ScummVM IRC Log - 18 Jun 2026

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[01:16] <Scummette> [scummvm] bluegr pushed 4 new commits to master: Error, database insert failed
[01:16] <Scummette> scummvm/master 6822c34 bluegr: NANCY: Fix signed/unsigned warnings
[01:16] <Scummette> scummvm/master 59041cb bluegr: NANCY: Remove unused variable
[01:16] <Scummette> scummvm/master 0d0fdea bluegr: NANCY: Fix cursor mapping in Nancy10+
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[09:25] <Scummette> [scummvm] mduggan pushed 1 new commits to master: Error, database insert failed
[09:25] <Scummette> scummvm/master 2e00256 mduggan: ACCESS: Support multiple languages in Noct rerelease
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[09:26] <Scummette> scummvm/master 56af3b3 weblate: I18N: Update translations templates
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[09:40] <Scummette> [scummvm] dwatteau pushed 3 new commits to master: Error, database insert failed
[09:40] <Scummette> scummvm/master aa0a494 dwatteau: ACCESS: Silence -Wunused-but-set-variable warnings
[09:40] <Scummette> scummvm/master 6fb3002 dwatteau: MM: MM1: Silence -Wunused-but-set-variable warnings
[09:40] <Scummette> scummvm/master 8775c6b dwatteau: TWINE: Silence -Wunused-private-field warning
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[11:21] <Scummette> [scummvm] dreammaster pushed 1 new commits to master: Error, database insert failed
[11:21] <Scummette> scummvm/master 94950c1 dreammaster: MADS: DRAGONSPHERE: Fix accidental double play of speech lines
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[12:28] <Scummette> [scummvm] lotharsm pushed 1 new commits to master: https://is.gd/Og7DHF
[12:28] <Scummette> scummvm/master ae201ec lotharsm: NEWS: Update German NEWS file
[13:08] <Scummette> [scummvm] polyesterswing opened pull request #7581: SLUDGE: Add shape-shift-escape to detection (master...master) https://is.gd/UQnZjp
[13:21] <grogbot> [discord] <ilducci> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581224061091446795/1517157416284848208/image.png?ex=6a354273&is=6a33f0f3&hm=eb06a5be7e70f5615f6f35135d6425a66cee71513188dcab936b1bb0a89bdb3e&
[13:22] <grogbot> [discord] <ilducci> https://giphy.com/gifs/terminator-gif-arnold-schwarzenegger-JDKxRN0Bvmm2c
[13:22] <grogbot> [discord] <ilducci> Dare I assume this isn't neccesarily a Terminator reference?
[13:23] <grogbot> [discord] <ilducci> (real question: does this string from The Colony need to be translated as a verbatim quote of the Terminator movies or is it just a "You are dead" string?
[13:23] <grogbot> [discord] <ilducci> (real question: does this string from The Colony need to be translated as a verbatim quote of the Terminator movies or is it just a "You are dead" string?) (edited)
[13:24] <Scummette> [scummvm] ScummVM-Translations pushed 1 new commits to master: https://is.gd/GSJGN7
[13:24] <Scummette> scummvm/master 6232683 IlDucci: I18N: Update translation (Spanish)
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[13:36] <grogbot> [discord] <gu3> It just a "you are dead" string. Interestly enough, the game kills the player not only if they do something like blowing the reactor, but also if they try to use the cigarettes (saying that's bad for health!)
[13:38] <grogbot> [discord] <gu3> The game is from 1988, so it possible that it is real reference. I can ask the the game developer
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[13:57] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Hello all, would this be the right channel to ask in for what *I think* is a ScummVM issue (but might be user error as well)?
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> I'll go ahead & post here for now, if I should move some where else, please let me know
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> I'm playing the GOG version of The Curse of Monkey Island on Linux (downloaded using Heroic). Heroic has a feature to run games that come with the Windows version of ScummVM with the Linux-native version instead (although I can confirm that the same issue also happens when running ScummVM manually).
