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* [[SCI/Patches|SCI Patches]]: A list of known game patches for SCI games, both official and unofficial, which fix several game bugs and offer new features
* [[SCI/Patches|SCI Patches]]: A list of known game patches for SCI games, both official and unofficial, which fix several game bugs and offer new features
* [[SCI/Playthrough videos|Playthrough videos]]: Playthrough videos of several SCI games, for reference and debugging
* [[SCI/Playthrough videos|Playthrough videos]]: Playthrough videos of several SCI games, for reference and debugging
* [[SCI/Game Collections|SCI Game Collections]]: Game collections in detail
* [[SCI/Game Collections|SCI Game Collections]]: Game collections in detail (including photos)
* [[SCI/Japanese Games|SCI Japanese Games]]: Japanese game releases
* [[SCI/Japanese Games|SCI Japanese Games]]: Japanese game releases (including photos)
* [[SCI/KQ5 floppy fix|KQ5 floppy fix]]: A fix for the ending of one of the floppy versions of KQ5
* [[SCI/KQ5 floppy fix|KQ5 floppy fix]]: A fix for the ending of one of the floppy versions of KQ5
* [[SCI/GM Mapping|MT-32 -> GM mapping information]]: Information on how to add new MT-32 -> GM mapping
* [[SCI/GM Mapping|MT-32 -> GM mapping information]]: Information on how to add new MT-32 -> GM mapping

Revision as of 12:00, 4 July 2015

SCI
Engine developer fingolfin, lskovlun, m_kiewitz,
md5, waltervn, wjp
Companies that used it Sierra
Games that use it Sierra SCI Games, SCI Fan Games
Date added to ScummVM 2009-02-14
First release containing it 1.2.0

About

SCI, which Sierra referred to as both the "Script Code Interpreter" and later "Sierra's Creative Interpreter", is a p-machine style virtual machine for executing platform-independent, object-oriented code.

SCI was designed for 16-bit little-endian computers, although there were later attempts to create 32-bit versions, LSCI and SCI3. SCI was exclusively used by Sierra On-Line, Inc., to run its computer game series, with titles like Leisure Suit Larry 2-7, Space Quest 3-6, King's Quest 4-7, Quest for Glory 1-4, and several others.

The SCI engine in ScummVM is based on the code of the FreeSCI project, used with permission.


History

SCI was initially created in 1988 by Jeff Stephenson to replace AGI. The first game using it was King's Quest IV at the same year of its creation, which was simultaneously released with an AGI edition for lower-end machines.


Engine Status

Resources

Debugging

  • Show priority and control map in original interpreter (SCI1/SCI11)
    • search for A9 06 00 74 05 in original interpreter, replace with all 90h (NOP)
  • Change days in Gabriel Knight 1
    • vmvars g 7bh x - where x is the day number

Error loading resource 999.pal message with original interpreter

King's Quest 7

  • resource.cfg has to include this:
 directory = .\
 videoDrv  = VESA.DRV
 soundDrv  = ADL.DRV
 audioDrv  = DACBLAST.DRV
 joyDrv    = NO
 cmd       = KQ7DOS
 mouseDrv  = NONE
 memoryDrv = NONE
 minMemory = 1600k
 brightness= 0
 language  = 1
 minCPU    = 386
 CD        = yes
 resMap=.\
 resAUD=.\
 resSFX=.\
 patchDir=.\;.\AVI
 robot=.\ 
  • start the game using sierrah -o resource.cfg

Space Quest 6

  • Just start the game using "sierra -o". That will fix it (happens at least with SQ6 DOS included in the Space Quest Collection).

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