Simon The Sorcerer 1 - Can't read Calypso's Note

lardboythe1st · Post by **lardboythe1st** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:57 pm

I've started the game sat through all of the intro and then Simon walks into Calypso's cottage and just stands there.

I don't know what I am expected to do and apparently simon should have read Calypso's note automatically.

I press up on the D-Pad and then use left and right to click the mouse buttons.

When I left-click look at and then the note I get asked if I want to read it again and then highlight and left click yes and nothing happens.

Any help on how to read the note?

ScummVMDS version 0.11.1 using NDS version C
Simon the sorcerer version Windows CD English

jvprat · Post by **jvprat** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:45 pm

If I recall correctly, there was a bug on that spot, where the Nintendo DS couldn't handle that large speech sound, and it was simply skipped instead of making it crash. This is the only reference I've been able to find in the forums: http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=5027 It looks like it isn't fixed yet.

iPwnzorz · Post by **iPwnzorz** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:44 pm

If that's the case shouldn't a compression tool help?

Ingo · Post by **Ingo** » Sat May 02, 2009 10:29 pm

The same problem with the DOS Floppy version. Quite weird that it skips the scene because of a large speech sound as the game is non-talkie

Anyway, maybe this could be mentioned in the Notes column in the compatibility table? That letter is quite an important part of the game, and it can be quite confusing for a new player if it's left out. Trust me, I know

. I started playing today, and I have never played Simon before. It was quite wtf as the game just began and I had no clue what to do (also I had this weird letter in my inventory that Simon refused to read ^^). After a bit of research on the Net I found out that I was supposed to have read that letter from Calypso in the beginning, and when I tried in ScummVM on my computer it worked as it was supposed to. Now I can continue and hope that the rest of the game works

Kirben · Post by **Kirben** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:40 am

The problem will no longer occur in the floppy disk releases of Simon the Sorcerer 1, if you use the next daily snapshot of ScummVM.

Port specific issues aren't mentioned on the compatibility page.

Ingo · Post by **Ingo** » Sun May 03, 2009 1:27 pm

I meant this compatibility table: http://scummvm.drunkencoders.com/#whichgames

Nice to hear that this has now been fixed