- use the game palette directly for palette lookups.

The setup here is far too messy for having a copy in a better format - it can be changed in some non-obvious places.

source/common/textures/imagehelpers.cpp

@@ -40,22 +40,20 @@
 namespace ImageHelpers
 {
 	uint8_t GrayMap[256];
-	PalEntry BasePalette[256];
 	int WhiteIndex, BlackIndex;
 	int alphaThreshold;
 	ColorTable256k RGB256k;
 
 	int BestColor(int r, int g, int b, int first, int num)
 	{
-		const PalEntry* pal = BasePalette;
 		int bestcolor = first;
 		int bestdist = 257 * 257 + 257 * 257 + 257 * 257;
 
 		for (int color = first; color < num; color++)
 		{
-			int x = r - pal[color].r;
-			int y = g - pal[color].g;
-			int z = b - pal[color].b;
+			int x = r - palette[color * 3 + 0];
+			int y = g - palette[color * 3 + 1];
+			int z = b - palette[color * 3 + 2];
 			int dist = x * x + y * y + z * z;
 			if (dist < bestdist)
 			{
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ namespace ImageHelpers
 
 	int PTM_BestColor(int r, int g, int b, bool reverselookup, float powtable_val, int first, int num)
 	{
-		const PalEntry* pal = BasePalette;
 		static double powtable[256];
 		static bool firstTime = true;
 		static float trackpowtable = 0.;
@@ -91,9 +88,9 @@ namespace ImageHelpers
 
 		for (int color = first; color < num; color++)
 		{
-			double x = powtable[abs(r - pal[color].r)];
-			double y = powtable[abs(g - pal[color].g)];
-			double z = powtable[abs(b - pal[color].b)];
+			double x = powtable[abs(r - palette[color * 3 + 0])];
+			double y = powtable[abs(g - palette[color * 3 + 1])];
+			double z = powtable[abs(b - palette[color * 3 + 2])];
 			fdist = x + y + z;
 			if (color == first || (reverselookup ? (fdist <= fbestdist) : (fdist < fbestdist)))
 			{
@@ -109,13 +106,6 @@ namespace ImageHelpers
 	
 	void SetPalette(const PalEntry* colors)
 	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < 255; i++)
-		{
-			BasePalette[i] = colors[i];
-			BasePalette[i].a = 255;
-		}
-		BasePalette[255] = 0;	// 255 is always translucent black - whatever color the original data has here
-
 		// Find white and black from the original palette so that they can be
 		// used to make an educated guess of the translucency % for a
 		// translucency map.

source/common/textures/imagehelpers.h

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 #include "palentry.h"
 #include "textures/bitmap.h"
 
+// we do not want to pull in the entirety of build.h here.
+extern uint8_t palette[768];
+
 namespace ImageHelpers
 {
 	union ColorTable256k
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ namespace ImageHelpers
 	};
 
 	extern uint8_t GrayMap[256];
-	extern PalEntry BasePalette[256];
 	extern int WhiteIndex, BlackIndex;
 	extern ColorTable256k RGB256k;
 	extern int alphaThreshold;
@@ -142,4 +144,15 @@ namespace ImageHelpers
 		}
 	}
 	
+	struct
+	{
+		PalEntry operator[](int index)
+		{
+			return PalEntry(
+				palette[index * 3 + 0],
+				palette[index * 3 + 1],
+				palette[index * 3 + 2]
+				);
+		}
+	} BasePalette;
 }

source/duke3d/src/game.cpp

@@ -5749,8 +5749,7 @@ int GameInterface::app_main()
 
     cacheAllSounds();
 
-    if (enginePostInit())
-        G_FatalEngineError();
+    enginePostInit();
 
     G_PostLoadPalette();
 

source/exhumed/src/exhumed.cpp

@@ -1949,13 +1949,8 @@ int GameInterface::app_main()
     loaddefinitions_game(defsfile, FALSE);
 
 
-    if (enginePostInit())
-        ShutDown();
+    enginePostInit();
 
-    // loc_11745:
-//    FadeOut(0);
-//	InstallEngine();
-    //KB_Startup();
     InitView();
     myloadconfig();
     InitFX();

source/rr/src/game.cpp

@@ -7215,8 +7215,7 @@ int GameInterface::app_main()
 
 	userConfig.AddDefs.reset();
 
-    if (enginePostInit())
-        G_FatalEngineError();
+    enginePostInit();
 
     G_PostLoadPalette();
 

source/sw/src/game.cpp

@@ -738,11 +738,6 @@ void COVERsetbrightness(int bright, unsigned char *pal)
 static int firstnet = 0;    // JBF
 
 
-static void SW_FatalEngineError(void)
-{
-    I_Error("There was a problem initialising the Build engine: %s", engineerrstr);
-}
-
 bool InitGame()
 {
     extern int MovesPerPacket;
@@ -752,8 +747,7 @@ bool InitGame()
     DSPRINTF(ds,"InitGame...");
     MONO_PRINT(ds);
 
-    if (engineInit())
-        SW_FatalEngineError();
+    engineInit();
 
     InitAutoNet();
 
@@ -866,8 +860,7 @@ bool InitGame()
 
 	userConfig.AddDefs.reset();
 
-    if (enginePostInit())
-        SW_FatalEngineError();
+    enginePostInit();
 
     palettePostLoadLookups();
     V_Init2();

source/sw/src/game.h

@@ -2096,7 +2096,6 @@ int _PlaySound(int num, SPRITEp sprite, PLAYERp player, vec3_t *pos, Voc3D_Flags
 void InitAmbient(int num, SPRITEp sprite);
 inline void PlaySound(int num, SPRITEp sprite, Voc3D_Flags flags, int channel = 8)
 {
-    assert(num != DIGI_NINJAPAIN);
     _PlaySound(num, sprite, nullptr, nullptr, flags, channel);
 }
 inline void PlaySound(int num, PLAYERp player, Voc3D_Flags flags, int channel = 8)