[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #14796: SCI: LONGBOW: Game gets stuck when changing screens at fair

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#14796: SCI: LONGBOW: Game gets stuck when changing screens at fair
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Reporter:  Kurufinwe21  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect       |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal       |   Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:               |  Resolution:
Keywords:               |        Game:  Conquests of the Longbow
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Comment (by sluicebox):

 Thank you! I did a little investigating earlier, and your information will
 be a big help on the next round.

 This is an original game bug, and even though I don't yet know how *you*
 tripped it, I've found easy ways.

 The problem is with the wandering scholars. When they transition between
 rooms, they briefly set a flag (Fair:walkingOut) and that flag prevents
 you from changing Fair rooms. They're trying to prevent some kind of
 conflict if both of you change rooms at the same moment. Great, unless a
 scholar gets interrupted somehow, and never completes the transition to
 clear the flag. That's what's happened to you, the bearded scholar is
 somehow stuck invisible in the lower right corner in an interrupted
 transition.

 When the flag is set, your room transition waits for it to clear forever,
 because it assumes they're just briefly in the middle of it.

 That means all you have to do to break this is leave the fair while a
 scholar is walking between rooms! Walk to the archery contest, walk out
 the entrance, or even click the map. Come back and walk between rooms and
 you're stuck. I bet this has gotten tripped a lot over the years. Great
 find!
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