 minutes i have obtain a file structure apparently completely useless.... a folder called {tmp} apparently contain all files but in a totally wrong name and all folder like 00 0a in all subfolder. How i can know what's the REAL name of the games ? A file called install_script.iss apparently contain all END path and real name but actually it's impossible to rename manually file by file. *EDIT* OMG Wait a moment........ now it's work....... i have relaunch innoextract and the .exe from terminal and now all files as created correctly!! Now try to add the GOG Italian 1.1 on current DREAMM 3.0b13 *EDIT 2nd PART* So.... let's get to the point. After i have extracted correctly the GOG package whit innoextract 1.9 (remember all files it's extracted on same folder you have the two GOG files.. so before to extract move it in a empty subfolder or something similar) it's only need to drag the entire folder on DREAMM windows and the GOG 1.1 as been added and can be playable whitout neeed to use NOCD or somethings similar. So..... we can therefore say that to date the GOG version is the best version available to use with Dreamm. Right ? I took one of the save files I put here and loaded it. I completed the game without any major problems! I obtain only one CRASH and games closed himself and i'm to my OS Desktop while I was trying to jog Herman's memory by throwing stuff at his head. All in all the game is playable also whit DREAMM right now if you use the correct store version in this case the GOG version. Ironically, even the retail CD version... maybe it works if you use the GOG Monkey4.exe But at this point i thinks if you want to use directly the RETAIL CD Version on Windows a valid alternative it's usage of "Quick & Easy" Launcher/Setup whit the NoCD by Skull (after you have modified the correct keys whit windows registry editor) On other OS problably the Retail CD Version it's also playable whit DREAMM..... lol... I've honestly finished this game more times in a month than I have in my entire 45 years Edited June 7 by DjDiabolik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 New beta for today. https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta New in 3.0b14: Major internal change in the way files are accessed; everything should work as before, but definitely report any oddness OutputDebugString and DebugBreak now wired up to DREAMM's debugger for Windows games Added keyboard configuration option, plus initial support for keyboard layouts in Windows (DOS still to come) Added "quiet" mode installation; hold shift when dragging or when clicking the first install button Added support for the Min'n'Mojo Monkey Island 2 Talkie demo Added support for English Rebel Assault II Level 4 Demo, made it the basis for other languages Added support for Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine preview (including installer) Added support for Jedi Knight Demo installer EXE Added support for CD images embedded in ZIP files (note that they are fully decompressed to RAM!) Fixed Grim Fandango 1.0 releases; this required a major rework and exposes multiple discs for you to swap NOTE: You will need to re-install any existing Grim Fandango installations! Fixed bug where menu selections would be stuck moving up in Grim Fandango Fixed keyboard behavior in Outlaws when typing names (though still glitchy in some versions due to OG bugs) Fixed popping sounds in some Windows games (Shadows of the Empire) Fixed incorrect mouse tracking in Loom CD in EGA mode Fixed bug in game detection logic when counting files that don't require 100% CRC matches Fixed bug where initial stack pointer for .COM programs was wrong and could trash memory Fixed incorrect alpha blending of UI text when a background is present Fixed bug where sound fonts with uppercase .SF2 extensions were not being recognized 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMegone Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) 4 hours ago, Aaron Giles said: Added support for the Min'n'Mojo Monkey Island 2 Talkie demo Hi Aaron, I just tried the talkie demo and I get this error: File/path D:\lec-monkey2\pc-talkie-proto not found A similar error appears when I try to run other games. I'm playing on Mac if that makes any difference. Thanks! Edited June 14 by RobMegone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 3 hours ago, RobMegone said: Hi Aaron, I just tried the talkie demo and I get this error: File/path D:\lec-monkey2\pc-talkie-proto not found A similar error appears when I try to run other games. I'm playing on Mac if that makes any difference. Hmmmm, so you're saying you can't launch any games at all on the new version? I don't see that on my Mac. Do you have any unusual configurations? Also, is it an Intel or ARM-based Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMegone Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 41 minutes ago, Aaron Giles said: