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| The official port of ScummVM
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| to the Nintendo DS handheld console
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| by Neil Millstone (agentq)
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| http://scummvm.drunkencoders.com
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| Visit the main ScummVM website <http://www.scummvm.org>
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| Contents
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| * What's New?
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| * What is ScummVM DS?
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| * Features
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| * Screenshots
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| * How to Get ScummVM DS Onto Your DS - Simple Explanation
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| o Using a CF/SD/Mini SD/Micro SD card reader and a DLDI driver
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| o Instructions for specific card readers
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| * How to use ScummVM DS
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| * Game Specific Controls
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| * DS Options Screen
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| * Which games are compatible with ScummVM DS
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| * Predictive dictionary for Sierra AGI games
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| * Converting your CD audio
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| * Converting speech to MP3 format
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| * Frequently Asked Questions
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| * Downloads
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| * Contributors
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| * Donations and Getting Help
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| * Building from Sources
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| What is ScummVM DS?
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| ScummVM DS is a part of the ScummVM project. The ScummVM project is an
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| attempt to re-engineer many classic point and click adventure games of the
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| 80s and 90s to run on modern computer hardware. Technology has changed a
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| lot since these games were written, and so ScummVM attempts to replicate the
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| gameplay of the original games in exacting details, without any of the original
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| code that the game ran on. ScummVM needs a copy of the original game, in order
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| to take the graphics, sound, and scripts that made the game work.
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| ScummVM is written in such a way that it can be 'ported' from one type of
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| machine to another, and ScummVM DS is a port of ScummVM to the Nintendo DS
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| handheld games console.
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| How to Get ScummVM DS Onto Your DS - Simple Explanation
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| Nintendo don't want you to run ScummVM on your DS. They control
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| which companies can make games on the DS, and there is an expensive
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| process to go through in order to be licenced. Having to pay for
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| this would prevent me from giving away ScummVM for free.
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| So, the result is that to run ScummVM on your DS you'll need an
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| unofficial card reader. There are many of these, and all are different.
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| Popular models at the time of writing are the R4DS and the M3DS Real,
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| but many different models work. You need to buy one of these, and at
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| MicroSD card to go with it.
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| There are also slot-2 card readers which fit into the bottom slot on
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| your DS, usually used for Game Boy Advance games. These are less common
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| these days, and although they have certain advantages, the details of
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| these are beyond the scope of this website. Information on these is
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| quite easy to find by searching.
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| Once you have your card reader and a MicroSD card, you will also need
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| a copy of the game you want to run. ScummVM can run a large variety
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| of games, but you must own a real boxed copy of the game. These games
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| are still under copyright, and it is illegal to copy them from a friend
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| or download them from the Internet without paying. The exception to
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| this are the three Revolution Software games. These are 'Beneath a
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| Steel Sky', 'Lure of the Temptress' and 'Flight of the Amazon Queen'.
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| Revolution have kindly allowed us to give these games away for free.
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| You can download them from the main ScummVM site at
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| <http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php>
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| If you have a modern card reader, like an M3 Real or R4DS, getting
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| ScummVM to run on your card is as simple as:
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| How to Get ScummVM DS Onto Your DS - Using a CF/SD/Mini SD/Micro
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| SD card reader and a DLDI driver
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| ScummVM DS needs something called a DLDI driver to run on each make
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| and model of card reader. Many modern card readers (R4DS, M3 DS Real)
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| handle this autmatically and for those, you don't have to do anything.
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| Just running ScummVM on the card will handle this step for you.
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| For others, you will need to follow the steps in this section before
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| ScummVM DS will work.
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| All DS card readers are different in the way that they work. In order to
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| support many different card readers, ScummVM DS uses a DLDI driver installed
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| into the ScummVM DS code. This is done using a program called DLDITool
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| which you can download and run on your computer. Each DLDI driver is
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| designed to tell ScummVM DS how to use a specific type of card reader.
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| These drivers can be used with any homebrew program which supports the
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| DLDI interface.
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| While each card reader should work with these instructions, there are
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| some exceptions. Please read the card reader notes
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| section to see if there is any specific information about your card reader.
