3 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/features.cpp b/engines/sci/engine/features.cpp
index 66bd9da8ec..97eec38caf 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/features.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/features.cpp
@@ -138,12 +138,9 @@ bool GameFeatures::autoDetectSoundType() {
 SciVersion GameFeatures::detectDoSoundType() {
 	if (_doSoundType == SCI_VERSION_NONE) {
 		if (getSciVersion() == SCI_VERSION_0_EARLY) {
-			// This game is using early SCI0 sound code (different headers than
-			// SCI0 late)
-			if (g_sci->getGameId() == GID_LSL2)
-				_doSoundType = SCI_VERSION_0_LATE;
-			else
-				_doSoundType = SCI_VERSION_0_EARLY;
+			// Almost all of the SCI0EARLY games use different sound resources than
+			//  SCI0LATE. Although the last SCI0EARLY game (lsl2) uses SCI0LATE resources
+			_doSoundType = g_sci->getResMan()->detectEarlySound() ? SCI_VERSION_0_EARLY : SCI_VERSION_0_LATE;
 #ifdef ENABLE_SCI32
 		} else if (getSciVersion() >= SCI_VERSION_2_1) {
 			_doSoundType = SCI_VERSION_2_1;
diff --git a/engines/sci/resource.cpp b/engines/sci/resource.cpp
index 3b787cc673..4aff273610 100644
--- a/engines/sci/resource.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/resource.cpp
@@ -2148,6 +2148,19 @@ bool ResourceManager::detectForPaletteMergingForSci11() {
 	return false;
 }
 
+// is called on SCI0EARLY games to make sure that sound resources are in fact also SCI0EARLY
+bool ResourceManager::detectEarlySound() {
+	Resource *res = findResource(ResourceId(kResourceTypeSound, 1), 0);
+	if (res) {
+		if (res->size >= 0x22) {
+			if (READ_LE_UINT16(res->data + 0x1f) == 0) // channel 15 voice count + play mask is 0 in SCI0LATE
+				if (res->data[0x21] == 0) // last byte right before actual data is 0 as well
+					return false; // these 2 bytes are 
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 // Functions below are based on PD code by Brian Provinciano (SCI Studio)
 bool ResourceManager::hasOldScriptHeader() {
 	Resource *res = findResource(ResourceId(kResourceTypeScript, 0), 0);
diff --git a/engines/sci/resource.h b/engines/sci/resource.h
index 62968a231e..53c00f6ec0 100644
--- a/engines/sci/resource.h
+++ b/engines/sci/resource.h
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ public:
 	bool detectFontExtended();
 	// Detects, if SCI1.1 game uses palette merging
 	bool detectForPaletteMergingForSci11();
+	// Detects, if SCI0EARLY game also has SCI0EARLY sound resources
+	bool detectEarlySound();
 
 	/**
 	 * Finds the internal Sierra ID of the current game from script 0.