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The known ones are:
The known ones are:
* [http://www.sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/Patches-Updates.html Sierra help], offering both official and unofficial patches almost all of the Sierra SCI games
* [http://www.sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/Patches-Updates.html Sierra help], offering both official and unofficial patches almost all of the Sierra SCI games (please note that unofficial patches are not recommended, when playing using ScummVM. ScummVM patches most issues on-the-fly and those patches may even cause issues/may not work properly in ScummVM)
* [http://gkpatches.vogons.zetafleet.com/ Patches from Enrico Rolfi] for the Gabriel Knight series of games
* [http://gkpatches.vogons.zetafleet.com/ Patches from Enrico Rolfi] for the Gabriel Knight series of games
* [http://www.queststudios.com/quest/Utilities.html Music related utilities and patches] from Quest Studios, including the official Sierra patch that offers after-market support for General MIDI in several games
* [http://www.queststudios.com/quest/Utilities.html Music related utilities and patches] from Quest Studios, including the official Sierra patch that offers after-market support for General MIDI in several games
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* [http://sierra.voyd.net/ Sierra General MIDI Driver w/ SFX support]
* [http://sierra.voyd.net/ Sierra General MIDI Driver w/ SFX support]
* [http://www.rarefied.org/sci/drivers.html Ravi's GM sound drivers] for SCI0 and SCI1 Sierra games
* [http://www.rarefied.org/sci/drivers.html Ravi's GM sound drivers] for SCI0 and SCI1 Sierra games
* [http://en.ecomstation.ru/personal/kiewitzsoft/doscompat-patches.php Martin Kiewitz' patch] for Sierra's Sound Blaster drivers which fixes the dreaded "Unable to initialize audio hardware" message
* [http://en.ecomstation.ru/personal/kiewitzsoft/doscompat-patches.php Martin Kiewitz' GOSIERRA patch] for Sierra's Sound Blaster drivers which fixes the dreaded "Unable to initialize audio hardware" message

Revision as of 23:49, 14 December 2013

SCI Patches

Many SCI games suffered from bugs, either related to speed, or odd behavior. There are numerous patches, both official and unofficial, which fix these bugs. Some of these patches also offer functionality not present in the games originally, like support for General MIDI

The known ones are:

Patches for the original Sierra interpreters (most of them are not needed for ScummVM):