WME: The Shine of a Star - Problems at shovel puzzle scene

[albadross]

There are a number of problems at the shovel puzzle scene :

1. The background is constantly moving around.
2. The game randomly crashes on entry to the area.
3. Even more annoyingly, having completed the puzzle on the wall, the game always crashes before you can save the game.

This was my experience running a recent Windows development build (1.10.0 git2832-g4591dd9 (Mar 22 2017 05:41:58)).

However, I suspect there has been a regression because I used my Windows savegames with the Linux stable build 1.9.0 (Oct 22 2016 10:21:00) and, although the background still moved around, I was able to save the game having got the shovel.

This Linux savegame allowed me to complete the game in Linux. However, when it was loaded into the Windows version, it still crashed. However, once you saved the game in Linux having left the puzzle scene, this later savegame allowed me to finish the game in the Windows development build also.

I have attached the following savegames :

1. shinestar-win.008 - I could not get a savegame to guarantee a crash on entry to the shovel puzzle scene but this one does demonstrate the background moving around.

2. shinestar-win.009 - This save is after the puzzle on the wall has been solved (it works on the Linux build but crashes on the Windows one).

3. shinestar-win.010 - This save is in the next room after you have used the shovel and works on both the Linux and Windows builds. Furthermore, it allows you to complete the game in both cases.

[somaen]

It would be good to get this fixed before the upcoming 2.8.0 release, at least figure out whether there is some issue that makes that savegame behave differently across Windows/Linux.

[tag2015]

Following the recent updates to the wintermute engine, I decided to check the status of this game.

Testing on Windows 10, using latest buildbot master, these are my findings:

• The saves attached to this bugreport don't work anymore. I had to start from the beginning
• The GMM window doesn't appear, so the ingame save menu must be used (which doesn't support multiple saves)
• The game has a tendency to crash or generate script errors. This happens generally when clicking multiple times on hotspots that trigger "message balloons" (e.g. the rat in the first location)

In my playthrough, the puzzle that rewards you with the shovel worked properly. I had no crashes in this particular area. I attached a save after solving the puzzle (the showel is on the left).

Unfortunately I got stuck at the constellation puzzle and couldn't complete a full playthrough. I entered the supposedly correct shape but nothing seems to happen.
Anyway the game is very short, if anyone is interested there's a walkthrough ​here (in Italian)

[tag2015]

The game can be downloaded from the studio webpage (now archived)
​https://web.archive.org/web/20180119225539/http://forgottenkey.se/the-shine-of-a-star
The installer can be unpacked with 7zip

[aquadran]

this is not supported game, lowered to normal