Opened 5 years ago

Closed 2 days ago

#11418 closed feature request (wontfix)

SCI: QfG3 - enhance game with keyboard shortcuts

Reported by: lwcorp Owned by: sluicebox
Priority: normal Component: Engine: SCI
Version: Keywords: original
Cc: Game: Quest for Glory 3

Description (last modified by lwcorp)

Ctrl/functions/tab keys don't work in this game which makes it a bit user unfriendly.
For example CTRL+Q is supposed to offer to quit, while F5 and F7 are supposed to offer to save and restore respectively.

IMDb's trivia claims "This is the only game in the series in which the player cannot use the keyboard for the game functions". But if that's true, it still doesn't mean ScummVM shouldn't cover for it like it did and does for so many other things the original authors didn't do.

If possible, at the very least make it like SCUMM games in which F5 brings a central menu, which this game indeed has, just without a shortcut.

I've tried it in the latest Windows 64 build, v2.2.0git4593-gf531eba971 (Apr 20 2020 05:59:17)

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The game's central menu

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by lwcorp, 5 years ago

Attachment: image-20200410-144143.png added

The game's central menu

comment:1 by lwcorp, 5 years ago

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comment:2 by lwcorp, 5 years ago

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comment:3 by lwcorp, 5 years ago

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comment:4 by m-kiewitz, 5 years ago

Type: defectenhancement

comment:5 by m-kiewitz, 5 years ago

This isn't a bug, the game really doesn't support these shortcuts.
Changed it to "enhancement" because of that.

comment:6 by lwcorp, 5 years ago

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comment:7 by lwcorp, 5 years ago

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comment:8 by lwcorp, 4 years ago

Summary: QFG3: can't use the keyboard for game functionsSCI: QFG3: can't use the keyboard for game functions

comment:9 by lwcorp, 4 years ago

Summary: SCI: QFG3: can't use the keyboard for game functionsSCI: QfG3 - can't use the keyboard for game functions

comment:10 by sev-, 4 years ago

Summary: SCI: QfG3 - can't use the keyboard for game functionsSCI: QfG3 - enhance game with keyboard shortcuts

comment:11 by sluicebox, 2 days ago

Keywords: original added; shortcuts removed
Owner: set to sluicebox
Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

It's a good idea but it's beyond the scope of inline script patching.

ScummVM implements the SCI engine, but none of these features exist in the engine. They exist entirely in the game scripts. We can't add entire new features. When we do enable things not in the original, it's because the pieces are already in the game, and we just have to do a little work to wire them up.

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