On Wed, February 12, 2020 01:10, Solene Rapenne wrote: > Hi, honestly I never remember how to use gemrb and I never have any > internet connection when I want to play with it... > > I propose to explain how to start a game with it, but I'm not sure my > wording is really good. > Hi! Not sure it is really necessary but it's cheap to make such a tweak. See comments below.
> Index: Makefile > =================================================================== > RCS file: /data/cvs/ports/games/gemrb/Makefile,v > retrieving revision 1.15 > diff -u -p -r1.15 Makefile > --- Makefile 13 Dec 2019 08:24:26 -0000 1.15 > +++ Makefile 11 Feb 2020 22:09:07 -0000 > @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SHARED_LIBS += gemrb_core 0.0 > COMMENT = open-source implementation of Bioware's Infinity Engine > > DISTNAME = gemrb-0.8.6 > +REVISION = 0 > > CATEGORIES = games emulators x11 > > Index: pkg/README > =================================================================== > RCS file: /data/cvs/ports/games/gemrb/pkg/README,v > retrieving revision 1.1 > diff -u -p -r1.1 README > --- pkg/README 31 Jul 2019 07:55:32 -0000 1.1 > +++ pkg/README 11 Feb 2020 22:08:47 -0000 > @@ -16,3 +16,14 @@ Extracting > innoextract from packages can be used to extract the GOG.com version. > > $ innoextract -g -m setup_baldurs_gate_2.0.0.20.exe > + > +Configuration > +============= > + > +1. Copy the file GemRB.cfg.sample from this package and name it > + like bg2.cfg under a repertory of your choice One have GemRB.cfg already in /etc/gemrb. Should be sufficient for single-user desktop. For multi-user systems instructions for copying config to ~/.gemrb/ have more value IMO. > + > +2. Modify bg2.cfg to change the paths to the folder having the file > + CHITIN.KEY in the variables: GamePath, CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 and CD5 > + GemRB.cfg is containing comments on all its flags bu we can mention some of them which are needed for a quick start. > +3. Start with gemrb -c bg2.cfg > Using default paths (i.e. /etc/gemrb/GemRB.cfg) won't require pointing to config file. But this would be worth to describe for running multiple games in gemrb.
