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0001010VCMIMechanics - Otherpublic2012-06-16 18:052012-06-17 09:17
Reporterlyssdod 
Assigned To 
PriorityhighSeveritycrashReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionno change required 
PlatformLinuxOSGentooOS Version
Product Version0.89 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0001010: can not find AVCVGR.DEF file
DescriptionI compiled vcmi from current SVN (r2760) and placed all required files into corresponding directories, but vcmiclient still refuses to run, though this file is present

Steps To ReproduceRun vcmiclient
Additional Information$ uname -a
Linux 3.2.9-gentoo 0000007 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 1 19:38:03 UTC 2012 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux


$ vcmiclient -v
Starting...
VCMI 0.89b
  data directory: /usr/share/games/vcmi
  library directory: /usr/games/lib64/vcmi
  binary directory: /usr/games/bin

$ ls /usr/share/games/vcmi/Data | grep -i AVCVGR
AVCvgr.def
AVCVGR.DEF
AVCvgr.msg

$ ls /usr/share/games/vcmi/Sprites | grep -i AVCVGR
AVCVGR.DEF

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Attached Filestxt VCMI_Client_log.txt (15,735) 2012-06-16 18:05
https://bugs.vcmi.eu/file_download.php?file_id=983&type=bug
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-06-16 18:05lyssdodNew Issue
2012-06-16 18:05lyssdodFile Added: VCMI_Client_log.txt
2012-06-16 19:47IvanNote Added: 0002735
2012-06-16 19:53IvanNote Edited: 0002735bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=2735#r1747
2012-06-16 19:59lyssdodNote Added: 0002736
2012-06-16 20:02IvanNote Added: 0002737
2012-06-16 20:15lyssdodNote Added: 0002738
2012-06-16 20:34IvanNote Added: 0002739
2012-06-16 21:04lyssdodNote Added: 0002741
2012-06-16 21:20IvanNote Added: 0002742
2012-06-17 00:51lyssdodNote Added: 0002743
2012-06-17 00:52lyssdodNote Added: 0002744
2012-06-17 09:17IvanStatusnew => closed
2012-06-17 09:17IvanResolutionopen => no change required

Notes
(0002735)
Ivan   
2012-06-16 19:47   
(edited on: 2012-06-16 19:53)
Will check this out.

For now try to copy msk file to Sprites:
cp /usr/share/games/vcmi/Data/AVCVGR.msg /usr/share/games/vcmi/Sprites/AVCVGR.msg

Just wondering: how you got *.def's and *.msg's in Data?
Normally they are in .lod archives.
(0002736)
lyssdod   
2012-06-16 19:59   
I used build_data.sh script from source directory. Now it says following:

VCMI 0.89b (client)
Note: SDL suggests to use 32 bpp instead of24 bpp
New screen flags: 0
    Initializing screen: 30
    Initializing video: 0
    Initializing minors: 0
[smk @ 0x1bc4fc0] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5066160
    Initializing sound: 20
Initializing screen and sound handling: 30
Loading .lod files: 110
    General text handler: 30
    Hero handler: 20
    Artifact handler: 0
    Creature handler: 40
    Town handler: 20
    Object handler: 0
Cannot find file: ZOBJ044
Fatal error. Missing game file: ZOBJ044.DEF. Aborting!
Killing console... done!



$ pwd
/usr/share/games/vcmi

$ ls Data | grep ZOBJ044
ZOBJ044.DEF

$ ls Sprites | grep ZOBJ044
ZOBJ044.DEF
(0002737)
Ivan   
2012-06-16 20:02   
move all *.def's and *.msk's from Data to Sprites directory.

I'll check the script.
(0002738)
lyssdod   
2012-06-16 20:15   
I moved, but it still does not work (I have no such file). By the way, file naming in Data and Sprites is an awful mixing of upper- and lowercase characters; if vcmi always tries to open uppercase named files only, maybe it'll be useful to add some renaming functionality to the script for unification purposes?

Note: SDL suggests to use 32 bpp instead of24 bpp
New screen flags: 0
    Initializing screen: 40
    Initializing video: 0
    Initializing minors: 0
[smk @ 0x7f07d808c100] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5066160
    Initializing sound: 20
Initializing screen and sound handling: 20
Loading .lod files: 110
    General text handler: 20
    Hero handler: 20
    Artifact handler: 10
    Creature handler: 40
    Town handler: 30
    Object handler: 0
Cannot find file: AVA0129
Fatal error. Missing game file: AVA0129.DEF. Aborting!
Killing console... done!
(0002739)
Ivan   
2012-06-16 20:34   
It's already in. Console messages may be confusing a bit but vcmi looks for files in case-insensitive way. (and somewhat ignoring extensions)

AVA0129 is an artifact added in Armaggedon's Blade. Script takes them from here:
"data1.cab and data1.hdr from the original 1st CDROM"

If this file is missing it means that you have H3:Restoration of Erathia.
VCMI won't work with RoE or Armaggedon's Blade. You need to have H3:Complete or H3:Shadow of Death.
(0002741)
lyssdod   
2012-06-16 21:04   
I have Armageddon's Blade and extracted this file from H3ab_spr.lod. However, now vcmi looks for bmps:


Loading .lod files: 150
    General text handler: 20
    Hero handler: 10
    Artifact handler: 10
    Creature handler: 40
    Town handler: 20
    Object handler: 10
    Def information handler: 50
    Building handler: 10
    Spell handler: 0
Initializing VCMI_Lib: 330
Screen handler: 0
Error: Failed to find file HPS133Nc.bmp
Error: Failed to find file HPL133Nc.bmp
Segmentation fault
(0002742)
Ivan   
2012-06-16 21:20   
I suppose they're in H3ab_bmp.lod

It's probably first time somebody have edition with essential files in H3ab_*.lod's
For now you'll have to extract them into Data/ and Sprites/ but later it should be possible to add support for such editions.
(0002743)
lyssdod   
2012-06-17 00:51   
I tried another variant of game data and it worked
(0002744)
lyssdod   
2012-06-17 00:52   
Ticket can be closed