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NAME
       sciconsole - Command console for inspection of SCI data

       scidisasm - Disassemble all script resources into .script files

       sciunpack - Unpack and convert SCI resource data

       scipack - Pack SCI resource data into a resource.000 file

       scriptdump - Disassemble selector methods into SCI assembler

       vocabdump - Display  kernel function and selector names (obsolete)


DESCRIPTION
       FreeSCI  is  a  portable  interpreter  for SCI games, such as the Space
       Quest series (starting with SQ3) or Leisure Suit Larry (2 and sequels).

       This  man  page  describes  the  tools that come with FreeSCI. The main
       executable (which you’re probably interesed in if you want to play  SCI
       games) is described in sciv(6).


SCICONSOLE
       The sciconsole program provides a command console for inspection of SCI
       data. It reads the SCI  resource  files  from  the  current  directory.
       There are no command line options.


SCIDISASM
       The scidisasm program disassembles all script resources in SCI resource
       files in the current directory into .script files.

       It takes five optional command  line  switches:  --version  prints  the
       version  number  and  exists;  --help displays a short help message and
       exists; --hexdump hex dumps  all  script  resources;  --verbose  prints
       additional  disassembly  information;  --opcode-size prints opcode size
       postfixes.


SCIUNPACK
       sciunpack is a tool  for  unpacking,  printing,   and   converting  SCI
       resource data

       Usage: sciunpack [operation] [options] <resource.number>

       Alternatively,  the  resource  type  and number can be specified as two
       seperate options.

       Available resources are: view, pic, script, text, sound, memory, vocab,
       font,  cursor,  patch,  bitmap,  palette,  cdaudio,  audio, sync, sync,
       message, map, heap.

       If * is specified instead of <number>, all resources of given type will
       be unpacked.

       sciunpack supports the following operations:

       --unpack, -U
              This is the default action; it unpacks the specified resource.

       --list, -L
              Lists all available resources.

       --words, -W
              Prints all vocabulary words understood by the parser. See

       --objects, -O
              Outputs the full object hierarchy

       --said-specs, -S
              Displays  all  ’said  specs’ used in the game in question; these
              are relevant in parser-based games, as input is matched  against
              them to determine semantics of user input.

       --vocab, -V
              This  operation goes through several relevant ’vocab’ resources,
              interprets their contents, and prints them sequentially.  First,
              all  selector  (variable/function)  names  are  print,  then all
              opcodes, followed by the names  of  all  kernel  functions,  and
              finally the class ID/script lookup table.

       --version
              Prints the version number.

       --help, -h
              Displays a short help message.

       Also, there are several options available:

       --verbose, -v
              Enables additional output.

       --convert, -c
              Forces  sound  resources to be converted to General MIDI on some
              platforms, and script resources to be dissected.

       --output-file <file>, -o<file>
              Selects output file file.

       --gamedir <dir>, -d<dir>
              Read game resources from dir.

       --with-header
              Forces the SCI header to be written (default).

       --without-header
              Prevents the two SCI header bytes from being.  written

       --sort-alpha
              Sorts in alphabetical order when listing words (-W)

       --sort-group
              Sorts by group IDs when listing words (-W)

       As  a  default,  ’resource.number’  is  the  output  filename,   unless
       conversion  is  enabled (-c). With conversion, a few resource types are
       treated specially:

       -      sound resources: will be converted to General  MIDI,  stored  in
              <number>.midi (this only works on GNU libc systems)

       -      script    resources:   will   be   dissected   and   stored   in
              <number>.script


SCIUNPACK
       scipack is a tool  for  packing SCI resource data from  seperate  files
       into a resource.000 and a resource.map file.

       Usage: scipack <file1.nnn>  [ <file2.nnn> [ <file3.nnn> [ ... ] ] ]

       It  reads  the  resource files specified on the command line and writes
       them to resource.000.  It also generates the resource.map  file  to  go
       with it.


SCRIPTDUMP
       The  scriptdump  tool  can  be used to disassemble all selector methods
       into  SCI assembly. It takes no command  line  options  and  reads  the
       resource files from the current directory.


VOCABDUMP
       This  tool  can be used to display  kernel function and selector names.
       It is obsolete. You should rather use sciconsole.


SEE ALSO
       freesci(6).


AUTHORS
       This software is copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001 by Christoph  Reichenbach
       <creichen@rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>,       Carl       Muckenhoupt
       <carl@wurb.com>, Dmitry Jemerov <yole@exch.nnz.spb.su>,  Magnus  Reftel
       <d96reftl@dtek.chalmers.se>,  Sergey  Lapin  <slapin@karelia.ru>,  Lars
       Skovlund  <lskovlun@image.dk>,  Matt  Hargett  <matt@use.net>,  Solomon
       Peachy <pizza@shaftnet.org>, Rickard Lind <rpl@dd.chalmers.se> and Rink
       Springer <rink@springer.cx>.

       This man  page  was  written  by  Bas  Zoetekouw  <bas@debian.org>  and
       Christoph Reichenbach.