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0003175UltimaVI[All Projects] Generalpublic2019-02-04 18:29
ReporterPhil 
Assigned ToPsygoreProject InfoUltima VI: The False Prophet (Origin)
http://www.whdload.de/games/UltimaVI.html
 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
Summary0003175: Appears Ultima 6 is incompletely cracked or something like that, because after
DescriptionGameVersion: version from whdownload
SlaveVersion: 1.0

Appears Ultima 6 is incompletely cracked or something like that, because after a while, and in some parts of the map, the game suddenly accesses disk and trashes the saved game.
It's only noticeable after reloading (reload may eventually crash, it happened to me).
The effect is all inventories emptied, which does not help at all in finishing the game ;)
If needed i can provide a saved game where this happened.
I can also provide a saved game which crashes every time it is loaded (at least with mmu on).
Btw.
Quitkey of F10 isn't the best choice (F10 has a use in the game even if a minor one - see the game manual). NumL would be better here (at least for me), but QuitKey tooltype doesn't work on this install.
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MachineA1200
CPU68030
CPUSpeed50
ChipSetAGA
GFXCardNone
ChipMem2 MB
FastMem32 MB
WorkbenchOS 3.0
KickROM39 - Kick 3.0
KickSoftNone
WHDLoad17
importedyes
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note ~0004192

Psygore (developer)

Could you attach the saved game ? I'll take a look. Thx

note ~0004331

Phil (reporter)

Actually, no need for a saved game as i found that it's pretty easy to reproduce.

Here are the steps :
- setup a new game with the installer
- create a character
- do the startup fight (easy !)
- save the game at that point
- travel a lot, especially in the towns at the south east

Nevermore save the game while playing.
Quit the game after a quite long session.
When returning you will see empty inventories.
You may also try ctrl-L to load ; it crashes often.

I hope this helps ; i could not reply before due to, errh, real life problems.

note ~0004346

Psygore (developer)

I didn't manage to reproduce this issue.
Maybe you have an another version, ctrl-l to load doesn't exist, it's ctrl-r to restore a saved game.
Have you installed this version: http://www.softpres.org/?id=:games&gameid=294 ?

note ~0004403

Phil (reporter)

Last edited: 2015-02-10 18:02

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Sorry, my fault. Of course it's ctrl-R, not ctrl-L.

I got the game from there :
http://www.whdownload.com/games/Update-2007-12-20/Ultima6_v1.0_0294.zip

After creating the character (and doing the initial fight), go near the ship peddler (south west from the castle ; the guy's name is Arty).
South from there, you will find two paths going either west or east.
Follow the road to the east, you should go thru two cities, up to a swamp.
After a while (before you reach the swamp) whdload will swap (black screen for a while and disk access).
Now your saved game is broken if you don't touch the inventory and then save again.

See attached lzx for a saved game where this happened.

Can you reproduce it this time ?

note ~0004421

Psygore (developer)

Thanks for the saved game, can reproduce it.

The game deleted a file from the saved game instead of a temporary file (whdload doesn't support rename() dos function).

I use the ram: for the tmp files now and to avoid os swap too when writing/deleting files. Ram-Handler file must be present in data/ dir.
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-Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2015-01-12 18:51 administrator New Issue
2015-01-12 18:51 administrator Status new => assigned
2015-01-12 18:51 administrator Assigned To => Psygore
2015-01-15 20:25 Psygore Note Added: 0004192
2015-01-31 18:16 Phil Note Added: 0004331
2015-02-02 22:34 Psygore Note Added: 0004346
2015-02-10 17:59 Phil Note Added: 0004403
2015-02-10 18:00 Phil File Added: ult6-save.lzx
2015-02-10 18:02 Phil Note Edited: 0004403 View Revisions
2015-02-15 11:31 Psygore File Added: UltimatVI_11.lha
2015-02-15 11:38 Psygore Note Added: 0004421
2015-12-12 14:31 Psygore Status assigned => resolved
2015-12-12 14:31 Psygore Resolution open => fixed
2019-02-04 18:29 Psygore Status resolved => closed
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