gemrb / iesh

Python library and shell for exploring, reading and writing IE (Infinity Engine) data files

GemRB

Introduction

GemRB (Game Engine Made with preRendered Background) is a portable open-source reimplementation of the Infinity Engine that underpinned Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment. It sports a cleaner design, greater extensibility and several innovations. Would you like to create a game like Baldur's Gate?

To try it out you either need some of the ORIGINAL game's data or you can get a tiny sneak peek by running the included trivial game demo.

The original game data has to be installed if you want to see anything but the included trivial demo. On non-windows systems either copy it over from a windows install, use a compatible installer, WINE or extract it manually from the CDs using the unshield tool.

Documentation can be found on the website, in gemrb/docs/ and the gemrb.6 man page.

If you want to help out, start by reading this list of options, tips and priorities.

Supported platforms

Architectures and platforms that successfully run or ran GemRB:

• Linux x86, x86-64, ppc, mips (s390x builds, but no running info)
• FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD
• MS Windows
• various Macintosh systems (even pre x86)
• some smart phones (Symbian, Android, other Linux-based, iOS)
• some consoles (OpenPandora, Dingoo)
• some exotic OSes (ReactOS, SyllableOS, Haiku, AmigaOS, AmberElec, ArkOS, UnofficialOS)

If you have something to add to the list or if an entry doesn't work any more, do let us know!

Requirements

See the INSTALL file.

Contacts

There are several ways you can get in touch:

• Homepage
• GemRB forum
• IRC channel, #GemRB on the Libera.Chat IRC network
• Discord channel (Gibberlings3 server)
• Bug tracker

Useful links

Original engine research and data manipulation software:

• IESDP, documentation for the Infinity Engine file formats and more
• Near Infinity, Java viewer and editor for data files
• DLTCEP, MS Windows viewer and editor for data files
• iesh, IE python library and shell (for exploring data files)

Tools that can help with data installation:

• WINE, Open Source implementation of the Windows API, useful for installing the games
• Unshield, extractor for .CAB files created by InstallShield

iesh's Issues

Python3 port?

Hello.

Today I've noticed that python no longer exists in my PATH, and that only python2 and python3 are present in /usr/bin, so iesh wasn't working. I had no trouble making a quick link and make it work, but I think it's likely that in the future, having a Python 2 package readily available is gonna be harder and rarer.

Is there any plan on doing the port? Has something been attempted?

I don't know much Python, but the porting page mentions two approaches, with one more conservative to keep 2+3 compatibility, and other more future proof and only Python 3 idioms. Which one should be preferred? Is there need to support Python 2?

Thank you.

Handle other signed dwords

Strrefs aren't the only thing that should be interpreted as signed integer. There are also parameters 1&2 for various effects, item slots in CRE files and so on.