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Run Time System Changes.1993-08-23.txt
**** Run time system changes *****
* *
* In reverse chronological order *
* *
**********************************
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Ver 1.001.097 8/23/93
ChriSmith
fileCopy was added as a new sub-function to the kernel FileIO function. Two
arguments are required: source-file name and destination-file name. A zero
return indicates success; a non-zero return indicates failure.
Possible DOS error return codes:
2 file or path not found
9 file locked
13 file specified is a directory or file is read-only or share violation
17 file can't be created
24 too many files opened
28 device is full
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.095 5/25/93
ChriSmith
The command line argument -? (or any invalid argument) when passed to the
non-debug interpreter (SIERRA.EXE) will display the internal version stamp
number associated with a game. Additionally, an interpreter-game version
mismatch or failure to version-stamp a game will result in immediate (rather
than delayed) termination of the interpreter.
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Ver 1.001.094 5/25/93
Martin Peters
Changes where made to allow transparent views. Color 254 is now used to
represent that the color in the v map should be remaped via the remapBuffer
which is set by a kernel call. The remapBuffer is loaded with either a
range modification (all color in range x to y are inc/dec by z) or a percent
lumination (all colors remaped to best matched of x persent of color.) if no
remaping is specified 254 is treated as skip. A depth of transparency was
added and works on a priority depth.
Example:
a 254 color view at priority 8 is placed over a picture with both pri of 7
and 3. if the remap has no depth specified then the remap view remaps all
of the picture below but, if a depth of 2 is specified then the view will
modify the priority 7 or even pri 6 color in the vmap but not colors a 3 or
even 5 will be remaped. this allow a depth of field translation.
the call value is kernel 123 and is call with the following parms
call type
0 = remap by percent
1 = remap by index
2 = remap off
if type = 0
follow by
percent illumination
[depth of field]
if type = 1
follow by
start range
end range inclusive
remap quantity (how much to add or subtract from index)
depth of field
if type = 2
no other vars
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.092 4/27/93
ChriSmith
SCI.EXE is now the only version of the interpreter with debug. It can be
used to run both file-based games and volume-based games. (Actually, there
is a temporary version of SCI.EXE called SCITESTR.EXE which is used to run
the tester... it will soon/eventually be deleted when the SCI system classes
can once again manage menu bars.)
SIERRA.EXE is now the only version of the interpreter without debug. It can
be used to run both file-based games and volume-based games.
The dongle-specific version of the interpreter (BETA.EXE) is defunct. We
now use STAMPVER.EXE to encript a trackable version stamp into each pre-
release version of a game before it is sent out to beta testers, reviewers,
etc. SIERRA.EXE will timeout with an error if STAMPVER has not been run
against it and the corresponding game volume resource.
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Ver 1.001.091 4/13/93
Ed Critchlow
Added support for the ARIA sound board to use EMS memory. The DoLoad
function in both fileload.c and volload.c was modified to use EMS memory
if sound patch 10 is being used (the ARIA sound patch). Also fixed a bug
in memmgr.s function GetHandle which trashed bp. Sound.c was modified
in the InitSound function to check if the ARIA driver is being used and
if it is call DoLoad. Sci.c was changed slightly to make sure InitSound
made a call to ARM before ARM got the rest of memory.
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Ver 1.001.090 4/13/93
ChriSmith
ARM audio buffering is always used if ARM is available. The 'audioSize=nX'
convention described in version 1.001.086 reverts to 'audioSize=nK' where
n is the number of K-bytes of conventional memory to dedicate to audio
buffering only if ARM is not available (default is 4K).
An immediate 'done' cue is generated if there is a digital sample for a
particular sound number but no midi equivalent and the user is not using
a DAC driver.
If a digital sample is specified for the Init of a Sound Object and the
user is not using a DAC driver and subsequently a midi resource is specified
for the Play of that same Sound Object with no intervening Init... the
interpreter will effect a (re)Init of the Sound Object just before executing
the Play.
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Ver 1.001.89
Mark Wilden
More pre-SCI32 cleansing. Removed all externs, externdefs and protos
(except for local functions) from source files and put them in header files.
Moved global variables from SCI.C to their appropriate source files, and
their declarations from SCI.H/.I to the appropriate header files. Moved
declarations from SAVEVARS.H/.I to their appropriate header files, so a
source file only needs to include the headers that it's interested in,
instead of all the headers that the old SAVEVARS.H/.I depended on.
Split MOUSE.S into MOUSE.C and MOUSEASM.S. Split INTRPT.S into INTRPT.C
Changed most variables that began with uppercase to lowercase. Put typedefs
with struct definitions.
Removed all warnings generated by Borland C++ and included a special symbol
that BC++ needs. The interpreter is now completely BC++ compatible.
Removed unused global and local variables and functions (saving hunk and
a little heap). Put Send() inline instead of calling a function.
Removed unused parameters, such as the palette parameter to DrawPic, the
mode parameter to InsertPalette and RSetDanPalette, the realYDim parameter
to ScaleDrawCel.
