[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #16506: Unknown game variant for director
ScummVM :: Bugs
trac at scummvm.org
Thu Feb 5 23:51:51 UTC 2026
#16506: Unknown game variant for director
-------------------------+-------------------------------
Reporter: Thelypody | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Engine: Director
Version: | Resolution:
Keywords: unknown-game | Game:
-------------------------+-------------------------------
Comment (by Thelypody):
Log output:
{{{
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] Running Przygody Pippi! (Windows/Polish)
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] AAA_MOOV/dlia.mov: e6f6ef6ba73332210aee3f9d9cf408fd,
480186 bytes.
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] PIPPI.EXE: acf172e5effe2f5c15e50f3c781aef40, 1274514
bytes.
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: SearchSet::add: archive
'G:/ScummVM/1C/Pippi/' already present!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] Starting v800 Director game
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'SWACnvrt'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'budapi.HLP'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'Iml32'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib: 'Sound
Import Export'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'MacroMix'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'SWADCmpr'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'PMATIC.reg'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib: 'Flash
Asset'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'Dirapi'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'PrintOMatic Xtra'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'PrintOMatic Registration'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'SWAOpt'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib: 'Sound
Control'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'SWAStrm'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'QT3Asset'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib: 'Mix
Services'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'SwaCmpr'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'Proj'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib:
'msvcrt'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Lingo::openXLib: Unimplemented xlib: 'SWA
Import Export'!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: DirectorEngine::loadEXEv7(): Invalid
projector tag found in v7 EXE [w...]!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: RIFXArchive::openStream(): RIFX or XFIR
expected but MZ.. found!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Archive::openFile(): Error loading stream
from file pippi.exe!
[2026-02-06 02:18:30] WARNING: Window::loadInitialMovie: Cannot open main
movie!
}}}
Additionally, the directory on hard drive after installing the game
contains a subdirectory called "ToDesk1". Inside it is a single file, a
different executable called "Pippi.exe". Unlike the one in the game's root
directory, it has file properties details intact, identifying itself as
Macromedia Projector, with file version 8.0.0.178. As a note, running that
file under Windows 98 environment only produces a missing CD error, while
running "pippi.exe" from root directory starts the game.
--
Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/16506#comment:5>
ScummVM :: Bugs <https://bugs.scummvm.org>
ScummVM
More information about the Scummvm-tracker
mailing list