[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #14729: Newer updated signatures get games blocked until a new ScummVM is released

[ScummVM :: Bugs]

#14729: Newer updated signatures get games blocked until a new ScummVM is released
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Reporter:  lwcorp  |      Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal  |  Component:  Common
 Version:          |   Keywords:  signature,signatures
    Game:          |
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 For example, when Heroine's Quest was updated seemingly the only change
 needed in ScummVM was the signature (#13590), which probably took minutes
 to apply.

 But the signatures are not cloud based, meaning new versions of games are
 **blocked** in ScummVM until a new ScummVM version comes along (with the
 updated signatures) which can take months.

 Again in the example of Heroine's Quest, yet another version was recently
 released and was this time updated in ScummVM without needing a bug
 report. But the new version won't work until a new ScummVM comes along.
 If you try to run an existing listing, it states it's unsupported. If you
 try to add it from scratch, it states it seems to be an unknown game
 variant.
 It does work in the daily build, of course.

 Not sure what the solution should be, but it just feels a shame to break a
 game for months just because offline ScummVM isn't linked to to the up to
 date signature database.
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/14729>
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