Fixed bug where GetCelWide, GetCelHigh, GetCelXOfs, GetCelYOfs and
SetNewDim didn't protect DI.
118 files changed!
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Ver 1.001.087 3/29/93
ChriSmith
Audio resources are now built into two distinct Volumes via MAKEMAPS.EXE:
RESOURCE.SFX for .AUD and .WAV files (typically sound effects) and
RESOURCE.AUD for @*.* (typically speech), #*.* (SOL syncs) and _*.* (BSTAR
rave syncs). RESOURCE.SFX should always be copied at install time to the
current directory just as RESOURCE.000. RESOURCE.AUD may exist in any
directory on any device so long as an 'audio=' line exists in RESOURCE.CFG
to locate it.
Note: There is a new MAKEMAPS.EXE (dated 3/29/93 or later) and a new
AUDDCOMP.EXE (dated 3/29/93 or later) corresponding to this version of
the interpreter.
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Ver 1.001.086 3/23/93
ChriSmith
Added support for buffering audio samples to ARM memory. Currently, audio
ARM allocation is fixed at 32K with an additional 6K of conventional memory
allocated for audio DMA and IO transfers. ARM audio buffering is activated
by including the where-file or cfg-file directive 'audioSize=nX' where n
is the number of K-bytes of conventional memory to allocate in the event
of ARM allocation failure (e.g. audioSize=12X).
Note: There are new audio drivers (dated 3/23/93 or later) corresponding to
this version of the interpreter.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Wilden
Added support for using ARM memory separately from resource management.
Added functions AltResMemAlloc() to get memory, ARMRead() and ARMWrite() to
access it, ARMFree() to release it, and ARMCritical() as a semaphore to
determine if we're in ARM code. ARMRead() and ARMWrite() allow moving
memory to/from an offset in the ARM allocation.
Added Get32KEMS() and Free32KEMS() to allow access to 32K of EMS memory that
will remain at the top of the page frame and so can be accessed like normal
DOS memory.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.082 3/15/93
Mark Wilden
More pre-SCI32 cleansing. Broken PMACHINE.S up into PMACHINE.C and
PMACHASM.S. Broke START.S up into START.C and STARTASM.S. Moved dongle
code to DONGLE.S. Did more cleanup as below, including culling and sorting
#includes, removing unused variables and functions, and moving externs into
the correct header files. Not released.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.081 3/11/93
ChriSmith
The kernel function 'KDbugStr' will scroll text to a second monitor. It
takes a single argument: a near sring to display or 1 to select the lower
text page or 2 to select the second text page or 0 to clear the current
text page.
The 'xlate=' directive can be used to display the Enlish equivalent of
foreign text (or visa-versa) to a second monitor.
If a resource can not be found or is incorrectly flagged and the user elects
to abort the game, debug (if present) will be activated before quitting.
The precedence of alternate resources relative to patches is dependent upon
the location of RESOURCE.MSG in the list of patchDir specifications. Only
patches found in 'earlier' or the same directory as the equivalent resource
in RESOURCE.MSG will be used.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.080 3/10/93
Mark Wilden
The main thrust of these changes was to move some functions from assembly
files to C files for ease in porting, especially to SCI32. In so doing,
I did some cleaning up, fixed a bug or two and added some minor features.
Moved many externdefs out of .S file and into .I files where they belong.
Removed LINT_ARGS from many header files, as well as unnecessary 'extern's
on function declarations. Changed some function definitions to use ANSI
argument lists instead of K&R. Sorted many lists of include files so that
duplications can be seen and to avoid order dependencies. Header files
should include all the header files they need, and no more. Moved some
typedefs from TYPES.H to their appropriate header files. For instance,
Obj is now typedefed in OBJECT.H. Passing code through BC++ let me see some
local variables that weren't being accessed, which were removed. Added some
casts to remove conflicts between signed and unsigned character comparisons,
and comparing signed values to -1.
Profiling code was made conditional on PROFILER, which reduces the size of
the code when profiling is not used (as now).
If the user misspells the name of an object he is inspecting or breaking
on, he can edit the name, instead of using memory location 0.
The send stack now shows the address of a disposed object instead of ???.
Moved some debugging functions from OBJECT.S to DEBUG.C. Moved other
functions from OBJECT.S to OBJECT.C. OBJECT.S was renamed OBJASM.S.
GetProperty and SetProperty now abort the program if an invalid property
is accessed. This change immediately made Animate() abort because it was
still accessing the nonexistent 'palette' property of View. Taking this
access out will speed up Animate(). If you need to determine if a property
is valid, GetPropAddr will return 0 if the property is invalid.
E_INVALID_PROPERTY was added to the error messages. MacGetPropAddr was
renamed GetPropAddrMacro so it wouldn't sound like a Macintosh function.
FreeHeap() wasn't saving DI, which sometimes crashed the program after
resources were viewed.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.077
Mark Wilden
Moved PanicMsgOutput from DOS.C to ERRMSG.C. Cleaned out some LINT_ARGS
from ERRMSG.C.
