Squirt the Cat Installer – Leisure Suit Larry 7

Leisure Suit Larry 7 – Love For Sail

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Modified for Windows XP/Vista

  • XP/Vista installer.
  • XP/Vista windows executable.
  • Scales to use entire screen (Direct3D bilinear interpolation).
  • Per-user save games (Vista friendly).
  • Fixes exceptions and script errors under XP/Vista.

Requirements

  • Windows XP or Vista.
  • DirectX 9c (Direct3D).
  • Leisure Suit Larry 7 CD set (not included):
    • English
    • French

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Changes to the original game

XP/Vista Installer

  • New installer created to be XP/Vista friendly.
  • The installer will install the files normally included by a Sierra install.
  • The Sierra LSL7PAT update files are included and installed (English version only).

XP/Vista Executable

  • Modified version of the original Sierra Windows 95 executable.
  • Fixes SP alignment bugs causing script errors under XP/Vista.
  • Upscale to full screen resolution while maintaining aspect ratio.
    • Dirext3D hardware accelerated bilinear interpolation.
    • On a widescreen monitor black bars are added left/right to maintain correct aspect ratio.
  • Store save games per user to work under Vista. Default APPDATA locations:
    • XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Sierra\Leisure Suit Larry 7
    • Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Sierra\Leisure Suit Larry 7

Common problems

Crashes during gameplay: If you find a repeatable crash, please post on the SquirtTheCat forum and include the steps to reproduce.

Change log

Release 20080921:

  • Optimize video rendering.
  • French release.

Release 20080812:

  • Fix timing problem with fade-to-ship scene near start of game.

Release 20080622:

  • Improve cutscene upscaling quality.
  • Cleanup dead code paths.

Release 20080618:

  • Fix interactive animation timing.
  • Fix 100% CPU load during normal gameplay.

Release 20080611:

  • Improve Direct3D handling.
  • Improve cutscene handling.

Release 20080606:

  • Initial XP/Vista release.
  • XP/Vista installer.
  • Fix SP alignment bugs that may cause script errors under XP/Vista.
  • Fix not-enough-memory error under 64-bit Vista with >= 4GB RAM.
  • Fix handling of paths containing spaces.
  • Fix possible privileged instruction crash.
  • Upscale video to use entire screen (Direct3D bilinear interpolation).
  • Store save games in user-specific APPDATA directory to work under Vista.