I bought all the Ultima games from gog.com since they are configured to play under Windows 7. I decided to transfer my game file from Ultima 4 to 5 since my Avatar was maxed out. Unfortunately I kept getting the error that my save file was corrupted.
I searched for hours trying to find a solution but nothing worked. I found a fixparty program but it wouldn’t run under Win7 64. I finally came across a post where the user modified the dosboxULTIMA5_single.conf file. I tried it with no luck. I was beginning to think that it wasn’t going to happen when I realized the conf file had the wrong directories.
- To transfer your game download fixparty.exe from Ultima Codex
- Place the fixparty.exe file in a new folder called u4trans under the Ultima 4 folder (e.g. C:\GOG Games\Ultima Second Trilogy\Ultima 4\u4trans)
- Modify the dosboxULTIMA5_single.conf file that is in the Ultima 5 directory with this: [autoexec]# Lines in this sectionwill be run at startup.#@ECHO OFF
#cls
#mount C “..\Ultima 5”
#c:
#cls
#ultima5.com
#exit
mount C “..\Ultima 5”
mount A “C:\GOG Games\Ultima Second Trilogy\Ultima 4\U4TRANS”
mount B “C:\GOG Games\Ultima Second Trilogy\Ultima 4”
copy b:\party.sav a:\
mount -u B
a:
FIXPARTY.EXE
c:
ultima5.com
exit - Run Ultima 5 selecting Transfer and choosing A as the appropriate drive. Once you have finished transferring journey onward and save. A little insurance never hurt anyone.
- Modify dosboxULTIMA5_single.conf back to what it was before:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this sectionwill be run at startup.#@ECHO OFF
#cls
#mount C “..\Ultima 5”
#c:
#cls
#ultima5.com
#exit
That’s it. You should now have a head start in Ultima V.
