Bug#777338: Bug#764200: Bug#777338: game-data-packager: please add support for Doom3 BFG

[Tobias Frost]

Am Samstag, den 07.02.2015, 15:21 +0000 schrieb Simon McVittie:
> On 07/02/15 14:58, Alexandre Detiste wrote:
> > Please add support for Doom3 BFG
> > 
> > The engine is already packaged and waiting in the NEW queue:
> > 
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764200
> 
> I'm happy to merge a patch, but I don't have Doom 3 (either the original
> or the BFG edition) so someone else will have to contribute the
> necessary file-list and checksums.

As I own both, maybe I can help here.
Gianfranco gave me some instructions how to generate the yaml file,
but I'm not sure if it's complete and what else is required. 
(It's still "building", so I follow up later)

> Am I right in thinking that the original and BFG editions are
> incompatible, and will require separate engines and data files if Debian
> will eventually support both? (I ask because this influences how it
> should look in game-data-packager.)
> 
>     S

Simon is right. Their data format is not compatible and they need their
own engines.  


--
tobi
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