[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM] #10784: QFG4: Berries item, desc knows bush's name before hero does

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#10784: QFG4: Berries item, desc knows bush's name before hero does
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Reporter:  Vhati           |      Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
Priority:  low             |  Component:  Engine: SCI
Keywords:  SCI32 original  |       Game:  Quest for Glory 4
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 ScummVM 2.1.0git3797-ge7d23d2cd9 (Oct 25 2018 04:17:12)
 Windows 7 64bit
 QFG4 CD (English)

 One of the Leshy's riddles is to name the Elderbury bush.
 {{{
 "Ten and twelve make twenty-two, this killer plant will crawl to you.
 Hungry, hunting, seeking food, a berry bush with attitude?"
 }}}

 AFAICT the only characters to say that name are Baba Yaga and Bonehead
 when she demands a pie. However, the hero can get the berries earlier
 (even Day 1 by [running + taking damage] or fetch spell). Clicking EYE on
 them in inventory spoils the bush's name.

 {{{
 Elderbury Berries It weighs 2 quarks.
 You have some ugly red berries from the Elderbury Bush.
 }}}

 So the hero can carry the item around and yet not have the correct answer
 for Leshy until Baba's pie quest is issued (neither berries nor quest
 completion are required).

 {{{
 Guess "Elderbury Bush"
 }}}

 Inventory items have no voice-over, so swapping out text should be easy.

 The original interpreter also does this.
 \\
 \\
 __Berry-related text__
 (For reference when crafting a fitting generic substitute)

 * Bush EYE message.
   * There's something strange about this bush. Maybe it's the eyes. Oh,
 forget it -- it's probably just an ordinary, everyday bush with blood red
 berries and tentacle-like branches.
 * Branch (on ground) EYE message.
   * You've knocked a berry-laden branch loose from the bush. We hope
 you're berry proud of that.
 * Branch (on ground) HAND message.
   * You strip the berries from the loose branch and carefully store them
 in a pocket of your backpack.
 * Clicking berries item on hero.
   * They're berry poisonous, you know. You'd better save them for someone
 who can appreciate their finer points.
 * Combining berries with pie pan message. (This spoils the name too. No
 voice-over.)
   * You toss the **Elderburies** into the pie tin.
 * [Pie pan with berries] item description.
   * The pan is filled with a sickly red assemblage of poisonous Elderbury
 berries. (No voice-over.)
 * Asking ghost Anna about the Forest.
   * "I am looking for berries. The wild blackberries should be ripe now. I
 want to surprise my husband with a pie. It's getting dark now, and I need
 to get home."
   * "I remember now. I was walking home. Something started to chase me. I
 tried to run. Something knocked me over and everything went black."
 * Anna has no response for the berries item.
 * Baba Yaga only mentions Elderbury Pie, without describing anything.
 * Asking Bonehead about Elderbury Bush.
   * "I don't know much about it. I don't get around much, after all. I
 think it's a mean green to the northwest."
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