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"Riddle of Master Lu" - crash in final scene

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First post, by oKIeh

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Hello!

I've got a very annoying problem with the riddle of master lu. I'm not sure its just a bug in the game, or its a bug of dosbox.
Anyway, I'm using dosbox 0.72 to run this game, the game runs fine most of the time. I've experienced some crashes on several locations, but mostly I could avoid them or I didn't encounter them a second time.

But now I'm in the end of the game and every time I try to enter the tombe/temple on the other side of the mercury lake, the game crashes with the following message:

FATAL ERROR ENCOUNTERED:
<Could not locate description>

Error code: 0x0301
Code found in: F
Offending EXE: RIDDLE.EXE
Source code index: ..\adv_r\adv_been.cpp:155
Path to EXE: C:\GAMES\RIDDLE\

Description:
player_enters_scene()

What did I try?
1. Running dosbox in windows instead of linux.
2. Running dosbox 0.65 (default in Ubuntu 7.04) instead of 0.72
3. Tried to run the game on another machine (dosbox 0.72)
4. Tried to change some dosbox settings (memory = 16mb and 64mb, core to normal or dynamic)
5. Tried to setup another sound card for the game
6. Tried to use medium installation instead of full installation

Anybody any idea if this is a bug in the game, or a bug causes by dosbox? Does anybody know a workarround? I really would like to see the final scene of the game.

Reply 1 of 3, by wd

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Maybe you have some older savegame, if so:
before starting the game (every time!) type "loadfix", then see if it works
to that final part starting at that older savegame point.

Reply 2 of 3, by oKIeh

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I just tried your suggestion. Unfortunately this also doesn't work. I had two older savegames (first one about 30 seconds of playing until the end, the second one about 5 minutes of playing until the end). For both savegames I used the command 'loadfix' as you suggested and after that I started the game and played starting at the savegame. But also in this case the game crashes at exactly the same point (I just crossed the lake, screen goes black while switching of scene, and then it stays black and the crashes).

Reply 3 of 3, by oKIeh

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In the meantime I solved the problem!
I found a patch on the internet, which I installed and now the game continous into the final scene!

For other people having the same problem, I downloaded the patch overhere:

http://www.mrbillsadventureland.com/reviews/q … idmasterluR.htm

The direct link is:
http://www.balmoralsoftware.com/masterlu/roml205.exe

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