ChriSmith
The functionality of RESOURCE.MSG/MESSAGE.MAP has been expanded to permit
resources of any type. The MAKEVOLS -m option can be used to build these
special files via the MESSAGE.TXT file (which functions identically to the
RESOURCE.TXT file). The expanded purpose of RESOURCE.MSG is to serve as
a collection of language-dependent resources. Consequently, RESOURCE.000
should contain only language-independent resources. The sequence for
locating resources is (1) patch files; (2) RESOURCE.MSG; (3) RESOURCE.000;
(4) load error.
Audio and sync resources can be queued up to 10 sequences deep via the new
kernel calls (DoSync QueueSync) and (DoAudio Queue). These two calls can
be made in any order or interspersed, but there must be one call to (DoSync
Start) for the first sync and one call to (DoAudio Play) for the first audio.
The (DoAudio Play) call (and optional (DoAudio WPlay) call must follow all
related (DoAudio Queue) calls. A call to (DoAudio Stop) will flush all
audios queued and (DoSync StopSync) will flush all syncs queued.
(DoSound Stop) called directly or indirectly will only stop a dac sample
if the sound number matches the sound number of the sample playing.
(DoAudio Stop) can be called to stop any dac sample playing.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.076 2/26/93
Mark Wilden
Added rename() function and (FileIO fileRename) kernel call.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.073 1/15/93
ChriSmith
.WAV resources (Microsoft WAVE audio files) are now recognized by the
interpreter; .CDA resources (CD 'Redbook' audio files) are no longer
recognized as such. .WAV resources can co-exist in a game with .AUD and
.SND resources. The order of selection for a particular 'sound' number
is x.AUD then x.WAV and lastly x.SND.
Base-36 audio and sync files can now be included as patches. The desig-
nations 'audio=' and 'sync=' can be used in RESOURCE.CFG to specify all
of the paths to scan for audio and sync resources.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.072 1/15/93
ChriSmith
Bug fix for the -w command-line option which existed since it was first
coded but was only unmasked by changes made in Ver 1.001.071.
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Ver 1.001.071 1/15/93
ChriSmith
New kernel call 'SetQuitStr' (= 135) takes one near string argument
(typically a message) which it will display at the DOS screen when the
interpreter exits. If multiple calls to SetQuitStr are made, only the
last will be honored. The maximum number of characters displayed will
be 255.
An unrecognized command-line argument (such as -?) will result in the
version number of the interpreter being displayed (and, if it is a 'debug'
interpreter, a list of valid command-line arguments). The interpreter
will then exit. This feature can be used without any other files being
present.
The CD-ROM drive is located via the AUDIO= line in the where or cfg file.
If no such line exists, then it is assumed that the current drive is the
CD-ROM drive.
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Ver 1.001.070 1/15/93
ChriSmith
Modified PatchDir syntax and all pertinent patch-management routines to
permit more than one path specification for locating resource patches.
If PatchDir is omitted, just the current directory will be used for
locating patches; if PatchDir is specified then the current directory will
not be used for locating patches unless it is explicitly named. Directories
are scanned in PatchDir-specified order and duplicate resources are bypassed.
CD-ROM audio 'red-book' functionality is re-introduced in part into the
interpreter. Currently, the red-book driver must be named 'AUDCDROM.DRV'
and must be located in the same directory as the audio driver that was loaded.
If no audio driver was sucessfully initialized then no red-book audio can be
played.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.069 1/12/93
Mark Wilden
Added capability to specify arbitrary characters in message text with \xx
syntax.
Trapped | character in edit controls, since it's a control character for
text output.
Added (Message MsgGetKey @vals) kernel call to retrieve the module, noun,
verb, case and sequence number of the last message retrieved by (Message
MsgGet) or (Message MsgNext).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.068 12/30/92
Larry Scott
Changed end point calculation for container polygons when OPT = 0.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.067 12/15/92
Larry Scott
Put timing loops in the show styles for picture drawing.
They were drawing too fast on 486 machines.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.066 12/14/92
Mark Wilden
Added new Message kernel functions:
MsgGetRefNoun, MsgGetRefVerb and MsgGetRefCase, which return the appropriate
value, or -1 if the message isn't found.
MsgPush and MsgPop which save the current iterator state, so that a
sequence of messages can be displayed without interfering with a previous
sequence.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.065 12/10/92
Larry Scott
Fix on avoider for container polygons. Going from one container to another.
See main1.c and test76.bat.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.064 12/08/92
Larry Scott
Changed sci.c method of getting the resource.cfg directory for Terry McHenry.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.063 12/07/92
Larry Scott
Changed getpath.c and getpath.h to fix container polygons. Also changed some
code for clarity.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.063 12/07/92
Jack Magne
Terry M. made changes to sci.c and savegame.c where saveDir is set to where
the where file is located.
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Ver 1.001.062 12/02/92
Larry Scott
Made some changes to getpath.c for container polygons. See Main55.c and
test75.bat in the regression test suite.