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| Here is what you need to do:
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| * Visit the DLDI page <http://dldi.drunkencoders.com/> and
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| download the executable for DLDITool for your operating system
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| (versions are available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS)
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| * Download the DLDI for your card reader. This is the big table at
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| the top of the page. The first column marked DLDI is the one you
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| want. You should get a single file with a .dldi extension.
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| * Extract DLDITool into a folder, and put the DLDI of your choice in
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| the same folder.
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| * If you're using the command line version of DLDITool enter the
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| dlditool <dldiname> <scummvm nds name>
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| If you're using the Windows GUI version, double click on
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| dlditool32.exe, select your card reader from the box, drag your
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| ScummVM binaries (either the .nds, or the .ds.gba version
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| depending on your card reader. I think only Supercards use the
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| .ds.gba files) into the lower box, then click patch.
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| Either way, you should see 'Patched Successfully'. If you don't,
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| you're doing something wrong.
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| You need to patch one of the builds labeled A - H depending on
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| which game you want to run. See the table on the ScummVM DS
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| website to see which games are supported by which build.
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| * Put the patched .nds or .ds.gba files on your flash card. If
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| you're using the Supercard, you will need to use the .ds.gba
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| files, but rename them to .nds.
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| * Put your game data in any folder on the card. Do NOT use a zip file.
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| * Boot up your DS and run ScummVM.
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| * Click 'Add Game', browse to the folder with your game data, click
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| 'Choose', then 'OK'. Click 'Start' to run the game.
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| If your copy of ScummVM DS has been successfully patched, you will get a
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| message on the top screen that looks like this:
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| DLDI Device:
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| GBA Movie Player (Compact Flash)
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| The message should show the name of your card reader. If it is wrong,
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| you have used the wrong DLDI file.
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| If you haven't patched your .nds file, you will get the following message
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| DLDI Driver not patched!
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| DLDI Initialise failed.
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| In this case, you've made a mistake following the above instructions, or
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| have patched the wrong file.
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| You may also see the following message:
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| DLDI Device:
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| GBA Movie Player (Compact Flash)
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| DLDI Initialise failed.
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| In this case, the driver did not start up correctly. The driver is
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| probably broken, or you've used the wrong one for your card reader.
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| In the case of the Supercard, M3 Lite and DS Link, there are several
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| drivers available. You might want to try one of the others.
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| This version of ScummVM DS will run on any card reader that has a DLDI
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| driver available. If yours doesn't, you need to pressure your card
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| reader manufacturer to release one.
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| DO NOT EMAIL ME TO ASK ME TO CREATE A DRIVER FOR YOUR CARD READER, I
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| CANNOT DO THIS.
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| How to Get ScummVM DS Onto Your DS - Instructions for specific
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| card readers
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| * *GBAMP CF:* You need to upload replacement firmware to your card
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| reader before it will work. You can download the firmware program
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| here <http://chishm.drunkencoders.com/NDSMP/index.html>. Name your
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| .nds file _BOOT_MP.nds.
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| * *M3 CF/SD:* Copy the .nds file to your card with the M3 Game
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| Manager in order to avoid an annoying message when you boot your
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| M3. Use the default options to copy the file. Be sure to press 'A'
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| in the M3 browser to start the .nds file, and not 'Start', or it
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| won't work.
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| * *M3 CF/SD:* Copy the .nds file to your card with the M3 Game
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| Manager in order to avoid an annoying message when you boot your
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| M3. Use the default options to copy the file. Be sure to press 'A'
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| in the M3 browser to start the .nds file, and not 'Start', or it
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| won't work.
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| * *Supercard CF/SD (slot-2):* Use the .ds.gba files to run ScummVM
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| on the Supercard. Other than that, just follow the instructions as
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| normal.
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| * *Supercard Lite (slot-2):* It has been reported that only the
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| standard Supercard driver and the Moonshell version work with
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| ScummVM DS.
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| * *Datel Max Media Dock: * If you haven't already, upgrade your
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| firmware to the latest version. The firmware that came with my Max
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| Media Dock was unable to run ScummVM DS at all. Click here to
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| visit Datel's support page and download the latest firmware
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| <http://us.codejunkies.com/mpds/support.htm>
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| * *NinjaDS*: There are firmware upgrades for this device, but for
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| me, ScummVM DS ran straight out of the box. Visit this page
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| <http://www.ninjads.com/news.html> to download the latest firmware
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| if you want. If you have installed FlashMe on your DS, it will
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| make your DS crash on boot when the NinjaDS is inserted. You can
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| hold the 'select' button during boot to disable FlashMe, which
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| will allow the NinjaDS to work. Due to this, it is not recommended
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| to install FlashMe if you use a NinjaDS.
