#1497 closed defect (worksforme)
COMI: Asynchronization in Attacking Fort cutscene
| Reported by: | SF/bigmuzzy | Owned by: | aquadran |
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| Priority: | normal | Component: | Engine: SCUMM |
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| Cc: | Game: | Monkey Island 3 |
Description
(Well, I've reported this bug already in Forum)
Tech info: CoMI english; Windows XP; ScummVM 0.6.0pre
I launched the game (Mega Monkey) and watched intro without interruption. Sound goes afore animation at the very time as "conversation" between LeChuck and Elaine starts. (i.e. LeChuck cries "Fire!" and 1-2 sec. later opens his mouth. And so on.) I've seen this 3 times.
When run CoMI without ScummVM everything is OK.
Ticket imported from: #904201. Ticket imported from: bugs/1497.
Change History (13)
comment:1 by , 20 years ago
| Summary: | Asynchronization in "Attacing Fort" cutscene → COMI: Asynchronization in Attacking Fort cutscene |
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comment:2 by , 20 years ago
comment:4 by , 20 years ago
Does it make any difference if you copy them to hard disk? Maybe the syncing code is ok - it works for me - but the code that reads the cutscene data is sub-optimal.
comment:5 by , 20 years ago
I've tried copying them to hard disk and the asynchronization occurs anyway.
comment:6 by , 20 years ago
I've copied first CD on hard drive and launched CoMI from there. The same effect.
Now I can tell you more. As you know, intro in CoMI can be virtually divided on several parts: first, when Guybrush writes "captain's log"; second, the captions; third, the fort attack; etc. There are no lips movements in first part, therefore it could be difficult to say about synchronization there. Much less can we say about captions' part. But in the third part (a)synchronization is easy to see. So I've launched the game without ScummVM and watched intro more carefully. And I'm sure now that sound (in ScummVM-CoMI) runs forward in *first* part already. (In the end of first part, there is cannon fire that attracted Guybrush attention. In ScummVM-CoMI Guybrush reaction is about one second longer.) I think sound is just playing slightly faster from very beginning and distance between sound and animation is growing more and more.
I'll try to check this on another computer tomorrow (Windows XP also).
comment:8 by , 20 years ago
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comment:9 by , 20 years ago
I've tried CoMI on another computer. And from CD. Funny, but synchronization was absolutely OK there (both 0.5.1 and 0.6.0pre). Think, hardware on both computers more or less equal. At least, processor frequency and quantity (...or should I say "amount"?) of RAM...
Could the problem be in sound/video card? Or in Windows XP version (there is Service Pack 1 installed on second computer, and as far as I remember there is no Pack on first)?
comment:10 by , 20 years ago
i can't reproduce this. the one second delay after cannon fire is also in original engine.
comment:11 by , 20 years ago
aquadran> the one second delay after cannon fire is also in original engine.
I meant delay in ScummVM-CoMI is about one second longer than in original engine on my home computer. Though on my work computer they are equal.
Besides, when I say "sound is playing slightly faster", I mean that it's playing faster than animation, not than sound in original engine ;) So it could be that animation in ScummVM-CoMI is slower than in or.engine. Or both sound and animation are faster/slower. Think I should better try to measure time...
[By the way, I am trying to download and install all Windows updates at home, but it could take some time. I've installed two graphic-related patches (one for Windows and another for nVidia products) already, but they didn't help.]
comment:12 by , 20 years ago
I would say it's your soundcard. If it's an old generic model, then I wouldn't be suprised.
I'm closing this bug as machine-specific.
comment:13 by , 20 years ago
| Resolution: | → worksforme |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Do you play the cutscene files from the CD or from hard disk? I don't know if it makes a difference - I don't have my CDs here to test it with - but it's the only theory I have at the moment.