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Ver 1.001.061 11/25/92
Larry Scott
Made some changes to getpath.c for container polygons. In some cases the
path generated did not extend as far as was possible. See Main54.c and
test74.bat in the regression test suite.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.061 11/18/92
Larry Scott
Changed the keyboard polling from 6 ticks to 1 tick. This was to prevent
animation cycles from going by while there was a keyboard event waiting
to be posted. Along with this change is a change to the audio drivers to
intercept the keyboard events to signal the audio driver that a keyboard
interrupt is in progress. This is because there will always be a small
window where the audio driver can be invoked while in the keyboard driver.
If this interpreter is used without the new drivers lockups will result!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.060 11/11/92
Ed Critchlow
Made local coordinates global for dialog box text selection
Ver 1.001.059 11/10/92
Ed Critchlow
Fixed a bug caused by not setting "acc" in kernel.c only
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Ver 1.001.058 11/06/92
Jack Magne'
Fixed a bug caused by the previous fix regarding stopUpdated, scaled views.
Ed C.
Created the ability to select words in dialog box with mouse.
Ver 1.001.043
Jack Magne 10/21/92
Fixed a bug where a stopUpdated, scaled view fails to erase itself
from the screen when its dispose method is invoked.
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Ver 1.001.042
Martin Peters 9/1/92
Added new random number generator to math.s. It now uses a 32 bit seed and
returns a 32 bit value. Changed Kernel.c to use the middle 16 bits of the
32 bit random as a multiplier on the range of value. once the range is scaled
by the random 16bits it is then shifted left 16 to obtain a random value
between 0 and (range - 1) this is added to the low ofset to obtain a random
value between low and high. Also the seed set and retrievel is done by
passing a single 16bit pointer to a 32 bit location @(array size 2) in the
first parameter to set or in the third to recieve the seed.
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Ver 1.001.041
Larry Scott 8/27/92
Added default cursor view to the interpreter. If 998.v56 exits, loop 0 cel 0
of that view will be the default cursor. If not the default cursor will be
the cursor in the driver.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.041
Larry Scott 8/27/92
Fixed bug in getpath.c. It concerned a BAP polygon within a TAP polygon.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.039
Larry Scott 8/12/92
Added error check for returning heap at an odd address.
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Ver 1.001.039
Chad Bye 8/12/92
Changed SAVEGAME.C to use PK Implode compression instead of RLE.
Added two new kernel calls: Record and PlayBack. All sci events and
mouse movements can now be recorded and saved to a file for playback.
The format for these functions is:
(Record flag <filename>)
(PlayBack flag <filename>)
flag=TRUE turns the function on, flag=FALSE turns it off.
If a filename is not supplied, data is written to sci_evt.mac.
The macro file is a text file which can be edited if necessary.
The format for the file is:
eventPollCnt, event type, event message, event modifiers, event y,
event x
There must be a blank line seperating each event.
These functions will only work in the debug interpreters.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.038
Mark Wilden 8/11/92
Upped message stack size to five entries.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.037
Martin Peters 8/11/92
Added Fix to scaling. Changes included from IBMNEXT. changes to scale.c
to calculate ne offset values within cells. Changes to CELS.S to use new
scaled offset in calculating cel positions and procedures to return current
offset values. Finally changed animate to include new calls to these
procedures to scale offsets.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.036
Mark Wilden 8/11/92
Support ME 4 message file format. Support reference fields, where one
message points to others.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 2.000.014
Jack Magne
Improved operation of the SetCursor call that restricts the cursor to a
rectangular area.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 2.000.013
Martin Peters
Modified animate to scale the x and y offsets of scaled cels so they are
drawn relative to a proportional x and y origin point in the cel. This
removes the hopping look for cels with movers.
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Ver 2.000.011
Chad Bye 7/27/92
Added text codes to support multi-color and multi-font text messages.
Two new kernel calls were added for this: TextColors and TextFonts.
TextColors and TextFonts are used to initialize the colors and fonts
that can be used in text messages. The format for the new functions is:
(TextColors <color 0> <color 1> <color 2> ...)
(TextFonts <font 0> <font 1> <font 2> ...)
The following text codes can now be inserted in any string:
|c#| - Text following this code will be color # in the text colors table.
|c| - Text following this code will be the default window color.
|f#| - Text following this code will be font # in the text fonts table.
|f| - Text following this code will be the default window font.
|| - Prints the character '|'
Changed ERRMSG.C. There is no longer an ErrMsg function. Panic and
RAlert have both been changed to accept a message number (which is
loaded from INTERP.ERR) instead of a string. These functions also
have a variable length argument list, so formatted strings can still
be used.
Added many error messages to INTERP.ERR because of the above change.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.029
ChriSmith 6/1/92
Audio samples can now follow the same NOUN-VERB convention as Msg resources
and/or follow the standard resource-naming convention (e.g. 123.AUD). A
makevols-like utility named MAKEMAPS.EXE is used to combine individual
audio samples into room-specific .MAP resources which are then built into
volumes in the same manner as all other resource types (*.AUD samples are
built into 0.MAP). RESOURCE.AUD is generated in the process which can be
split across floppies and recombined at install-time just as RESOURCE.000.