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| * *R4DS*: If you upgrade the firmware for your R4DS to version 1.10
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| or later, the card will autmatically DLDI patch the game, meaning
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| you don't have to use dlditool to patch the .NDS file. This makes
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| things a lot easier!
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| * *M3DS Real*: This card autmatically DLDI patches the game, meaning
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| that you do not need to do this yourself.
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| creens.
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| How to Use ScummVM
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| Once you've booted up ScummVM, you'll see the start up screen.
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| 1. Tap the 'Add' button with the pen, then browse to the folder
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| containing your game data. Once you have clicked on your folder, you will
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| not see any files inside. This is normal, as the folder selector only shows
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| folders!
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| 2. Click the 'Choose' button.
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| 3. You will get some options for the game. You can usually just click 'Ok' to
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| this.
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| 4. Now click on the name of the game you want to play from the list and
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| click 'Start'. Your game will start!
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| You can use the B button to skip cutscenes, and the select button to
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| show an options menu which will let you tweak the DS contols, including
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| switch between scaled and unscaled video modes. The text is clearer in
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| the unscaled mode, but the whole game doesn't fit on the screen. To
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| scroll around, hold either shoulder button and use the D-pad or drag the
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| screen around with the stylus. Even in scaled mode, a small amount is
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| missing from the top and bottom of the screen. You can scroll around to
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| see those areas. The top screen shows a zoomed-in view. This scrolls
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| around to focus on the character who's speaking, and also follows where
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| the pen touches the screen. You can change the zoom level by holding one
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| of the shoulder buttons and pressing B to zoom in and A to zoom out.
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| Press the start button for the in-game menu where you can load or save
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| your game (this works in Lucasarts games, other games vary). Saves will
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| write directly to your flash card. You can choose the folder where they
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| are stored using the GUI that appears when you boot up. If you're using
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| a GBA Flash Cartridge, or an unsupported flash card adaptor, you will be
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| using GBA SRAM to save your game. Four or five save game will fit in
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| save RAM. If you save more games than will fit, a warning will appear on
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| the top screen. When you turn your DS off, the new save will be lost,
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| and only the first ones you saved will be present.
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| Many of the games use both mouse buttons. Usually the right button often
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| performs the default action on any object you click on. To simulate this
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| with the DS pen, you can switch the input into one of three modes. Press
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| left on the D-pad to enable the left mouse button. Press right on the
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| D-pad to enable the right mouse button. Press up on the D-pad to enable
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| hover mode. In this mode, you won't click on anything, just hover the
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| mouse cursor over it. This lets you pick out active objects in the scene.
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| An icon on the top screen will show you which mode you're in.
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| In hover mode, there are some additional controls. While holding the pen
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| on the screen, tapping D-pad left or D-pad right (or A/Y in left handed
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| mode) will click the left or right mouse button.
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| There is an alternative method of control which doesn't require you to
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| change modes with the D-pad. Press 'Select' to bring up the DS options,
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| and choose 'Tap for left click, double tap for right click'. In this
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| mode, you can quickly tap the screen to left click the mouse, and tap twice
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| to right click the mouse.
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| Here is a complete list of controls in right-handed mode (the default
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| Key Usage
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| Pad Left Left mouse button
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| Pad Right Right mouse button
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| Pad Up Hover mouse (no mouse button)
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| Pad Down Skip dialogue line (for some Lucasarts games), Show inventory
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| (for Beneath a Steel Sky), Show active objects (for Simon the Sorceror)
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| Start Pause/game menu (works in some games)
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| Select DS Options
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| B Skip cutscenes
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| A Swap main screen and zoomed screen
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| Y Show/Hide debug console
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| X Show/Hide on-screen keyboard
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| L + D-pad or L + Pen Scroll touch screen view
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| L + B Zoom in
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| L + A Zoom out
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| And here's left-handed mode:
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| Key Usage
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| Y Left mouse button
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| A Right mouse button
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| X Hover mouse (no mouse button)
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| B Skip dialogue line (for some Lucasarts games), Show inventory (for
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| Beneath a Steel Sky), Show active objects (for Simon the Sorceror)
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| Start Pause/game menu (works in some games)
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| Select DS Options
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| D-pad down Skip cutscenes
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| D-pad up Swap main screen and zoomed screen
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| D-pad left Show/Hide debug console
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| D-pad right Show/Hide on-screen keyboard
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| R + D-pad or R + Pen Scroll touch screen view
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| R + D-pad down Zoom in
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| R + d-pad right Zoom out
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| * Sam and Max Hit the Road: The current cursor mode is displayed on
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| the top screen. Use d-pad right to switch mode.
