4 files changed, 11 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/engines/queen/graphics.cpp b/engines/queen/graphics.cpp
index f863f7663c..6d0a11ccfe 100644
--- a/engines/queen/graphics.cpp
+++ b/engines/queen/graphics.cpp
@@ -1175,15 +1175,8 @@ BamScene::BamScene(QueenEngine *vm)
 }
 
 void BamScene::playSfx() {
-	// Don't try to play all the sounds. This is only necessary for the
-	// fight bam, in which the number of 'sfx bam frames' is too much
-	// important / too much closer. The original game does not have
-	// this problem since its playSfx() function returns immediately
-	// if a sound is already being played.
-	if (_lastSoundIndex == 0 || _index - _lastSoundIndex >= SFX_SKIP) {
-		_vm->sound()->playSfx(_vm->logic()->currentRoomSfx());
-		_lastSoundIndex = _index;
-	}
+	_vm->sound()->playSfx(_vm->logic()->currentRoomSfx());
+	_lastSoundIndex = _index;
 }
 
 void BamScene::prepareAnimation() {
diff --git a/engines/queen/graphics.h b/engines/queen/graphics.h
index 6f00111635..7eadf9a191 100644
--- a/engines/queen/graphics.h
+++ b/engines/queen/graphics.h
@@ -248,10 +248,6 @@ public:
 		F_REQ_STOP = 2
 	};
 
-	enum {
-		SFX_SKIP = 8
-	};
-
 	uint16 _flag, _index;
 
 private:
diff --git a/engines/queen/sound.cpp b/engines/queen/sound.cpp
index d17a73c90b..9cdd971857 100644
--- a/engines/queen/sound.cpp
+++ b/engines/queen/sound.cpp
@@ -227,11 +227,6 @@ void PCSound::setVolume(int vol) {
 	_music->setVolume(vol);
 }
 
-void PCSound::waitFinished(bool isSpeech) {
-	while (_mixer->isSoundHandleActive(isSpeech ? _speechHandle : _sfxHandle))
-		_vm->input()->delay(10);
-}
-
 void PCSound::playSound(const char *base, bool isSpeech) {
 	char name[13];
 	strcpy(name, base);
@@ -241,7 +236,13 @@ void PCSound::playSound(const char *base, bool isSpeech) {
 			name[i] = '0';
 	}
 	strcat(name, ".SB");
-	waitFinished(isSpeech);
+	if (isSpeech) {
+		while (_mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_speechHandle)) {
+			_vm->input()->delay(10);
+		}
+	} else {
+		_mixer->stopHandle(_sfxHandle);
+	}
 	uint32 size;
 	Common::File *f = _vm->resource()->findSound(name, &size);
 	if (f) {
@@ -253,6 +254,8 @@ void PCSound::playSound(const char *base, bool isSpeech) {
 }
 
 void SBSound::playSoundData(Common::File *f, uint32 size, Audio::SoundHandle *soundHandle) {
+	// In order to simplify the code, we don't parse the .sb header but hard-code the
+	// values. Refer to tracker item #1876741 for details on the format/fields.
 	int headerSize;
 	f->seek(2, SEEK_CUR);
 	uint16 version = f->readUint16LE();
diff --git a/engines/queen/sound.h b/engines/queen/sound.h
index c2c1481cc6..331034f746 100644
--- a/engines/queen/sound.h
+++ b/engines/queen/sound.h
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ public:
 	void setVolume(int vol);
 
 protected:
-	void waitFinished(bool isSpeech);
 	void playSound(const char *base, bool isSpeech);
 
 	virtual void playSoundData(Common::File *f, uint32 size, Audio::SoundHandle *soundHandle) = 0;