[Scummvm-devel] Detecting patched games

[Arnaud Boutonné]

Max,

There's also perhaps a problem depending on the plateform you're using to
play games.
If the patch added by Hkz is accepted and if someone plays with a dingoo,
you can't expect him/her to have his protection manual/wheel or whatever
just under the hand as it's a portable device. In this case, avoiding the
protection would be the only way to play. (This is also the case for the DS,
the Iphone,...)

Now for an example of a game that I would crack.... Maybe Cruise. I bought a
cheap release, and I'm almost unable to pass the protection, even with my
original...

Best regards,

Strangerke



On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Oystein Eftevaag <wintermute at geheb.com>wrote:

> I can't really be more concrete, since it just happens that the ScummVM
> supported games I own (or at least have played lately), already have
> their copyprotections bypassed through ScummVM (I think). So for me
> *personally*, it's not an issue right now.
>
> In general though, as to which games where I'd prefer to use a cracked
> version if that allows me to not dig around for a manual/codewheel, the
> answer would be "All of them". Especially when I can play them on mobile
> devices when I'm not at home, where I definitely wouldn't have the
> manual/codewheel around.
>
> I agree with Bertrand: I don't expect ScummVM to help me avoid copy
> protection, but it shouldn't actively *hinder* me either. There's no
> legal responsibility to do so (since applying cracks to your own games
> is perfectly legal), so the only reason remaining to do something like
> this would be to cut down on bug reports caused by bad cracks. So I
> propose we just add a warning dialog for now, and see if that cuts down
> on these reports. Then if it turns out they still come in, this can be
> reevaluated.
>
> // Oystein
>
> On 16/08/2010 7:36 AM, Max Horn wrote:
> > Oystein,
> >
> > once more: Can you please name a concrete example of a ScummVM supported
> game were you would prefer to use a cracked version? Right now, this all
> seems rather hypothetical to me.
> >
> > Bye,
> > Max
>
>
>
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