CFG/WHERE files now recognize the individual lines audioSize=?K (default is
now 8K), audioDisk=YES or NO (default is YES; specify NO if your game does
not stream audio from disk -- that will save you half-a-K of hunk) and
audioPort=xxx (default is 220 hex; this line only has meaning to Sound
Blasters). The parameters 'size=', 'disk=' and 'port=' (which use to be on
the audioDrv= line) are no longer recognized.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.028
Mark Wilden 6/1/92
Fixed ERRMSG.C to allocate larger buffer for preloaded error messages.
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Ver 1.001.027
Mark Wilden 5/29/92
Preload error message for ARM checksum failure to avoid memory allocation
while displaying it.
INTERP.ERR changed.
Larry Scott 5/28/92
Added new function to PalVary kernel call. PALVARYTARGET will allow a custom
palette to be inserted into the target palette.
The DrawControl routine now looks at the NoShowBits flag instead of the
PicNotValid flag.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ver 1.001.026
Mark Wilden 5/27/92
ARM now keeps its pageMaps in hunk instead of heap, saving even more heap.
Code was generalized to remove duplication, which saves hunk.
Mark Wilden 5/28/92
Changed name of KCheck() to KResCheck().
Larry Scott 5/26/92
Changed kernel call to KPicNotValid to set NoShowBits instead of PicNotValid.
Also KDrawCel now looks at NoShowBits to determine if ShowBits is to be
called. The SCI programmer show not be modifying PicNotValid.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Wilden
5/22/92 Ver. 1.001.025
Improved ARM checksum failure message. If ARM detects that the data it
retrieves from EMS/XMS/Extended memory is not the same that it wrote, it
aborts with a message telling the user to run Install and choose not to
use his extra memory.
INTERP.ERR changed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Wilden
5/20/92 Ver. 1.001.024
Fixed ARM bugs introduced by Jeff in the MASM 6.0 conversion and Tom Shimada
in conditional compile for NEC9801. The first reversed an error condition
when running with no memory manager. The second didn't store data when
using XMS (as with QEMM with the FR=NONE parameter).
Made ARM pagemaps dynamic, which will save at least 2K of heap.
Removed VRAM, which will save another K.
Generalized some ARM code, which will help hunk.
Made ARM checksumming always on. If ARM detects that the data it stored
is bad, it will Panic out, instead of letting things proceed with the
bad data.
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Larry Scott
5/15/92 Ver. 1.001.023
Changes to allow PalVary work for save, restore and restart.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Wilden
5/12/92 Ver. 1.001.022
Fixed several bugs in FILEIO.S where drive letters were assumed to be in
lower case and where RGetFreeSpace didn't return default drive space when
passed 0.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Magne
5/11/92 Ver. 1.001.021
Added a special effects cursor that can be used for various effects like
magnification and see-through.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Larry Scott
5/11/92 Ver. 1.001.021
Added code to make PalVary work under the ega640.drv driver. The change
will always happen instantly under EGA. Also added the variable NumberColors
that's set by the video driver.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChriSmith
5/11/92 Ver. 1.001.021
Added three new where/config file arguments that are placed on the
audioDrv= line: size=nK (default n is 4) disk=x (default x is YES
which means audio samples can be played directly from disk; NO will
cause the audio drivers to purge direct-disk play support, saving about
1K memory space) port=x (default is 220 hex).
Added static buffer to audio support that does not span a 64K boundary
so that continuous DMA can be utilized for sample playback. The actual
buffer allocated depends on the size= argument as described above.
Added kernel function KCheck (works just like KLoad but returns TRUE/FALSE
instead of handle if the specified resource(s) can be located -- no read
will take place).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Larry Scott
5/4/92 Ver. 1.001.021
Added debug commands k and K which break on a specific kernel call. k is
break once and K is a sticky break. When you enter k or K you will be
prompted for the specific kernel call number. i.e. 113 is KPalVary.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corey Cole
5/5/92 Ver. 1.001.020
Fixed a bug in script.c which caused crashes in Mixed-Up Mother Goose
and potentially corrupted memory in other games.
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Larry Scott
5/4/92 Ver. 1.001.020
Expanded the functionality of CheckFreeSpace. See below for a description
of the kernel call:
If only path argument
{
Return boolean, there is enough free space
on the disk in 'path' to save a game.
}
else
{
If Arg2 = 0
{
Return the amount of space needed to save
the game in K
}
If Arg2 = 1
{
Return the amount of free space in K up
to 32Meg
}
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Larry Scott
5/4/92 Ver. 1.001.020
A bug fix was made to MergePoly in getpath.c the bug fixes regression
test #101 in the set of regression tests for getpath.c.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Magne Ver. 1.001.016
4/29/92
This version includes Corey Cole's new fill routine which is designed to save
heap storage. Also Larry's Pal Vary scheme has been made more accurate over
short time intervals. I have included fixes for the polygon based avoider
and the ShakeScreen kernel call. Chris Smith has fixed a bug that resulted
in sampled sound calls returning false information to the apps programmers.
