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== Introduction == | |||
This page is meant as a mini-HOWTO which roughly outlines the steps needed to add a new engine to ScummVM. It does '''not''' tell you how to create an engine for a given game; rather it is meant to tell a developer how to properly "hook" into ScummVM. | This page is meant as a mini-HOWTO which roughly outlines the steps needed to add a new engine to ScummVM. It does '''not''' tell you how to create an engine for a given game; rather it is meant to tell a developer how to properly "hook" into ScummVM. | ||
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== Overview == | |||
Essentially, you will have to implement a subclass of the Engine class. Our Doxygen documentation is your friend and should hopefully explain enough about this, see here: http://scummvm.org/docs/doxygen/html/class Engine.php. | Essentially, you will have to implement a subclass of the Engine class. Our Doxygen documentation is your friend and should hopefully explain enough about this, see here: http://scummvm.org/docs/doxygen/html/class Engine.php. | ||
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== Steps == | |||
In the following I assume your engine is called "quux". | In the following I assume your engine is called "quux". | ||
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Important note: Use a C++ namespace for all your work, e.g. "namespace Quux" in this case. | Important note: Use a C++ namespace for all your work, e.g. "namespace Quux" in this case. | ||
=== Example: engines/quux/module.mk === | |||
<pre> | |||
MODULE := engines/quux | |||
MODULE_OBJS := \ | |||
quux.o | |||
MODULE_DIRS += \ | |||
engines/quux | |||
# This module can be built as a plugin | |||
ifdef BUILD_PLUGINS | |||
PLUGIN := 1 | |||
endif | |||
# Include common rules | |||
include $(srcdir)/common.rules | |||
</pre> | |||