Kyshakk Koan Erika Maroonmark Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 I posted about this same problem a really long time ago, shortly after I registered the Exile trilogy (about a year ago). Right after registering, I started playing Exile 2 and everything worked fine…until some point in the fourth chapter. When the Empire guys show up in the Almaria storeroom, my game would spontaneously quit at some point during that battle. I tried opening the file with the copy of Exile 2 on my computer (Mac OS X, by the way) and the one on the CD–same result. I figured (corroborated by others' advice here) that my save file was corrupted. I recently started over again and seem to be having the same problem. So apparently it's not the file. What should I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Locmaar Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Interesting. The same thing happened to me - same battle, same location. I suspect there is nothing we can do about that as I don't think Jeff will want to dig into Exile code again. Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 I think I remember the same problem. I think it was a bad square in the storeroom that causes the problem. Try moving your party differently when you do that room and see if it makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Erika Maroonmark Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 Oh! I'll try that…I think I've been going straight up from the door every time. XD So I need to be somewhere else when I reach that horizontal–*hops off to try it* Thanks, guys! Edit: …Okay, no. The last couple times I've tried it, it's seemed like whenever character #6 is done moving, the thing crashes. I've done it from several starting spaces. >< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Have you tried ending combat mode each round before character 6 moves, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Spidweb Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 This sort of thing is almost always a file corruption. Completely trash your Exile 2. (Keep the saved games.) Redownload and reinstall. If that doesn't help (which would surprise me), just bypass that encounter. It's not necessary to win or anything. - Jeff Vogel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Erika Maroonmark Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 I've tried opening the file up from both the CD and the version I downloaded and subsequently registered…but if I don't need it to beat the game, then I guess it's not that big a deal. (Edit: I tried ending combat before the offending character moved, and it worked! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Duskwolf Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 I\'ve run into this problem too . It also showed up in the Tower of Magi. A few technical details are behind the link. It's not a data corruption issue. Don't bother redownloading (again, if you already tried that) - it doesn't make a bit of difference. It's a bug. My best guess is that it has something to do with the friendly-monster AI in large towns. Your best bet is to find a real OS 9 (or earlier!) machine to play on. For whatever reason, the crash isn't triggered on that OS. I don't know whether it's just due to some sort of different API behavior or because OS 9 doesn't mind bad pointers quite as much, but the battle went off without a hitch on an older machine I had around. If you don't have an OS 9 machine, you could also try running Exile under SheepShaver. It's a bit of a pain to get working, and it'll probably run really slowly, but all you need to do is get through that one battle. Alternatively, you can just send me a copy of your save file and I'll run through the battle for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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