Broken Sword 1 - Play with no CD?

gandalftheking · 02-21-2005, 03:43 AM

hi all

just decided to play broken sword; shadow of the templars again after many years, and lo and behold it installed fine on my xp set up!

nevertheless, i have a very noisy cd rom drive (am replacing soonish), and was wondering if there is a way of copying the contents of the cd 1 onto the hard drive, so that i dont have to insert the cd, as its spoiling the enjoyment at the moment.

any techie experts out there?

thanks

***fov*** · 02-21-2005, 08:50 AM

Welcome to the forum.

I'm going to transfer your question into our tech forum. Someone there may have a suggestion.

-emily

Tramboi · 02-21-2005, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gandalftheking

hi all

just decided to play broken sword; shadow of the templars again after many years, and lo and behold it installed fine on my xp set up!

nevertheless, i have a very noisy cd rom drive (am replacing soonish), and was wondering if there is a way of copying the contents of the cd 1 onto the hard drive, so that i dont have to insert the cd, as its spoiling the enjoyment at the moment.

any techie experts out there?

thanks

Just play it with SCUMMVM, that should do the trick.
http://www.scummvm.org

gandalftheking · 02-21-2005, 10:38 AM

thanks

i cant find the posting now, as this forum says "technical problems"... thanks anyway

***fov*** · 02-21-2005, 11:08 AM

I just moved your post out of the Adventure forum and into this one. People ask all sorts of technical questions here... some problems, some just questions.

I hope SCUMMVM allows you to play the game without the CD. Post back here if you have trouble getting it to work and someone will probably be able to help.

-emily

artwking4 · 02-21-2005, 11:31 AM

Make sure you also download the Broken Sword 1 cutscene pack (in the Extras section of the download page), if you want to be able to see those while playing.

gandalftheking · 02-21-2005, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by artwking4

Make sure you also download the Broken Sword 1 cutscene pack (in the Extras section of the download page), if you want to be able to see those while playing.

thanks: i can see how scumm will do the trick, although there are a few hundred mbs of sound and music on the cd that will be redundant?... (if i dont want to use cd)

VoodooFX · 02-21-2005, 01:02 PM

There are no audio tracks on Broken Sword games, if that's what you mean.
Just copy content of both discs into a single folder, download cutscene pack as artwking4 suggested. Point ScummVM to the folder, play, enjoy.

Thrasher · 04-15-2007, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VoodooFX

There are no audio tracks on Broken Sword games, if that's what you mean.
Just copy content of both discs into a single folder, download cutscene pack as artwking4 suggested. Point ScummVM to the folder, play, enjoy.

Sorry sir I've done almost all ok but I can't be able to see cinematics (for example the first one when the clown put the bomb into the bar....).
The game starts immediately with George speaking.....
Where do I have to unpack the zip file with cutscene? Pls help me tks

DustyShinigami · 04-15-2007, 05:49 AM

Copy and paste the videos from the zip file into the 'video' folder which is in the main game folder.

Thrasher · 04-15-2007, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Alucard

Copy and paste the videos from the zip file into the 'video' folder which is in the main game folder.

There is no video folder. There are Clusters, Saves, Smackshi folders. Is it one of these?

DustyShinigami · 04-15-2007, 06:13 AM

Ah, well in that case what you can do is make a folder called 'video' in the main game folder. Copy and paste the compressed videos you've downloaded into this folder. Load up ScummVM, with Broken Sword selected from the list, click on 'Edit Game', click on 'Paths', then 'Extra Path' and find the 'video' folder and click on 'Choose'.

See what happens.

Thrasher · 04-15-2007, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alucard

Ah, well in that case what you can do is make a folder called 'video' in the main game folder. Copy and paste the compressed videos you've downloaded into this folder. Load up ScummVM, with Broken Sword selected from the list, click on 'Edit Game', click on 'Paths', then 'Extra Path' and find the 'video' folder and click on 'Choose'.

See what happens.

I've already created a folder called "Cinematics", I've done exactly what you told but the game still starts with George Speaking. No intro video.

DomStLeger · 04-15-2007, 06:21 AM

The file you've downloaded from ScummVM.org (Sword1_cutscenes.zip) contains all the movie files in a subfolder called "video". Just extract the zip file into the folder where you've installed Broken Sword 1 so that there should now be "clusters, saves, smackshi and video" folders present, with all the movies you downloaded in the "video" folder. The game should then work with videos.

In terms of redundant files; the "smackshi" folder contains the original movie files that come with the game. You do not need these as ScummVM cannot play them (thats why you've downloaded the re-encoded movie files from ScummVM), so you can delete the contents of this folder to save space if you want to.

DomStLeger · 04-15-2007, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrasher

I've already created a folder called "Cinematics", I've done exactly what you told but the game still starts with George Speaking. No intro video.

