Open main menu

Platform Limitations

This page contains known limitations and problems of the various compilers that ScummVM can be build with, as well as limitations and problems of the several platforms and operating systems that ScummVM runs under. Note that this page is far from being complete.

Compiler limitations

Platform limitations

Microsoft Visual C++

  • The number of files that can be simultaneously opened is limited in Microsoft Visual C++. When a large number of files is opened simultaneously, opening new files yields unexpected results. The most typical side effect is that opening new files or checking for existence of files fails for no reason. The actual error can be viewed using perror


Operating system limitations