tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post3118180275493056801..comments2024-03-28T14:34:40.554+00:00Comments on The Collection Chamber: BLADE RUNNERBiffman 101http://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-66182789809791851792021-11-28T21:50:55.116+00:002021-11-28T21:50:55.116+00:00I just played Leisure Suite Larry 1 on GoG (which ...I just played Leisure Suite Larry 1 on GoG (which of course uses ScummVM).<br /><br />It turned out you can steal things and walk out of the shop, and the shopkeeper doesn't shoot you like he does in the original DOS version. I compared both. I didn't want to dig any further. That was enough. <br /><br />This tells you everything you need to know about the reliability of ScummVM. After having seen a bunch of other games (Space Quest, Lure Of The Temptress I mentioned above, etc.)... I cannot have faith that you will have the authentic experience.<br /><br />They just fail the edge cases of more complicated adventure games. Any adventure game that's not made by LucasArts, that is, any game that has any hint of simulation - NPCs going around, reacting to your actions, any adventure game in which it matters where you step and when you do stuff, any game that has more conditions and consequences than a LucasArts game, can have broken scripts that don't trigger and may have its systems broken by the ScummVM ports. It may not be obvious, you may be able to go through the game if you're lucky (or get blocked if you're not) but in any case, you'll lose the little hidden details that make it beautiful. Little details that are difficult to test and catch but ruin the overall impression.<br /><br />The people who did the Blade Runner port may have done a good job - I haven't played it yet, it may be an exception - but from what I have seen so far, I have to make the conclusion that we should avoid the ScummVM logo like the plague. It's so incredibly wrong that a messy hobby project is now the official, highly trusted thing that Steam and GoG have been using for their "museum" versions of the games for more than a decade. I had bought these old adventure games because that's the right thing to do, but sadly, to experience them correctly, you should get them from abandonware sites - which end up being the real museums with the authentic game. I'm used to looking for old games on GoG first and it's so painful to imagine how many people like me have been misled that the bugs and omissions they see are present in the original.<br /><br />This is why what you do here for the Windows 95 adventure games is extremely important. I used to love it when old games showed up on GoG. Now I pray they don't make more official versions and mislead more people.<br /><br />It's been 1 year since my last comment. After 1 year I may finally find the time to play the GoG Blade Runner as well. Too bad I'll have nothing to compare it to.Estrangedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465624636505962313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-64976144565621769132021-03-28T22:15:36.979+01:002021-03-28T22:15:36.979+01:00Since OCEAN based movie games have been released t...Since OCEAN based movie games have been released through the Chamber's gates before, I would love to make a request for another film based on a story by Philip K. Dick..."Total Recall" for Amiga (1990)! <br />Hopefully you can remember it for us wholesale ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-87095171231980615182020-12-04T09:24:59.913+00:002020-12-04T09:24:59.913+00:00Well, let's hope for the best. But because thi...Well, let's hope for the best. But because this is a type of adventure game where the NPCs can be different, react if they witness your actions, and even affect the ending, the chance of something going wrong is high, and testing all combinations is very hard. <br /><br />I really really hope it works as intended. Once the trust in ScummVM was broken it will take a lot to have it back. <br /><br />Thank you for supporting this wonderful site! We need libraries / museums for the masterpieces of the past.Estrangedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465624636505962313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-33324311839400473272020-12-03T16:30:35.958+00:002020-12-03T16:30:35.958+00:00I've payed the GOG game for a little bit and i...I've payed the GOG game for a little bit and it seems OK. I keep meaning to give it another playthrough. The biggest compatibility issue I found when trying to get it to work was with some moments being tied to a computer's speed such as the issues detailed and a random crashing when using the Esper photo machine (see the above comments). ScummVM has these solved at least.