[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #16543: SCI: SQ4: Help (question mark) doesn't display text in the Both mode

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#16543: SCI: SQ4: Help (question mark) doesn't display text in the Both mode
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Reporter:  lwcorp    |       Owner:  sluicebox
    Type:  defect    |      Status:  closed
Priority:  normal    |   Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:            |  Resolution:  wontfix
Keywords:  original  |        Game:  Space Quest 4
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Changes (by sluicebox):

 * keywords:   => original
 * owner:  (none) => sluicebox
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * status:  new => closed

Comment:

 The IconBar and Inventory scripts do not have an audio+text mode, they are
 explicitly written to either play audio or display text, but not both at
 once. There's nothing that can be done short of writing your own mod and
 rewriting these scripts.

 It helps to remember that ScummVM (and NRS) did not invent the audio+text
 mode. Sierra did, it was already there. Sierra wrote the feature in most
 of their scripts, they just didn't enable it in this game. We have merely
 removed the few obstacles so that the mode can be enabled. (And then
 heavily patched a Vohaul scene to use it.) The IconBar and Inventory
 scripts in this game do not have an audio+text mode, so there is nothing
 to enable.

 The current behavior is what Sierra intended even whey they considered
 audio+text mode, as the game contains script that sets IconBar and
 Inventory to Speech mode when "Both" is selected in the control panel. (We
 didn't add that part, it was already there.)

 Closing as `wontfix` but it's really `cantfix`.
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