#317 SCUMM: Auto "What IS" for version <4

[fac76]

Almost every Lucasarts adventure game used the scumm
engine. But with almost every new game, we get an
improved version. After version 3 all games had a
reduced number of verbs and an auto "What IS". This
was very good because we only need to click 1 time
instead of 2 times.

My request is: Could we have an option to play
Lucasarts earlier games with such an option turned
on? This should be optional only for those who want
such an option.

[Max Horn]

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Unfortunately, this is not possible, since this capability is implemented in the
game scripts, not the engine.

Well, of course *strictly spoken*, nothing is ever impossible.

But I see no safe way to "override" this via the engine. Doing that would
involve modifying the so-called "sentence area" of the game, which is
managaged by the game scripts. Doing so would lead to "the rug being pulled
from under the feet of the game scripts", if you catch my meaning. I.e. the
game would quickly end up in an inconsistent state.

But maybe somebody sees a way I completely failed to think off, so I'll leave
this open for a bit.