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#4527 DW: Animation Glitch?
closed-wont-fix
5
2010-10-23
2009-08-09
No
I'm not sure if this is in the original source code, but something strange happens when you try to open the little Scared Guy's safe, in L-Space, as a ghost:
If you double click on the jewelry box, Rincewind's animation for opening the safe seems to act a little strangely. One second he opens the safe and removes the hammer, then he's not holding it and the safe is closed, then it's open and he's holding it again, then finally he's not holding it and it's shut again once he's finished speaking.
Also, in the bathroom, it says 'Soap' next to the plant pot when it's not even there.
Language: English
Version: Talkie/DOS
Platform: Win32/Windows XP - Home Edition with SP3
ScummVM: 1.0.0pre043166 (Aug 9 2009 20:29:33)
For the soap at least, I think the problem is that the highlight area is incorrect - given that it talks about 'soap on tap', I'm presuming that the hotspot should be centered on the small tap that's at the back of the bath.
So this is a bug in the original game data?
Any chance of a workaround, Paul?
Paul?
I think I'll have to leave this in the "can't easily fix" category. From what I can see of the script, it launches a play reel which contains the entire sequence, including both Rincewind and the picture area. The script then carries on, launching the talk messages in description.
The problem here is that the play sequence is actually shorter than the text length, and the play reel is finishing before the talking is, so it's returning to the standard character animation before starting a new one for the 'I'm sure I'll figure what to do' animation starts.
Unfortunately, there's no way for the play reel to know that it should pause at certain frames until any on-screen text and/or sample is finished. So without a lot of messy hardcoded logic to freeze that specific animation at specific frames, there's no clean way to fix this.