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Launching the game, Heroic will run `flatpak run org.scummvm.ScummVM -c ../monkey3.ini monkey3` inside `<game dir>/scummvm`. This results in the following output:
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ```
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Using configuration file: ../monkey3.ini
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Target 'monkey3' lacks an engine ID, upgrading...
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: The game path is required to upgrade target 'monkey3'!
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> User picked target 'monkey3' (engine ID '', game ID 'comi')...
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: The engine ID is not set for target 'monkey3'!
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: Couldn't load font 'helvb12.bdf'/'(none)'!
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> File <File Stream>, line 47:
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> <language id = '*' file = 'helvb12.bdf'/>
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> </font>
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Parser error: Error loading localized Font in theme engine.
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: Failed to parse STX file 'classic_gfx.stx'!
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: Failed to load theme 'scummclassic.zip'!
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ```
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> And an error message (screenshot attached)
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> However, if I launch ScummVM without arguments, and add the game by selecting the directory, it launches fine. I would like to be able to start the game from Heroic directly though.
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Let me know if you need any more details
[14:05] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581224061091446795/1517168317024960602/image.png?ex=6a354c9a&is=6a33fb1a&hm=5a4dcff11b9c499d17f15a986a0bd74a1fd1b7abcc820395902bda528b4df933&
[14:08] <grogbot> [discord] <gu3> is it the only game that fails?
[14:09] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> I have not tried to run other games, will have to check if I have any in my GOG account. Given the game works when added manually, I would not suspect this to be a setup issue though
[14:12] <grogbot> [discord] <gu3> This one is free, and it seems to use ScummVM: https://www.gog.com/en/game/flight_of_the_amazon_queen
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Yup, same issue:
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ```
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Using configuration file: ../queen.ini
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Target 'queen' lacks an engine ID, upgrading...
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: The game path is required to upgrade target 'queen'!
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: The engine ID is not set for target 'queen'!
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> User picked target 'queen' (engine ID '', game ID 'queen')...
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Launch command: ['flatpak-spawn', '--host', 'flatpak', 'run', 'org.scummvm.ScummVM', '-c', '../queen.ini', 'queen']
[14:15] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ```(last line comes from Heroic)
[14:17] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> (and the error shown in the window, for completeness; seems it did load the theme correctly this time)
[14:17] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581224061091446795/1517171492692164708/image.png?ex=6a354f8f&is=6a33fe0f&hm=397b1cc1f21dd6238a369568ba7ae46ffb6e73810fe070fd8dff27d09666aa89&
[14:22] <grogbot> [discord] <gu3> which heroic release/revision are you using?
[14:22] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> v2.22.0 installed using Flatpak
[14:23] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> (I should also note that I'm one of the maintainers of Heroic, although I have little experience with this specific functionality of it)
[14:24] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> i'm guessing the inis come from heroic? looks like they're out of date
[14:25] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> They come from GOG. They are likely out of date, yes
[14:25] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581224061091446795/1517173391105327365/queen.ini?ex=6a355154&is=6a33ffd4&hm=81b37bff7d94f19c2404d7eeb5ac4568abf68632c5a5960eb7c1daabac843ed7&
[14:25] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581224061091446795/1517173391411384401/monkey3.ini?ex=6a355154&is=6a33ffd4&hm=2cfb98f0fbd723b60e3abbcd49f3182cb01510c6a6931a3197c85e5584d75c6c&
[14:26] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> > `versioninfo=2026.2.0`
[14:26] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> That seems fairly recent though; did me running the game alter that property?
[14:29] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ScummVM shipped with the games is version 2.0.0. Build date seems to be Dec 9 2017
[14:29] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> dunno. although i don't think you need the gog inis, you can just pass the game path to scummvm directly
[14:33] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Will look into that. Would look something like `flatpak run org.scummvm.ScummVM --path=.. --auto-detect` then, I assume?
