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Linux 64-bit build on Debian stable (12.5), but issue likely on all case-sensitive file systems where original game content contains upper case file names.
On investigation I discovered that this object exists in the EXTRA1.HOG and EXTRA.HOG files in my GOG-supplied original content, but these HOGs were not being loaded due to their upper case file names.
Renaming the files (see my updated discussion: #93) fixes the problem, however I wonder if it would be prudent to support case-insensitive loading in the cfile module?
We have two options here: disable the red guidebot if not found (so the game loads), or add case insensitivity, which is what we should do. The former is a band-aid, the latter is the solution.
Here's what happened: the red guidebot was outright disabled on linux and mac. You wouldn't have seen it even if extra.hog and extra1.hog were loaded correctly. But, since the engine wasn't case-insensitive anyway, the digital releases would end up doing two things:
In steam, extra.hog would load in place of extra1.hog, so the game would be missing the patches in extra1.hog.
In GOG, neither EXTRA1.HOG OR EXTRA.HOG would be loaded. Mercenary missions were probably unplayable, and if they were playable, they were likely broken.
Build Version
0e69bf4
Operating System Environment
CPU Environment
Game Modes Affected
Game Environment
Linux 64-bit build on Debian stable (12.5), but issue likely on all case-sensitive file systems where original game content contains upper case file names.
Description
After recent changes (commit f7b19d0bf4f0315ba0e6f6ce1e3db58932b05d8e - Fix mercenary features) my local build failed to reach the first menu screen due to a missing object
GuideBotRed
that was referenced in the above commit.On investigation I discovered that this object exists in the
EXTRA1.HOG
andEXTRA.HOG
files in my GOG-supplied original content, but these HOGs were not being loaded due to their upper case file names.Renaming the files (see my updated discussion: #93) fixes the problem, however I wonder if it would be prudent to support case-insensitive loading in the
cfile
module?Regression Status
Issue not present: ad78f4d
Issue present: f7b19d0
Steps to Reproduce
Issue occurs when loading the game, if both
EXTRA?.HOG
files have any uppercase characters in their name, preventing them from loading.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: