[Scummvm-devel] Discworld - known behaviour?

Hubert Maier raziel_nosgoth at web.de
Tue Nov 10 16:58:20 CET 2009


Hi devs,

i was about to file bugreports, but as i have played Discworld (part 1) the first
time in history and don't know the behaviour it had on the original platform i'd
rather asked, if it is "normal".

I have the .GRA version (known to be buggy), but where and what is buggy i don't
know (i found nothing on the compatibility page and in the wiki), so here goes.

1 - I have *many* occasions where subtitles are displayed before the actual line
is spoken (although subtitles are turned off), many of them reproduceable and
even re-occuring when visiting the same place and using the same question again

2- I found one graphic glitch so far (animation of Rincewind pouring the bubble
bath into the jesters tub) which gets erased (the bubbles) and never return (not
sure if it is intended, though) and the animation as whole starts over when the
screen starts scrolling to the left (although half of the aniomation was already
played and the bubble alreeady showed up)

3 - Another one is already filed. It's the scene where Rincewind acts as a ghost
to get the gate pass but without knowing that the scared guy hasn't told him
everything. He opens the safe, holds the hammer, the hammer vanishes and is back
again.

Also, but that is only for information and my understanding, can it be that the
main speech actor of Rincewind (Eric Idle) did not record every line? Because i
think there are some (very short and not much overall) lines spoken from someone
else.

Plus i have read in the wiki that the publisher of DW is unknown(?) Well, at
least on my box of DW it's Psygnosis, if that means anything that is (Just for
the record)

Let me know if i should still file bug reports for those i found or if i just
shouldn't bother because
a) it can't/won't be fixed anyway (due to supernatural causes) or
b) it's already on someone's list

Thanks a lot and sorry for the traffic

Ciao

Hubert





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