[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #16586: PHOENIXVR: NECRONOMICON: Steam English version detects an additional false positive

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#16586: PHOENIXVR: NECRONOMICON: Steam English version detects an additional false
positive
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Reporter:  antoniou79                            |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect                                |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal                                |   Component:  --Unset--
 Version:                                        |  Resolution:
Keywords:  Necronomicon, Dawning of Darkness,    |        Game:
  detection                                      |
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Changes (by tag2015):

 * component:  Engine: PhoenixVR => --Unset--
 * game:  Necronomicon =>

Comment:

 Unfortunately this is an issue with the Level9 games detection, the same
 thing happens when adding "Trick or Treat".

 Basically the detection looks for any file with extension
 {{{.dat}}} and a certain bytes sequence, but it seems that it's not so
 unusual to find false positives (or maybe the calculation is bugged, I
 haven't looked into the code).

 Maybe, the easiest solution would be to just accept the known checksums
 and ignore the possibile unknown variants (although that would prevent
 also playing fanmade/hacked Level9 games... if they even exist, that is.)
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/16586#comment:2>
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