Shift J COMI Lightsaber sounds effects broken

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Shift J COMI Lightsaber sounds effects broken

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Has anyone else had issues with the Lightsaber sounds not playing when supposedly activated (Shift J) during the swordfighting?
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Re: Shift J COMI Lightsaber sounds effects broken

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60fpshacksrock wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:36 am Has anyone else had issues with the Lightsaber sounds not playing when supposedly activated (Shift J) during the swordfighting?
It worked for me, using the development version of ScummVM in Linux. It's a bit fiddly though, since a) you have to press Shift+J during ship combat, not during the sword fight itself, and b) every time you press Shift+J you toggle the easter egg, so it's easy to accidentally disable it.

To get a bit (but not much!) technical, the game can specify an input script to be run when there is user input, e.g. when pressing a key. This script doesn't have to stay the same throughout the game. The easter egg is handled by the same input script that also checks if you press Shift+V to instantly win ship combat, that's why it only works there.
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Re: Shift J COMI Lightsaber sounds effects broken

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So then it needs to be enabled when Guybrush is on his ship before starting a swordfight?

It has been a while since I used it, so it seems that I forgot that bit.
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Re: Shift J COMI Lightsaber sounds effects broken

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60fpshacksrock wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 4:38 pm So then it needs to be enabled when Guybrush is on his ship before starting a swordfight?
Depends on what you mean by "on his ship". It should work during any of these parts:

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Which is also where you can press Shift+V to cheat.
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Re: Shift J COMI Lightsaber sounds effects broken

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I meant GB's ship.
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Re: Shift J COMI Lightsaber sounds effects broken

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60fpshacksrock wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:18 am I meant GB's ship.
Well, as I said, I believe Shift+J only works in the exact same scenes as Shift+V does.
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