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Running zork nemesis (3 cd version)

Kevin Becker edited this page Nov 14, 2013 · 13 revisions

Instructions:

Windows:

  1. Install Zork Nemesis using this guide
  2. Download precompiled and preconfigured Zengine files from Downloads section of this project (https://www.dropbox.com/s/8wfgqdkkvbvnsbw/WIN_ZNEM_GOG_2013_03_20.zip)
  3. Extract this zip file to the folder where Zork Nemesis was installed.
  4. Edit Zork.dir and replace the text with the following:
FONTS
znemmx
znemscr
znemscr/gscr.zfs
znemscr/tscr.zfs
znemscr/mscr.zfs
znemscr/vscr.zfs
znemscr/ascr.zfs
znemscr/cscr.zfs
znemscr/escr.zfs
znemscr/cursor.zfs
CD1/zassets
CD1/zassets/GLOBAL
CD1/zassets/GLOBAL/VENUS
CD3/zassets/TEMPLE
CD1/zassets/TEMPLE
CD2/zassets
CD2/zassets/GLOBAL2
CD2/zassets/CONSERV
CD2/zassets/MONAST
CD3/zassets/GLOBAL3
CD3/zassets/ASYLUM
CD3/zassets/CASTLE
CD3/zassets/ENDGAME
  1. If you want the subtitles download the patch from http://thezorklibrary.com/installguides/znpatch.zip . Unpack the Addon folder within it into the folder where Zork Nemesis is installed and add those two lines in the top of the Zork.dir file:
Addon/subpatch.zfs
Addon
  1. Run Zengine.exe in the folder where Zork Nemesis was installed.

Linux:

  1. Install Zork Nemesis using Wine according to this guide.
  2. 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_znem
  1. Copy the Zengine executable (named "Zengine") from the Zengine/Engine/src folder to the folder where Zork Nemesis was installed.
cp -R Zengine/Engine/src/Zengine /path/to/zn
  1. Copy the FONTS folder from Zengine/res/FONTS to the folder where Zork Nemesis was installed.
cp -R Zengine/res/FONTS /path/to/zn/
  1. Copy the text below into a file named Zork.dir and put that file in the folder where Zork Nemesis was installed. NOTE: The path names in Zork.dir are case sensitive, so if you're getting error messages about being unable to load a file, check that the path of that file is correctly listed in Zork.dir.
FONTS
znemmx
znemscr
znemscr/gscr.zfs
znemscr/tscr.zfs
znemscr/mscr.zfs
znemscr/vscr.zfs
znemscr/ascr.zfs
znemscr/cscr.zfs
znemscr/escr.zfs
znemscr/cursor.zfs
CD1/zassets
CD1/zassets/GLOBAL
CD1/zassets/GLOBAL/VENUS
CD3/zassets/TEMPLE
CD1/zassets/TEMPLE
CD2/zassets
CD2/zassets/GLOBAL2
CD2/zassets/CONSERV
CD2/zassets/MONAST
CD3/zassets/GLOBAL3
CD3/zassets/ASYLUM
CD3/zassets/CASTLE
CD3/zassets/ENDGAME
  1. If you want the subtitles download the patch from http://thezorklibrary.com/installguides/znpatch.zip . Unpack the Addon folder within it into the folder where Zork Nemesis is installed and add those two lines in the top of the Zork.dir file:
Addon/subpatch.zfs
Addon
  1. Run the Zengine executable (named "Zengine") in the folder where Zork Nemesis was installed.
cd /path/to/zn
./Zengine

If you want it fullscreen, press Alt+Enter or start the program with the -f flag

./Zengine -f