[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15480: DIRECTOR: Interactive Bible For Kids - The Life Of Paul [D5] (A Full Compatibility Report)

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#15480: DIRECTOR: Interactive Bible For Kids - The Life Of Paul [D5] (A Full
Compatibility Report)
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Reporter:  VictorVVictoria  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect           |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal           |   Component:  Engine: Director
 Version:                   |  Resolution:
Keywords:                   |        Game:
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Old description:

> {{{#!div style="font-size: 80%"
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> (Jan 10 2025 04:39:18)"
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>
> The Life Of Paul is vary unstable, temperamental and seems to have issues
> in almost every category, I almost always had to use the console command
> "--start-movie=" to test the game because of broken menus. This is also
> one of those games that runs directly from the disk, so no installation
> required.
>
> == Notes
>
> ||Dir_Temp.232 (1.79 MB,no file extension)||Dir_Temp.348 (1.41 MB,no file
> extension)
> ||DOG FOUND SOURCE (448 KB,no file extension)||DOG FOUND SOURCE copy (392
> KB,no file extension)
> ||found (85 KB,no file extension)||MAZEYOU (1.78 MB,no file extension)
> ||MAZEYOU3 (1.03 MB,no file extension)||MENUBAR (518 KB,no file
> extension)
> ||menu parts (4.88 MB,no file extension)||P03L.AIF copy (15 KB,no file
> extension)
> ||Paul Menu Screen Shot (99 KB,no file extension)||paul misc art (374
> KB,no file extension)
> ||PUZZHELP (456 KB,no file extension)||T.Background (410 KB,no file
> extension)
> ||untitled 12 (703 KB,no file extension)||You.01 (780 KB
>
> == Start Up \ Main Menu
> They have gone from not working to unpredictable, sometimes they work,
> other times they don't. sometimes they work but then for whatever reason,
> they just stop working (and vice versa) the behaviour of each button is
> all over the place and often feels completely random.
>
> The error "Failed to open You intro!" shows up in the console, so there
> seems to be not getting loaded
>
> ||WARNING: NinePatchBitmap::NinePatchBitmap(): Bad bitmap!
> ||WARNING: Lingo Inited!
> ||WARNING: Adding \0 to String. This is permitted, but can have unwanted
> consequences.
> ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 6 strings!
> ||WARNING: Frame::readMainChannelsD5(): STUB: unk2: 0x00 0x01!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
>
> == Storybook - Paul and the Bright Light
> The loop is not playing right, and softlocks the game
> ||WARNING: BUILDBOT: Left over bytes: 6 in dataStream for id: 159 type:
> RTE!
> ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 1 strings!
> ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 6 strings!
>
> == Discover The Bible
> Works but gives messages related to sound.
> ||WARNING: SNDDecoder: Unsupported command: 0!
> ||WARNING: Sound::load(): Invalid loop bounds detected. Disabling looping
> for cast member id 294, sndId 765!
>
> == Hall of Fame
> It seems to work, that said, the button to open the Hall of Fame usually
> does nothing but give at least one of these console messages:
> ||WARNING: Label Hall.Black.PICT not found!
> ||WARNING: Label paul background plain.pict not found!
>
> == Bible-Time Theater
> Works well, videos play without graphical issues.
>
> == Fun & Games
> The game menu is broken because the loop is not playing right.
> ||WARNING: Failed to open gamemch5.aif!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: Movie  does not exist!
> ||WARNING: Failed to open gamemch3.aif!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: Movie  does not exist!
> ||WARNING: Failed to open gamemch7.aif!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: Movie  does not exist!
> ||WARNING: Failed to open gamemch4.aif!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: Movie  does not exist!
> ||WARNING: Failed to open gamemch6.aif!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: Movie  does not exist!
> ||WARNING: Failed to open gamemch2.aif!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: Movie  does not exist!
>
> **Matching Game**:
> It works well
> ||WARNING: BUILDBOT: Left over bytes: 6 in dataStream for id: 42 type:
> RTE!
> ||WARNING: BUILDBOT: Left over bytes: 6 in dataStream for id: 65 type:
> RTE!
> ||WARNING: BUILDBOT: Left over bytes: 6 in dataStream for id: 149 type:
> RTE!
> ||WARNING: BUILDBOT: Left over bytes: 6 in dataStream for id: 150 type:
> RTE!
> ||WARNING: BUILDBOT: Left over bytes: 6 in dataStream for id: 151 type:
> RTE!
> ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 1 strings!
> ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 6 strings!
>
> That said, playing the larger board gives this console error
> ||WARNING: Sprite::getShape(): kCastMemberSprite has no cast defined!
>
> **Maze**:
> Broken graphics when you go up the stairs makes the game unplayable:
> ||WARNING: Cursor::readFromCast: Needs array of 2!
> ||WARNING: Failed to open start1.aif!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: Movie  does not exist!
> ||WARNING: Sprite::getShape(): kCastMemberSprite has no cast defined!
>
> **Dot to Dot**:
> Broken graphics makes the game even more pointless then it all ready was.
> ||WARNING: Failed to open DOT01.AIF!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
>
> **Bible Quiz**:
> I could not find the file to load this game from the console, So I have
> not retested this one.
>
> **Puzzles**:
> The loop is not playing right, and softlocks the game
> ||WARNING: BUILDBOT: Left over bytes: 6 in dataStream for id: 136 type:
> RTE!
> ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 1 strings!
> ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 6 strings!
> ||WARNING: Failed to open PMHELP.AIF!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: Movie  does not exist!
>
> **Word Games**:
> Broken graphics that seem to be related to duplicating.
> ||WARNING: Failed to open todd1!
> ||WARNING: stream is 0!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 8 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 14 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 23 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 32 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 35 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 44 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 53 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 56 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 62 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 65 to target 111!
> ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 74 to target 111!
>
> == Bible Quiz Show
> Seems to Work
> ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 6 strings!
> ||WARNING: Frame::readMainChannelsD5(): STUB: unk1: 0x00 0x01!
> ||WARNING: Frame::readMainChannelsD5(): STUB: unk1: 0x01 0x00!
> ||WARNING: Frame::readMainChannelsD5(): STUB: unk1: 0x04 0x00!
> ||WARNING: Frame::readMainChannelsD5(): STUB: unk2: 0x00 0x01!
> ||WARNING: Frame::readMainChannelsD5(): STUB: unk2: 0x00 0x05!

