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

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#14729: Newer updated signatures get games blocked until a new ScummVM is released
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Reporter:  lwcorp                |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  feature request       |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal                |   Component:  Common
 Version:                        |  Resolution:
Keywords:  signature,signatures  |        Game:
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Comment (by criezy):

 There is already a mechanism in place to handle this case: fallback
 detection. It lets engine run unknown game variants. Not all engines can
 provide this, but as mentioned by tag2015 it is implemented for AGS games,
 and that allows unknown games or game variants to be detected as generic
 AGS games and played. That's why I am surprised by Heorine's Quest being
 explicitly mentioned in the description. Being an AGS game, the new
 version should be playable even before we had an explicit detection for
 it.

 However the initial request remains true for some other engines that do
 not implement fallback detection.

 And to clarify, the online services to check game files checkshums that is
 being worked on is not meant to fix this issue. As far as I know it is not
 designed to replace or even complement game detection, but to check that
 game files are not corrupted, or missing.
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/14729#comment:3>
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