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:::::: There is already an 'Unsupported Games' category on the wiki, so might as well add an 'Supported Games' category too. [[User:Kirben|Kirben]] | :::::: There is already an 'Unsupported Games' category on the wiki, so might as well add an 'Supported Games' category too. [[User:Kirben|Kirben]] | ||
::::: Remove the auto-generated links (for required data files) from the template, a link shouldn't be displayed at all, for games which currently don't have details available or for games which aren't supported. The use of templates is good for having a standard layout in specific areas of the wiki, but shouldn't be used for auto-generating the information itself. Since this wiki is an information resource, auto- | ::::: Remove the auto-generated links (for required data files) from the template, a link shouldn't be displayed at all, for games which currently don't have details available or for games which aren't supported. The use of templates is good for having a standard layout in specific areas of the wiki, but shouldn't be used for auto-generating the actual information itself. Since this wiki is an information resource, auto-generating the information, makes it much easier for errors to be displayed. It would be simpler to add links (for required data files) manually, if you still want to go ahead with adding links on each game's page. [[User:Kirben|Kirben]] | ||
== Humongous Entertainment games == | |||
I think it is an overkill to enlist each game. Especially because those lists are not correct. I.e. many games were ported to more than one version of SPUTM engine, and thus, they have different list of files. I would do it this way: add something like "Generic HE game" and enlist there *.HE?, *.(a), .(b). And then for several games like mustard add additional entry which enlists special resources and/or directories. --[[User:Sev|Sev]] 11:36, 9 April 2007 (CEST) | |||
:Adding a 'Generic HE game' entry or even a 'Games from Humongous Entertainment' entry, isn't quite as clear to all users, as using the full game title. The other main issue is many HE games and HE games demos were included in a single directly, so it could be more confusing for users if we don't provide the full filenames too. [[User:Kirben|Kirben]] 02:17, 17 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Static data files == | |||
Currently the static data files for BASS, Queen, Lure link to engine-data/trunk, just kyra.dat links to the 0-10-0 release tag. I am not really sure if we should just give the link to the current release file or to the current SVN file. So I want to ask if we should think of adding two links here, one for Release and one for SVN? Or at least if we should tell the user that he probably needs different files for Release and SVN version and tells him where to look for them (Engine pages?). --[[User:LordHoto|LordHoto]] 23:58, 3 September 2007 (CEST) | |||
:Yeah, I would add both, one for Release and one for current SVN -[[User:Clone2727|Clone2727]] 02:27, 10 September 2007 (CEST) | |||
== Files == | |||
I think it would be a good idea to add in some cases the total number of files needed to play a game with ScummVM (e.g. The Feeble Files). So users could check directly if they've copied all necessary files to the folder. [[User:march|march]] 18:46, 12 October 2009 | |||