[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15708: SCI: LAURABOW: Gloria Doesn't Get Thrown Down the Well?

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#15708: SCI: LAURABOW: Gloria Doesn't Get Thrown Down the Well?
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Reporter:  ArthurWalden              |      Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal                    |  Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:                            |   Keywords:  laurabow, colonel,
    Game:  Laura Bow 1: The          |  gloria, dead, well
  Colonel's Bequest                  |
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 I am using ScummVM version 2.9.0.

 In The Colonel's Bequest, the first Laura Bow game, I have a situation
 which I am not completely certain whether it is a bug or not.

 In this game, the bodies of some characters who have been murdered can be
 found in one of two randomly determined places, while the bodies of other
 murder victims always appear in the same place. The confusion I have is
 over Gloria Swansong, who is murdered at the beginning of Act IV. Most
 sources on this game I have found state that her body is always found in
 the gazebo. However, some  sources, including Sierra's official hint book,
 state that her body can be found in either the gazebo or the well.

 To test this, I saved the game right before beginning Act IV (the
 beginning of the act is when I believe the determination of where randomly
 determined locations for that act's murder victim are made) and rechecked
 over 30 times, but every time I found dead Gloria in the gazebo.

 So now I'm wondering: is the chance of Gloria's body being thrown down the
 well an EXTREMELY slim one? There are a number of minor random elements,
 including a few Easter eggs, in this game, but I can usually have them
 occur with a little retry, if necessary. Or did Sierra simply never
 implement Gloria being thrown down the well at all, despite saying they
 did in the hint book? What's even stranger for me is that I played the
 game back in high school over 30 years ago and I think I do remember
 finding her body in the well on one playthrough. Was this just a false
 memory prompted by reading the hint book?

 I realize this is not a high priority situation, but if there is a bug
 caused by ScummVM, it would be nice if it could be checked out.

 I am playing the GOG version of the game.

 I am running the game on Windows 11 Home, Version 24H2.
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