"video" NOT "cinematics"

DustyShinigami · 04-15-2007, 06:32 AM

Sorry if i've not been much use lol, i own the dvd version which has all the re-encoded cutscenes installed so i'm not 100% sure about the original cd version.

Thrasher · 04-15-2007, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomStLeger

"video" NOT "cinematics"

Btw I think I made mistake... I downloaded only the Italian Adon, now I'm downloading the pack of 30+ mb.... Maybe it was the trouble

DomStLeger · 04-15-2007, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrasher

Btw I think I made mistake... I downloaded only the Italian Adon, now I'm downloading the pack of 30+ mb.... Maybe it was the trouble

Ah yeah, you need to extract the English file first (Sword1_cutscenes.zip) for the videos themselves and then the italian file (Sword1_Cutscenes_ITA_AddOn.zip) afterwards for the correct italian cutscene speech and subtitles. The contents of both files go into the "video" folder, which should have no subfolders in it. Hope it works for you

Thrasher · 04-15-2007, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomStLeger

Ah yeah, you need to extract the English file first (Sword1_cutscenes.zip) for the videos themselves and then the italian file (Sword1_Cutscenes_ITA_AddOn.zip) afterwards for the correct italian cutscene speech and subtitles. The contents of both files go into the "video" folder, which should have no subfolders in it. Hope it works for you

Awesome! It works PERFECT !!!
You're so good guy

And also the forum is really good... I hope I'll meet new friends

Our times don't go togheter as well... I'm in Italy

I hope my english is easy-understandable

DomStLeger · 04-15-2007, 07:16 AM

You're welcome, glad it worked. Hope you enjoy playing/replaying Broken Sword; it's a great game. And welcome to Adventuregamers!

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VoodooFX Grumpy & bitter man Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 1,171	There are no audio tracks on Broken Sword games, if that's what you mean. Just copy content of both discs into a single folder, download cutscene pack as artwking4 suggested. Point ScummVM to the folder, play, enjoy. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ We may have days, we may have hours, but sooner or later we all push up flowers.

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DustyShinigami The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 1,986	Copy and paste the videos from the zip file into the 'video' folder which is in the main game folder. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS and iPhone), DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All, Silent Hill - HD Collection Recently Completed: Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Next: Bayonetta, Devil May Cry - HD Collection, Max Payne 3, Metal Gear Solid - HD Collection, Silent Hill: Downpour

04-15-2007, 06:13 AM	#12
DustyShinigami The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 1,986	Ah, well in that case what you can do is make a folder called 'video' in the main game folder. Copy and paste the compressed videos you've downloaded into this folder. Load up ScummVM, with Broken Sword selected from the list, click on 'Edit Game', click on 'Paths', then 'Extra Path' and find the 'video' folder and click on 'Choose'. See what happens. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS and iPhone), DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All, Silent Hill - HD Collection Recently Completed: Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Next: Bayonetta, Devil May Cry - HD Collection, Max Payne 3, Metal Gear Solid - HD Collection, Silent Hill: Downpour

04-15-2007, 06:21 AM	#14
DomStLeger Whinging Pom Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: London, England, UK Posts: 1,032	The file you've downloaded from ScummVM.org (Sword1_cutscenes.zip) contains all the movie files in a subfolder called "video". Just extract the zip file into the folder where you've installed Broken Sword 1 so that there should now be "clusters, saves, smackshi and video" folders present, with all the movies you downloaded in the "video" folder. The game should then work with videos. In terms of redundant files; the "smackshi" folder contains the original movie files that come with the game. You do not need these as ScummVM cannot play them (thats why you've downloaded the re-encoded movie files from ScummVM), so you can delete the contents of this folder to save space if you want to. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Dom Currently Playing Tex Murphey - Under a Killing Moon (YAY GOG.com!) Recently Completed Broken Sword Director's Cut Still Get Mozilla Firefox! Forget that Chrome and IE rubbish!

04-15-2007, 06:32 AM	#16
DustyShinigami The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 1,986	Sorry if i've not been much use lol, i own the dvd version which has all the re-encoded cutscenes installed so i'm not 100% sure about the original cd version. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS and iPhone), DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All, Silent Hill - HD Collection Recently Completed: Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Next: Bayonetta, Devil May Cry - HD Collection, Max Payne 3, Metal Gear Solid - HD Collection, Silent Hill: Downpour

04-15-2007, 07:16 AM	#20
DomStLeger Whinging Pom Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: London, England, UK Posts: 1,032	You're welcome, glad it worked. Hope you enjoy playing/replaying Broken Sword; it's a great game. And welcome to Adventuregamers! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Dom Currently Playing Tex Murphey - Under a Killing Moon (YAY GOG.com!) Recently Completed Broken Sword Director's Cut Still Get Mozilla Firefox! Forget that Chrome and IE rubbish!

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