[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #13943: King Quest 5 keeps crashing in the exact same spot

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Wed Nov 23 23:05:54 UTC 2022


#13943: King Quest 5 keeps crashing in the exact same spot
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Reporter:  SAL150  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal  |   Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:          |  Resolution:
Keywords:  crash   |        Game:  King's Quest 5
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Comment (by sluicebox):

 Thank you for the screenshot. As I suspected from the error message, none
 of this makes any sense. =)

 I can't reproduce this; the thieves' camp works for me. KQ5 is popular; if
 it were broken for everyone we would have heard about this by now from a
 lot of people.

 That error message, combined with that `bt` stacktrace, isn't possible
 according my copy of the game. And there's only one CD version. There's
 probably something wrong with your game files. Sierra games rely on a
 bunch of little files and if they're not all the right ones, or some are
 missing, or there are extras, then things start out okay but get weird
 later.

 I believe that if you were to copy over the genuine game files again from
 original media or GOG or wherever it would work. "Oops, nevermind, I
 copied the files again and it worked" is how I close a lot of these
 tickets =) If you provide a directory listing with file sizes of your KQ5
 directory (the one with RESOURCE.MAP), I can compare those.

 This is where a save file would help, although I predict that I wouldn't
 even be able to load it, because I believe your copy of the game is
 invalid. Even that would be helpful though, because it would confirm the
 cause.

 But it could be something else! Try ruling out bad files first. Btw if
 you'd on discord and need help, you can ping me on the scummvm server.
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/13943#comment:3>
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