Opened 2 months ago

Last modified 7 weeks ago

#15040 new defect

LOOM TurboGrafx-16 does not handle text centering and font drop shadows accurately — at Version 7

Reported by: ATMcashpoint Owned by:
Priority: normal Component: Engine: SCUMM
Version: Keywords: fonts
Cc: ATMcashpoint Game: Loom

Description (last modified by ATMcashpoint)

In the TurboGrafx-16 version of LOOM on original hardware, the font drop shadows omit any shadows below descenders in letters like lowercase G and lowercase Y. ScummVM doesn't reproduce this.

The text centering is inaccurate to the original version as well, in both close-ups of characters and scenes where the dialogue is at the bottom of the screen. Contrast the attached screenshots from ScummVM with those from an emulator. (I've included both original-aspect and cropped versions of emulator screenshots where the original game has extra screen space on the left in scrolling rooms.)

Also, it seems that when text is displayed above both animations and background areas that are redrawn, the drop shadows disappear entirely, which ScummVM doesn't do either. (This isn't as noticeable as it would be in other versions, though, since many dialogue lines that appear on top of the game background on DOS appear here on the black space at the bottom of the screen, with player control taken away for their duration.)

Change History (17)

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Attachment: loompceintro.png added

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Attachment: loompcehetchel.png added

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Attachment: loompceanimationshadows.png added

comment:1 by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Keywords: fonts added

comment:2 by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Description: modified (diff)
Summary: LOOM TurboGrafx-16 does not handle font drop shadows accuratelyLOOM TurboGrafx-16 does not handle text centering font drop shadows accurately

comment:3 by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Summary: LOOM TurboGrafx-16 does not handle text centering font drop shadows accuratelyLOOM TurboGrafx-16 does not handle text centering and font drop shadows accurately

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Attachment: loompceintroscummvm.png added

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Attachment: loompceatropos.png added

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Attachment: loompceatroposscummvm.png added

comment:4 by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

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comment:5 by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

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comment:6 by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

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by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Attachment: loompcehetcheldialogue.png added

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

comment:7 by ATMcashpoint, 2 months ago

Description: modified (diff)
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