Difference between revisions of "AGS"

Latest revision as of 14:33, 6 March 2023

AGS
Engine developer	dreammaster, criezy
Companies that used it	Various
Games that use it	Hundreds of games
Date added to ScummVM	2021-02-06
First release containing it	2.5.0

Notes

Various games from 2.5 onwards are completable.
Because many games fool around with volume settings, in-game volume controls are separate from the ScummVM volume controls, but will respect them. Thus, even if your in-game music volume slider is at maximum, if your ScummVM music volume slider is low, the music won't be loud.

TODO

Finishing implementing and testing the various plugins needed by the games. Of the remaining, ags_lua is low priority because it was only ever used by a single game.
Some graphics rendering is still stubbed. Need to find places where it's actually used in any games, so it can be properly implemented and tested.
Testing various games to identify and fix any missing functionality or incorrect implementation.

Games With Custom Engine Changes

This section lists any games we know about that have custom changes to the engine code that still have to be replicated into AGS.

Kathy Rain

It uses a different font in the bundled executable when looking at a form than shown in the standalone AGS. See Bug 12964.

Original Game Bugs

This section lists any identified bugs that occur in the original games, and aren't currently planned/feasible to work around in the engine

in Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back, exiting the Sewer immediately after entering it results in Roger not being able to move. This is recoverable by using the electrified fence to die, and then choosing to try again.

Upstream Status

see here for a List of notes listing issues that occurred with specific commits when porting the upstream AGS into ScummVM.

External Links

Fuzzie's WIP AGS engine (outdated, for reference only)
AdventureGameStudio's own WIP engine in ScummVM git fork (outdated fork of Fuzzie's work, for reference only)
AdventureGameStudio's game database

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-{{EngineDescription|
+{{EngineDescription
-	name=AGS|
+|name=AGS
-        developer=[[User:fuzzie|fuzzie]]|
+|developer=[[User:dreammaster|dreammaster]], [[User:criezy|criezy]]
-        companies=Various|
+|companies=Various
-        usedBy=Too many to list|
+|usedBy=[[AGS/Games|Hundreds of games]]|
-	dateAdded=Not Added |
+|dateAdded=February 6, 2021
-	release=None|
+|release=2.5.0
-        status=Not (yet) part of ScummVM|
 }}
-==Status==
+==Notes==
-* Experimental work in progress.
+* Various games from 2.5 onwards are completable.
+* Because many games fool around with volume settings, in-game volume controls are separate from the ScummVM volume controls, but will respect them. Thus, even if your in-game music volume slider is at maximum, if your ScummVM music volume slider is low, the music won't be loud.
 ==TODO==
-* Save/load code.
+* Finishing implementing and testing the various plugins needed by the games. Of the remaining, ags_lua is low priority because it was only ever used by a single game.
-* Tidy up and merge [https://github.com/rofl0r/scummvm/commits/ags rofl0r's work].
+* Some graphics rendering is still stubbed. Need to find places where it's actually used in any games, so it can be properly implemented and tested.
-* Implement missing interaction commands.
+* Testing various games to identify and fix any missing functionality or incorrect implementation.
-* Fix dialog/message display (including the overlay code).
-* Implement sprite scaling.
+==Games With Custom Engine Changes==
-* Finish the preliminary audio code.
+This section lists any games we know about that have custom changes to the engine code that still have to be replicated into AGS.
-* Finish GUI code.
-* Dirty rectangling (maybe look at somaen's ticket idea?).
+===Kathy Rain===
-* Implement old-style pathfinder.
+* It uses a different font in the bundled executable when looking at a form than shown in the standalone AGS. See [https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/12964 Bug 12964].
-* Implement all the script functions.
-* Deal with the rest of the FIXMEs.
+==Original Game Bugs==
+This section lists any identified bugs that occur in the original games, and aren't currently planned/feasible to work around in the engine
+* in Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back, exiting the Sewer immediately after entering it results in Roger not being able to move. This is recoverable by using the electrified fence to die, and then choosing to try again.
+==Upstream Status==
+* see here for a [[AGS/Upstream|List of notes]] listing issues that occurred with specific commits when porting the upstream AGS into ScummVM.
 ==External Links==
-* [https://github.com/fuzzie/scummvm/tree/ags Current WIP AGS engine in ScummVM git fork]
+* [https://github.com/fuzzie/scummvm/tree/ags Fuzzie's WIP AGS engine] (outdated, for reference only)
+* [https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/scummvm/tree/ags AdventureGameStudio's own WIP engine in ScummVM git fork] (outdated fork of Fuzzie's work, for reference only)
+* [https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/ AdventureGameStudio's game database]
 [[Category:Engines]]