[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15161: SCI: EcoQuest 1 from "Sierra's School House" is reported as corrupt (and maybe it is!)

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#15161: SCI: EcoQuest 1 from "Sierra's School House" is reported as corrupt (and
maybe it is!)
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Reporter:  eriktorbjorn  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect        |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal        |   Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:                |  Resolution:
Keywords:                |        Game:  EcoQuest 1
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Comment (by sluicebox):

 This copy of ECO1-CD is missing the AUDIO directory with all of the
 ###.AUD files.

 You can probably complete the game in Text mode, otherwise it would have
 been pretty bad to have put it on CD. On the other hand, there is a Castle
 of Dr. Brain directory on this disc that only includes resource files and
 *no interpreter*. So let's not pretend any of this is good.

 Either way, I can't imagine changing anything in response to this. This is
 an incomplete copy of the game that is correctly detected, and it's
 playable, and you get an accurate warning that it's incomplete. No user
 would ever want to play this, but fine, the program lets you.

 We get a constant, never-ending stream of SCI tickets from people who
 haven't copied over all of their files. It's so depressing. Being
 *quieter* about missing SCI files is the last thing we want to do. That
 message in question has been critical in identifying problems in user's
 files and mistakes in our detection entries.

 Sierra shipped an obscure CD with an incomplete EcoQuest that normal users
 will never encounter, but it still works. That sounds like the end of the
 story to me.
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