New description:

 {{{#!div style="font-size: 80%"
   {{{#!python
   This Report Was Made Using Daily Build "2.10.0git13045-g804355a95d9 (Feb
 5 2025 04:41:35)"
   }}}
 }}}

 The Life Of Paul is vary unstable, temperamental and seems to have issues
 in almost every category, I almost always had to use the console command
 "--start-movie=" to test the game because of broken menus. This is also
 one of those games that runs directly from the disk, so no installation
 required.

 == Notes
 These files seem to be leftovers from when the game been developed that
 somehow made it every copy of the game
 ||Dir_Temp.232 (1.79 MB,no file extension)||Dir_Temp.348 (1.41 MB,no file
 extension)
 ||DOG FOUND SOURCE (448 KB,no file extension)||DOG FOUND SOURCE copy (392
 KB,no file extension)
 ||found (85 KB,no file extension)||MAZEYOU (1.78 MB,no file extension)
 ||MAZEYOU3 (1.03 MB,no file extension)||MENUBAR (518 KB,no file extension)
 ||menu parts (4.88 MB,no file extension)||P03L.AIF copy (15 KB,no file
 extension)
 ||Paul Menu Screen Shot (99 KB,no file extension)||paul misc art (374
 KB,no file extension)
 ||PUZZHELP (456 KB,no file extension)||T.Background (410 KB,no file
 extension)
 ||untitled 12 (703 KB,no file extension)||You.01 (780 KB

 == Start Up \ Main Menu
 They have gone from not working to unpredictable, sometimes they work,
 other times they don't. sometimes they work but then for whatever reason,
 they just stop working (and vice versa) the behaviour of each button is
 all over the place and often feels completely random.

 The error "Failed to open You intro!" shows up in the console, so there
 seems to be not getting loaded

 ||WARNING: NinePatchBitmap::NinePatchBitmap(): Bad bitmap!
 ||WARNING: Lingo Inited!
 ||WARNING: Adding \0 to String. This is permitted, but can have unwanted
 consequences.
 ||WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 6 strings!
 ||WARNING: Frame::readMainChannelsD5(): STUB: unk2: 0x00 0x01!
 ||WARNING: stream is 0!

 == Storybook - Paul and the Bright Light
 It seems to work
 WARNING: Cast::loadCastInfo(): BUILDBOT: extra 6 strings!
 WARNING: BUILDBOT: Left over bytes: 6 in dataStream for id: 159 type:
 richText!

 == Discover The Bible
 It mostly works but has two issues
 * If you click bible icon twice, the text will brake
 * It gives messages related to sound.
 ||WARNING: SNDDecoder: Unsupported command: 0!
 ||WARNING: Sound::load(): Invalid loop bounds detected. Disabling looping
 for cast member id 294, sndId 765!

 == Hall of Fame
 It seems to work, that said, the button to open the Hall of Fame usually
 does nothing but give at least one of these console messages:
 ||WARNING: Label Hall.Black.PICT not found!
 ||WARNING: Label paul background plain.pict not found!

 == Bible-Time Theater
 Works well, videos play without graphical issues.

 == Fun & Games Menu
 It works well

 **Matching Game**:
 It works well but the audio that plays when you finish the board is
 missing

 **Maze**:
 It seems to work but does give this error
 ||WARNING: Cursor::readFromCast: Needs array of 2!

 **Dot to Dot**:
 Broken graphics makes the game even more pointless then it all ready was.

 **Bible Memory**:
 Game seems to think you clicked "Puzzles Icon" When you click the icon for
 "Bible Memory" and since
 I could not find the file to load this game from the console, So I have
 not retested this one.

 **Puzzles**:
 Unplayable, the issues seems to be related to duplicating

 **Word Games**:
 Broken graphics that seem to be related to duplicating and Missing Audio.
 ||WARNING: Failed to open todd1!
 ||WARNING: stream is 0!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 8 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 14 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 23 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 32 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 35 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 44 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 53 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 56 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 62 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 65 to target 111!
 ||WARNING: BitmapCastMember(): Duplicating source 74 to target 111!

 == Bible Quiz Show
 Seems to Work

--
Comment (by VictorVVictoria):

 updated
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/15480#comment:22>
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