[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #10484: LSL6 Hi-res: Oil lamp with spigot freezes the game

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#10484: LSL6 Hi-res: Oil lamp with spigot freezes the game
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Reporter:  Hysler  |       Owner:  bluegr
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  closed
Priority:  normal  |   Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:          |  Resolution:  invalid
Keywords:          |        Game:  Leisure Suit Larry 6
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Comment (by sluicebox):

 I dug into this further.

 The original problem was with some CD-ROM distributions that included LSL6
 Hi-Res. After you installed it, the patchDir line in RESOURCE.WIN didn't
 include the correct path to the PATCHES directory on the CD-ROM. If the
 CD-ROM drive was D then it would use D:\PATCHES instead of the correct
 D:\HIRES\PATCHES. This meant that the broken version of the lamp script
 got used, along with a lot of other older resources that weren't meant to
 be used.

 Sierra's "patch" was a save game file and a text file. The save game was
 made with the buggy resources as a workaround; it takes you just past the
 buggy lamp script, but you'll still be playing with the older resources.
 The text file includes instructions for properly fixing the bug by editing
 RESOURCE.WIN to add the correct path, which would probably break any
 existing save games.

 ScummVM is unaffected by all of this since it doesn't use RESOURCE.WIN and
 just uses the resource files you give it. Dang, no script patch to write
 here! =)

 Of course, if you somehow misplace your PATCHES directory, you'll get the
 same symptoms as players did in 1997, which is what happened here.
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