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| * Indiana Jones games: If you get into a fight, press Select, and
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| check the box marked 'Use Indy Fighting Controls'.
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| Return to the game, then use the following controls to fight:
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| D-pad left: move left
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| D-pad right: move right
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| D-pad up: guard up
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| D-pad down: guard down
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| Y: guard middle
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| X: Punch high
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| A: Punch middle
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| B: Punch low
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| Left shoulder: Fight towards the left
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| Right shoulder: Fight towards the right
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| The icon on the top screen shows which way you're currently
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| facing. Remember to turn the option off when the fight ends, or
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| the normal controls won't work!
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| * Beneath a Steel Sky: Press D-pad down to show your inventory.
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| * Simon the Sorcerer 1/2: Press D-pad down to show active objects.
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| * AGI games: Press Start to show the menu bar.
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| * Bargon Attack: Press Start to hit F1 when you need to start the
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| game. Use the on-screen keyboard (hit X) to press other function keys.
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| DS Options Screen
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| Pressing the 'select' button during any game to show the DS options
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| screen. This screen shows options specific to the Nintendo DS version
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| of ScummVM.
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| Controls tab
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| Indy Fight Controls - Enable fighting controls for the Indiana Jones
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| games. See 'Game Specific Controls' for more information.
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| Left handed Mode - Switch the controls on the D-pad with the controls
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| on the A/B/X/Y buttons.
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| Show mouse cursor - Shows the game's mouse cursor on the bottom screen.
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| Snap to edges - makes it easier for the mouse controls to reach the edges
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| of the screen. Useful for Beneath a Steel Sky and Goblins 3.
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| Touch X offset - if your screen doesn't perform properly, this setting
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| allows you to adjust when the cursor appears left or right relative to
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| the screen's measured touch position.
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| Touch Y offset - if your screen doesn't perform properly, this setting
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| allows you to adjust when the cursor appears higher or lower relative to
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| the screen's measured touch position.
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| Use Laptop Trackpad-style cursor control - In this mode, use the lower
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| screen to drag the cursor around, a bit like using a trackpad on a laptop.
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| When this option is enabled, the following option is also enabled.
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| Tap for left click, double tap for right click - In this mode, you can
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| quickly tap on the screen to left click the mouse, or quickly
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| double tap on the screen to right click the mouse. If you find clicking
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| or double-clicking difficult, try and make a firmer touch on the screen,
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| and keep the pen down for longer.
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| Sensitivity - this bar adjusts the speed of cursor movement when laptop
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| trackpad-style cursor control is enabled (see above).
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| Graphics Tab
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| Scaling options:
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| Three scaling options are available for the main screen.
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| Harware Scale - Scales using the DS hardware scaler using a flicker method.
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| Produces lower quality graphics but doesn't slow the game down.
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| Software Scale - Scales using the CPU. A much higher quality image is
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| produced, but at the expense of speed in some games.
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| Unscaled - Allows you to see the graphics as originaly displayed. This
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| doesn't fit on the DS screen, but you can scroll the screen around by holding
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| the left shoulder button and using the D-pad or touch screen.
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| Top screen zoom - These three options control the zoom level of the top
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| screen when ScummVM is started up. Changing this option will set the zoom
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| to the specified level immediately.
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| Initial top screen scale:
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| This option controls the scaling level of the zoomed screen. In ScummVM
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| DS, one screen shows a zoomed-in view of the action, and this option controls
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| how zoomed in it is. You can also adjust this in the game by holding L and
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| pressing A/B.
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| General Tab
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| High Quality Audio - Enhance the sound quality, at the expense of some
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| slowdown during some games.
