GROOVIE: T7G: Cannot finish game

[dafioram]

Game: T7G GOG
ScummVM:2.1.0git-3171-gad3feae490 (Aug 4)

I have finished all of the puzzles and I cannot proceed through the door in the attic to the outside.

[dafioram]

attic puzzle completed

[digitall]

Haven't looked at state of the savegame, but could this be game state corruption related to https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/10664 ?

[dafioram]

It is certainly possible.

[digitall]

@dafioram: With the merge of PR 1376, this may be fixed. Can you try loading your savegame and seeing if this now works?

Setting to pending submitter feedback.

[scott-t]

I don't expect this to be fixed by PR1376. Instead, I'd assume the save has been inadvertently corrupted by previously either loading or saving within a puzzle.

[digitall]

@scott-t: Ah OK. I think the best solution then is to close this as fixed (in the sense that the savegame corruption should be avoided in future). Thanks again

[dafioram]

I would like to be convinced that the attic can be exited to reach the roof after solving the house/window puzzle.

Can someone provide a saved game or debug commands so that I can solve this last puzzle and then reach the outside?

[digitall]

Just had a look, but I don't think I have any T7G savegames which are very far into the game. Probably would need to play through from clean new game :/ I should probably start archiving my savegames from testing playthroughs for future debugging usage :)

[dafioram]

Yeah I would rather not play it all again. Can you speak from memory if you remember that part was completable or not?

[digitall]

From memory, I know that I have completed the game. I think during one of the release testing periods. Checking through the wiki, the last time I can find it listed as completable is v1.7.0:
​https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Release_Testing/1.7.0

[dafioram]

Do you recall reaching the roof top (what did you count as finishing the game)?

[digitall]

This video shows a full playthrough of the game to the end credits... I have attached the link at the point where you are just finishing the Window puzzle:
​https://youtu.be/45Z-Q5KVTyI?t=7652

You don't "reach the roof top", you go through the far door and meet Stauf...

[digitall]

Just tried loading your savegame and you are correct that it is in an invalid state. The Window puzzle is "solved" and thus disabled ... but the hotspot to continue through the far door is also disabled.

To correct this with my version, you can use either of the following in the CTRL-d debug console:
mem 0x0108 0x01 (This resets the window puzzle back to unsolved so you can try again)
or
mem 0x0108 0x00 (This enables the onward hotspot)

The script var memory location is correct for my version. To check with yours, do:
debuglevel 5
debugflag_enable script

and then look for the relevant script variable checks when you move onto the location with the chest and Window puzzle...

Not sure how this ended up in the invalid state; did you save in the Window puzzle complete screen?

[dafioram]

Thanks for looking into this.

If I save before the window puzzle is complete and then solve it I still run into this issue.

We're you able to play through the window puzzle and reach the other door?

[dafioram]

Setting 108 to 00 allowed me to finish the game. Resetting 108 and resolving doesn't enable the hotspot for me.

Attached is the scripts that debug shows from before the window puzzle to after it.

I am using the gog 7th guest version if that helps.

[dafioram]

debug scripts from before the window puzzle till after it

[dafioram]

save before knives puzzle which is before attic and hence window puzzle. All other puzzles have been solved. Save is possibly corrupted

[digitall]

@dafioram: No. I tried myself with mem 0x0108 0x01 and then replaying the game and it still did not enable the far door hotspot. Will try and work out the rest of the script and see how to reset this.

[bluegr]

This looks to be a corrupt saved game, caused by loading during interactive puzzles, which is now fixed in bug #10664. There are no more actions to do here, so I'm closing this one as outdated