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Running zork nemesis (gog version)

Kevin Becker edited this page Jun 4, 2013 · 6 revisions

Instructions:

Windows:

  1. Download Zork Nemesis from GOG.
  2. Install Zork Nemesis
  3. 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)
  4. Extract this zip file to the folder where Zork Nemesis was installed.
  5. Run Zengine.exe in the folder where Zork Nemesis was installed.

Linux:

  1. Download Zork Nemesis from GOG.
  2. Install Zork Nemesis 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_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.
FONTS
ZNEMSCR/ASCR.ZFS
ZNEMSCR/CSCR.ZFS
ZNEMSCR/CURSOR.ZFS
ZNEMSCR/ESCR.ZFS
ZNEMSCR/GSCR.ZFS
ZNEMSCR/MSCR.ZFS
ZNEMSCR/TSCR.ZFS
ZNEMSCR/VSCR.ZFS
DATA1/ZASSETS
DATA2/ZASSETS
DATA3/ZASSETS
DATA3/ZASSETS/ASYLUM
DATA3/ZASSETS/CASTLE
DATA2/ZASSETS/CONSERV
DATA3/ZASSETS/ENDGAME
DATA1/ZASSETS/GLOBAL
DATA2/ZASSETS/MONAST
DATA1/ZASSETS/TEMPLE
DATA2/ZASSETS/GLOBAL2
DATA3/ZASSETS/GLOBAL3
  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