Hmmmm, so you're saying you can't launch any games at all on the new version? I don't see that on my Mac. Do you have any unusual configurations? Also, is it an Intel or ARM-based Mac? That's correct, I tried deleting my config and I still get the same issue after re-installing games. It's an M2 and I don't have any strange configurations, the game gets installed to: ~/Library/Application Support/Aaron Giles/DREAMM/install/lec-monkey2/pc-talkie-proto I've attached my config.json: config.json Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 Ok, figured it out. It was a silly typo that will be fixed in the next version. In the meantime, if you create a new empty directory at ~/Library/Application Support/Aaron Giles/DREAMM/gamedelta it should let you launch games again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMegone Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 On 6/14/2024 at 4:34 PM, Aaron Giles said: Ok, figured it out. It was a silly typo that will be fixed in the next version. In the meantime, if you create a new empty directory at ~/Library/Application Support/Aaron Giles/DREAMM/gamedelta it should let you launch games again. Excellent, that works for me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 New DREAMM beta today: https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta New in 3.0b15: * Added option to verify all variants of a game if multiple variants are present * Added loading indicator at startup of DREAMM and at game startup * Improved responsiveness switching between variants in the face of slow disk/network access * Added support for displaying shortcuts on the righthand side in menus * When verifying games, if no match is found, perform a thorough scan to see if we just need to reshuffle files * Fixed improperly aligned/spaced text in frontend UI * Fixed Star Wars Chess 1.1 installation on ARM-based systems * Fixed instability and lack of mouse input in Windows Star Wars Chess (pieces still face the wrong way though) * Fixed appearance and behavior of minimized windows in Windows games * Fixed Grim Fandango installs to work across the disk swap (reverify your install to fix the file layout) * Fixed Grim Fandango upgrader auto-run script to be more reliable * Fixed glitchy VGA mode timing in Masterblazer and Night Shift * Fixed Making Magic Japanese installation * Fixed missing backgrounds in InstallShield installers * Fixed missing background in Best of Windows Entertainment Pack installer * Fixed missing icon in Pipe Dream Windows about box * Fixed default background color in 16-bit Windows dialogs * Added support for Star Wars Screen Entertainment German * Automated Japanese SWSE installer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 Another week, another beta: https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta New in 3.0b16: * Added advanced per-game configuration; you can now tweak CPU speed and remap joystick controls * Added support for The Dig Super Sampler Demo * Added support for 2-level Rebel Assault II Demo * Added support for Rebel Assault II Special Edition (DOS and Windows) * Added support for Rebel Assault II French Demo * Added support for Full Throttle German Demo * Added support for Day of the Tentacle Spanish Demo * Added support for Outlaws CD demo * Added support for Dark Forces PC Gamer demo * Added support for an earlier Shadows of the Empire demo * Added support for the German version of Star Wars: Behind the Magic - Special Vehicles Edition * Added support for Indy Crusade CMS patch, and enabled CMS music for English 1.4 EGA version * Added some limited throttling in hopes of making SWSE not go crazy fast, with limited success so far * Added ability to auto-fix certain known corrupt versions (Spanish SOMI for example) * Fixed early Rebel Assault II demo with launcher that would previously hang * Fixed Star Wars Chess Windows opening scroll * Fixed TIE Fighter Collector's CD demo crashing after ~60 seconds * Fixed detection of nested self-extracting EXE archives (e.g., on CD-ROMs) * Make scanning more aggressive in searching embedded image files to find EXE-packaged demos on CDs * Improvements in 3D rasterization: - coordinates are converted to 16.8 fixed point and rounded as described in the Direct3D spec - improved accuracy of texture/color values at the start of each span - fixed incorrect texture bias for unfiltered textures - use correct renderstate for determining clamping/wrapping on Direct3D 3 and earlier * Reduced calls to SDL_SetWindowMimimumSize which due to an SDL bug causes the window to be raised on Linux * Windows/Cmd key no longer sends keystrokes to the emulator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 DREAMM 3.0b17 now available. Time to start winding down the cycle and finalize 3.0, so if there are significant open issues, let me know soon https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta New in 3.0b17: * Many new demos and alternate versions supported - Highly recommend you rescan your collection; I renamed a bunch of stuff that won't be found without a rescan * Tweaked the aggressive nested image search to find more stuff * Fixed logic for identifying games that would sometimes "discover" a phantom addon/expansion * Fixed language setting for Star Wars Chess Windows version * Fixed Outlaws 2.0.1 upgrader to work again * Fixed emulation bug in handling multiple address/operand size prefixes on an instruction * Further improved texturing accuracy in 3D rasterizers * Added support for weird French Making Magic demo that's just a video player using SMACKPLY.EXE * Added support for X-Wing slideshow demo with janky early logo * Added support for Dark Forces slideshow demos * Added support for the Behind the Magic Pepsi preview 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 Quick turn around for DREAMM 3.0b18: https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta New in 3.0b18: * Updated documentation to reflect new features: https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/docs/v30 * Fixed bug that caused textures to be lost if you changed resolutions in Infernal Machine * Fixed bug that caused combo boxes to open blank if only a small number of items were present * Fixed Day of the Tentacle Roland upgrader installer to actually work * Fixed handling of bitfield-based RGB bitmaps in Windows; fixes Behind the Magic windowed mode * Fixed lack of gain control when using sound fonts * Fixed detection of add-ons, which was broken in some cases with the last beta * Fixed crash in UI when custom graphics are used and the game exits * Fixed bug where font rendering could trash memory in some edge cases * Fixed bug where joystick configuration would not work at all if asymmetric axes are present * Fixed bug where the WinHelp missing message could be repeatedly invoked until DREAMM crashed * Fixed empty CD Audio tracks when reading from a ZIPped CD image * Added logic to CRC an entire file for cases where the first 2MB match * Removed sound configuration for Monkey CD and Loom CD; these now hard-default to AdLib * Tweaked the CRT shader to hopefully avoid artifacts on Apple Silicon-based systems 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 Getting close to release now. DREAMM 3.0b19: https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta Please try out Infernal Machine and let me know if you see that pesky assert! New in 3.0b19: * Fixed race condition on startup that caused spurious crashes * Worked around OG bug in Infernal Machine that would cause asserts after loading the first level * Changed Direct3D FPU fiddling to match documentation a bit better * Fixed error in ZIP unshrinking code * Added more safety around handling corrupt archives 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threepwood4life Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Does anyone have a save file prior to getting the Peru bonus level as that still has issues with the assert error. I don't have one and already mentioned it to Aaron but if anyone has a save game prior to either purchasing the map in the Supplies store at the end of a level or before completing the game that would be great and pass that onto Aaron to reproduce the issue as currently the Peru bonus level doesn't load up on 3.0b19 same problem from the previous release even from the file that it automatically creates in the save states doesn't work like it does for the other levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Giles Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, Threepwood4life said: Does anyone have a save file prior to getting the Peru bonus level as that still has issues with the assert error. Thanks for the shout-out! I actually managed to lay my hands on one, and from what I can tell the bug that produced the broken save games was fixed with my fix for the opening level, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we won't see those pesky asserts again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neville007 Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Hello there. I'm a Spanish user of DREAMM and just registered to report a possible bug. Let me say in advance that I absolutely lo DREAMM, and I apologise if the issue has been brought up before. My problem is that Jedi Knight won't display Spanish text, although it is properly detected as being the correct edition by DREAMM. Yet... I'm pretty sure the game had Spanish texts (and maybe voices too) back in the day. I first blamed not having the correct version of the game, but by this time I'm pretty sure of having the correct version. The expansion Mysteries of the Sith instead shows Spanish texts: So... is this a bug, I don't have the proper version or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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