Exult snapshot for reliable game play
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 1:22 pm
Hello dear folks,
my apologies up front if this question is lame, offensive or has been asked too many times (I couldn't find it within a reasonable number of forums pages).
With Christmas holidays coming, I was looking into finally trying to play through BG (a long standing omission from my distant younger days). For this, I need to decide whether it makes more sense to use Exult, or just try to run the original game through e. g. Dosbox. I'd really like to avoid wasting lots of playing time before encountering the infamous disappearing objects bug (apparently still alive: http://exult.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p ... 1#p1736151). I am looking for the experience of the game and the joy of re-visiting Britannia, not so much for an academic bug hunting session.
So my question is this: Is there a version (git commit, svn snapshot) of Exult which
* can be compiled on a moderately modern Linux system
* offers some of the improvements developed by the Exult team
* and is confirmed to be usable for completing (and enjoying) the game?
Thanks in advance!
my apologies up front if this question is lame, offensive or has been asked too many times (I couldn't find it within a reasonable number of forums pages).
With Christmas holidays coming, I was looking into finally trying to play through BG (a long standing omission from my distant younger days). For this, I need to decide whether it makes more sense to use Exult, or just try to run the original game through e. g. Dosbox. I'd really like to avoid wasting lots of playing time before encountering the infamous disappearing objects bug (apparently still alive: http://exult.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p ... 1#p1736151). I am looking for the experience of the game and the joy of re-visiting Britannia, not so much for an academic bug hunting session.
So my question is this: Is there a version (git commit, svn snapshot) of Exult which
* can be compiled on a moderately modern Linux system
* offers some of the improvements developed by the Exult team
* and is confirmed to be usable for completing (and enjoying) the game?
Thanks in advance!