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I got Stefano to join and got my Black Sword back. However, when I drop into the teleporter to see the scripted sequence involving Lorthondo killing his underling, nothing happens... in fact, there is no underling whatsoever. I unlock the door into Lorthondo's throne room and I automatically walk in, and then nothing happens. My cursor goes to "finger" mode and I just stand in front of Lorthondo.

Also, at one point I managed to get into the room without the automatic walk to happen at all... Lorthondo just sits there.

Anyone else encounter this bug? Any way to sorta reset the characters or something so the underling will still be there in front of Lorthondo?

Could you submit a bug report at

http://sf.net/bugs/?group_id=2335

Please attach a savegame of just before the problem.
Be sure to at least state which version of Exult you're using, which operating system, etc...

Oh nos, I thought someone could help me.. I need to keep playing! I may cry!

Also, Im' using Exult 1.0 and Windows XP.

Submitted.

Crap, the save game didn't attach?

here:

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~whchan/work/exult06si.sav

Hm, while your savegame did in fact not work, my own savegame from in the mountains of freedom does work properly there.

Crap. You think it might be something I did earlier? I've replayed it twice from an older one that's saved prior to sleeping with the ice sorceress.

Hmm... Did you start this game with exult v1.0? Or did you start it with one of the previous .99alpha's?

Started it with 1.0.

I just looked at it, and the 'egg' that creates the underling is missing. Seems to be a bug in the original, as it's mentioned in the walkthrough I have:

Teleport to the next passage, use the yellow key on the left door.
You should see a sequence involving Lorthondo turning his minion to
a skeletal dragon.
Bug Note:
Some people may encounter a bug here where you enter the room,
stand in front of Lorthondo (no kneeling guy) and the game hangs.
Try restoring and use the cheat mode to teleport to the room.
If there is a guy kneeling to Lorthondo, then everything's OK.
If not, use the cheat to get into the room to get the key.
(Just skip the skeletal dragon sequence)

Get the key in Lorthondo's room, then head back east. Grab what you...

Interesting. I wonder what the trigger for that bug is.

Maybe that egg's area extends beyond the chamber it's in, so it's possible to trigger it too early. It's flagged as 'once_only', so it gets deleted immediately. Then if you walk far enough away, the 'underling' will get deleted too.

Poor underlings.... always getting deleted!