AGS games on ScummVM

DennisBergkamp · Post by **DennisBergkamp** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:27 am

It would be incredibly cool if scummVM would somehow support the AGS engine. Any chance this would ever happen? My guess is NOPE, since I don't think Chris Jones will release the source of AGS.

But I just can't help thinking about running all those AGS games on my DS through scummVM

PsYcO · Post by **PsYcO** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:03 am

you kinda answered your own question.

but never say never.

there may be an actual official(kinda) response from the team(like the AGI thing) but if you can get him to release it then its most possible that scummvm will support it, if it fits the scope.

Post by **eriktorbjorn** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:44 am

DennisBergkamp wrote:It would be incredibly cool if scummVM would somehow support the AGS engine. Any chance this would ever happen? My guess is NOPE, since I don't think Chris Jones will release the source of AGS.

But I just can't help thinking about running all those AGS games on my DS through scummVM

Personally, given the current circumstances, I very much doubt it. Unlike the game engines ScummVM supports, AGS still appears to be actively supported and developed, albeit as a closed source project. If AGS is to be ported to another platform it's the AGS developers, not the ScummVM developers, who will have to do it.

DennisBergkamp · Post by **DennisBergkamp** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:04 pm

Q. Will you do a [Palm/BeOS/etc] port?
A. Due to me having only a limited experience with these operating systems, I will not port it to any further OS at this time. Also, due to AGS's resource requirements, it is not really practical to port it to any hand-held systems.

That just about answers it...

maximus · Post by **maximus** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:04 pm

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but the AGS Editor code has been open-sourced.

Just thought I'd share ...

Red_Breast · Post by **Red_Breast** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:32 pm

It seems it's not been open sourced entirely. Reading the forum comments I'm not so sure how easy it will be to port over to other platforms.

dreammaster · Post by **dreammaster** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:22 am

maximus wrote:Sorry to dig up an old thread, but the AGS Editor code has been open-sourced.

Unfortunately, as I understand it, it's the editor that's had partial source code release, and not the runtime engine. Plus, given that AGS has gone through many versions over time, we'd need the sources from every single major runtime version in order to support a ubiquitous AGS game engine.

grim107 · Post by **grim107** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:04 am

I remember posting on the AGS forums a few months ago asking about whether AGS can be ported to the Dreamcast. I was directed to the section of the site that explains that AGS is not open-source. I think it's worth a shot for the ScummVm developers to ask the AGS developer if they can work with him on porting the project to ScummVm.

DrMcCoy · Post by **DrMcCoy** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:10 pm

grim107 wrote:I think it's worth a shot for the ScummVm developers to ask the AGS developer if they can work with him on porting the project to ScummVm.

Which would mean that AGS would have to go Open Source. Which the AGS guy doesn't want.

da1writer · Post by **da1writer** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:16 pm

Man but it would be great if AGS sometime in the future was supported. Playing 5 Days a Stranger series would be fantastic on the go on handhelds/phones!

fingolfin · Post by **fingolfin** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:33 pm

This is the wrong place for this, really. Go and tell the AGS author, he is the one who has to decide whether AGS becomes open source or not.

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