Corey also eliminated the "Brush" routine in DrawPic, which will now give
a PANIC error message, and made changes to the debug routines to reduce
stack usage (including some changes made by Larry).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Magne Ver. 1.001.015
4/24/92
This version includes Chris Smith's fix to allow volume based interpreters
to work with message files. Dan Foy has fixed a bug that caused the
interpreter to trash views saved with q3 compression.
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John Magne Ver. 1.001.014
4/21/92
Pal Varying scheme will now work correctly when running the interpreter
with the -p option in effect.
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John Magne Ver. 1.001.013
4/21/92
Fixed bugs to allow the Pal Varying scheme to work smoothly on room changes.
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John Magne Ver. 1.001.012
4/20/92
Fixed minor bug in the Brush sub function of routine of DrawPic. Was
causing occasional lockups on room changes.
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John Magne Ver. 1.001.011
4/17/92
Fixed a bug in midi.s that was resulting in writing data to memory
reserved for the operating system. This was causing various QEMM
exceptions. We are still using the pre Masm 6.0 version of midi.s
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John Magne Ver. 1.001.010
4/15/92
Retrieved the last version of midi.s and midi.i that used
Masm 5.1 to attempt to remove bugs created by the conversion
to Masm 6.0.
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4/6/92 - John Magne
Fixed problem that resulted in overlays being drawn backwards.
4/1/92 - Mark Wilden
Added MsgSize function to Message kernel call. The calling syntax is
(= size (Message MsgSize module noun verb case sequence))
The function returns the size of the buffer needed to store the message,
including the trailing NULL. A blank message returns 1. A missing
message returns 0. Stage directions (all caps inside parentheses) are
included in the length
Fixed Panic message.
3/15/92 - John Magne
Added support for the dynamic scaling of views. Thus views can be
sized depending upon their position on the screen or under direct
control of the programmer.
3/3/92 - Jeff Stephenson
"Make"ing the system now does a number of version-control related tasks.
First, it creates the file 'info.c' including the VCSID of the person
making the interpreter, the date/time of the make, the version number,
the path of the directory in which the make is executing, and a comment
from the file .\comment\comment. Make is then invoked recursivly after
this is created and since all interpreters depend on this file, all
interpreters are then rebuilt.
Once the interpreters have been successfully built, all version controlled
files in .\vcs are stamped with the current version number. While this
takes some time, it allows the source for any module to be retrieved by
version number.
Two utilities are required for this process and should be in your
execution path (they are present in i:\interp\sci\ibm):
inc_it: Increments the last three digits of a dotted version
number in a specified file.
inc_it version.dat
increments the version number in 'version.dat'.
oneline: Writes its parameters to stdout as a single line. Any string
bracketed by '@' is interpreted as the name of a file which is
to be included in the output line. Thus, if the file 'test.dat'
consisted of the string "is a", the command
oneline This @test.dat@ test
would produce
This is a test
on stdout. The '\' character works as an escape character,
allowing an '@' to be included, if necessary.
Borland C++ source code for these utilities is in i:\interp\sci\tools\utils.
The assembly language preprocessor for Intel code (as.exe and ap86.exe)
are now obsolete. All assembly source code for the interpreter has been
converted to use the MASM 6.0 structured assembly constructs, which are
far superior.
***** PLEASE use these constructs rather than labels and jumps! *****
If you don't have a copy of MASM 6.0, get one from Larry.
8/08/91 - ChriSmith
Restructured map file layout: All resource entries are ordered by
type and subordered by id; bits pertaining to type are removed from
each individual entry allowing ids to ranged up to 65536; index table
at head of map file indicates where each resource type group starts --
its format is 1-byte resource type followed by 2-byte offset from
start of map file to first resource of that type -- indexes are also
sorted by type but can not be indexed into since gaps may arise from
no resources of a specific type; the last index is followed by a byte
of 255 and 2-bytes of map file size (so that a specific resource entry
can be found by binary searching its type group).
Auto-patch table generation: A table of (byte)types/(word)ids is
generated upon game start or restart so that resource patch search begins
with a memory-resident table look-up rather than a disk(disc in the
worse case of CDROM) search. A .cfg file entry of patchDir=directory
indicates where feed for the table generation may lie (no patchDir
entry defaults to current directory).
7/11/91 - Mark Wilden
Added MSG resource type. These are used in text versions of games to
store text messages that are mirrored in sync and audio files in CD
versions. Added
GetMessage(int module, int talker, int msg, char* buffer)
to access this resource from the interpreter and a KGetMessage() wrapper
to access from SCI.
5/27/91 - Pablo Ghenis
Internal rearrangement of functions and variables in SCI modules (both C
and assembler) in order to improve code reusability, size and speed (yes.
there IS a free lunch!). This set of changes affects i:\interp\sci, which
contains programs SCI and MAKEVOLS. To get the full benefit of these
changes, they should also migrate as soon as possible to i:\interp\sci\sc
and i:\interp\sci\parscomp.
