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Graal 5.00 rev 7 (G3D22067)

The first rebuild of the Graal 5.00 rev 7 client, in Delphi (Object Pascal). The original is a Windows program from 2007; this rebuild runs on Linux and Windows. It is an early version: most of the game (NPCs, items, weapons, scripts, the scripted login screens, the 3D mode) is not there yet.

Not affiliated. graal-delphi is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to GraalOnline or graalonline.com, Cyberjoueurs, or Stéphane Portha ("unixmad").

These zips hold no original Graal code, graphics, sounds or levels. The program carries small original default graphics and a starter level of its own, so it runs as it is. Put it in the root of a 5.00r7 install you own (or point it at one with --data DIR) and the install's tiles, ganis, heads and bodies take their place. The shared graal-assets/ folder next to the program works too (graal-assets/5.00r7/, then graal-assets/common/).

Downloads

Zip Runs on Window
…-linux.zip Linux x86-64 X11
…-windows.zip Windows, 32-bit GDI

Each zip has Graal500 (the client), Test500 (its test suite) and the build's README.

What works

  • The start screen: nick name, Training, Start. Start fetches the server list from listserver.txt next to the program, or else listserver.graal.in on port 14922. Then account, password and Connect.
  • Login with G3D22067, the platform win and three empty machine fields; the language in its own frame; no tamper check.
  • The Login server: a server reached by its address alone is called Login, and there the level is drawn but no characters, until the server moves the client on with a server warp. A server picked from the list plays at once.
  • Server warps: the client logs in again to the named host and port, under the new name.
  • The first props with win as the system name; movement sent every tick in whole pixels.
  • The board, the player and other players drawn from the install's tiles and ganis; walking and collision; level links; gmaps and their edges.
  • A headless mode for stress runs, with JSON stats.

Not yet

NPCs, baddies, items and weapons; scripts (class, weapon and gani scripts and their cache); the scripted server list and account screens; chat; layered levels; update packages; the 3D mode. See the build's README for the full list.

Checks behind this release

The test suite (94 checks) runs with range and overflow checks and the heap tracer, and must end with no unfreed memory. CI also logs two of these clients into seihai-gserver, has the second see the first, and walks one through a level link.