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-47132565183561940592020-12-03T00:21:04.592+00:002020-12-03T00:21:04.592+00:00Even though I own the GoG version, I'm not con...Even though I own the GoG version, I'm not convinced it's good because it's a ScummVM port. I'll get to playing it eventually but I'm not optimistic, here's why:<br /><br />I recently played GoG's ScummVM version of Lure Of The Temptress and it had broken pathfinding, broken NPC interactions, broken interface and dialogues, desynchronized content, wrong strings - all of them not present in the original Lure Of The Temptress. I had to finally find the abandonware DOS version and run it in DOSBox (it didn't have these bugs but had other issues - an item disappearing because it's a "pirated" version and complicated sound setup to overcome in DOSBox). Once I fixed that as well I finally got the experience of the original Lure Of The Temptress. Thank God there were still abandonware sites.<br /><br />This is not the first time when GoG doesn't choose or make the best "port" of a game. It's not necessarily their fault but one expects they at least have QA to catch this stuff and address it. I own almost 400 games on GoG but lately I started encountering problems with old games more and more where the patches and advices in abandonware sites are better than what's on GoG.<br /><br />The problem though is that if I'm playing the game for the first time, I don't even know how it has to behave; that's why it took me so much time to figure out that Lure Of The Temptress is simply broken and couldn't have been shipped this way back in the 90s. I'm afraid of a similar thing happening with Blade Runner now.Estrangedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465624636505962313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-21143858868581395252019-11-23T19:49:14.515+00:002019-11-23T19:49:14.515+00:00As some point, perhaps. I'll have to play some...As some point, perhaps. I'll have to play some more of it that way to see how stable it is. There are some game's here like UFOs that don't use ScummVM because that version crashes occasionally.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-19310041625359622832019-11-23T19:45:48.005+00:002019-11-23T19:45:48.005+00:00Now that the newest version of ScuumVM is fully co...Now that the newest version of ScuumVM is fully compatable with Bladerunner are there plans to change the installer to Use ScummVM instead of DXwind??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512225234334923953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-49985133942602051112019-06-24T11:17:39.253+01:002019-06-24T11:17:39.253+01:00I've just tested it and this doesn't appea...I've just tested it and this doesn't appear to be happening to me. The cursor should and does remain within the game window. Try running DxWnd/dxwnd.exe and play with the settings there (right click BLR icon - modify). Try selecting 'Fullscreen Only' on Main tab or 'Keep Cursor within window' on Input tab. You can click Try to test it before confirming the changes.<br /><br />To make the changes work with the shortcut and run.bat, right click BLR icon and select Export and override BLR.dxw<br /><br />Make sure you back up BLR.dxw first!Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-89901223158439980642019-06-24T08:01:52.644+01:002019-06-24T08:01:52.644+01:00what seems to happen is when the cursor is moved,...what seems to happen is when the cursor is moved, beyond the bottom part of the screen/game only, or up to it, the game will freeze for 2 seconds, then crash back to desktop.jds4578https://www.blogger.com/profile/12991524036173176211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-17674218381577606072019-06-24T00:04:56.113+01:002019-06-24T00:04:56.113+01:00This release is already pre-patched and uses DxWnd...This release is already pre-patched and uses DxWnd as a wraparound to fix some of the timing issues. Read the ChamberNotes in the install directory for more info. Run the game in (install dir)\dxwnd\run.bat<br /><br />Any other points that may help (such as running as admin) can be found in the FAQ.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-66995580834212381652019-06-23T23:15:50.548+01:002019-06-23T23:15:50.548+01:00windows 10 x64 Pro, 1903 build, game crashes at st...windows 10 x64 Pro, 1903 build, game crashes at start, when I select anything, it pauses then goes back to desktop.<br /><br />Have already tried, patches & fixes, it runs but still crashes back to desktop at start of game. doesn't matter what patch, or fix i try.jds4578https://www.blogger.com/profile/12991524036173176211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-7465940443444656452019-06-21T23:07:35.178+01:002019-06-21T23:07:35.178+01:00When it's proven to be fully tested, I just mi...When it's proven to be fully tested, I just might. It's still in the testing phase so it may be good when the next stable release comes about. Even then, it might be a few releases before it's stable (I'm still waiting for UFOs/Gnap to stop crashing).Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-58384844701120629592019-06-21T19:17:44.749+01:002019-06-21T19:17:44.749+01:00Are you gonna change this up with a new installer ...Are you gonna change this up with a new installer now that ScummVM supports the game Biffman ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512225234334923953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-2388386303131056502019-04-28T10:58:22.373+01:002019-04-28T10:58:22.373+01:00Hi Biffman 101 thank you for great effort on relea...Hi Biffman 101 thank you for great effort on releases,there is a subtitle for BR at https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Br40tbK1pDTrhhE4XkCYRtLvhg8oCH6/view<br />would be great if add your release.