Opened 14 months ago
Last modified 4 months ago
#15877 new defect
AGS: Strangeland does not accept keyboard input (game breaking)
| Reported by: | psalveson | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Component: | Engine: AGS |
| Version: | Keywords: | strangeland, keyboard, input | |
| Cc: | speachy | Game: |
Description
ScummVM: 2.10 development daily (April 16, 2025) on Windows 11
Strangeland: Steam
I am unable to name save games. Keyboard input appears to be ignored while in the save game dialogue box.
Attachments (1)
Change History (8)
by , 10 months ago
| Attachment: | strangeland-autosave.dat added |
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comment:1 by , 10 months ago
| Cc: | added |
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| Summary: | AGS: Strangeland save dialogue does not accept keyboard input → AGS: Strangeland does not accept keyboard input (game breaking) |
comment:2 by , 9 months ago
| Priority: | normal → high |
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comment:3 by , 9 months ago
Could be related (don't have this game, so I can't test this):
https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/16185 (this is fixed in AGS 3.6.3 Beta)
What you can do:
ScummVM uses the same compatibility layer as the original AGS, and most of the problems are the same there as in ScummVM. Try running the game with the latest AGS version and play up to that point to see if the issue also occurs there. If it does, please report it directly to the AGS developers:
How to play it with the newest AGS version:
- Download the latest release: https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/releases/tag/v3.6.3.1
- Copy and paste "acwin.exe" and "sdl2.dll" in the game directory
- Start the game via "acwin.exe". Now you use the latest AGS version
When the samme issue occurs, tell them (savegame is important as well): https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/issues
If it is fixed in AGS, it will also be fixed in ScummVM when they update to the newest AGS version.
comment:4 by , 9 months ago
I tried the suggestion by Max833, but was met with Illegal Exception crashes when trying to load an old save, or start a new game. I used AGS 3.6.3Beta1.
comment:5 by , 8 months ago
Could you please report this in detail here (what kind of exception etc.): https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/issues
This is also important for future ScummVM AGS updates.
comment:6 by , 7 months ago
| Priority: | high → normal |
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Lowering the priority, since we are dependent on upstream
comment:7 by , 4 months ago
There is a good chance this is fixed together with: https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/16185
There was an keyboard issue. See: https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/issues/2847
If so, this is fixed when ScummVM updates to v3.6.3.
This is still broken with git HEAD (f0f7f104de1412a9 as of this writing)
This is actually a game breaking problem, as late in-game you need to enter text via the keyboard in order to proceed.
(Steam release of strangeland, d305575f31c9dbf0ddfe156a4e313261, 3009651910 bytes)
Savegame attached. Click on the register, click on the pen, cursor changes to keyboard, but no input is recognized. Or you can just try to save the game as the original report states.