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On October 31 2023, a prototype build of ''[[LEGO Island]]'' was leaked by YouTuber '''R.R. Slugger'''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc7eALXaHbw</ref> Colloquially, this build is usually referred to as "'''the pre-alpha'''". | |||
== History == | |||
The existence of a pre-alpha build has been known for some time,<ref>https://twitter.com/BenDaviesOrg/status/1239248521968132097</ref> however it had been kept private by a select few members of the community for years. It is currently not known what this release was made for, how it was acquired by the community, or how it was leaked. | |||
The | The build files are dated between October and November 1996, predating the final release by roughly 11 months. | ||
== Installer == | == Installer == | ||
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</center> | </center> | ||
This installer is 16-bit only, meaning it will not work on modern 64-bit Windows systems. The installer also requires DOS mode which can cause issues in Wine, despite its ability to load 16-bit executables. As such, it's recommended to use an alternate installer for those platforms. | This installer is 16-bit only, meaning it will not work on modern 64-bit Windows systems. The installer also requires DOS mode which can cause issues in Wine, despite its ability to load 16-bit executables. As such, it's recommended to use an [https://github.com/Ramen2X/adventures-installer alternate installer] for those platforms. | ||
== Launcher == | == Launcher == | ||
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If you use [[MAIN.EXE]] to load <code>build.si</code> and load the <code>StartUp</code> action, you can find the following screen: | If you use [[MAIN.EXE]] to load <code>build.si</code> and load the <code>StartUp</code> action, you can find the following screen: | ||
<center>[[File:Dec96buildscreen.png]]</center> | <center>[[File:Dec96buildscreen.png|320px]]</center> | ||
The buttons are functional and indeed jump to each build section. | |||
=== Glitches === | |||
Likely the reason these buttons weren't used (and the above [[#Launcher|launcher]] was created instead) is because the buttons frequently have a habit of persisting after loading a new section. Clicking them further can lead to two or more build sections being inexplicably merged, and often causes crashes: | |||
<center>[[File:Dec96btnglitch.mp4|320px]]</center> | |||
== Island == | == Island == | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Dec96isle1.png | File:Dec96isle1.png | ||
File:Dec96isle2.png | File:Dec96isle2.png| | ||
File:Dec96isle3.png | File:Dec96isle3.png|Full island shot | ||
File:Dec96hiddenracetrack.mp4|Sections of the race track can be seen at some perspectives | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
</center> | </center> | ||
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Turning is noticeably jerky in this version, always turning by a minimum of several degrees at a time. This too is tied to the frame rate and runs too fast on modern computers. | Turning is noticeably jerky in this version, always turning by a minimum of several degrees at a time. This too is tied to the frame rate and runs too fast on modern computers. | ||
The disc contains both release and debug versions of multiple executables, including [[LEGO1.DLL]]. It '''does not''' however contain symbols. The [[Microsoft Visual C++]] compiler places symbols in sidecar PDB files, not in the executable itself, and no PDB files are present on the disc. That being said, the debug binaries contain much less optimized code and retain debugging features like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertion_(software_development) assertions] which may help significantly in the [[decompilation]] effort. | |||
== Free Fonts == | == Free Fonts == | ||
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* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IpbBqWDVnAYz0VIb-JeDD1lLvzWrauq8 Download from Google Drive] | * [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IpbBqWDVnAYz0VIb-JeDD1lLvzWrauq8 Download from Google Drive] | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/lego-island-alpha Download from Internet Archive] | * [https://archive.org/details/lego-island-alpha Download from Internet Archive] | ||
* [https://github.com/Ramen2X/adventures-installer Alternate Installer for Wine and 64-bit Windows] | |||