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NagyD / SDLPoP

An open-source port of Prince of Persia, based on the disassembly of the DOS version.
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Mods problem (Linux only). #129

Closed Achaean closed 7 years ago

Achaean commented 7 years ago

Hi! :-)

Seems like SDLPoP (v.1.17, compiled locally) has problems playing mods on Linux (I'm on Debian Jessie x64 KDE).

Sometimes it can't load the mod's graphics and - or music and uses the original ones and sometimes are loading them but can't load the mod levels and uses the originals (depending on the mod).

At Windows (I'm on 10 x64, SDLPoP same version, binary downloaded from popot.org)) it plays mods flawlessly.

I'm using the method of extracting the mod at mod directory and editing the INI.

NagyD commented 7 years ago

My guess is that it's because not all mods have all DAT filenames in uppercase. SDLPoP accesses all DAT files using all-uppercase filenames. Filenames are case-sensitive on Linux.

So, when a mod has a DAT with lowercase name, SDLPoP can't find it in the mod's folder and it will use the original file instead.

Filenames are case-insensitive on Windows, so this is not a problem there.

Try renaming all files to all-uppercase in a problematic mod and tell me if it fixes your problem.

Achaean commented 7 years ago

Indeed! Renaming the data files to uppercase solves the problem. :-) I think, this note has to be added at mods.txt (maybe as a note to Linux users only).

Thanks Dávid !!! ;-)

NagyD commented 7 years ago

I think, this note has to be added at mods.txt (maybe as a note to Linux users only).

Done: 51ddeb82227009e47595f154039adb5ff4b027ef

Thanks Dávid !!! ;-)

You're welcome! :-)