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Les Manley in: Search For The KingSearch for the King savegame bug(6 posts)(6 posts)
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Posted September 21, 2020
Saved games are getting corrupted in Search for the King. Sometimes, but not always, saving my game and then loading it will result in Les spawning off the path, and the game accepts keyboard movement but not textual commands. This puts the game in a broken state where the game cannot be played.

I've taken a screenshot showing Les outside the walkable path, stuck on this screen. This has happened to me on a few screens so the bug appears to be persistent throughout the game.

http://d.demodulated.com/king_save_bug.png
Post edited September 21, 2020 by briandamage
Posted September 22, 2020
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briandamage: Saved games are getting corrupted in Search for the King. Sometimes, but not always, saving my game and then loading it will result in Les spawning off the path, and the game accepts keyboard movement but not textual commands. This puts the game in a broken state where the game cannot be played.

I've taken a screenshot showing Les outside the walkable path, stuck on this screen. This has happened to me on a few screens so the bug appears to be persistent throughout the game.

http://d.demodulated.com/king_save_bug.png
I can confirm the behaviour. Loaded a savegame just at the beggining of the game. I do not suffer the graphic glitch but the keyboard commands are stuck. Nothing can be typed. Tried a different version of DosBox and different cycles but the problem does persist.

Greetings
Post edited September 22, 2020 by Gudadantza
Posted September 22, 2020
Ok. There is a workaround. Look if it works for you.

Do not load a game from the menu. Press restart and then type "restore" from the parser. For me, that way the savegame works and the parser is active again. Probably it works with your graphic glitch as well.

Other method to save and restore a game is pressing F5 for quicksave and F7 for quickrestore. It appears to be a single quicksave overwritten each time it is used.

Hope it helps. Greetings.
Post edited September 22, 2020 by Gudadantza
Posted September 23, 2020
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Gudadantza: Do not load a game from the menu. Press restart and then type "restore" from the parser. For me, that way the savegame works and the parser is active again. Probably it works with your graphic glitch as well.
Thank you so much! This worked for me. I loaded my game and Les was still out of bounds but I was able to walk him onto a hotspot which got him back into the playable area. What a weird bug!
Posted September 24, 2020
Les Manley in: Search for the save game
Posted September 26, 2022
Is there still interest in this game? I‘m trying to do a proper Version, as in the Protection Screen not appearing at all, but I also ran into the Save Game Bug. Parser works on Original Floppy Version but Savegames still get corrupted on specific locations with the results described above. Not sure yet if it‘s a Game Bug or a Protection Issue but will play around a bit some more in the coming weeks - maybe I‘ll find something in the code thats wrong.

Edit: Save Game Bug also appears on Original Floppy Version without bypassed Copy Protection. Seems to be a Game or a Dosbox Issue. Only happens if you restart the game and then load. Works as long as you stay in the same game and load from within the game.
Post edited September 26, 2022 by stoney81
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