Lucas Arts Mac Game Pack Help

Steamo · Post by **Steamo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:51 am

I just bought a Lucas Arts Mac Game Pack with MI 1, Loom, Indy 3 and Pipe Dream.

-I can't get Pipe Dream to work at all (I don't even know what it is anyway)

-Monkey Island can't find "000.lfl" (and neither can I even when searching for invisible files.....also I thought that the newest versions of ScummVM worked with the uncompressed Mac data files?)

-I can't move all of the Indy 3 .lfl files to one folder because there are some duplicate file names in each room (I can't get a version of Scumm VM that will work with those subfolders)

-Loom has no sound.

I know about the Loom sound solution since it is just like MI 1 but unlike my Monkey Island Madness CD, this Game Pack does not mount a music cd and a search of the CD did not reveal any music files hidden or otherwise. I can get Loom to play but even with the cd in my drive there is no sound whatsoever.

I use a MacBook Pro and I read on here somewhere that someone knew a way to force mount the music CD if that is the problem. Did Loom have sound in all of its variations? I read all of the topics that seemed to pertain to my problem but none have told me anything that might help. I know the answer is probably right in front of me but I could use some help.

Steamo · Post by **Steamo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:53 am

could someone maybe upload the music file for Loom since that would solve my problem quick and easy.

fingolfin · Post by **fingolfin** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:20 am

"Pipe Dream" is not a game supported by ScummVM.

Monkey Island for Mac works quite well for me. It doesn't have a 000.LFL file over here, but a file called monkey.000

No, we can't send you any sound files, that would be illegal. But your CD doesn't have a sound track anyway, and sending it you wouldn't help you either, since that version of Loom didn't use CD audio. But like all versions of Loom, of course it has sound (as it is a central aspect of the game). However, ScummVM does (not yet) support the Mac version of Loom fully.

For Indy 3, the "duplicate files" should be identical, so you should still be able to merge the files all into a single directory. Maybe we'll make it possible to directly play from the "Rooms 1" etc. folder in the future, but for now, that's not possible unless you manually adjust your config file.

Steamo · Post by **Steamo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:31 am

Thanks. Well it's no loss about Pipe Drean since I don't even know what it is. Yeah I know Moneky Island works fine. I was just going to compare my PC version to this Mac version...oh well. Guess your right about the music. i didn't even think about that.

When do you think the mac version of Loom might be supported? I have never played it and i am very curious.

clem · Post by **clem** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:01 am

Steamo wrote:Well it's no loss about Pipe Drean since I don't even know what it is.

as for pipe dream: http://www.mobygames.com/game/pipe-mania

quite funny game actually

clem

clone2727 · Post by **clone2727** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:52 pm

I just got the same CD pack off ebay. But, in Monkey 1, it doesn't bypass the Copy Protect. Since it is a CD, it didn't come with the dial-a-pirate. Can anyone help?

I'm using 0.9.0 on Mac 10.4.6-PPC.

LordHoto · Post by **LordHoto** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:00 pm

entering any numbers doesn't help? hmm.. that would be strange :)

Raziel · Post by **Raziel** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:00 pm

clone2727 wrote:I just got the same CD pack off ebay. But, in Monkey 1, it doesn't bypass the Copy Protect. Since it is a CD, it didn't come with the dial-a-pirate. Can anyone help?

I'm using 0.9.0 on Mac 10.4.6-PPC.

Maybe you got a non-supported version, why don't you post the md5sums, so the devs can have a look?

clone2727 · Post by **clone2727** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:15 pm

Raziel wrote:Maybe you got a non-supported version, why don't you post the md5sums, so the devs can have a look?

I am not near a PC, so I will check on mine later.

I just tried in 0.8.2 (Mac OS X) and I get a "cannot find 000.lfl" error.

glokidd · Post by **glokidd** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:18 pm

a few months ago i got this pack as well, at the time it wasnt yet supported, so i filed a bug report and added the md5's etc and it was added. I didnt really worry about the copy protection at the time as i had my dial-a-pirate from my pc version, but i can see how this could be a major problem for someone who doesnt have the dial. I am also pretty sure that the mac pack didnt originally come with any copy protection in the box (i could be wrong as i never used a mac back in the day, but everything ive seen up to this point about the mac pack has been without copy protection, unless its in the manual,which is possible)

anyways support for this version was added in between 0.8.2 and the latest release (0.9.0 just to unnessisarily add additional information

) by some quick work by fingolfin (thanks again)

EDIT:
@clone2727 to get this version working in 0.8.2 add this to your scummvm.ini under the configuation for SMI mac pack (or whatever)
target_md5=2ccd8891ce4d3f1a334d21bff6a88ca2
but have a dial a pirate handy

clone2727 · Post by **clone2727** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:38 pm

glokidd wrote:but have a dial a pirate handy

Unfortunately, I do not have one. My other versions are the Monkey Island Madness version and the Sega CD one, that don't come with it.

clone2727 · Post by **clone2727** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:40 pm

Okay, I got a little creative. I used boot params to get past the protect.

I didn't realize it was the 256 color version- I thought that was only made for the PC.

Raziel · Post by **Raziel** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:45 pm

clone2727 wrote:Okay, I got a little creative. I used boot params to get past the protect.

I didn't realize it was the 256 color version- I thought that was only made for the PC.

http://www.worldofmi.com/thegames/monkey1/index.php

Scroll down to the different versions and tell us if the sound is better than the PC version

clone2727 · Post by **clone2727** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:02 pm

Raziel wrote:
clone2727 wrote:Okay, I got a little creative. I used boot params to get past the protect.

I didn't realize it was the 256 color version- I thought that was only made for the PC.
http://www.worldofmi.com/thegames/monkey1/index.php

Scroll down to the different versions and tell us if the sound is better than the PC version

No, it's worse than the CD version I have.

clone2727 · Post by **clone2727** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:46 pm

Should I post a bug report about the copy protection?