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Posted February 02, 2018
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wyrdwad: Success! Two very pertinent updates should have just went live:

- Indeo codec recognition. Altered the way the Indeo video codec is detected on startup, offering better support for users playing the game through Wine.

- Addition of command-line options. The following command-line video options have been added in response to user requests:

--fullscreen_exclusive enables exclusive mode instead of borderless when in fullscreen.
--pixel_perfect disables smoothing and forces the window size to integer multiples only, so in fullscreen it will now have perfectly sharp pixels.
--zoom2x, --zoom3x and --zoom4x allow users to set the window size to multiples of the original 854x480 in windowed mode.

Please let me know if you're able to play the movie files through Wine now -- fingers crossed that our programer's fix did the trick!
I have Zwei 1.0.7 and Indeo codec is still not detected. I turned on full trace in Wine, search through 100+MB of logs and saw Zwei did these steps:

- Access registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32
- Access c:\windows\system.ini and iterate through [driver32] section

I can confirm my registry and system.ini contains the right keys (see attachments).

(I have to uncomment these lines manually, but it didn't fix my issue)

vidc.IV50=ir50_32.dll
vidc.IV31=ir32_32.dll
vidc.IV32=ir32_32.dll
Could you share the specific on HOW the Indeo recognition is done so I can meet its requirement? Am I missing some other dependency check?
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Posted February 04, 2018
Is there anyway to make the game work with the DUALSHOCK®4 USB Wireless Adaptor? The controller works great as long as it is plugged in via USB, but I am not sitting close enough to my PC for this to be useful.

Thanks for the help.
Posted February 05, 2018
Wireless controllers are not supported, I'm afraid, and I'm not sure they can be... though if Windows recognizes them as separate from their wired equivalents (which might be the case), you may be able to configure them through the SDL2 Gamepad Tool, then add that specification into the gamecontrollerdb.txt file in the game folder. Per the readme file included with standalone DRM-free versions of the game:
Zwei: The Arges Adventure uses the SDL2 library for gamepad support, and with the included database ("gamecontrollerdb.txt" in the game folder) most common game controllers should be supported out of the box. If your particular controller is unsupported however, you can edit the database to add the required mappings. If you use Steam and have configured your controller in Big Picture mode, you can get Steam's mapping from [steam_installation_directory]/config/config.vdf (more details here: https://github.com/gabomdq/SDL_GameControllerDB), or alternatively you can use the following third-party tool to create your own mapping:

http://www.generalarcade.com/gamepadtool/
As for how the game's Indeo recognition is done, this was our programmer's reply when I first mentioned this issue to him:
I looked into how the code was checking for Indeo support, and it looks
like it enumerates all codecs using ICInfo() and checks via ICGetInfo()
for one with a name starting with "Indeo" and a dwVersion >= 50.
Checking the name string doesn't actually seem to me like the most
reliable way to do it, so I've changed it to alternatively check for a
"fourcc" code matching "IV50", which should be more reliable (I think!).
We are unable to test this with Wine ourselves, and must reiterate that Mac is not officially supported by the game; however, it's unfortunate to hear that this change didn't quite work, regardless, and if we're able to get it to work, all the better!

If this information helps you get it working, or if you have any specific thoughts on how we might be able to make the game successfully recognize Indeo, please let us know. And sorry for the trouble, in the meantime!
Posted February 06, 2018

I looked into how the code was checking for Indeo support, and it looks
like it enumerates all codecs using ICInfo() and checks via ICGetInfo()
for one with a name starting with "Indeo" and a dwVersion >= 50.
Checking the name string doesn't actually seem to me like the most
reliable way to do it, so I've changed it to alternatively check for a
"fourcc" code matching "IV50", which should be more reliable (I think!).
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wyrdwad: We are unable to test this with Wine ourselves, and must reiterate that Mac is not officially supported by the game; however, it's unfortunate to hear that this change didn't quite work, regardless, and if we're able to get it to work, all the better!

If this information helps you get it working, or if you have any specific thoughts on how we might be able to make the game successfully recognize Indeo, please let us know. And sorry for the trouble, in the meantime!
Thx, I know your team have tried hard enough.

But I just want to post one last piece of information. My "icinfo" command returns the following:

vidc.IV50: Indeor Video 5
dwFlags: 0x0000002f (VIDCF_QUALITY VIDCF_CRUNCH VIDCF_TEMPORAL VIDCF_COMPRESSFRAMES VIDCF_FASTTEMPORALC )
dwVersion: 0x00000032
dwVersionICM: 0x00000104
szDescription: Ligos Indeor Video 5.11
As you can see, it includes IV50 and the dwVersion is hex 32, which is 50.

