GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
TruHobbyist - 01-12-2020
For all those wishing to play Baldur's Gate I on IRIX, here are the steps:
1. Dependencies
These are the system provided libraries you will need to get GemRB running:
/usr/lib32/libfreetype.so (2.1.3) - xpdf.sw.xpdf (6.5.30 Applications CD)
/usr/lib32/libpng.so (1.2.8) - ifl_eoe.sw.c++ (6.5.30 Overlays 2 of 3 CD)
/usr/freeware/lib32/libogg.so.1 - fw_libogg.sw.lib (Freeware May 2004 CD 3)
/usr/freeware/lib32/libvorbis.so.1 - fw_libvorbis.sw.lib (Freeware May 2004 CD 3)
/usr/lib32/libaudio.so - dmedia_eoe.sw.audio (6.5.30 Overlays 2 of 3 CD)
/usr/lib32/libXext.so - x_eoe.sw.eoe (6.5.30 Installation Tools and Overlays 1 of 3 CD)
/usr/freeware/lib32/libreadline.so.4 - fw_readline (Freeware May 2004 CD 4)
/usr/freeware/lib32/libintl.so.3 - fw_gettext (Freeware May 2004 CD 2)
/usr/lib32/libcurses.so - eoe.sw.base (6.5.30 Installation Tools and Overlays 1 of 3)
Get the freeware CDs here:
CD1,
CD2,
CD3,
CD4.
2. Baldur's Gate I installation folder
You need the game folder on your machine in order to play the game.
The folder is a 2.3GB large tarred file, split up into 5 parts:
Part 0,
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4.
To recreate the single tar file, you will need a total of ~5GB free disk space:
# cat bg1.tar.part* > bg1.tar
# rm bg1.tar.part*
# gtar -xf bg1.tar
# rm bg1.tar
Now you have the game folder bg1.
3. Install GemRB
Download
this tar file, untar into /usr/dist, and install all products with swmgr.
The products are:
GemRB_0_8_4
Python_2_7_15
SDL_1_2_15
libiconv_1_14
zlib_1_2_7
FLAC_1_2_1
FluidSynth_1_1_5
SDL_mixer_1_2_12
glib_2_6_5
libmikmod_3_1_12
libogg_1_1_2
smpeg_0_4_5
4. Edit /usr/local/etc/gemrb/GemRB.cfg
Set GamePath to the path of your bg1 game folder.
For example:
GamePath=/usr/people/root/bg1
5. Run gemrb
# gemrb
Have fun
Tru
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
Geoman - 01-17-2020
Thank you TruHobbyist !
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
Noguri - 01-18-2020
Thank you so much!
Everything is working like a charm!
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
TruHobbyist - 01-18-2020
I love to hear that. Thanks.
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
Jacques - 01-18-2020
Thanks so much! Is there a minimum spec machine for running this?
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
TruHobbyist - 01-19-2020
(01-18-2020, 09:26 PM)JacquesT Wrote: Thanks so much! Is there a minimum spec machine for running this?
I would recommend a processor R5k with at least 300MHz or any R10k+ at any speed.
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
Jacques - 01-20-2020
I shall try it on my O2 then
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
Irinikus - 01-20-2020
(01-20-2020, 07:47 PM)JacquesT Wrote: I shall try it on my O2 then 
It seems to work very well on the CRM architecture!
Here's Baldur's Gate I running on chulofiasco's O2:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LxR3q73w0_3f-F-2PVHSEUpTQtqh86Jm
I was really impressed by this performance.
My 400MHz O2 sits in Cape Town, so I'll only be able to run tests on it when I'm next down there.
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
Jacques - 01-21-2020
I'll try it on the 300Mhz R12k and then the 300Mhz RM5200 CPU.
RE: GemRB 0.8.4 + deps + sound binaries -
soviet - 08-05-2020
Someone have the issue after concatenating all tar files on irix and using tar to uncompressed the bg1.tar file "tape premature eof may need to use -b option"
Copied the tar to my pc and seems to extract correctly, theres a parameter or something that i need to use on irix ?.