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Dream In the Dark

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DITD ("Dream in the Dark") is an open source version of the engine used in the Alone in the Dark (AITD) and its sequels.

It is based off of fitd ("Free in the Dark") and uses the Enhanced DOOM Gaming Engine ("EDGE") as its backend (EITD, or ""EDGE In the Dark").

(C) 1999-2022 The EDGE Team & Contributors

(c) FITD Authors/Team ("Free in the Dark") (see Contributors above)

(C) JMIMU (original basis for this port): https://github.com/jmimu/FITD

Uses GPL-licensed technology from id Tech 1-4 (C) 1997-2011 id Software, LLC
DOSDoom originally developed by Chi Hoang and the DOSDoom Team, (C) 1997-1999

Licensed under the GPLv2 or greater

See our EDGE Wiki - TODO MAKE EITD WIKI

*special notice:

This is a massive hack-job/WIP until I get things more under control!

  • Ported from QMAKE to MAKE (original file fitd.pro)
  • Help Wanted for debugging, my time is VERY limited!
  • SEE ALL NOTES BELOW

Build System for DITD

To build DITD, build with "Make -f Makefile.dc" to produce the ELF binary under KOS.

  • At the command line, typing in "Make DREAMINTHEDARK" will produce a disc image and ELF that can be used for testing.
  • You still need the .PAK files from the registered version of Alone in the Dark (which you should put into /root/ALONE/data)

Libraries

  • SDL 1 (NEED to remove this)
  • SDL1_mixer (Currently disabled, scheduled for removal)
  • Zlib
  • GLdc

FAQ

What is Dream in the Dark?

Years ago, this started as "Dream in the Dark" (or "DITD"), a port of fitd to SH-4/DC. This is a crummy patch up of the code that existed years ago (the YouTube video I had posted at that time), but most if not all of it was completely broken as KOS has evolved greatly since then.

EDIT: Found the original 0.1 video of Dream in the Dark (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_7FkT0aDM)

What Is Supported? (Notes from original fitd)

  • AITD1: Should be completable. Saving and loading is supported, but only one slot is available (the screen to select the save position is not implemented). It's possible to load a savegame from the original game, provided it's file is named "save0.itd" (rename it if necessary). Like wise, it is possible to load a FITD save in the original engine. There is a big issue concerning the projectils. Basically, guns, won't work, and throwing objects may produce strange result. Save before throwing anything, as the object may appear in a wall...

  • AITD2: Supported but uncompletable. The introduction is buggy due to a regression in the script engine. Hit 'esc' to skip the intro (both parts) to bypass the bug .Save/load is unsupported.

  • JACK: Supported but uncompletable. Save/load is unsupported.

  • AITD3: Supported but uncompletable. Save/load is unsupported.

The EDGE Team

Team and Contributors

EDGE has and will continue to exist thanks to all the people who contribute:

  • Corbin "Corbachu" Annis Programmer, SH4/CC ports

  • hogz Maintainer of his own fork "hfitd", which I've incorporated some parts of.

  • somaen Initial FITD-risidualVM stuff

  • tigrouind AITD Room Viewer

  • Vincent Hamm "yaz0r" (yazoo@yaz0r.net) Project leader and main programmer

  • Nicolas Noble "Pixel" Cross platform issues. Helped understanding some complex aspect of the 3d engine

  • Andrew Apted Authored EDGE, EPI, and the coding style we use here. :P

Special Thanks

  • The FITD Team for Free in the Dark.
  • The EDGE Team, and the EDGE Engine from which we use significant pieces of here.
  • The ridisualvm team for initial backends/support

Original "Greetings" portion from FITD:

  • All the Alone in the Dark 1 team: Frederick Raynal Yael Barroz Didier Chanfray Philippe Vachey Franck De Girolami Jean-Marc Torroella Hubert Chardot Franck Manzetti

  • Laurent Paret, you know what for ;)

  • Sebastien Viannay, maybe this project wouldn't have existed without you...

  • All those I forgot....

Development History

Read the historical timeline of EDGE at The Doom Wiki, or check out the /docs/logs/ folder.

Support

  • Visit the EDGE forums and get involved with the community and the various projects for the engine.
  • The EDGEWiki is also a great resource for editing documentation and other information related to the engine.

(C) 1999 - 2021 Isotope SoftWorks and Contributors (The EDGE Team). All Rights Reserved.

Original Readme from yaz0r

What is FITD

FITD ("Free in the Dark") is an open source vesion of the engine used in the Alone in the Dark (AITD) and sequels. AITD_PakEdit allows to modify PAK file for AITD and FITD.

License

FITD is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this license an be found in the file COPYING included with the source code of this program.

*NIX version special notice:

This version had music diseabled at the last second. The music is still enabled in the win32 build. If someone is interested to look for the exact issue under *nix, please drop me a mail.

What is supported

AITD1: Should be completable. Saving and loading is supported, but only one slot is available (the screen to select the save position is not implemented). It's possible to load a savegame from the original game, provided it's file is named "save0.itd" (rename it if necessary). Like wise, it is possible to load a FITD save in the original engine. There is a big issue concerning the projectils. Basically, guns, won't work, and throwing objects may produce strange result. Save before throwing anything, as the object may apprear in a wall...

AITD2: Supported but uncompletable. The introduction is buggy due to a regression in the script engine. Hit 'esc' to skip the intro (both parts) to bypass the bug .Save/load is unsupported.

JACK: Supported but uncompletable. Save/load is unsupported.

AITD3: Supported but uncompletable. Save/load is unsupported.

How to use FITD

The depences are : qmake, sdl, sdl-mixer, glu, zlib Build (with qmake and make) and put the binary in the game data directory (where all the .pak files are) and start FITD. The CD version of AITD1 wasn't tested and may not work.

Version 0.1 Authors

  • Vincent Hamm "yaz0r" (yazoo@yaz0r.net) Project leader and main programmer

  • Nicolas Noble "Pixel" Cross platform issues. Helped understanding some complex aspect of the 3d engine

Greetings

  • All the Alone in the Dark 1 team: Frederick Raynal Yael Barroz Didier Chanfray Philippe Vachey Franck De Girolami Jean-Marc Torroella Hubert Chardot Franck Manzetti

  • Laurent Paret, you know what for ;)

  • Sebastien Viannay, maybe this project wouldn't have existed without you...

  • All those I forgot....