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Running zork grand inquisitor (gog version)

khbecker edited this page Mar 29, 2013 · 8 revisions

Instructions:

Windows:

NOTE: As of ZGI v2.0 from GOG, ZEngine is included, so the instructions below should not be necessary for running ZGI from GOG on Windows

  1. Download Zork Grand Inquisitor from GOG.
  2. Install Zork Grand Inquisitor
  3. Download precompiled and preconfigured Zengine files from Downloads section of this project (https://www.dropbox.com/s/blc0qjxd1x3ul5q/WIN_ZGI_GOG_2013_03_20.zip)
  4. Extract this zip file to the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.
  5. Run Zengine.exe in the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.

Linux:

  1. Download Zork Grand Inquisitor from GOG.
  2. Install Zork Grand Inquisitor using Wine
  3. Download the Zengine source using git
git clone git://github.com/Marisa-Chan/Zengine.git
  1. Compile Zengine (requires sdl, sdl_gfx, sdl_image, sdl_mixer, sdl_ttf, and gcc)
cd Zengine/Engine/src
make linux_zgi
  1. Copy the Zengine executable (named "Zengine") from the Zengine/Engine/src folder to the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.
cp -R Zengine/Engine/src/Zengine /path/to/zgi
  1. Copy the FONTS folder from Zengine/res/FONTS to the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.
cp -R Zengine/res/FONTS /path/to/zgi/
  1. Copy the ZGI_GOG.dir file from the Zengine/conf folder to the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed and rename it to Zork.dir.
cp Zengine/conf/ZGI_GOG.dir /path/to/zgi/Zork.dir
  1. Run the Zengine executable (named "Zengine") in the folder where Zork Grand Inquisitor was installed.
cd /path/to/zgi
./Zengine