[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #9591: SCUMM: Zak McKracken (FM-Towns) - Intro animation runs faster than intro music (was: Zak McKracken FM Towns Intro runs too fast)

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#9591: SCUMM: Zak McKracken (FM-Towns) - Intro animation runs faster than intro
music
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  Reporter:  Nukkus         |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal         |  Component:  Engine: SCUMM
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:  FM Towns, soundtrack
      Game:  Zak McKracken  |
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Changes (by raziel-):

 * summary:  Zak McKracken FM Towns Intro runs too fast =>
     SCUMM: Zak McKracken (FM-Towns) - Intro animation runs faster than
     intro music

Comment:

 ScummVM 2.2.0git (Jul 15 2020 10:24:49)
 Features compiled in: Vorbis FLAC MP3 RGB zLib MPEG2 Theora AAC A/52
 FreeType2 FriBiDi JPEG PNG cloud (servers, local)

 This issue stems from the fact that the developers used the (CD) loading
 times (and the slow graphics chip) from the original FM-Towns console to
 sync the music with the running intro animation (whether they revised it
 for the FM-Towns version by checking against the actual speed, or simply
 went with the floppy loading times and hoped the best, is beyond me
 though).

 If you watch the first YT video you can clearly see that the objects "pop"
 in place, due to them being loaded from CD on the run and probably because
 the graphics chip isn't the strongest either.
 That leads to the animation running slower than it does on fast CD/HDD
 drives with stronger graphic chips.

 Also take a look here: https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/3279
 It features a similar problem and maybe a probable fix.

 Maybe a delay between scene changes (where the screen goes black) would be
 sufficient?

 I own the original FM-Towns release and was able to stopwatch playing the
 intro from HDD and CD, and CD (without the music) was roughly a second
 slower already.

 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (FM-TOWNS/English)

 AmigaOS4 - PPC - BE - SDL
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