Difference between revisions of "Kyra"

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Kyra
Engine developer	athrxx, cyx, LordHoto, vinterstum
Companies that used it	Westwood Studios
Games that use it	The Legend of Kyrandia, Hand of Fate, Malcolm's Revenge, Lands of Lore, Eye of the Beholder, Eye of the Beholder II
Date added to ScummVM	2004-04-09
First release containing it	0.9.0

Status

General

The file kyra.dat is required in order to run the games.
This is included with each ScummVM release.

It can be found seperately in the ScummVM sources in the directory "dists/engine-data" (kyra.dat for latest ScummVM development version or
kyra.dat for the latest ScummVM release).

The Legend of Kyrandia

The Legend of Kyrandia is completable since ScummVM 0.9.0.

Hand of Fate

Hand of Fate is completable since 0.12.0 SVN (21 Mar 2008).

Malcolm's Revenge

Malcolm's Revenge is completable since 0.12.0 SVN (28 Apr 2008).

Lands of Lore

Lands of Lore is completable since 0.14.0 SVN (7 Jun 2009).

Eye of the Beholder

Eye of the Beholder should be completable.

Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon

Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon should be completable.

Status of the Source Release

Negotiations for the release of the source to Kyrandia (and possible freeware release) have been conducted with Electronic Arts LA. The original code and assets from the Westwood-era have been confirmed to still exist on backups.

Action has stalled, mostly due to confusion over the franchise ownership and licensing. As of the last update, EA has reconfirmed their ownership of the rights.

Games using this engine

Eye of the Beholder (1991)
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon (1991)
The Legend of Kyrandia (1992)
The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two: Hand of Fate (1993)
The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge (1994)
Lands of Lore (1993)

Tech info

The items and map lists may include spoilers for the games, so do not look at them if you want to play the games on your own.

Kyrandia 1

Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate

Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge

Resources

Kyra TODO: TODO Page

External links

ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/kyrandia1/ - Kyrandia 1 - update, demo, sample music, screenshots
ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/kyrandia2/ - Kyrandia 2 - update, demo, sample music, screenshots
ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/kyrandia3/ - Kyrandia 3 - sample music, video, screenshots
ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/lands1/ - Lands of Lore - update, demo, sample music, screenshots

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          developer=athrxx, [[User:cyx|cyx]], [[User:LordHoto|LordHoto]], [[User:vinterstum|vinterstum]]|
          companies=[[Westwood Studios]]|
-         usedBy=[[The Legend of Kyrandia|The Legend of Kyrandia]], [[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two: Hand of Fate|Hand of Fate]], <br>[[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge|Malcolm's Revenge]]|
+         usedBy=[[The Legend of Kyrandia]], <br>[[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two: Hand of Fate|Hand of Fate]], <br>[[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge|Malcolm's Revenge]], <br>[[Lands_of_Lore|Lands of Lore]], <br>[[Eye_of_the_Beholder|Eye of the Beholder]], <br>[[Eye_of_the_Beholder_II:_The_Legend_of_Darkmoon|Eye of the Beholder II]]|
          dateAdded=April 9, 2004|
          release=0.9.0|
+        status=Complete|
 }}
-== Status of the Kyra engine ==
+==Status==
 === General ===
+The file kyra.dat is required in order to run the games.<br>
+This is included with each ScummVM release.<br>
-The file kyra.dat is required in order to run the games. It can be found in the ScummVM sources in the directory "dists/engine-data" ([http://scummvm.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/scummvm/scummvm/trunk/dists/engine-data/kyra.dat kyra.dat for latest ScummVM SVN], [http://scummvm.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/scummvm/scummvm/tags/release-0-11-1/dists/engine-data/kyra.dat kyra.dat for the latest ScummVM Release]).
+It can be found seperately in the ScummVM sources in the directory "dists/engine-data" ([https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/blob/master/dists/engine-data/kyra.dat kyra.dat for latest ScummVM development version] or <br>
+[https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableTag}}/dists/engine-data/kyra.dat kyra.dat for the latest ScummVM release]).
 === The Legend of Kyrandia ===
+[[The Legend of Kyrandia]] is completable since ScummVM 0.9.0.
-Since version 0.9.0 of ScummVM the Kyra engine can play through [[The Legend of Kyrandia|The Legend of Kyrandia]] (some graphics glitches still occur).
+=== Hand of Fate ===
+[[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two: Hand of Fate|Hand of Fate]] is completable since 0.12.0 SVN (21 Mar 2008).
-=== Hand of Fate ===
+=== Malcolm's Revenge ===
+[[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge|Malcolm's Revenge]] is completable since 0.12.0 SVN (28 Apr 2008).
-[[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two: Hand of Fate|Hand of Fate]] is completable as of 0.12.0 SVN from 21 Mar 2008. Some graphics glitches still exist.
+=== Lands of Lore ===
+[[Lands of Lore]] is completable since 0.14.0 SVN (7 Jun 2009).
-=== Malcolm's Revenge ===
+=== Eye of the Beholder ===
+[[Eye of the Beholder]] should be completable.
-Also ScummVM SVN is capable of showing the [[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge|Malcolm's Revenge]] main menu and playing the introduction sequence and parts of the intro.
+=== Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon ===
+[[Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon]] should be completable.
 == Status of the Source Release ==
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 == Games using this engine ==
+* [[Eye of the Beholder]] (1991)
+* [[Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon]] (1991)
 * [[The Legend of Kyrandia]] (1992)
 * [[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two: Hand of Fate]] (1993)
 * [[The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge]] (1994)
+* [[Lands of Lore]] (1993)
-== TODO ==
+== Tech info ==
-* Complain if no game data was found in specified directory instead of assert() and producing bunch of useless warnings.
+The items and map lists may include spoilers for the games, so do not look at them if you want to play the games on your own.
-* make sound working properly (MIDI sound has some problems)
-* Reduce kMD5FileSizeLimit from 1MB to e.g. 80 kb (this might require recomputing some MD5s, but is faster, and good enough for finger printing)
-== Tech info ==
-The items and the map lists include tips for the game, do not look at them if you want to play the game on your own.
 ====Kyrandia 1====
 *[[Kyra/Opcodes|Opcodes (list of unimplemented functions)]]
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 *[[Kyra/Items (Kyrandia 3)|Items (Kyrandia 3)]]
 *[[Kyra/Maps (Kyrandia 3)|Maps (Kyrandia 3)]]
+==Resources==
+[[Kyra/TODO|Kyra TODO]]: TODO Page<br>
 ==External links==
 *ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/kyrandia1/ - Kyrandia 1 - update, demo, sample music, screenshots
+*ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/kyrandia2/ - Kyrandia 2 - update, demo, sample music, screenshots
+*ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/kyrandia3/ - Kyrandia 3 - sample music, video, screenshots
+*ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/lands1/ - Lands of Lore - update, demo, sample music, screenshots
 [[Category:Engines]]
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