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-rw-r--r--engines/sci/engine/kernel.cpp2
-rw-r--r--engines/sci/engine/kstring.cpp17
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/kernel.cpp b/engines/sci/engine/kernel.cpp
index 0f4c64f703..9c47e8458f 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/kernel.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/kernel.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ SciKernelFunction kfunct_mappers[] = {
/*4a*/ DEFUN("StrLen", kStrLen, "Zr"),
/*4b*/ DEFUN("StrCpy", kStrCpy, "rZri*"),
/*4c*/ DEFUN("Format", kFormat, "r.*"),
- /*4d*/ DEFUN("GetFarText", kGetFarText, "iir"),
+ /*4d*/ DEFUN("GetFarText", kGetFarText, "iiZr"),
/*4e*/ DEFUN("ReadNumber", kReadNumber, "r"),
/*4f*/ DEFUN("BaseSetter", kBaseSetter, "o"),
/*50*/ DEFUN("DirLoop", kDirLoop, "oi"),
diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/kstring.cpp b/engines/sci/engine/kstring.cpp
index c11e7fc28b..f3662da6fe 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/kstring.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/kstring.cpp
@@ -424,23 +424,26 @@ reg_t kGetFarText(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv) {
char *seeker;
int counter = argv[1].toUint16();
-
if (!textres) {
error("text.%d does not exist", argv[0].toUint16());
return NULL_REG;
}
- seeker = (char *) textres->data;
-
+ seeker = (char *)textres->data;
+
+ // The second parameter (counter) determines the number of the string inside the text
+ // resource.
while (counter--) {
while (*seeker++)
;
}
- /* The second parameter (counter) determines the number of the string inside the text
- ** resource.
- */
- s->_segMan->strcpy(argv[2], seeker); /* Copy the string and get return value */
+ // If the third argument is NULL, allocate memory for the destination. This occurs in
+ // SCI1 Mac games. The memory will later be freed by the game's scripts.
+ if (argv[2] == NULL_REG)
+ s->_segMan->allocDynmem(strlen(seeker) + 1, "Mac FarText", &argv[2]);
+
+ s->_segMan->strcpy(argv[2], seeker); // Copy the string and get return value
return argv[2];
}