[14:39] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> yeah
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[14:42] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> you can also pass the path and the config if you wanna keep their launch options
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[14:50] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Am I not passing the path there?
[14:51] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> yea i mean this command isn't, thus the scummvm error: `flatpak run org.scummvm.ScummVM -c ../monkey3.ini monkey3`
[14:51] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> i had a deeper look and i think heroic is just parsing the gog launch arguments, but my gog inis have the game path, so i'm not sure why yours don't
[14:52] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> so to summarize, the heroic error is because the game path doesn't exist, it needs to be either in the ini or the command line
[14:52] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> You can see the launch command in the `goggame-....info` file. Mine says `"arguments": "-c \"..\\queen.ini\" queen",`
[14:53] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> yea, here's one of my inis and you can see the game path there
[14:53] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581224061091446795/1517180389700014100/loom.ini?ex=6a3557d8&is=6a340658&hm=651b9cc741e0a4a848ce22dd81e726abca7574c4606ce4a2a0914f7738aeff99&
[14:54] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Ah, it's in the .ini
[14:54] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> That file is generated by GOG's scriptinterpreter as far as I know, so we don't have much control there
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[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> It doesn't seem like that's all though:
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ```
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> $ flatpak run org.scummvm.ScummVM -c ../queen.ini --path=.. queen
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Using configuration file: ../queen.ini
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Target 'queen' lacks an engine ID, upgrading...
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: The game path is required to upgrade target 'queen'!
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> User picked target 'queen' (engine ID '', game ID 'queen')...
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: The engine ID is not set for target 'queen'!
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ```(and same "Unknown error"
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> It doesn't seem like that's all though:
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ```
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> $ flatpak run org.scummvm.ScummVM -c ../queen.ini --path=.. queen
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Using configuration file: ../queen.ini
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Target 'queen' lacks an engine ID, upgrading...
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: The game path is required to upgrade target 'queen'!
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> User picked target 'queen' (engine ID '', game ID 'queen')...
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> WARNING: The engine ID is not set for target 'queen'!
[14:58] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> ```(and same "Unknown error" in the window) (edited)
[15:00] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> i guess you can't have both, if you pass an .ini it expects the path to be in there
[15:00] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> so heroic would need to either ignore the ini or make sure the path is written in there like gog does
[15:11] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Gotcha, will look into what we're doing wrong for the path to go missing in the file
[15:11] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> If it's not too much trouble, could you check whether your ini files for the specific games I've tried also have the path option? I'd hate to go searching for an issue in our tooling that ends up being a per-game thing
[15:13] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Actually, scratch that, I'll just test Loom on my end
[15:15] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> when i install them via gog galaxy the path is there, haven't tried standalone
[15:15] <grogbot> [discord] <criezy> Maybe the path is not present in the ini file that comes with the game but is added by the gog installer (since you can install in custom locations)?
[15:16] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Yes, it is added by ScriptInterpreter
[15:16] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> That's all I wanted to know, thanks!
[15:18] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> To be specific, the whole file is generated by it, it is not in the game files at all
[15:29] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Alrighty, update: The problem here is... architectural? ScriptInterpreter is a Windows application, so we deliberately don't pass it the game path if the game depends on ScummVM, since it's gonna put Windows paths into the file (which won't work for the Linux version of ScummVM)
[15:29] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> The easiest way to resolve this would sadly be to have ScummVM accept `--path` from the commandline if it's not in the config. Would you accept such a change?