The following conventions are now observed (anyone linked with the
generation and compilation of non-compliant code will be summarily
executed!):
1. There are no extern declarations within .c or .s files,
only within .h and .i files. There are no duplicates.
2. Each public symbol (variable or function) is declared in a header file
with the same name as the source file that provides it.
For example, Panic is a procedure provided by start.s, so it is
externally declared in start.i (for .s files to include) and also in
start.h (for .c files that invoke Panic).
This will make it easier to find things in the interpreter directory,
since all one has to do is type:
GREP foo *.h *.i
to find out where "foo" is defined, since the source file is
guaranteed to have the same name as the header file that declared it.
3. All symbols that exist in the standard C header files (ie. those
provided by Microsoft C) are declared in a file that has the same
name. For example, our SCI directory contains a file named STDLIB.H
that contains the prototype for atoi(strptr s), since this is where
atoi is found in the standard header file set. To comply with (2)
there is now a stdlib.c that resolves all externals declared in
stdlib.h
This will make it much easier to share source modules among the
different tools we use, most of which include the standard header
files (except the interpreter!). For example, if we now include our
own version of string.h we are guaranteed NOT to redefine symbols
provided by other header files, unlike the previous situation where
the order of inclusion was critical to make sure that we "won" in case
of redefinitions.
4. All symbols that are local to a module are now declared "static near",
which makes code smaller AND faster. All external symbols are declared
global. Every symbol is explicitly tagged as EITHER global OR static
near, to improve readability. The interpreter is now about 2300 bytes
smaller, and a bit faster as well.
5. All programs now compile and link with ZERO warnings in i:\interp\sci.
This will prevent new warnings from being overlooked, since there are
not supposed to be any.
3/14/91 - Mark Wilden
Updated from foreign language interpreter. Changes involved calling
StrSplit where appropriate, different parameters to TextSize, StrSplit
and GetFarText, adding NEC9801 conditional code. Files changed: DEBUG.C
DIALOG.C FARDATA.C KERNEL.C LANGUAGE.C MENU.C TEXT.C WINDOW.C KERNDISP.S
FARDATA.H KERNEL.H LANGUAGE.H TEXT.H.
STRSPLIT.C/.H was renamed LANGUAGE.C/.H.
3/1/91 - Mark Wilden
soundDrv entry in WHERE and RESOURCE.CFG enhanced to allow a hex number
following name of the driver (with whitespace in between), which initializes
soundPort variable.
2/22/91 - Mark Wilden
memoryDrv entry added to WHERE file and RESOURCE.CFG. If it's NO or no,
ARM isn't used. This for the benefit of INSTALL. The -a flag is still
available. Changed SCI.C and RESNAME.C.
2/11/91 - Mark Wilden
VGA320.DRV now returns 256 on Detect (instead of -1).
1/30/91 - Mark Wilden
Support for multiple extensions in where files added. OpenResFile added
to RESNAME.C which looks for resources with various extensions as well as
in multiple paths. MAKEVOLS reads a where file to find its resources.
Routines common to FILELOAD and VOLLOAD moved into RESNAME. All
programs default to new resource names. SCI*.EXE defaults to using ARM,
and -a turns it off. Removed useNewResNames parameter from ResNameMake,
which accounts for most of the files changed:
DOS.C RESOURCE.H RESNAME.C VOLLOAD.C FILELOAD.C SCI.C DEBUG.C for SCI*.EXE.
MAKEVOLS.C MAKEVOLS.MAK for SCI.EXE
SC.DEC UPDATE.C VOCAB.C SC.H INPUT.C OBJCODE.C CLASS.C TEXT.C SC.C for SC.EXE
VC.C DC.C CTC.BAT GC.BAT MKVOCAB.GAM MKVOCAB.SYS for parse tools.
1/16/91 - Mark Wilden
Support for extended memory and XMS memory ARM types has been added. Files
changed: ALTRES.C. Files added: XMS.S EXTMEM.S.
1/14/91 - Mark Wilden
A different way of naming resource files was added (0.v56 instead of
view.000, e.g.). Wherever possible, programs call ResNameMake() to
create the name based on the presence of the -N flag. Files changed:
FILELOAD.C DEBUG.C RESOURCE.H SCI.C VOLLOAD.C RESOURCE.C DOS.C RESNAME.C
(added) for SCI*.EXE; UPDATE.C VOCAB.C TEXT.C OBJCODE.C CLASS.C INPUT.C
SC.C SC.H SC.DEC for SC.EXE; MAKEVOLS.C, VC.C, DC.C, CTC.BAT, GC.BAT,
GC.LSP (!), MKVOCAB.GAM and MKVOCAB.SYS.
1/09/91 - Mark Wilden
ARM supports multiple alternate resource memory types. In addition to VRAM,
EMS support was added. Files changed: ALTRES.C VRAM256.S RESOURCE.H.
Added EMS.S and ALTRES.I.