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| Disable power off - ScummVM DS turns the power off when the game quits.
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| This option disables that feature.
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| Auto completion dictionary for Sierra AGI games
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| If you are playing a Sierra AGI game, you will be using the on-screen
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| keyboard quite a lot (press X to show it). To reduce the amount you have
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| to type, the game can automatically complete long words for you. To use
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| this feature, simply copy the PRED.DIC file from the ScummVM DS archive
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| into your game folder on your card. Now, when you use the keyboard,
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| possible words will be shown underneith it. To type one of those words,
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| simply double click on it with your stylus.
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| Converting your CD audio
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| ScummVM supports playing CD audio for specific games which came with
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| music stored as standard music CD tracks. To use this music in ScummVM
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| DS, they need to be ripped from the CD and stored in a specific format.
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| This can only be done for the CD versions of certain games, such as
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| Monkey Island 1, Loom, and Gobliiins. All the floppy games and CD games
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| that didn't have CD audio tracks for music don't require any conversion,
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| and will work unmodified on ScummVM DS. MP3 audio files for CD music are
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| not supported.
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| Cdex can do the conversion very well and I recommend using it to convert
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| your audio files, although any CD ripping software can be used, so feel
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| free to use your favourite program. The format you need to use is
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| IMA-ADPCM 4-bit Mono. You may use any sample rate. All other formats
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| will be rejected, including uncompressed WAV files.
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| Since this sound format is a standard, you should be able to create it
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| in a variety of software.
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| Now I will to describe how to rip your CD tracks with Cdex, which can be
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| found here: Cdex Homepage <http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/>.
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| If you're using MacOS or Linux, I suggest using Audacity
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| <http://audacity.sourceforge.net>.
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| To encode audio in Cdex, select Settings from the Options menu. On the
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| Encoder tab, select 'WAV Output Encoder'. Under 'Encoder Options',
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| choose the following:
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| Format: WAV
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| Compression: IMA ADPCM
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| Samplerate: 22050 Hz
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| Channels: Mono
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| On the fly encoding: On
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|
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| Next, go to the 'Filenames' tab and select the folder you want to save
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| your Wav files to. Under 'Filename format', enter 'track%3'. This should
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| name your WAV files in the correct way. Click OK.
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|
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| Now select all the tracks on your CD, and click 'Extract CD tracks to a
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| compressed audio file'. Cdex should rip all the audio off your CD.
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|
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| Now all you have to do is copy the newly created WAV files into the same
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| directory that your other game data is stored on your CompactFlash card.
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| Next time your run ScummVM DS, it should play with music!
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|
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| *Important Note:* Do not select 'Extract CD tracks to a WAV file'. This
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| creates uncompressed WAVs only. You want 'Extract CD tracks to a
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| compressed audio file'.
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|
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|
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| Converting Speech files to MP3 format
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
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| ScummVM supports playing back speech for talkie games in MP3 format.
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| Unfortunately, the DS CPU is not quite up to the task, and MP3 audio
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| will sometimes cause slowdown in your game. However, if your flash card
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| isn't big enough to fit the audio files on, you will have no choice!
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|
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| To convert your audio you will need a copy of the ScummVM Tools package
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| <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37116&package_id=67433>.
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| You will also need a copy of the LAME MP3 encoder
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| <http://www.free-codecs.com/Lame_Encoder_download.htm>.
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|
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| Once this is all installed and set up, the process to encode your audio
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| varies from game to game, but the Lucasarts games can all be compressed
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| using the following command line:
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|
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| compress_scumm_sou --mp3 monster.sou
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|
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| This produces a monster.so3 file which you can copy to your flash card
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| and replaces the original monster.sou. Ogg format (monster.sog) and flac
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| format files are not currently supported by ScummVM DS, and it is
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| unlikely they will ever be supported. There is no way to convert .sog or
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| .so3 files back to .sou files. Just dig out your original CD and copy
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| the file from that.
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|
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|
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| Frequently Asked Questions
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
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| I get a lot of email about ScummVM DS. Nearly all of them are exactly
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| the same. Here I'm going to try and answer the questions that everybody
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| asks me in the hope that I will spend less time answering questions that
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| are clearly in the documentation and more time helping people who have a
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| real problem or have discovered a real bug.
