The Apogee Throwback Pack (238050)

[ghost]

Compatibility Report

• Link to Steam store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/238050/
• Link to ProtonDB: https://www.protondb.com/app/238050

System Information

• Linux distribution: Arch Linux
• Kernel: 5.1.15-zen1-1-zen
• Desktop: i3
• DOSBox: 0.74-3

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• The game runs out of the box: No

Configuration changes

None.

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This pack of games has a launcher like the Sierra games do. It doesn't work with Proton or steam-dos.

https://steamdb.info/depot/238051/

Here's the contents of 'GamePaths.txt, the file that the launcher uses to detect games.

// This file stores the execution paths to the four games included in the throwback pack.
// Please backup this file before attempting to make alterations! Alterations is at your own risk.

// HOW TO USE:
// The four game names in front of the equals sign indicates the game.
// The path after it indicates the path to the games executable RELATIVE to the ThrowBackLauncher's location.
// If for example you had WinROTT and would like to use that instead of the Rise of the Triad included in the pack you would do the following:
// -Put the WinROTT folder in the same directory as the other game's folders.
// If we assume WinROTT's folder is named "WinROTT" and it's executable file is "WinROTT.exe", you would change the RiseOfTheTriad line in this file to be:
// RiseOfTheTriad=WinROTT\WinROTT.exe

// That's it. From then on, selecting Rise of the Triad in the launcher and clicking the "launch this game" button will now launch WinROTT.

// The original paths:
// RiseOfTheTriad=Rise of the Triad.bat
// RiseOfTheTriadExtreme=Extreme ROTT.bat
// BlakeStoneAliensOfGold=Aliens of gold.bat
// BlakeStonePlanetStrike=Planet Strike.bat

// The game executable paths

RiseOfTheTriad=Rise of the Triad.bat
RiseOfTheTriadExtreme=Extreme ROTT.bat
BlakeStoneAliensOfGold=Aliens of gold.bat
BlakeStonePlanetStrike=Planet Strike.bat

Here's the contents of 'Rise of the Triad.bat'

@echo off
cd dosbox
dosbox.exe -conf "ROTT.conf" -noconsole -c
exit

If you need any more information from game files let me know.

[dreamer]

Hmm, in theory something like SDOS_RUN_EXE="Rise of the Triad.bat" %command% could work here, but it won't in version 0.4.0, because I do not employ detection of batch files when injected with SDOS_RUN_EXE variable… I'll need to change it a bit.

[dreamer]

Ops, GitHub closed this automatically, which was not my intention, this needs to be tested first. I improved handling of .bat files, so more complex files like Rise of the Triad.bat qualify as "trivial" now.

@MicrosoftTakeover Can you test using launch options: BOXTRON_RUN_EXE="Rise of the Triad.bat" %command%?

[ghost]

As we discussed on Discord, the launch options are working. Thanks.