1/04/91 - Mark Wilden
All references to VRAM have been moved into ALTRES.C, the alternate resource
memory manager. This involved changes to START.S, RESOURCE.C/.H and DEBUG.C.
Command line processing is now done -before- main() and indeed before
InitMem(). This means that any variables set by command line
flags must be initialized at definition (e.g. int i = 0;) to prevent them
being placed in the BSS segment, which is cleared by InitMem(). Changes to
START.S and SCI.C.
12/06/90 - Mark Wilden
UPDTOOLS.BAT now archives the old tools to OLDTOOLS.LZH. Use LHARC to
extract them if necessary.
11/30/90 - Mark Wilden
DrawStatus() now takes two arguments for foreground and background color.
11/29/90 - Mark Wilden
Added InitMenu() call to main() and KRestartGame() so that theMenuBar's
rectangle is initialized even if no menu items are ever added. This is
because the status bar uses theMenuBar's rectangle.
10/31/90 - Mark Wilden
Fixed bug in text.c (GetLongest) that made certain text
messages print with an extra blank line.
10/22/90 - Bob H.
Extended floppy disk support added. At this writing it is
disabled unless '-f' option is passed to SCIVXXX. First stage
support will SCAN all drives (A-F) for the required volumes.
This will allow users with MULTIPLE drives of comparable
capacity to use multiple floppies. This will work for SINGLE
PACK games (3.5 or 5.25) only. Subsequent support will handle
DUAL PACK games.
FILES MODIFIED:
sci.c - Parsing of command line switch. declaration of
variable "oadAccessMode".
sci.h - EXTERN statement for oadAccessMode.
fileio.s - "Exists" function. Error trapped for drive scan.
dos.c - Relocated GetGameDisk function (from volload.c), modified
to request a particular drive. Added OpenAnyDrive() function.
fileio.h - Added various prototypes and the OAD_???? defines.
volload.c - Re-worked some of DoLoad to use new OpenAnyDrive call
and modified GetGameDisk().
10/12/90 - Mark H.
MemoryInfo function selector added called TOTALHUNK. Also system
global called hunkAvail.
files changed:
kernel.c
memmgr.s
memmgr.h
kernel.sh
10/11/90 - Mark H.
Some additions from the JONES interpreter...Center Justification
in printf and prioritized dialogs.
files changed:
printf.c
dialog.c
grtypes.h
10/01/90 - Mark H.
The kernel call Lock has been added to lock and unlock resources.
This is to allow the application programmer to decide which
resources should locked or unlocked. Two new functions selectors
have been added to the Memory kernel call. They are MReadWord
and MWriteWord for referencing and dereferencing addresses.
files changed:
kernel.c
kernel.h
kerndisp.s
kernel.sh
09/17/90 - Mark H.
VOCAB resources are now all unlocked, except for the character
translation vocab which is about 2K. Text resources are also
unlocked and the PurgeLast function in resource.c has been
changed to purge resources on a prioritized schedual instead of
just least recently used. This change gave back at least 40k of hunk
on HQ2 with the only drawback being a slight pause when parsing a
sentance or printing text. RedoStopped in animate.c was also
changed to allow changes in update status (from stopped to forced or
startUpd) in views that are behind Dialogs. This fix is not the
most desirable way to do it, but HQ2 needs it now and substantial
changes to animate would be needed to fix it right.
files changed:
animate.c
resource.c
nlparse.c
nlsaid.c
nlvocab.c
nlvocab.h
08/30/90 - Mark H.
Added Sort kernel call that implements a simple bubble sort
in C based on a scoring function passed from SCI in a Code
Object.
files changed:
selector.h
kernel.c
kerndisp.s
selector.new
kernel.sh
8/25/90 - Bob
Relocated palette matching code from PAL256.c to GRAPH256.s
This move was indicated by the need for greater speed.
8/19/90 - Mark Wilden
Increased size of 'where' file buffer in SCI.EXE to allow for
up to 64 char file name.
8/14/90 - Bob
VE256 is now under version control. All changes to this tool
MUST be coordinated through Dan Foy OR Corinna. The version
control directory is vol1:interp\sci\tools\ve256. In this
directory is the proper batch file (vcscfg.bat) to get access to
this project. Please see me if you have any questions.
8/4/90 - Bob
The following files are affected by changeable view palettes
CELS16M.S
- Added code to handle remapping. Bulk of code in
GetCelPointer. DrawCel NOW expects a pal(ette) argument for 0
to 7. 0 = NO MAPPING 1 - 7 selects appropriate palette
Monochrome is NOT supported at this time but will be using
palette data 0
DIALOG.C
- Added an immediate 0 to the only DrawCel call in this file.
KERNEL.C
- Changed KDrawCel to pass along an optional 7th argument. If
this arg is not present it passes 0 to DrawCel.
ANIMATE
- All DrawCel calls are passed the value of s_palette. Also
added another element to the AniObj structure (AniObj.pal) for
lastCast use.
SELECTOR.H
- Added s_palette as selector 91
DRAWCEL.H
- changed prototype
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