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If you could try http://lidskialf.net/kif-0.4-PRETEST4.zip I've made a layout manager which does nothing in case this is what the KDX is objecting to. |
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10-19-2010, 01:25 PM | #32 |
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Tested and... it works!
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10-19-2010, 01:38 PM | #33 |
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I was using the enter button. The select button does the trick. Do you still need the log?
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I've spend the last coupe of days playing a lot of games in with KIF and everything works fine, but yesterday I try to play Slouch Towards Bedlan but looks like didn't work fine.Whe I type any action (x desk, look,...) the games didn't show any response, if I hit [Enter], without type new orders, I get an error about the empty line but then the games show the answer for the previous command.Weird.
The game runs Ok in Gargoyle, on Windows (same z-code archive I tried on the kindle). I get this new log.txt Quote:
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Working great on my K3G running 3.0.3! Thanks!
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Old DAT Files
Thanks Adq, for this great Z machine interpreter.
I have loved these games for 30 years. Note it also loads the z5 version of Adventure. One thing you might want to easily fix, is to add the ability to load the *.DAT files Infocom originally shipped their games as. Frotz has this capability. A work-around is to open your DAT file in a hex editor. The first digit is the z machine version of your DAT file, usually 3. Then rename the file from *.DAT to *.z#, where # is the digit you found. The DAT files from the Lost Treasures of Infocom work when renamed as follows: z3: BALLYHOO, CUTTHROA, DEADLINE, ENCHANTE, HOLLYWOO, INFIDEL, LEATHER, LURKING, MOONMIST, PLANETFA, PLUNDERE, SEASTALK, SORCERER, SPELLBRE, STARCROS, STATIONF, SUSPECT, SUSPEND, WISHBRIN, WITNESS, ZORK1, ZORK2, ZORK3 z4: AMFV, BUREAUCR, NORDANDB, TRINITY z5: BEYONDZO, BORDERZO, HITCHHIK, SHERLOCK Note that z5 versions of LEATHER, ZORK1, ZORK2, and ZORK3 exist. The last 3 (and possibly all 4) are freely downloadable. I have not yet tried renaming ZORKZERO.ZIP to ZORKZERO.z6, but I rather doubt if this will work. |
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Just thought I'd add some useful code for those who want the flexibility to be able to download games and play them on the fly.
Firstly install the FreeDownload Hack. This will allow you to download whatever files you wish, but you need to let the Kindle know which ones, so open the freedownload.conf in the freedownload folder and add z3 z4 z5 z6 z8 and zblorb to the ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS line. ie mine looks like this: ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS='pdf epub rtf zip cbz mp3 ogg z3 z4 z5 z6 z8 zblorb' Then, in that same freedownload.conf file add the following lines: DOWNLOAD_DIR_z3=/mnt/us/developer/kif/work DOWNLOAD_DIR_z4=/mnt/us/developer/kif/work DOWNLOAD_DIR_z5=/mnt/us/developer/kif/work DOWNLOAD_DIR_z6=/mnt/us/developer/kif/work DOWNLOAD_DIR_z8=/mnt/us/developer/kif/work DOWNLOAD_DIR_zblorb=/mnt/us/developer/kif/work You will then be able to download any of those files from within the browser, and be able to play them straight away. NOTE: The FreeDownload hack only works in wifi, not when browsing with 3G. You can download from any of your favourite games sites - the IFDB, Baf's guide to the Interactive Fiction Archive, etc. I find the IF Database a good source with direct links and informative reviews. These games are sorted by rating (the 'best' first), but you can click on the search function and do your own search if you want to look for a genre or era of game, game name, etc. To make it easier for next time you might even like to add a bookmark. Aaand you're done. You can search for and add any game you like, directly from your Kindle, and not have to plug into your computer whenever you want to play something new. Hope this helped. Happy Gaming! Last edited by Tanga; 12-01-2011 at 08:41 PM. Reason: Readability |
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Aw, too bad...not K5 compatible ;(
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err... this is a z-machine engine thingy right?
K5... https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...40&postcount=4 |
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KIF alternate Z files
Could anyone post the amendments/amended file which allows other z games such as .z8 (e.g. Lost Pig) to work.. I know it exists out there somewhere.
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