Problem using gemrb with BG1

[Vador]

Hi.

 

I downloaded and installed correctly gemrb (I'm on Linux). I made a wine installation of BG1 in ~/.wine/drive_c... and put the 5 CDs in /mnt/divers/BG/CD{1,2,3,4,5}, and put this in /usr/local/etc/gemRB.cfg :

 

GamePath=/home/nico/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Black Isle/Baldur's Gate/

CD1=/mnt/divers/BG/CD1/

CD2=/mnt/divers/BG/CD2/

CD3=/mnt/divers/BG/CD3/

CD4=/mnt/divers/BG/CD4/

CD5=/mnt/divers/BG/CD5/

 

But game fails to start :

 

nico@detritus:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Black Isle/Baldur's Gate$ gemrb -c /usr/local/etc/GemRB.cfg

GemRB Core Version v0.2.6 Loading...

[Core]: Initializing Variables Dictionary...[OK]

[Core]: Loading Configuration File...Loaded config file /usr/local/etc/GemRB.cfg

[OK]

[Core]: Starting Plugin Manager...

[PluginMgr]: Loading Plugins...

...

[Core]: Initializing Resource Manager...

[KEYImporter]: Opening /home/nico/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Black Isle/Baldur's Gate/chitin.key...[OK]

[KEYImporter]: Checking file type...[OK]

[KEYImporter]: Reading Resources...

[KEYImporter]: BIF Files Count: 141 (Starting at 24 Bytes)

[KEYImporter]: RES Count: 15237 (Starting at 4241 Bytes)

[KEYImporter]: Resources Loaded...[OK]

[KEYImporter]: Searching for gemrb.INI...[ERROR]

[ERROR]

Cannot Load INI

Termination in Progress...

[KEYImporter]: Searching for defsound.2DA...[ERROR]

Press enter to continue...

 

Anyone can help ? The game works fine under wine.

 

\bye

[Avenger]

1. Have you set the gametype config parameter to bg1?

2. if you are on a case sensitive filesystem, then set CaseSensitive=1 too

[Vador]

1. Have you set the gametype config parameter to bg1?

2. if you are on a case sensitive filesystem, then set CaseSensitive=1 too

 

Yes to both questions.

 

\bye

[Avenger]

The ini file should be in the <gemrbpath>/override/<gametype> path in the filesystem.

Maybe you need to set the GemRBPath config parameter too.

[Vador]

The ini file should be in the <gemrbpath>/override/<gametype> path in the filesystem.

Maybe you need to set the GemRBPath config parameter too.

 

OK, it worked : I had to put

GemRBPath=/usr/local/share/gemrb/

bt this was documented as "the full path to the GemRB executable". Strange. The executable is of course in /usr/local/bin, But anyway, It works now. Well, not completly : I can't change options, and I can't see my save files. I'll try to refine my config file later.

 

Thanks for the tips.

 

\bye

[Avenger]

GemRB won't overwrite the original baldur.ini.

But the save files should be visible and gemrb could even save games.

And you should be able to change most of the options, and some even have effect on gemrb.