Opened 15 years ago
Last modified 9 months ago
#4129 new defect
SCUMM: MI2 (Original bug): Waterfall sound breaks up
| Reported by: | SF/noizje | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | low | Component: | Engine: SCUMM |
| Version: | Keywords: | original | |
| Cc: | Game: | Monkey Island 2 |
Description
Win32 ScummVM 0.13.0pre (Jan 29 2009 09:47:39)
On Phatt Island at the Waterfall, the water sound breaks up after a second of playing.
I've included a savegame.
Ticket imported from: #2545447. Ticket imported from: bugs/4129.
Attachments (1)
Change History (13)
by , 15 years ago
| Attachment: | monkey2.s01 added |
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comment:1 by , 15 years ago
| Summary: | MONKEY2: Waterfall sound breaks up → MI2: Waterfall sound breaks up |
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comment:2 by , 15 years ago
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
| Priority: | normal → high |
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comment:4 by , 15 years ago
I think what happens here is simply that there are a limited number of voices available. The sound of rushing water has a low priority, so when something with a higher priority comes along, it gets evicted. If I comment out the priority check (definitely not the right way of fixing it) from MidiDriver_ADLIB::allocate_voice(), the rushing water sound continued indefinitely.
There could of course be a bug in the way it handles priorities, but it might also be that we're simply running into the limitations of AdLib itself. (Random idea: Right now, we use one FM_OPL object to generate the samples. What would happen if we used two, and split the voices fairly between them? Though even if it works, it sounds too invasive for this release.)
comment:5 by , 15 years ago
According to the comments in bug report #728417 ("MI2: Waterfall-sound stop playing") the problem happens with the original interpreter as well, so I guess ScummVM does handle priorities correctly. Or at least close enough.
(I still like the idea of trying to get two emulated sound cards working in parallel though, so I might experiment with that. From what I remember, there are cases where notes get cut off noticeably when the music gets complicated, probably for the very same reason, and this might help.)
comment:6 by , 15 years ago
| Component: | → Engine: SCUMM |
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| Game: | → Monkey Island 2 |
comment:7 by , 15 years ago
Since it's reported to happen in the original interpreter too, it's no longer a priority for 1.0.0.
comment:8 by , 15 years ago
| Priority: | high → normal |
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comment:9 by , 5 years ago
| Keywords: | original added |
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| Priority: | normal → low |
comment:10 by , 5 years ago
https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/9058 is a experimental patch for using two FM_OPL objects to address this issue...
comment:11 by , 4 years ago
| Summary: | MI2: Waterfall sound breaks up → SCUMM: MI2 - Waterfall sound breaks up |
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comment:12 by , 9 months ago
| Summary: | SCUMM: MI2 - Waterfall sound breaks up → SCUMM: MI2 (Original bug): Waterfall sound breaks up |
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This bug is nice to get fixed before the release. Raising priority for keeping the track.