World of Xeen - Supported by ScummVM

[Silver]

ScummVM is an engine reimplementation project which has added support for Might and Magic: World of Xeen. At the moment they are encouraging playtesters to test it out.

May 1, 2018: Inconceivable, the royal pyramid besieged!
Posted by Dreammaster
Battle to liberate the populace from the threat of the tyrant Lord Xeen, or his cruel master Alamar. Or dare to venture beyond the world of Xeen to the world of Havoc to test your mettle with a new challenge. We're pleased to announce support for the following games:

• Might and Magic IV - Clouds of Xeen
• Might and Magic V - Darkside of Xeen
• Might and Magic - World of Xeen
• Might and Magic - World of Xeen 2 CD Talkie
• Might and Magic - Swords of Xeen

At this time, only the English versions of these games are ready for testing. So break out your copies, or buy them digitally on GOG, and grab the latest daily build of ScummVM. You'll also need an extra required xeen.ccs file, which should be put in the same folder you copy your game files to.

Before you start testing any of the games, please be aware that given the large part combat plays in the game, any errors you encounter may be more difficult to replicate than in traditional adventure games. As such, it'll be a good idea to make a practice of regularly saving your game, just in case something goes wrong. If you do experience any crashes, or notice any functionality which seems incorrect, please let us know. Any problems found should be reported on our Issue Tracker.

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[bjon045]

Truly epic crpg. A real gem that has aged reasonably well given that it was the last of series to using 2D graphics to represent 3D.

 

[mercy]

Nice graphics still. In one of these games with a beginner party I angered a blue robed arch wizard - via a dialogue line - and he disintegrated my gang with lightning. That was amazing fun!

 

[Kordanor]

What's the point? Is the purpose of ScummVM to be able to let it run on machines where dosbox doesn't?

 

[Carnifex]

Yeah, I'm not sure what the scope of this project actually is. You want to take games that run reasonably well in dosbox and put it in a form that I'd have to have a degree in computer science to install it? Not interested at all, unless you make it just as simple as dosbox is.

 

[duerer]

Excellent news. Now I can play WoX in the office, cleverly hidden among those dreaded MS Office windows, har-har!

 

[duerer]

Not interested at all, unless you make it just as simple as dosbox is.

ScummVM is simpler. You just select the game from the master list and play. Also, you can easily set up graphics filters, midi emulators and whatnot. (YES, you may do these in DOSBox as well, but you may have to tinker with a scary looking config file)

Also, I've found out that ScummVM is much more reliable than DOSBox if you have to switch tasks all the time -- which is a must for me, as I intend to play in the office, during work hours.

 

[Carnifex]

Well, that sounds better, then. Next time I replay these masterpieces, I just might have to do it this way.

 

[Irian]

ScummVM is a great tool. Even allows me to play Monkey Island (and many other games) on my smartphone ;-) It's really simple, no problems there. Imho, it's simpler than dosbox.

 

[mercy]

Installed Talkie version on ScummVM, but it doesn't support my beloved Wacom digipad only the mouse and I refuse to clickclickclick away. A digipad is so much more advanced, eloquent and effortless to use.

Also the battles have this super annoying thin, metal CLANG sound, which caused an uninstall avalanche...

 

[Thrasher]

This worked fine for me on DOSBox, but I imagine the amount of fiddling to get it to work every time you want to try a new game or on a new computer is not worth it to some. It certainly has made me think twice about playing any game requiring DOSBox.

 

[JDR13]

Or you could just play the GOG version.

 

[Thrasher]

Yeah, but I’m a cheapskate.

But I have had issues with the gog dosbox configurations too.

 

[you]

Works fine with wine on linux but these games really could use a graphic upgrade.