Now that Christmas celebrations are beyond us, it’s time for an update on my two flagship projects. My plan is to release a new binary version of Riven X, MPQKit and mpqfs within the first week of next year.
The Riven X update will include over a year of progress in the project, including functional hotspots, allowing for the first time to explore Riven without having to entirely rely on the debug console. Numerous bug fixes to graphics and audio rendering, better error reporting and many new Riven Script opcodes will also be part of this update. If time allows, I will also include support for the CD edition and card transitions.
The MPQKit update will focus on bug fixes and may be the 1.0 release of the framework. Once that is out the door, I will be planning a 1.1 release to add some less-often needed features, such as the ability to sign new archives using your own certificates. Also, I will enhance the existing test suite (which is admittedly small right now) to cover most of the import code paths in the framework, namely opening and writing archives, reading files, listing files, adding files and deleting files. Finally, I will commit to the repository an external patch adding GNUstep support and release a binary version for Linux thanks to that patch.
The mpqfs update will focus on bug fixes, performance and Linux support. The next big update will introduce write support. I do not know exactly when that will be (there are some difficult problems to deal with in order to have efficient read-write support), but I expect it will be around March.
Until then, happy holidays!
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I can’t wait for the new version. Thanks a lot for keeping such a great title alive.
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Wow, this is great news. Riven is my favorite game of all time. Will the update be playable, complete with movies and everything? Or is that still a ways off?
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Ah, yes I found RIVEN X, and noted the last update was 2006-then I came to the main dev/klog page and find we may see an update with in the week!
Ive written to the folks who own RIVEN many times, asking about a port and update to OS X, I guess they could give a sh*t-as they dont even bother to write back stating “F*ck off and die!”
Riven (and Bryce 3) seem to be a product of their time. While the 2 just listed seem to present themselves in an almost photorealistic fashion, the newer versions have a kind of “Cartoony” look about them-which does not appeal to me.
And of course the mindset that would create “Riven-the Revenge” shows how you can cater to the lowest common denominator of intelligence. -
Nico-there is something called RIVEAL, which extracts movies and sounds from RIVEN-dont know if it is applicable here or not.
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Cougar: Movie rendering has been done for quite a while. The upcoming release will have basic hotspots and game variables working, which means you probably will be able to explore the islands normally, although I expect no puzzle will be functional.
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…for example you won’t certainly be able to use the domes, however you should be able to use the maglevs and visit all the big islands.
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Any software that works on Linux is greatly appreciated! Thank you very much for your dedicated work! I for one am very glad that you continue to develop your Blizzard-software
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