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|
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| *Q:* I can't see the bottom line of inventory items in Day of the
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| Tentacle, Monkey Island 2, or a few other games! What do I do?
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| *A:* Hold down the left shoulder button and use D-pad (or the touch
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| screen) to scroll the screen around.
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|
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| *Q:* I don't get speech or sound effects in my Lucasarts games. What's
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| wrong?
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| *A:* Do you have a monster.sog file? If so, this is the wrong kind of
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| speech file for ScummVM DS. Copy the monster.sou file present on your
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| original CD or floppies, and you will have speech.
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|
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| *Q:* Can ScummVM take advantage of the DSi?
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| *A:* At the moment, no. While some homebrew does run on the DSi, at
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| the time of writing, it cannot access any of the DSi's new features.
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| When it does, a version of ScummVM for the DSi may be possible.
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|
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| *Q:* I dont see a menu when I press Start in Flight of the Amazon Queen
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| or Simon the Sorcerer. Is ScummVM broken?
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| *A:* No. To save in Simon the Sorcerer, click 'use', then click on the
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| postcard in your inventory. In Flight of the Amazon Queen, click 'use',
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| then click on the journal in your inventory.
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|
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| *Q:* Why does ScummVM crash when I play Monkey Island 1?
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| *A:* This happens when MP3 audio tracks are present from the PC version
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| of ScummVM. Delete the MP3 tracks and reencode them to ADPCM WAV files
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| as described in the CD audio section.
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|
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| *Q:* Can't you use the extra RAM in the M3/Supercard or the official
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| Opera Expansion Pack to support more games like The Dig and Full
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| Throttle? DS Linux has done it, so why can't you?
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| *A:* Yes! The Dig and Full Throttle are playable with some limitations.
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| See the forum thread here for a download:
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| http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=7044
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|
| |
| *Q:* ScummVM DS turns off my DS when I hit 'Quit' in the game or quit
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| from the frontend. Why doesn't it return to the menu?
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| *A:* To return to the game launcher, hold 'Select' during the game
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| to access the main ScummVM menu, then click 'Return to Launcher'
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|
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|
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|
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| Contributors
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
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|
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|
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|
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| Donations and Getting Help
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
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| If you have problems getting ScummVM to work on your hardware, please
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| read the FAQ first. /Please/ don't ask me questions which are
| |
| answered in the FAQ, I get many emails about this program each day, and
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| I can't help the people who really need help if I'm answering the same
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| question all the time which is already answered on this page. Other than
| |
| that, feel free to post on the ScummVM DS forum <http://forums.scummvm.org>
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| for help. Please do your research first though. There is no way of
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| running this on an out-of-the box DS without extra hardware. Most of
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| these things are fairly inexpensive though.
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|
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| If you want to contact me, please email me on scummvm at millstone dot
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| demon dot co dot uk.
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|
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| If you want to help with the development of ScummVM DS, great! Download
| |
| the source code and get building. There are plenty of things left to do.
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|
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| You can also help by making a donation if you've particularly enjoyed
| |
| ScummVM DS. This uses Paypal, and is completely secure. There's no
| |
| pressure though, ScummVM DS is completely free. This is just for those
| |
| who would like to make a contribution to further development.
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|
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|
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|
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| Building from Sources
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
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| ScummVM is an open source project. This means that anyone is free to
| |
| take the source code to the project and make their own additions and fixes,
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| contributing them back to the authors for consideration for the next version.
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|
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| To build ScummVM DS from source, it's probably better to checkout the
| |
| latest version of the code from the ScummVM SVN repository. The ScummVM
| |
| Sourceforge.net homepage <http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm> has
| |
| all the information about how to do this.
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|
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| By default, ScummVM DS expects to find libmad, an MP3 compressor library
| |
| targeted for the ARM platform. If you don't have this, you must disable
| |
| libmad support by opening 'backends/platform/ds/arm9/makefile' and
| |
| commenting out the line which says USE_MAD = 1.
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|
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| Then, enter the 'backends/platform/ds' folder and type:
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| make SCUMM_BUILD=a
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|
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| The executable nds file will build inside 'backends/platform/ds/arm9/SCUMMVM-A'.
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|
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| For other builds, substitute the letters b - g in the above line.
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|
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| To build everything, type:
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| make allbuildssafe
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