Software-update: ScummVM 0.8.1

Het programma ScummVM is een crossplatform interpreter voor een aantal point-and-click adventure engines. Ondersteuning voor alle SCUMM-gebaseerde adventures van LucasArts, Simon the Sorcerer van AdventureSoft, en Beneath a Steel Sky en Broken Sword 2 van Revolution is aanwezig. Versie 0.8.1 is sinds kort beschikbaar en wordt geleverd met de volgende release notes:

Rejoice, ScummVM 0.8.1 "Codename: missing" has just been released. You can now experience the latest official flavour of ScummVM. The main reason for this release is fixing several bugs that slipped into 0.8.0.

General:

• More descriptive game titles in all engines.
• Fixed crash when trying to apply aspect-ratio correction to games that cannot use it.
• Fixed potential security vulnerability with oversized PATH environment variables.
• Lowered the default gain for the FluidSynth music driver and made it configurable.

SCUMM:

• Scrolling fixes in COMI, so it is less CPU-hungry.
• Added support for Maniac Mansion NES German version.
• Fixed mouse button states in COMI.
• Fixed overflow when using control panel for robot in the Dig.
• Added support for sound code, used by songs in HE games.
• Improved shadows in later HE games.
• Fixed subtitles glitches in HE games.
• Improved music/sound for HE games.
• Improved support for international versions of HE games.
• Improved support for Macintosh versions of games.
• Fixed several minor bugs.

BASS:

• Fix crash when speed/volume sliders are clicked and then dragged out of the scummvm window.

Gob:

• Fixed disappearing cursor when level password is typed in
• Warn user if he tries to run CD version directly from CD under Windows

SAGA:

• Fix digital music playback under BE systems.

Simon:

• Implemented more precise MD5-based game detection.
• Added Polish support for Simon the Sorcerer 2.
• Fixed fades during ride to goblins camp in Simon the Sorcerer 2.
• Fixed palette delay at the end of Simon the Sorcerer 1.
• Fixed sound looping in Windows version of Simon the Sorcerer 2.

Sword1:

• Fixed a bug where looping sounds would keep playing during cutscenes or when displaying any form of control panel dialog.
• The save game dialog would erroneously claim an I/O error occurred if the savegame list had unused slots, and savegames were compressed.
• Fixed a scrolling bug which caused the finale sequence to be displayed incorrectly.

Sword2:

• Fixes and cleanups to the end credits. The German credits work now.
• Fixed missing speech/music in the second half of the game, reported to happen in some versions of the game.

PS2 Port:

• Completely reworked and now really goes official.

PSP Port:

• Fixed a bug that caused Broken Sword 1, and games that use ripped CDDA tracks (most notably the CD version of Monkey Island 1), to stop functioning properly after a while.

WinCE Port:

• Check backends/wince/README-WinCE for the latest news
• Fixed disappearing panel when opening a list widget in GUI
• Knakos patches (QVGA smartphones fix, easier key binding and panel switching)