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Bagne · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject: Sword of Jade

Anyone having problems with Sword of Jade?
It keeps crashing after battles.

I'm not sure what version I have ... the Hamster Wheel version.

Teh Pout.
:-(
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JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

IIRC you basically have to use the version that comes with SOJ for it to work. (The one on Studio Eres should work?) That's what I did anyway. I haven't tried it on the newer OHR, though.

Bagne · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject:

I've done that ... but the game.exe that comes with it seems to be a newer version than that which made the game.
When I run jade using the packaged game.exe, it starts printing all that backwards compatibility stuff to screen - this means the .rpg file is older than the version of game.exe, right?

Maybe if I find a game.exe from 2005 ... or whenever the SOJ was released ...

Sheesh - now I'm getting problems with Wingedmene.
I'm getting a bunch of empty text boxes.
Is this some sort of backwards-compatibility issue? I know it's an old game...

Heh - I'm trying to play all the games that I've missed in the past few years and so far 2/4 have worked :-S
Note to self - keep my games up to date with the latest build!
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ShakeyAir · Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 93

i know SOJ had its own version of the OHR, some edit was made that was specific for that game, separate from the official OHR versions.

i assume that whatever was done would break backwards compatibility, as otherwise it would have been made a real feature.

perhaps somehow the file on hamster wheel has the wrong version of game.exe, have you tried the rpgcreations website? (i think its hosted there?)

Bagne · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject:

I'm trying rusalka right now and it hasn't crashed yet...

So the after-battle crashing could very well be a back-compat issue.
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Baconlabs · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject:

I have this problem with Walthros.

Bagne · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:51 am Post subject:

No! Not Walthros!

That's the one old game that I have played!

I wonder - if you just open and save them with the new custom if they'll work with the newest game.exe
That would be weird - you would think that custom.exe and game.exe would have the same back-compat code.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:27 am Post subject:

There is a version of Sword of Jade that does not work with xocolatl or nightlies (see SoJ's page on the wiki for details.)

However, the newest version of Sword of Jade, the "Community Edition" (downloadable from here) DOES work fully with the latest nightlies. You should play that version.

If you have a problem with Wingedmene or Walthros, please definitely report it here.

Any time any old game does not work with the latest nigtly wip, that is a big problem, and I want to know about it.

TMC · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject:

Bagne · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:24 am Post subject:

Yeah that community version works. Esselent.

When I'm done with SOJ, I'll try Wingedmene again and see if I can figure out if the text boxes are a back - compat issue.
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Bagne · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:26 am Post subject:

Where's the original release? The wiki?

I need a manual - I wanna boost my SP and I donno how.
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

SP is refilled after clearing any battle, but to raise Max SP you have to choose to raise it on level up.
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Baconlabs · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:32 am Post subject:

Come to think of it, there used to be a really cool online manual for Sword of Jade that imitated the old style of video game instruction booklets, complete with little drawings and a "guide" character.

And then it got eaten by web-squatters. Did anyone make a mirror of it? I hope so.

FyreWulff · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject:

Bagne · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:27 pm Post subject:

Hey, I found that pristine blade in the first dungeon (the one with the crazy plant) - is it supposed to open the "blade lock"? Because ... it's not.

Edit: Nevermind, I found the second sword after discovering that the staircase-that-doesn't-look-like-a-staircase was actually a staircase.
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