[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #12547: SCI: KQ6CD program crashes in dialogues ("portrait ALEX.bin not found")

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#12547: SCI: KQ6CD program crashes in dialogues ("portrait ALEX.bin not found")
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Reporter:  lwcorp  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal  |   Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:          |  Resolution:
Keywords:          |        Game:  King's Quest 6
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Description changed by lwcorp:

Old description:

> [https://archive.org/details/msdos_Kings_Quest_VI_-
> _Heir_Today_Gone_Tomorrow_1992 The Internet Archive has this game], but
> it crashes the first time you attempt to talk to anyone.
>
> **Steps to reproduce**
> 1) Start the game (this version is dual Windows/DOS so choose either)
> 2) Go up
> 3) Go top left or top right
> 4) Talk to someone
>
> **Expected behavior**
> Start a dialogue
>
> **Actual result**
> Game crashes with:
> {{{
> ERROR: portrait ALEX.bin not found!
> }}}
>
> **Additional notes**
> 1. While this version of the game lacks it, other versions have a
> subfolder called **ACTORS** that indeed has a file called **ALEX.bin**.
> 1. Some reviewers of The Internet Archive complained about crashes, but
> none of them mentioned ScummVM (it seems they played it right online
> there via DOSBox) and none of them referred to dialogue related crashes.
>
> Tried it in the latest daily 2.3.0git16139-g21fdb18a4d (May 15 2021
> 06:13:57)

New description:

 [https://archive.org/details/msdos_Kings_Quest_VI_-
 _Heir_Today_Gone_Tomorrow_1992 The Internet Archive has this game], but it
 crashes the first time you attempt to talk to anyone.

 **Steps to reproduce**
 1) Start the game (this version is dual Windows/DOS so choose either)
 2) Go up
 3) Go top left or top right
 4) Talk to someone

 **Expected behavior**
 Start a dialogue

 **Actual result**
 Game crashes with:
 {{{
 ERROR: portrait ALEX.bin not found!
 }}}

 **Additional notes**
 1. While this version of the game lacks it, other versions have a
 subfolder called **ACTORS** that indeed has a file called **ALEX.bin**
 (which is probably a node to the protagonist **Alexander**).
 1. Some reviewers of The Internet Archive complained about crashes, but
 none of them mentioned ScummVM (it seems they played it right online there
 via DOSBox) and none of them referred to dialogue related crashes.

 Tried it in the latest daily 2.3.0git16139-g21fdb18a4d (May 15 2021
 06:13:57)

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