3 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/engines/scumm/intern.h b/engines/scumm/intern.h
index cd666c1049..3d2c540744 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/intern.h
+++ b/engines/scumm/intern.h
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ class ScummEngine_v4 : public ScummEngine_v5 {
 public:
 	ScummEngine_v4(GameDetector *detector, OSystem *syst, const ScummGameSettings &gs, uint8 md5sum[16], SubstResFileNames subst);
 
+	virtual void scummInit();
+
 protected:
 	virtual void readIndexFile();
 	virtual void loadCharset(int no);
diff --git a/engines/scumm/script_v5.cpp b/engines/scumm/script_v5.cpp
index ccd4b1def3..c89830e625 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/script_v5.cpp
+++ b/engines/scumm/script_v5.cpp
@@ -2306,12 +2306,9 @@ void ScummEngine_v5::o5_stringOps() {
 		b = getVarOrDirectByte(PARAM_2);
 		c = getVarOrDirectByte(PARAM_3);
 		ptr = getResourceAddress(rtString, a);
-		if (!(_game.id == GID_LOOM && _game.version == 4)) {	/* FIXME - LOOM256 */
-			if (ptr == NULL)
-				error("String %d does not exist", a);
-			ptr[b] = c;
-		}
-
+		if (ptr == NULL)
+			error("String %d does not exist", a);
+		ptr[b] = c;
 		break;
 
 	case 4:											/* get string char */
diff --git a/engines/scumm/scumm.cpp b/engines/scumm/scumm.cpp
index 2eda01e089..f55af75b2e 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/scumm.cpp
+++ b/engines/scumm/scumm.cpp
@@ -1543,6 +1543,17 @@ void ScummEngine_v2::scummInit() {
 	_inventoryOffset = 0;
 }
 
+void ScummEngine_v4::scummInit() {
+	ScummEngine::scummInit();
+
+	// WORKAROUND for bug in boot script of Loom (CD)
+	// The boot script sets the characters of string 21, 
+	// before creating the string.resource.
+	if (_game.id == GID_LOOM) {
+		res.createResource(rtString, 21, 12);
+	}
+}
+
 void ScummEngine_v6::scummInit() {
 	ScummEngine::scummInit();
 	setDefaultCursor();
@@ -1623,7 +1634,6 @@ void ScummEngine_v99he::scummInit() {
 	int len = resStrLen(basename);
 	ArrayHeader *ah = defineArray(129, kStringArray, 0, 0, 0, len);
 	memcpy(ah->data, basename, len);
-
 }
 #endif