[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #14815: Turn the "bad crack" fix into an optional enhancement

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#14815: Turn the "bad crack" fix into an optional enhancement
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Reporter:  mike-SpeedyAdventures  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  feature request        |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal                 |   Component:  Engine: SCUMM
 Version:                         |  Resolution:
Keywords:                         |        Game:  Maniac Mansion
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Comment (by mike-SpeedyAdventures):

 This kind of question regularly opens up endless debates in all kinds of
 speedrun communities. I think we can skip all this and just look at the
 history of the speedrun.

 The speedruns for the PC version of Maniac Mansion are separated into two
 categories: one that makes use of the broken lab door and one that does
 not. All of the runs, that make use of it are from within the first two
 years after the digital release of the game. I'm pretty sure, no one
 understood what was going on, they just recognized the door being broken
 from runs of the NES game (this is me guessing). You could say the
 category is "grandfathered in". Still, it is the most popular and shortest
 category for Maniac Mansion.

 Now you could ask everyone if they are ok with their long-standing records
 being invalidated and only allow newer, more accurate versions of ScummVM
 for speedruns, but I can tell you from experience that you won't get far
 with that kind of endeavor. Doubly so, because the OFFICIAL RELEASE
 *fanfare* on Steam/GOG (SVM 2.0.0) clearly has the broken door codes.

 On top of all this, the old ScummVM versions that have the broken door
 codes have less accurate timings for the game. So right now it's a bit of
 a dilemma where you can pick between accurate game speed and no door skips
 or wrong speed with door skips. Since we have separate categories already,
 a toggle for the door codes would solve this minor dilemma.

 Maniac Mansion is a very niche game - almost nobody speedruns it. Making
 the old, yet most popular category playable on current ScummVM releases
 would make it that little bit more accessible, especially thinking forward
 into the future. Who knows if the official downloads will ever get updated
 with new ScummVM versions?
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