TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine freezes whenever a character is supposed to start talking

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Core: Mupen64Plus Repro: Affects 2.6.2 Repro: Fixed/added in upstream stable Reproducible bug
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Description

Summary

Game freezes whenever a character (for example, Indy) is supposed to start talking. Most often during a cutscene but even a simple hurt sound from taking damage suffices. All other sounds like music, ambience or gun shots seems to work without any problems and don't freeze the game.

I've played this game in other mupen64plus-based emulators and this is the first time I have encountered this issue.

Repro
  1. Start the game and load into any level (except level 14 where Indy doesn't speak in the opening cutscene), for example level 1, "Canyonlands"
  2. Wait until Indy starts talking (in Canyonlands, you can tell he's about to do it because he touches his hat beforehand)
  3. Observe freeze
Host env.
  • BizHawk 2.6.2; Win10; Intel i5-8300/NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the freeze in BizHawk 2.6.2 with Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, following the Canyonlands steps and checking a spoken line or hurt sound. Compare character speech behavior with music, ambience, and gunshots; done means speech begins without freezing while other audio remains unaffected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop, game-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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