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GateKeeper
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Broken Sword, possible mute bug

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I am (re)playing Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars and encountered some weird mute behaviour with ScummVM. I don't know if this a bug that should be reported, or just strange but intended feature.

Anyway, here's what happens:
When I have all sounds (music + speech + FX) on, I can mute everything by pressing CTRL + U hotkey, and then bring it all back by repeating it. Works fine.
But when I first press CTRL + U to mute, then go to the game menu by pressing ESC, then return to game, and then press CTRL + U to unmute, both music and FX return, but speech does not. It is and remains muted, and can be restored only by going to the sound menu and raising the level up from zero. :shock:

Is this how it should work, or is this a bug?

I can repeat this over and over again, so it's not a one time thing.
I am using Windows 10, latest ScummVM Windows release, and Broken Sword download from GOG.
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Re: Broken Sword, possible mute bug

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GateKeeper wrote: Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:30 pm I am (re)playing Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars and encountered some weird mute behaviour with ScummVM. I don't know if this a bug that should be reported, or just strange but intended feature.

Anyway, here's what happens:
When I have all sounds (music + speech + FX) on, I can mute everything by pressing CTRL + U hotkey, and then bring it all back by repeating it. Works fine.
But when I first press CTRL + U to mute, then go to the game menu by pressing ESC, then return to game, and then press CTRL + U to unmute, both music and FX return, but speech does not. It is and remains muted, and can be restored only by going to the sound menu and raising the level up from zero. :shock:

Is this how it should work, or is this a bug?
This sounds like a bug. You could open a ticket about this on the ScummVM Bug tracker.
https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/help ... _bugs.html
https://bugs.scummvm.org

Make sure to mention the ScummVM version you're testing with, and if possible also test with a daily developer build from the buildbot, under column "ScummVM Latest Branch Master":
https://buildbot.scummvm.org/#/dailybuilds
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