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andrei-drexler / ironwail

High-performance QuakeSpasm fork
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Text string lookups fail on GOG version - key is printed instead #152

Closed MartinHowe426 closed 1 year ago

MartinHowe426 commented 1 year ago

I have the GOG version of Quake Enhanced and copied just the content directories (id1, mg1, etc) to a directory in my Linux Mint partition. Running Ironwail from that directory starts the game, and it can find the mods. Playing the entrance hall and a few minutes of E1M1 on Normal, the text string lookup keys are printed for each message instead of the text; for example "$map_skill_normal" instead of "This hall selects Normal skill" or whatever. The same happens with the new mods, DotM and DotP. This is with freshly copied files and a fresh build of the latest Ironwail from git.

MartinHowe426 commented 1 year ago

OK, I found the cause; Ironwail needs the QuakeEX.kpf file as well; its an archive that contains, amongst other things, the string localisations. Sorry for the false alarm. At least those who want to copy the raw files and use them in the old-skool way rather than via Steam or whatever, will know this :)