I hope you do not mean that the whole time you were trying to run Ultima 8 natively in Windows. If it is like that, then we just wasted time here - I know that U8 needs unofficiall Windows patch to run natively ... This forum is for DOSBOX - that means for running games like Ultima 8 in DOSBOX. …

This could be reason. If there is problem with this, then I could not see it (since it was already done before in my case). In this case I recommend to try to run Ultima 8 in Windows (and either use it there, or use that decompressed file back in DOSBOX). There is an unofficiall patch enabling …

Update: I finally was able to circumvent the problem I was having before by installing the U8WIN9X patch before I tried to run U8.exe for the first time. Once I ran U8W.exe in Windows XP, it now lets me run the program normally. However... a new problem has arisen with the speech part of sounds not …

Hmm, a few more things I'd like to try before giving up all together. Can you tell me how big your /static/u8shapes.flx file is? The error comes up as though it wants to decompress the shapes file like the very first time you run U8.exe And lastly, can you tell me the directory you installed U8 to? …

Hmm, still no luck. Could be that I have a corrupt file somewhere. I'll look around. Thanks again

I'll give that a try. So you installed simply by double clicking Install.exe in the unzipped folder in a Windows environment, changed the destination directory manually, installed without sound options, and then ran through the latest CVS of Dosbox, is that right? Is this the version CVS you have, …

Sweet info mirekluza, it gives me some hope that I can run it on XP. Quick question for you, did you install from a CD (U8 original or Ultima Collection), or did you install from a downloaded copy of the game? Also, did you install in Dosbox, or from another version of the command prompt? Sorry if I …

Thanks for providing so much detail Xelasarg. I ran with exactly the same things, and the same problem still occurs. The only difference I can see is that you are using Windows 98. I guess my problem is Windows XP-related. I'd run a 2nd partition with 98SE if only I had that OS handy. :D Has anyone …

Anyone that has Ultima 8 working? Could you tell me what version of Dosbox you have, what Dosbox config options you use (exactly how yours is), what OS you use, whether you use VDM sound, what the U8.ini file says. Any or all of these things would be a great help from someone who is running U8 …

The thing is, the install acts like everything went fine and the game runs normally the first time it loads up, but once I quit and run it again I get a Dos error from Origin that the install was incomplete. Could you do me a favor Mirek? Could you check your U8.ini file and tell me what it says? …

Hello. I'm new here but let me first say that Dosbox rocks! I seem to be having some trouble with Ultima 8. My problem is rather detailed so I hope I can get some help with it. Here goes... The actual problem is that anytime I quit Ultima 8 and subsequently try to run U8.exe again, I get a long dos …