SWORD1: Unknown French variant (2.7.1 and 2.8.0)

[stephanM92]

Hi,

Since SCUMMVM version 2.7.1.0, BROKEN SWORD 1 (french version) does not work anymore. The same folder game is working well under SCUMVM 2.6.1.0

Issues detected on PC (version 2.7.1.0 and 2.8.0.0) and ANDROID (2.8.0.0 version tablet SAMSUNG S9 ARM)

Error message:
The game in 'LES CHEVALIERS DE BAPHOMET 1 -FR' seems to be an unknown game variant.

Please report the following data to the ScummVM team at https://bugs.scummvm.org/ along with the name of the game you tried to add and its version, language, etc.:

Matched game IDs for the sword1 engine: sword1-win-gb

{"scripts.clu", 0, "72b10193714e8c6e4daca51791c0db0c", 1087984},
{"smackshi/intro.smk", 0, "d602a28f5f5c583bf9870a23a94a9bc5", 13525168},
{"swordres.rif", 0, "c7df52094d590b568a4ed35b70390d9e", 58916},
{"text.clu", 0, "76f93f5feecc8915435105478f3c6615", 2705446},

If additional information is needed or if you want that I perform some test, feel free to contact me.

BR

Stephan

[AndywinXp]

Hi! Can you please provide the full file list for this version (including folders, subfolders, etc)?

What's the source of this version? CDs? GOG? Steam?

[AndywinXp]

Hey hey? :-) We're still in time to fix this for 2.8.1.

[kbdl21]

Hi, I have the same problem with Scummvm 2.8.1.
The files list is :

CANDLE.dxa
CANDLE.fla
candle.mp2
candle.ogg
COMPACTS.CLU
CREDITS.dxa
CREDITS.fla
credits.mp2
credits.ogg
FERRARI.dxa
FERRARI.fla
ferrari.mp2
ferrari.ogg
FINALE.dxa
FINALE.fla
finale.mp2
finale.ogg
front.jpg
GENERAL.CLU
GEODROP.dxa
GEODROP.fla
geodrop.mp2
geodrop.ogg
GRAVE.dxa
GRAVE.fla
grave.mp2
grave.ogg
HISTORY.dxa
HISTORY.fla
history.mp2
history.ogg
INTRO.dxa
INTRO.fla
intro.mp2
intro.ogg
IRELAND.CLU
IRELAND.dxa
IRELAND.fla
ireland.mp2
ireland.ogg
LADDER.dxa
LADDER.fla
ladder.mp2
ladder.ogg
MAPS.CLU
MONTFCON.dxa
MONTFCON.fla
montfcon.mp2
montfcon.ogg
music
PARIS1.CLU
PARIS2.CLU
PARIS3.CLU
PARIS4.CLU
readydir.txt
RIVER.dxa
RIVER.fla
river.mp2
river.ogg
SCOTLAND.CLU
SCRIPTS.CLU
scummvm.ini
SEWER.dxa
SEWER.fla
sewer.mp2
sewer.ogg
SPAIN.CLU
SPANISH.dxa
SPANISH.fla
spanish.mp2
spanish.ogg
SPEECH1.CLU
SPEECH2.CLU
STEPS.dxa
STEPS.fla
steps.mp2
steps.ogg
sword1.scummvm
SWORDRES.RIF
SYRIA.CLU
TAPESTRY.dxa
TAPESTRY.fla
tapestry.mp2
tapestry.ogg
TEXT.CLU
TRAIN.CLU
TRUCK.dxa
TRUCK.fla
truck.mp2
truck.ogg
VULTURE.dxa
VULTURE.fla
vulture.mp2
vulture.ogg
WELL.dxa
WELL.fla
well.mp2
well.ogg

an another folder "music" with 252 files .wav

I think it is a cd version of the game, but not sure,
thank you

[AndywinXp]

Hi. Where did you get this version?

[kbdl21]

I have had this version a long time ago on my pc.

[AndywinXp]

Did you download it from somewhere?

[kbdl21]

No, as I remember, those are the files that were on my pc.

[AndywinXp]

Well, if I don't know where it comes from and what edition is that (since it looks heavily modified) I'm afraid I can't help you with that.

[kbdl21]

Ok, no problem, I think the bug in version 2.8.1 of scummvm will be fixed one day, the game works perfectly on version 2.5.
Thanks you for your answer

[AndywinXp]

Thanks for your inquiry :-)
It's not a bug, the detection system was heavily reworked because there were too many pirated Frankenstein-ed versions floating around the web ;-)

[kbdl21]

Ok, I understand, that's a good thing.

[sev-]

Added this entry to the detection, marked as pirated.

[sev-]

In 6814b99b:

SWORD1: Added French version with ADGF_PIRATED flag

We have at least three bugreports on it, #14865, #15089 and #15376, and
zero evidence that this is not a downloaded version.

Steam version has his file layout, but the videos are of different size and
was never changed:

​https://steamdb.info/depot/57646/history/

Thus, I conclude that this must be a pirated version. And if not, then
let's hope someone provides the proofs. But at least, with this detection
entry we will stop getting bugreports.