I couldn't figure out why Zwei or its engine won't accept this info. Maybe it's something too low-level.

Hopefully one day people can figure it out.

EDIT:

I have posted my investigation here, in case other people want to look into it.

http://portingkit.com/smf/index.php?topic=936.0
Post edited February 06, 2018 by david_frank
Posted February 07, 2018
The newest update to Arges makes a MASSIVE improvement to being able to enjoy the title with a 360 controller - the fix fix for the deadzone makes all the difference in the world.

That being said, does anyone know how to open the command line in the game? Or is there some other way to use console commands I'm missing in this game?
Post edited February 07, 2018 by FlamingFirewire
Posted February 07, 2018
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FlamingFirewire: The newest update to Arges makes a MASSIVE improvement to being able to enjoy the title with a 360 controller - the fix fix for the deadzone makes all the difference in the world.

That being said, does anyone know how to open the command line in the game? Or is there some other way to use console commands I'm missing in this game?
If using Galaxy simply click the more button>settings> select add command line arguments then type your desired command.

Without Galaxy just click on the properties of the game's shortcut (desktop or start menu), under the shortcut tab locate the Target field and type your command after the " ". Example: "C:\gog\zwei" --zoom2x
Posted February 07, 2018
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FlamingFirewire: The newest update to Arges makes a MASSIVE improvement to being able to enjoy the title with a 360 controller - the fix fix for the deadzone makes all the difference in the world.

That being said, does anyone know how to open the command line in the game? Or is there some other way to use console commands I'm missing in this game?
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Hikage1983: If using Galaxy simply click the more button>settings> select add command line arguments then type your desired command.

Without Galaxy just click on the properties of the game's shortcut (desktop or start menu), under the shortcut tab locate the Target field and type your command after the " ". Example: "C:\gog\zwei" --zoom2x
Perfect - that really helped out! Command lines work like a charm ^^b
Posted February 09, 2018
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wyrdwad: If this information helps you get it working, or if you have any specific thoughts on how we might be able to make the game successfully recognize Indeo, please let us know. And sorry for the trouble, in the meantime!
Hey Tom. I picked this game up myself as I was already interested in it, you said it's not one to miss, and it appears to be working otherwise in Wine aside from the videos. Still, I prefer to have the videos too.
I actually made some progress with the videos under Wine (Linux in my case). I made a new thread for it. Probably better to split it from the official bug report thread.
Post edited February 10, 2018 by Gydion
Posted February 13, 2018
When using Pokkle/Pipiro control type you can start to read(!) with the Pipiro button, but can only close/cancel by pressing the Pokkle button. Ideally you should be able to close with either.
Posted February 13, 2018
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Gydion: When using Pokkle/Pipiro control type you can start to read(!) with the Pipiro button, but can only close/cancel by pressing the Pokkle button. Ideally you should be able to close with either.
Interesting catch. I'm not sure if that can be fixed, given the volatile nature of the game's code, but I'll pass it along. Thanks!

Also, a general note about the most recent patch, for everyone:

In response to some user feedback, there is a new command-line switch now: --crop, which chops off one pixel on either side of the display resolution, knocking it down to 852x480. Which sounds kind of pointless, until you realize that 2556 is a multiple of 852, so if you combine --crop and --zoom3x, you've got nearly perfect 2560x1440 resolution.

Enjoy!

-Tom
Posted February 16, 2018
Full patch notes for recent changes as of 2/16/2018:

- Another new command-line switch was added to the game: --crop. This switch cuts the game resolution down from 854x480 to 852x480, and is designed to be used in conjunction with --zoom3x and --pixel_perfect so that players with their monitors set to 2560x1440 resolution will be able to enjoy the game in fullscreen without any significant letterboxing or pillarboxing.

- A fix was made to the Fairy of the Spring to prevent a freeze issue and allow the "Spring Cleaning" achievement to successfully pop as intended.

- Further minor fixes were made to item management, preventing beta items from making their way into game circulation and limiting previously reported item duplication issues.

In the rare event that further item duplication issues occur, and especially if any key items are lost in the process, players may speak with the NPC Ramsey outside Pneuma's mansion in town to recover those items.

Hope you're all continuing to enjoy the game, and once again, if you experience any further issues, please do not hesitate to post about them here!

-Tom
Posted June 08, 2018
Hi. I have this game on my home PC and it works fine. But I can't have it working on my office laptop. It says "Installation Failed" the two times i tried to install it. Anything I should look for?
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