Is Discworld Noir likely to be supported?

Big Bottom · Post by **Big Bottom** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:44 pm

Hi guys!

Is this fine game being worked on at all? I couldn't see a topic about it.

Cheers

BB

ezekiel000 · Post by **ezekiel000** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:02 pm

Well it uses 3D models so would have to be part of Residual not ScummVM. There is the start of a noir engine here:
http://tinselnoir.svn.sourceforge.net/v ... inselnoir/
But it hasn't been updated for 2 years.

Freddo · Post by **Freddo** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:10 am

Discworld Noir is the game I want to see supported the most in Residual, after Grim Fandango of course!

Longcat · Post by **Longcat** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:54 pm

Seconded. Closely followed by Blade Runner and The longest Journey.

Mim · Post by **Mim** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:15 pm

Number one on my wishlist too. An excellent game but sadly it's a big problem to get it running on modern computers.

ezekiel000 · Post by **ezekiel000** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:56 pm

Mim wrote:Number one on my wishlist too. An excellent game but sadly it's a big problem to get it running on modern computers.

Not only modern computers, even on Windows 98 it crashed quite often. It is a bug ridden game, I think it was rushed out as the company was running out of money although I could be wrong.

Big Bottom · Post by **Big Bottom** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:05 am

ezekiel000 wrote:Well it uses 3D models so would have to be part of Residual not ScummVM. There is the start of a noir engine here:
http://tinselnoir.svn.sourceforge.net/v ... inselnoir/
But it hasn't been updated for 2 years.

I thought the visuals in Discworld Noir were pre-rendered...they certainly don't look like they are realtime 3D models.

DrMcCoy · Post by **DrMcCoy** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:27 am

Big Bottom wrote:I thought the visuals in Discworld Noir were pre-rendered...they certainly don't look like they are realtime 3D models.

From what I can see, they're mostly prerendered.
The default Lewton walking/standing animation is realtime, though. Everything else is prerendered, even most (all?) of the other Lewton animations.

At least that's my deduction from how it looks like: The Lewton walking animation is smooth (and looks realtime 3D), while every other animation is "choppy" at maybe 12 FPS or thatabout.

dreammaster · Post by **dreammaster** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:42 am

Mim wrote:Number one on my wishlist too. An excellent game but sadly it's a big problem to get it running on modern computers.

There was actually one forum member, whose name escapes me right now, who started a tinsel-noir project on Sourceforge to reimplement the game. Sadly, he didn't get very far before seeming to lose interest - there's been no updates for about 2 years.

DrMcCoy · Post by **DrMcCoy** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:10 am

dreammaster wrote:There was actually one forum member, whose name escapes me right now, who started a tinsel-noir project on Sourceforge to reimplement the game.

Are you talking about a second project or are you having a blind day today? Because:

ezekiel000 wrote:There is the start of a noir engine here:
http://tinselnoir.svn.sourceforge.net/v ... inselnoir/

dreammaster wrote:there's been no updates for about 2 years.

The main reason, from what I remember anyway, why Kerbox stopped working on it, was lack of time.

dreammaster · Post by **dreammaster** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:03 am

DrMcCoy wrote:
dreammaster wrote:There was actually one forum member, whose name escapes me right now, who started a tinsel-noir project on Sourceforge to reimplement the game.
Are you talking about a second project or are you having a blind day today?

Lets put it down as a blind day today.

. I missed that reply.