I solved a problem with German Mac version of Full Throttle

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€LieZer
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I solved a problem with German Mac version of Full Throttle

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Using the original Mac GUI and menu with the English version of Full Throttle works like a charm. But until today I could not get that to work with the German version.
I had extracted the files from the CD multiple times using Cider Press 1, Cider Press 2 and also the ScummVM Dumper Companion. The game is always recognised, no problem with that. But then I always received the following message upon starting the game in ScummVM "Could not find the "Full Throttle" Macintosh executable to read resources from. The Mac GUI will be disabled."

Here is my solution:
On the German language Mac CD of Full Throttle two files are named named differently hence to the German title ("Vollgas") of that game.
The files mentioned in the wiki need to be renamed after extraction: rename 'Vollgas Data' to 'Full Throttle Data' and 'Vollgas' to 'Full Throttle'
https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Full_Throttle

Then ScummVM will be able to run the German language version of Full Throttle (Mac) with the Mac GUI and respective menus. :D
Btw. I always use the daily build (latest branch master).

P.S.: There is a typo on the mentioned wiki page. One file not necessary for the PC demo version is listed as 'lidtsaw.san', but in fact it is named 'liftsaw.san'.
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Re: I solved a problem with German Mac version of Full Throttle

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I just added "Vollgas" and "Vollgas Demo" to the list of Macintosh executables ScummVM looks for. Since I don't have the German version, it would be great if you could test this once it makes it into the next nightly build.

I also update the filename in the wiki. Thanks for pointing it out!
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Re: I solved a problem with German Mac version of Full Throttle

Post by €LieZer »

With the daily build (latest branch master) from last night now it is no longer necessary to rename the two files and it works instantly.
Great, thanks for your quick response!

Finally I suggest that the two file names "Vollgas" and "Vollgas Data" from the German version are added to the Mac section of the file list in the respective wiki page. https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Full_Throttle
Luckily storage space nowadays is much cheaper than 30 or 40 years ago, but I might not be the only person who likes to extract only the necessary files to run a game with ScummVM.

Have a great weekend!
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