Bug#737472: old and new

[Tobias Hansen]

Am 08.02.2014 17:23, schrieb hillhopper:
>>> You have to compare to the version with
>> the changed ending though.
> 
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> That's just it.  the original version I played ended being transported to a cave after going through the Doctor's oval window where assembly instructions could be modified resulting in the "ending" where Hurf was again transported to his home town and all the characters did an encore before the credits rolled with the game music.
>>> "Also, the game can't be changed because it's
>> closed source and the license doesn't even allow changes.
> The license locks the original script written with SLUDGE and is the key to making changes.  I don't believe there is a decompiler to even cheat on the license if one were inclined to do so.  Not me.
> The only hope I can see is to rewrite the whole game or get Hungry Software to make it open source.  Sadly, it is a very clever and fun game.  I can sympathize with the authors since the history of the game includes the history of making it free to users.
> I don't know any more, but hope for the best.  My guess is that in the rewrite of three years ago, some verb coins were left out, and the writer(s) frustrated with the outcome, so they dumped it to Linux non-free.  It needs to be DEBUGged.
> 

There are just two versions of Out of Order which are both from around
2000-2003. This one included in Debian is the newer one, it is exactly
the same game file that was distributed for Windows (I think since about
2003) and works very well. If there are bugs when playing this on
Debian, they are in the SLUDGE engine which is very much open source so
the bugs can be fixed. You just have to tell me which bugs you are
talking about. Until now I only know about the one with the back pocket
and I will probably look into it at some point if I have time. If it's
just that the game is different from another version of the game I can't
do anything.

Cheers,
Tobias