ULTIMA8: crash after intro when u8save.000 is missing

[Knuffibaer]

If the game is installed fresh and has never been started before there is no "savegame" folder in the main directory. Also the file u8save.000 is not created in this folder.
When you start the game with ScummVM the intro is displayed and afterwards it crashes.
The ScummVM Status Windows Shows: "WARNING: Unable to load savegame/u8save.000".

A temporary solution is to start the game in a different emulator first to let it create the files or to copy the files from a different source.

[mduggan]

Thanks for the report. Yes, this file contains some important game startup details which could probably be reproduced, but for now it's required.

[sev-]

@mduggan where this file could be taken from?

[mduggan]

The file is included in the gog release, so most people will have it. Anyone else installing off CD or floppies would need to start the game once in DosBOX and it will get created. I'll update the wiki to note that it's required.