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Running zork grand inquisitor (dvd version)

Kevin Becker edited this page Jun 4, 2013 · 13 revisions

Instructions:

Note: The DVD version is not fully supported yet. Please edit this page if you find anything that is incorrect. It should play correctly, but the lower quality video will play instead of the MPEG video.

Windows:

  1. Install Zork Grand Inquisitor using this guide
  2. Download precompiled and preconfigured Zengine files from Downloads section of this project (https://www.dropbox.com/s/blc0qjxd1x3ul5q/WIN_ZGI_GOG_2013_03_20.zip)
  3. Extract this zip file to the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.
  4. Edit Zork.dir and replace the text with the following:
FONTS
cursor.zfs
scripts.zfs
subtitle.zfs
death.zfs
zgi_mx
DVD/zgi_e/zgi_mx
DVD/zgi_e/zgi_mx/minmax
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/global
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/portfooz
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/jail
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/monast1
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/underg1
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/lucyqst
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/griffqst
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/castle
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/global
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/monast2
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/underg2
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/dmlair
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/grueqst
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/guetech
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/hades
DVD/zassetse/eng_anim
DVD/zassetse/eng_pix
DVD/zassetse/eng_aud
DVD/eng_mpeg
DVD/zassetsc
  1. Run Zengine.exe in the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.

Linux:

  1. Install Zork Grand Inquisitor using Wine using this guide
  2. Download the Zengine source using git
git clone git://github.com/Marisa-Chan/Zengine.git
  1. Compile Zengine (requires sdl, sdl_gfx, sdl_image, sdl_mixer, sdl_ttf, and gcc)
cd Zengine/Engine/src
make linux_zgi
  1. Copy the Zengine executable (named "Zengine") from the Zengine/Engine/src folder to the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.
cp -R Zengine/Engine/src/Zengine /path/to/zgi
  1. Copy the FONTS folder from Zengine/res/FONTS to the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.
cp -R Zengine/res/FONTS /path/to/zgi/
  1. Copy the text below into a file named Zork.dir and put that file in the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed. NOTE: The path names in Zork.dir are case sensitive, so if you're getting error messages about being unable to load a file, check that the path of that file is correctly listed in Zork.dir.
FONTS
cursor.zfs
scripts.zfs
subtitle.zfs
death.zfs
zgi_mx
DVD/zgi_e/zgi_mx
DVD/zgi_e/zgi_mx/minmax
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/global
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/portfooz
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/jail
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/monast1
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/underg1
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/lucyqst
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/griffqst
DVD/zassetsc/zassets1/castle
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/global
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/monast2
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/underg2
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/dmlair
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/grueqst
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/guetech
DVD/zassetsc/zassets2/hades
DVD/zassetse/eng_anim
DVD/zassetse/eng_pix
DVD/zassetse/eng_aud
DVD/eng_mpeg
DVD/zassetsc
  1. Run the Zengine executable (named "Zengine") in the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.
cd /path/to/zgi
./Zengine