[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15147: Strange error messages with incorrectly set extras path

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#15147: Strange error messages with incorrectly set extras path
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Reporter:  dfsgand  |      Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal   |  Component:  GUI
 Version:           |   Keywords:  gui truetype
    Game:           |
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 ScummVM version checked:
 ScummVM 2.9.0git5034-g8019d0eea13 (Jun  1 2024 20:18:24)
 Using SDL backend with SDL 2.0.14
 Features compiled in: Vorbis FLAC MP3 ALSA SEQ sndio TiMidity RGB zLib
 MikMod VPX A/52 FreeType2 FriBiDi JPEG PNG ENet SDL2 TinyGL OpenGL (with
 shaders)
 Platform: Debian 11.9 bullseye, x86-64

 When the extra path is set to a directory missing the files that are
 usually in dists/engine-data, the ScummVM GUI will revert to a fixed font
 and attempts to change GUIs or the GUI language give a console error
 indicating something is wrong with TrueType rendering:

 {{{
 WARNING: Couldn't load font 'helvb12.bdf'/'FreeSansBold.ttf'!

   File <File Stream>, line 150:
 <language id = '*'   scalable_file = 'FreeSansBold.ttf'/>
                 </font>

 Parser error: Error loading localized Font in theme engine.

 WARNING: Failed to parse STX file 'remastered_gfx.stx'!
 WARNING: Failed to load theme
 '/home/user/.local/share/scummvm/gui/themes/residualvm.zip'!
 }}}

 I originally bumped into this while adding MT32 control ROMs to a local
 extras directory without copying the dist/engine-data files over. The
 TrueType error got me on entirely the wrong path, and I spent a lot of
 time trying to figure out what was wrong given that the TrueType fonts
 were visible to the rest of the system.

 So this is something between a defect and feature request. That it reports
 an error reading a font might be a bug or engine-data could be containing
 the ttf file it's looking for. As a feature request, it would be nice if
 it would throw a message box saying the extras directory is wrong or
 missing files required. As a bug, that it instead reports fonts errors
 seems wrong or at least quite strange.

 In addition, when trying to set a different theme language, the GUI will
 say "Theme does not support selected language!", which seems inaccurate.
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/15147>
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