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[16:55] <Scummette> [scummvm] sev- pushed 1 new commits to master: https://is.gd/w5SBWQ
[16:55] <Scummette> scummvm/master 2dbcc81 sev-: GAMOS: Added GOG/Steam versions to detection and mark as unsupported
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[18:31] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> Maybe final update: I've messed around in the ScummVM codebase a bit, but could not get the behavior I wanted. For now, I've resolved the root issue by making Heroic set the path in the config file ([relevant PR](<https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/heroic-gogdl/pull/82>)). It would still be great if ScummVM would respect both ways of setting options (Heroic needing to have knowledge on how ScummVM handles config files & argumen
[18:31] <Scummette> [scummvm] tunnelsociety opened pull request #7582: CONFIGURE: Disable SEQ MIDI on FreeBSD and DragonFlyBSD (master...configure-bsdseqmidi) https://is.gd/82fdci
[18:38] <grogbot> [discord] <gu3> is this bug only in flatpak?
[18:40] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> No, it's just a general behavior of the config system. Arguably not even a bug
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[20:16] <grogbot> [discord] <criezy> You also have the option of not using a config file at all if you know the gameid (i.e. pass both the path and gameid on the commandline instead of passing the name of the target defined in the confi file). Or you could even use `--auto-detect`.
[20:17] <grogbot> [discord] <criezy> You also have the option of not using a config file at all if you know the gameid (i.e. pass both the path and gameid on the commandline instead of passing the name of the target defined in the config file). Or you could even use `--auto-detect`. (edited)
[20:18] <grogbot> [discord] <criezy> There is more info on what works currently on <https://docs.scummvm.org/en/v2026.2.0/advanced_topics/command_line.html>
[20:37] <grogbot> [discord] <supsuper> i think the idea was to wrap around the gog behavior
[20:54] <Scummette> [scummvm] tunnelsociety opened pull request #7583: AUDIO: Change asound_fm.h include (master...alsa) https://is.gd/hmKlO4
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[21:00] <Scummette> [scummvm] sev- closed pull request #7580: DIRECTOR: Savegame fixes (master...saves) https://is.gd/ESX0Wt
[21:00] <Scummette> [scummvm] sev- pushed 3 new commits to master: https://is.gd/gKug6j
[21:00] <Scummette> scummvm/master 66e4f17 Lariaa: DIRECTOR: Sync cast member save code with loading for D6+
[21:00] <Scummette> scummvm/master 4c09d65 Lariaa: DIRECTOR: Cover D6+ in cast member getCastDataSize() for save round-trip
[21:00] <Scummette> scummvm/master bc118d9 Lariaa: DIRECTOR: Only resolve the frame script-channel behavior if it actually has a handler for this event.
[21:05] <Scummette> [scummvm] sev- pushed 1 new commits to master: https://is.gd/zbKx1X
[21:05] <Scummette> scummvm/master 9bb31cb Lariaa: DIRECTOR: Correctly process empty MCsL/VWFI
[21:06] <Scummette> [scummvm] bluegr pushed 2 new commits to master: https://is.gd/52mvPM
[21:06] <Scummette> scummvm/master 960486d bluegr: NANCY: Implement animations when placing pieces in multibuildpuzzle
[21:06] <Scummette> scummvm/master 11ab98f bluegr: NANCY: Fix label when using the ring at the slot machine in Nancy 10
[21:06] <grogbot> [discord] <commandmc> My assumption there was that if there are any special options in the config file for some games, GOG surely must've had a reason to add those into there at some point (and thus skipping it may cause compatibility issues). That's coming from an outside perspective of ScummVM though; if you think that running without the config & `--auto-detect` is the better approach, we can totally do that
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[23:15] <Scummette> [scummvm] bluegr closed pull request #7582: CONFIGURE: Disable SEQ MIDI on FreeBSD and DragonFlyBSD (master...configure-bsdseqmidi) https://is.gd/82fdci
[23:15] <Scummette> [scummvm] bluegr pushed 1 new commits to master: https://is.gd/Gu4TOH
[23:15] <Scummette> scummvm/master 682c362 tunnelsociety: CONFIGURE: Disable SEQ MIDI on FreeBSD and DragonFlyBSD
[23:19] <grogbot> [discord] <theonebuns> Anyone else get a random friend req from a mutual user in this server?
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