(The SUBTITLES.MIX file should be copied in the game’s installation folder,then be enabled from the game’s KIA menu and/or the ScummVM menu options)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-77354959359935029252019-04-09T23:45:43.128+01:002019-04-09T23:45:43.128+01:00The first thing that comes to mind is your admin s...The first thing that comes to mind is your admin settings. Run as admin to see if that helps. Otherwise you can run the game by launching "(install dir)\DxWnd\dxwnd.exe" and running the game icon from there.<br /><br />You could always uninstall and reinstall if you're still having trouble. The save games you may want to back up are found in "(install dir)\DxWnd\BLADE\SAVE"Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-84331868755032372852019-04-09T01:44:59.755+01:002019-04-09T01:44:59.755+01:00Hi! I have an issue with the game. I downloaded it...Hi! I have an issue with the game. I downloaded it from here a few days ago, and it was running perfectly until yesterday. Now when I'm clicking on the shortcut, nothing happens. Any idea what the problem could be? I'm on Windows 10. Thanks!Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398192223728245513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-90538944363703148542019-03-14T10:48:21.720+00:002019-03-14T10:48:21.720+00:00Thanks! I'm very grateful. I'm beginning t...Thanks! I'm very grateful. I'm beginning to transfer a lot of my older installers too as 4shared is becoming an awful service. I'm going oldest first and it won't be complete for some time but you'll be glad to know I'm working on it.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-71683909514534113962019-03-14T04:47:24.648+00:002019-03-14T04:47:24.648+00:00Hello again. Bravo to you sir, for not only doing ...Hello again. Bravo to you sir, for not only doing me a solid by switching this download to mega, but also managing to get Blade Runner to work in Win 10! You've got a tip coming your way. Enjoy a pint or two on me! Thanks againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-28882048507156237552019-03-14T01:41:27.723+00:002019-03-14T01:41:27.723+00:00Yes, definitely. Don't know why that's not...Yes, definitely. Don't know why that's not the default option.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-59230477110934237572019-03-13T21:18:48.441+00:002019-03-13T21:18:48.441+00:00Well done. I can confirm that the shooting range b...Well done. I can confirm that the shooting range bug is also history. Everything works flawlessly now. This is an amazing package, and I hope more people will find it.<br /><br />One hint to people: They should go to the Menu at the start and pick "User Choice" in the conversation options, so that they can see and choose the dialogue options.James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-80400312634260115842019-03-13T11:15:42.627+00:002019-03-13T11:15:42.627+00:00As for the shooting range bug, I'll have to in...As for the shooting range bug, I'll have to investigate. I thought at the beginning of the game the targets are removed, but loading an old save proves otherwise. It could be a timing issue, so dxWnd could fix it.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-42088889260850202019-03-13T10:23:12.383+00:002019-03-13T10:23:12.383+00:00Whenever I do an update, I change the recommended ...Whenever I do an update, I change the recommended link on the right. When there's enough of them to talk about I'll then write a separate post talking about them. Since my last one Dark Seed II and Ecstatica have also been updated.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-67764158333957223722019-03-12T19:42:06.620+00:002019-03-12T19:42:06.620+00:00Thanks, Noorz! I can confirm this patch, incorpora...Thanks, Noorz! I can confirm this patch, incorporated into version 3, allows the game to run now.James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-69950749882370220222019-03-12T19:35:59.656+00:002019-03-12T19:35:59.656+00:00Version 3 works for me now! (Windows 10, x64, Dell...Version 3 works for me now! (Windows 10, x64, Dell laptop) I can use any EXE, and I can confirm that the ESPER device bug is history. However, unlike Randolph, I still have no targets in my practice shooting range. However, this little bug shouldn't matter, should it? Presumably the game is still completable, because I can shoot targets in the real world. Regrettably, I tested this by shooting dead an innocent homeless man.<br /><br />I'm glad I was browsing and accidentally noticed this update. I might have missed it. If there are major updates like this, perhaps they could be mentioned on the front page, for other users who would miss them. It's just a suggestion.James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-16310964560974359882019-02-25T14:58:51.177+00:002019-02-25T14:58:51.177+00:00No probs. It's one of my faves too.No probs. It's one of my faves too.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.com