GOB2: footsteps sound issues

[DisizDream]

ScummVM version:
ScummVM 2.8.1 (Mar 16 2024 13:01:03)

Bug details:
Hi, I have noticed that the footsteps are not playing correctly in Gobliins 2. With the multilingual PC DOS CD version (CD v2.01, 24a6b32757752ccb1917ce92fd7c2a04) the footsteps can be heard but very rarely. If you walk from the far left to the far right of the screen, you will be lucky to hear up to 2 footsteps.
With the PC DOS Floppy version (b45b984ee8017efd6ea965b9becd4d66) you can't hear any footsteps at all.
When playing the same version in DOSBox, you can hear every footsteps in both the floppy and CD version.
I have tried very old version of ScummVM (0.12.0) to see if it was a regression, and it seems this bug was there since a long time.

Language of game: any

Version of game: PC DOS Floppy and PC DOS CD

Your OS: Windows 10 Home 10.0.19045 Build 19045

[Antonin-Carette-RedArtGames]

Hi,

The issue is maybe related to the fact that a delay can be NULL (0), in the function

void PCSpeaker::stop(int32 delay)

which can disable the stacked foot sound effect.

Maybe increasing the delay variable (like max(1, delay)) might solve the problem, I will check on my side.

[BJNFNE]

Fixed by Antonin-Carette-RedArtGames in commit: ​https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/commit/64538394ecb2f8f06ea5041385c79e4d956befee

[tag2015]

This is not fixed. Using latest master I can reproduce the issue.

AFAIK the recent PR addressed background music, not sound effects.

[Antonin-Carette-RedArtGames]

Hi,

Thanks @tag2015 for reopening the ticket.
My previous PR did not solve this issue, indeed.

So, I have a fix for the CD-Rom version, but not for the Floppy version yet.
I will continue to work on it and keep you updated.

I don't know if I can submit the fix for the CD-Rom now and update later for the Floppy, or if the community prefers to receive the full PR only.

[tag2015]

If you have a fix for the CD version maybe you could open a PR, the next ScummVM release is approaching and it'd be nice to include it :)

[Antonin-Carette-RedArtGames]

Hi tag2015,

I have submitted it here: ​https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/pull/6222

[Filippos Karapetis <bluegr@…>]

In e8ddc077:

GOB: Fix footstep sounds in Gob2 CD - bug 15341

This is the same workaround as the one done for Gob 3 in a852f30fb272c4b6adec898a09f3fe8c1f631b90