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EricOakford / SCI-Decompilation-Archive

A collection of decompiled source code for Sierra's SCI games.
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Please add eco1 & eco2 (not just eco2demo) and restore their debug functionality #25

Open lwcorp opened 1 year ago

lwcorp commented 1 year ago

Can you add EcoQuest I: The Search for Cetus as well as the full EcoQuest II: Lost Secret of the Rainforest, both of which you can also find at Sluicebox' archive?

Also, both your eco2demo and Sluicebox' eco2 have debug scripts but it seems they're just like the game's built-in 98.scr and 98.hep files which do nothing but an initial WhereTo? dialog at boot (whereas leaving the room or doing any actions gets the game stuck!). That was also the case with QFG1VGA and QFG3, yet you somehow managed to uniquely restore their full debug functionality anyway, so can you do the same here like you did with your QFG1VGA and your QFG3?

EricOakford commented 1 year ago

I don't have this game, and it's not available on CD-ROM or any digital storefronts. As for the QFG1VGA and QFG3 debug scripts, they're actually recreations of my own, loosely based on the surviving debug script in QFG4.

lwcorp commented 1 year ago

Awesome job about your recreations! I wonder if the debug scripts in Sluicebox' archive borrowed your ideas or just used the surviving original scrips.

The games are indeed on GOG's wishlist (related forum request). But this is exactly why they're immediately searchable online for download. I'm not a lawyer, but I wonder if it might be considered fair use for your research and preservation purposes. Also, Sluicebox' link above has debugRm.sc and debugRm.sco if you need just those files.

lwcorp commented 1 year ago

Well, a SCI fan forum has just restored the debug mode plus added fan made instant movement/location to eco1 and to eco2. For eco2, if you want, you can borrow the debug mode from there (source code is included there) and try it in the demo version which you already have.