[Scummvm-devel] SCUMM Steam Releases

Johannes Schickel lordhoto at scummvm.org
Tue Jun 3 16:42:07 CEST 2014


On 06/03/2014 04:06 PM, Eugene Sandulenko wrote:
> Despite the expressed opinions, I would still prefer to abstain from it.
>
> Just think about it. They clearly made it in order to hide from our 
> project ability to directly run the games. They deliberately decided 
> to put additional effort and it is for sure not a mistake or oversight.
>
> For those who are not aware, they hid the index .LFL file into engine 
> executable, so all those patches Matt is referring to, do extract them 
> with use of hardcoded tables.
>
> I do clearly understand how pitiful this could be for end-users, and 
> that it could lead to frustration.
>
> Nevertheless, the safety of ScummVM Team and project is at my highest 
> priority. I just want you guys to continue enjoy hacking ScummVM and 
> sleeping well at night, without any potential threat from lawyers.
>
> Any other opinions, particularly from the core team?

I think Matthew and Paul have a point here that it seems ScummVM isn't 
really seen as a threat. So, personally I'm also all for supporting the 
Stream releases out of the box too.

// Johannes




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