[Scummvm-devel] SCI: Rescuing the SCI tools

Lars Skovlund lskovlun at image.dk
Thu Feb 26 13:00:28 CET 2009


On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 05:54:18PM -0500, Max Horn wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> sadly, we made the serious strategical mistake of not keeping the sci  
> tools working while messing with the engine. The SCI tools were never  
> added to our build system, and at some point, most of them were even  
> moved over to the tools SVN module. The latter was a serious mistake:  
> Those tools rely on parts of the SCI engine, for example.
> 
> I think it would be good to undertake an effort to rescue those tools;  
> in their current state, we could just as well delete them, as they are  
> totally broken. We should at least try to make the compilable again,  
> better yet, make them usable again. 

At the very least, someone should make the standalone music player
work again. There is still a lot of work to do in the sound
department, and that work will be easier with such a tool.

Lars




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