LSL6 (SVGA) music plays all tracks / "instruments" at once

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RayKoopa
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LSL6 (SVGA) music plays all tracks / "instruments" at once

Post by RayKoopa »

Hey there,

it seems that Larry 6's MIDI music plays all tracks at once during the first run-through, and then properly repeats the second set. No matter if MT, MIDI, or AdLib emulation. I'm not sure if this also happens with other games, but I searched for it in combination with LSL6 and found nothing.

It's most obvious on the beach where multiple flutes play against each other. It sounds quite awful even for Larry's lesser tastes.

Here's an example with AdLib emulation in ScummVM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FlRdNNRUTo

And here's how it plays back in DOSBox (sorry for the laggy crackles, seems my screen recorder didn't like it as much):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFfed1cWzU

LSL6 version is 1.000.000.
ScummVM version is 2.5.1.0.

(On another note, the inventory item background is black in ScummVM, not matching the dark green backdrop as in DOSBox / native hardware.)

Anyone else experiencing this? Any way to fix this?
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Re: LSL6 (SVGA) music plays all tracks / "instruments" at once

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I can reproduce this on Windows with a recent developer build 2.6.0git for HiRes and standard version (GOG versions are also 1.000).

I should add that the standard version seems to play music in the beach scene only(?) when entering from the Hotel's pool side.

I think it'd be better if you open a ticker on our bug tracker:
https://bugs.scummvm.org

Please attach a save game before entering the beach if possible -- I know it can be accessed quickly from the start of the game, but it will make testing / reproducing faster by anyone looking into this.

Another thing I noticed by quickly testing, was that at least in windowed mode, the game's UI can be very picky on where to click to exit left or right from a screen. Is this also the behavior on DOSBOX? If not, I could report this on a separate ticket.
RayKoopa
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Re: LSL6 (SVGA) music plays all tracks / "instruments" at once

Post by RayKoopa »

Thanks, I opened a bug here https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/13496.

IIRC the UI has always been picky back in the 90s aswell. You have to click the very last pixel column / row to go to most areas. Especially annoying in the hallway and in the old Windows version of the game where the mouse could leave the game screen.

I also opened another bug about the incorrectly colored inventory at https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/13497.
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