[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #16662: The Last Express breaks completely on ScummVM version 2026.2.0 (also happens with daily build 2026.2.1git24521-gee2fcaeea50)

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#16662: The Last Express breaks completely on ScummVM version 2026.2.0 (also
happens with daily build 2026.2.1git24521-gee2fcaeea50)
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Reporter:  tiskinalle  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect      |      Status:  new
Priority:  high        |   Component:  Engine: LastExpress
 Version:              |  Resolution:
Keywords:              |        Game:
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Comment (by tiskinalle):

 Now that I found the savegames and could delete them and start over, I was
 able to get the game working again. I did some more testing, and I might
 have found out the sequence of actions that can replicate both the crash
 and the game getting all messed up. They might actually be two separate
 bugs. I hope the following notes make sense.

 This is how I was able to make the game crash in the beginning:

 Start game -> Talk to August Schmidt in the dining room -> Wait for
 Schmidt to discover the body -> Get a bad ending -> Game returns to main
 menu -> Game rewinds automatically -> Game crashes

 If you restart after this and click View the Ending, the game doesn't
 crash. If you then play the rewound game and go talk to August Schmidt
 again to get the "bad" ending one more time, the game crashes when
 clicking Play Rewound Game.

 If you restart again, you can play the rewound game (choosing to not get
 the bad ending right away) and everything seems to work out well.

 However, the way to get the whole game messed up seems to be as follows:

 Start game -> Talk to August Schmidt in the dining room -> Wait for
 Schmidt to discover the body -> Get a bad ending -> Game returns to main
 menu -> Game rewinds automatically -> Game crashes -> Restart -> Click
 "Rewind to Paris" and try to play the game. This messes up all new games,
 too.

 I'm not entirely sure if that's all there is to it, but at least I was
 able to replicate the game getting stuck that way again. (I started to
 wonder if the actual root of the problem is whether or not the waiter
 comes to greet you in the restaurant car or not, but I'm not sure about
 that.)
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/16662#comment:6>
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