Teenagent - Polish CD talkie version

[CaptainJei]

Can anyone confirm if the Polish CD version of Teenagent (which I believe was only released for the Amiga) was released as freeware?

[digitall]

https://web.archive.org/web/20021221042 ... nload.html

[CaptainJei]

Hmmm. I'm guessing that is a yes. Or would its freeware status only apply to the time that that website was up?

And if it is freeware, would it be within the rules of these forums to ask where a copy can be found? (The download links of the archived Metropolis Software site are dead.)

[Les]

Also the Czech version was released few years ago as free officialy. Just Scummvm doesn't support the czech language till now .

[digitall]

While the English version is available as Freeware via GOG, they do not have the Polish or Czech versions:
https://www.gog.com/game/teenagent

I think the exact situation for other versions is slightly unclear, though likely to be freeware:
http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/TeenAgent

[Les]

Well, I have also the original CZ version, it was bundled on the CD of Czech magazine Score . What is needed to have the support of this version in Scummvm? Do you need some official article about the release? I have doubts about the GOG.com, I asked them for several times, if the CZ version won't be also released, but didn't recieved any kind of asnwer.

[CaptainJei]

I believe that CD Projekt, the company which owns GOG, also owns the license to Teenagent.

[digitall]

Well, if you can get them to put the Czech and Polish version up as Freeware on GOG, then we can look at supporting them.

[hugo]

Mea maxima culpa! The Polish CD (Talkie) version is already available from GOG (albeit "hidden") it is in its own installer! Having multilingual installers present on GOG I did absolutely forgot about the language option at the game page...

[KainXVIII]

Mea maxima culpa! The Polish CD (Talkie) version is already available from GOG (albeit "hidden") it is in its own installer! Having multilingual installers present on GOG I did absolutely forgot about the language option at the game page...

Can we play with polish voices and english subtitles?

[hugo]

Mea maxima culpa! The Polish CD (Talkie) version is already available from GOG (albeit "hidden") it is in its own installer! Having multilingual installers present on GOG I did absolutely forgot about the language option at the game page...

Can we play with polish voices and english subtitles?

Sadly no, or at least not in the manner You have described!
Using both 212 or daily builds in conclusion with Polish talkie version from GOG following results so far:

1) The game is detected by scummVM engine (albeit as Czech translation instead of Polish original), and could be started from Scumm UI.
2) Audio tracks in ogg format supplied with GOG version are detected and played. You need to do the renaming hack for tracks but... It seems the audio track numbers starts from 2 not 1 (comparing ingame midi to audiotracks - when using complete naming hack the game plays wrong audio tracks)
3) talkie pack (VOICES.RES) is detected (as shown in log on --debuglevel=10), the log shows the samples are played but no voice acting only cd audio playing)
4) Subtitles are shown in English (even when set speech only in UI), on the contrary the subtitles were in Polish (if I am mistaken not, originally there were no subtitles in intro, beause first optin to set ingame subtitles ON was when player got controll in the bootcamp)
5) additional/changed logos are detected by the ScummVM engine and played properly (thus showing CD Project logo for non-talkative-talkie)

So You can play the game with english subtitles and CD audio, but whithout speech

I have to dig out Czech translation I do posses somewhere in my archives and see if the Czech translation is detected as Czech (or perhaps as Polish instead)

[hugo]

Mea maxima culpa! The Polish CD (Talkie) version is already available from GOG (albeit "hidden") it is in its own installer! Having multilingual installers present on GOG I did absolutely forgot about the language option at the game page...

Can we play with polish voices and english subtitles?

