[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #14023: XEEN: Swords map UnderWorld broken

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#14023: XEEN:  Swords map UnderWorld broken
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Reporter:  HendrikR  |      Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal    |  Component:  Engine: Xeen
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 The endgame of "swords of xeen" has several bugs which keep a player from
 completing the game. The player has to visit the UnderWorld map to get the
 Negative Orb, necessary to win the game.

 ScummVM Version: tested with both 2.6.1 and a fresh build from 2023-01-09
 (commit id 611efe9b9088bc51a61679c39289a7f81f83df06).
 Game Version: swrd.cc: 0d51c3457070cc7d1a596da9241924a5, 13026924 bytes.
 Host OS: (Arch)Linux x86_64


 1. When jumping from "Sky Platform" (maze0052) at pos (7,8), you are
 supposed to land in the UnderWorld (maze0078). Instead, you always land in
 map E6 (maze0038). The UnderWorld can only be reached by using "map 78" in
 the debugger.

 2. The UnderWorld map (maze0078) itself has a bug that keeps it from
 loading. Upon reaching it (via "map 78"), scummvm crashes, because it
 cannot find 000.mon and 000.att files. In fact, these monster files do not
 exist. Adding them in the data directory (where sword.cc resides) makes
 the level accessible, but it then crashes as soon as one approaches the
 3rd form of the GateMaster.

 The broken GateMaster seems to be due to a missing entry in the
 monsters.swd file, as extracted from the swrd.cc archive. This file
 determines which sprites to load for which monster, and it only contains 2
 of the 3 forms of the GateMaster (who occurs in 3 consecutive forms in the
 UnderWorld), the "egremlink" and the "dwolf" forms. The final form (a fire
 demon) is missing. As it is at the very end of the file, it might be due
 to a wrong filesize marker in the swrd.cc archive, or the file was simply
 truncated during creation of the archive.
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