#RIVEN SCUMMVM UPDATE#
#RIVEN SCUMMVM MANUAL#
#RIVEN SCUMMVM UPGRADE#
#RIVEN SCUMMVM PORTABLE#

(from memory, I believe with MrHuu's fork here you might enjoy a slight performance boost for resource-intensive games)Įven if you updated your tree with the most recent code from the official ScummVM master, you should still be able to continue this method to create game forwarders. However if you would like to have a nice icon, banner and potentially music on the Home menu for every individual game you have, you should use method supplied in this thread, in addition to being able to compile the source code. So if you would want to run ScummVM through HBLauncher or as an app from the Home menu, you could just compile from the official ScummVM source. That's not exactly part of ScummVM as it stands today. This thread (that we're talking in) is about making your own game forwarders for individual games. I don't think that's the case today, albeit I haven't compiled it in a while.

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No further 'hacking' would be required unless an update to the core code or configure script has somehow broken the 3DS backend. In any case, if you took the most recent ScummVM code and follow the instructions, you should be able to compile it as-is. If the port supported dynamic plugins this would have been possible, but as far as I know it never did. There aren't official ScummVM daily builds for the 3DS likely because they don't have an active maintainer for the system (a person who could look at port-specific bugs on a regular basis), or more importantly because it isn't possible (or wasn't when I last looked at it) to create a 3DS build that includes all the engines, because of space restrictions. This means you can clone the master branch from the official Github, and you could follow the instructions in the backends/platform/3ds/README in order to make your own build. This usually means that the code must be cross-compiled (using a compiler and libraries for the system you want to compile for).Īs a quick and dirty explanation, ScummVM has certain core calls that need to be translated to the system-specific equivalents in order for all of it to come together, and that's roughly what the ports are.

ScummVM has one frontend as far as I'm aware, however it has backend ports for every platform it supports (3DS, Android, SDL, PSP, WII.).

#RIVEN SCUMMVM UPGRADE#

The port was broken/uncompile-able for a number of years, at least since DevkitPro's upgrade to pacman, but should be back on track since November 2018. Here is an example of a bug filed for Riven.The official ScummVM codebase was updated with what was necessary to make builds for the 3DS. If you encounter new bugs and want to help them get fixed, you can file them in the ScummVM bug tracker. You can find the list of remaining To-dos/Known Issues for Riven support on the ScummVM wiki.

#RIVEN SCUMMVM PORTABLE#

However, your save files should be portable between the same version of ScummVM running on different host platforms! So if you decide to try upgrading ScummVM later, make a backup of your current ScummVM version and your save files first, just in case. Also, until it becomes officially supported, there is no guarantee that future versions of ScummVM will be compatible with the current version's save files. I don't think normal Riven saves are compatible with ScummVM. The workaround is to light the first light, then after being teleported, return to the end of the tunnel but stop one frame short of the end, then turn around and complete the puzzle. You are teleported back outside, this is also present when playing the game in ScummVM. Looking away and then looking back fixes the issue (or just don't skip it in the first place.)Īlso, there is a gameplay bug in the Steam version when in the tunnels to the moiety cave, It only crashed once (as I recall this was an improvement over the last time I tried to play using Windows 7, even with compatibility mode enabled.) Right now the only major issue I noticed was that if you skip a video, the video appears to pause instead of skipping. I also checked it on Windows, but not Linux. I played all the way through Riven with ScummVM on my Mac to test it.

#RIVEN SCUMMVM MANUAL#

Remember, this is still under development so I recommend saving frequently! Check out the manual for quick-save hotkeys.

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