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-rw-r--r--scumm/resource.cpp5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scumm/resource.cpp b/scumm/resource.cpp
index 4ef190c25c..a30a21b83c 100644
--- a/scumm/resource.cpp
+++ b/scumm/resource.cpp
@@ -1268,7 +1268,10 @@ byte *Scumm::getStringAddressVar(int i) {
addr = getResourceAddress(rtString, _scummVars[i]);
if (addr == NULL)
- error("NULL string var %d slot %d", i, _scummVars[i]);
+ // as this is used for string mapping in the gui
+ // it must be allowed to return NULL
+ // error("NULL string var %d slot %d", i, _scummVars[i]);
+ return NULL;
if (_features & GF_NEW_OPCODES)
return ((ArrayHeader *)addr)->data;