Sadly no, or at least not in the manner You have described!
Using both 212 or daily builds in conclusion with Polish talkie version from GOG following results so far:

1) The game is detected by scummVM engine (albeit as Czech translation instead of Polish original), and could be started from Scumm UI.
2) Audio tracks in ogg format supplied with GOG version are detected and played. You need to do the renaming hack for tracks but... It seems the audio track numbers starts from 2 not 1 (comparing ingame midi to audiotracks - when using complete naming hack the game plays wrong audio tracks)
3) talkie pack (VOICES.RES) is detected (as shown in log on --debuglevel=10), the log shows the samples are played but no voice acting only cd audio playing and sound effects already existing in Floppy Version)
4) Subtitles are shown in English (even when set speech only in UI), on the contrary the subtitles were in Polish (if I am mistaken not, originally there were no subtitles in intro, beause first optin to set ingame subtitles ON was when player got controll in the bootcamp) [edit1]This is due to subtitles are located in separate tenagent.dat flie provided by scumm devs, anyway the subtitle display switch should be operable on talkie version of the game (or disabled in specific toolbox)[/edi1]
5) additional/changed logos are detected by the ScummVM engine and played properly (thus showing CD Project logo for non-talkative-talkie)

So You can play the game with english subtitles and CD audio, but whithout speech

I have to dig out Czech translation I do posses somewhere in my archives and see if the Czech translation is detected as Czech (or perhaps as Polish instead)

[szczuru]

Sorry for bumping old topic but Polish Talkie version is still wrongly detected as Czech version with english subs and without voice-over (id: teeagent-cd-cs). Tested on SCUMMVM 2.7.0 with GOG's Polish version of TeenAgent. I see in /engines/teenagent/detection.cpp there aren't any polish version data providen. Attached crcs of gogs pl version and file list - maybe this will help.

//edit
Forgot to add filelisft/crc of GAME.GOG which is bare bin 2352 image file with game files loaded by dosbox.

//edit 2

Checked md5 of first 5000 bytes and they are 100% the same as in Czech version

Czech:

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		{ // Czech CD
		"teenagent",
		"CD",
		{
			{"off.res",     0, "aaac839a6ef639d68ebc97bc42faa42d", 2720432},
			{"on.res",      0, "a0d5e5bbf6fab4bdc7f4094ed85f9639", 153907},
			{"ons.res",     0, "a7e2e8def1f0fb46644c20686af0d91a", 173077},
			{"varia.res",   0, "b786c48e160e1981b496a30acd3deff9", 216683},
			{"lan_000.res", 0, "06e409b0a43ff0ced014b93fb8f5dd5b", 535599},
			{"lan_500.res", 0, "c098cc17cc27a1cad4319fb6789aa5a7", 9538457},
			{"sam_sam.res", 0, "547a48cc1be9cf30744de8b0b47838f2", 769552},
			{"voices.res",  0, "955aa04517a2b0499adf17d9b7c6f4a1", 37306128},
			{"cdlogo.res",  0, "6bf95a48f366bdf8af3a198c7b723c77", 64768},
			{"sdr.res",     0, "d0b1398c78dc82571ddef5877c9a3a06", 14993},
			AD_LISTEND
		},

Polish:

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		off.res,      AAAC839A6EF639D68EBC97BC42FAA42D, 2720432
			on.res,       A0D5E5BBF6FAB4BDC7F4094ED85F9639, 153907
			ons.res,      A7E2E8DEF1F0FB46644C20686AF0D91A, 173077
			varia.res,    B786C48E160E1981B496A30ACD3DEFF9, 216683
			lan_000.res,  06E409B0A43FF0CED014B93FB8F5DD5B, 535599
			lan_500.res,  C098CC17CC27A1CAD4319FB6789AA5A7, 9538457
			sam_sam.res,  547A48CC1BE9CF30744DE8B0B47838F2, 769552
			voices.res,   955AA04517A2B0499ADF17D9B7C6F4A1, 37306128
			cdlogo.res,   6BF95A48F366BDF8AF3A198C7B723C77, 64768
			sdr.res,      D0B1398C78DC82571DDEF5877C9A3A06, 14993

[Praetorian]

Polish Talkie version is still wrongly detected as Czech version with english subs and without voice-over (id: teeagent-cd-cs).

Can you open a ticket on the bug tracker about this with the information in the above post, so that we can properly track this and the developers can request additional information to fix detection for this version.

[Nfsfan83]

It will be great if ScummVM will be support New Teenagent with polish voice talking and polish subtitles at once!!! One of the best polish classic 2D point and click game