[SOVLED]How to compile with Escape From Monky Island support

[Jamie Marchant]

I compiled ResidualVM in Fedora(there are no binaries in the package manager or the website) but the terminal said that Escape From Monky Island was not built in. How do I recompile ResidualVM with Escape compiled in?

[Nitrus]

Hi Jamie,
If you're sure you have all the datafiles set-up correctly, try running the configure script with the following flag:

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--enable-engine=monkey4

[Jamie Marchant]

Thank you!

[undrwater]

Hi Jamie,
If you're sure you have all the datafiles set-up correctly, try running the configure script with the following flag:

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--enable-engine=monkey4

In the git version, I notice there is no "monkey4" listed in the "engines" directory.

I'm using a gentoo ebuild, and when I run:

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residualvm --list-engines
Engine ID       Engine Name                                           
--------------- ------------------------------------------------------
grim            Grim
myst3           Myst III
stark           Stark

I don't see monkey4 listed. When I try to run "Escape..." I just get a black screen. I figure that's what's happening.

[Nitrus]

The monkey4 engine is a subset (or superset depending on how you look at it) of the grim engine, also visible here:
https://github.com/residualvm/residualv ... ure.engine

I can't check at the moment, though the list command might not be including the GrimE variant.
The logic for this is here:
https://github.com/residualvm/residualv ... t.cpp#L142
It might be disregarding it when listing, though it is there.

If you're able to Add the game and run it, it's likely that you have the correct files.
I assume you followed the guide here or here.
It might be good to check the data by running the step described here:
https://forums.residualvm.org/viewtopic ... 2180#p2180
Also might be good to post a list of your directory here so we can take a look.

Finally, it's possible that no-one's done a Gentoo ebuild in a long time (I can see that the last daily addition is from 6/7 years ago), so there might be Gentoo-specific issues.

EDIT: following a GitHub/Bitbucket rabbit hole, I found this here regarding ebuilds, which might interest you. It looks to be more up to date.

EDIT2: Looking at it more closely, you'd probably want to add the following addition to Line 68 as well:

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dists/engine-data/residualvm-emi-patch.m4b