Other good AD&D CRPGs?

Update: if you are taking your party into WotR, you need at least 1 high level thief. A lot of lock-picking and trap-disarming seems to work off the thief level. Not explicitly tested each level but I suspect an L8 thief should be fine within a dual class, or any type of multiclass thief.

 

Just putting up a text version of the translation of items from Darksun 1 to Darksun 2 in case anyone wants to provide updates or clarifications. Stuff with ? I was never able to verify.

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Type      |  Shattered Lands                                |  Wake of the Ravager
----------+-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
1H Weapon |  +1 Axe                                         |  +1 Axe
1H Weapon |  +1 Black Mace (Shocking Grasp)                 |  +1 Mace (Shocking Grasp)
1H Weapon |  +1 Draketooth (Str)                            |  +1 Longsword (Aid?)
1H Weapon |  +1 Hornblade                                   |  20800 cp
1H Weapon |  +1 Soulcrusher Axe                             |  +1 Axe
1H Weapon |  +2 Bone Mace                                   |  +2 Bone Mace
1H Weapon |  +2 Dark Flame (Burning Hands)                  |  +2 Sword (Burning Hands)
1H Weapon |  +2 El's Drinker (Vampiric Touch)               |  +2 El's Drinker (Vampiric Touch)
1H Weapon |  +2 Mace                                        |  +2 Mace
1H Weapon |  +2 Swiftbite                                   |  +2 Longsword
1H Weapon |  +2 Terror Blade (Poison)                       |  +2 Dagger
1H Weapon |  +3 Dagolar's Dagger (Charisma)                 |  +3 Dagger (Slow?)
1H Weapon |  +4 Dragonsbane                                 |  +4 Dragonsbane
1H Weapon |  Chameleon Gloves (Cause Blindness or Deafness) |  Gloves (Mind Blank?)
1H Weapon |  Quicksilver Glove (Detonate)                   |  Gloves (Detonate)
2H Weapon |  +1 Balkazar's Staff (Slow)                     |  +1 Quarterstaff (Slow)
2H Weapon |  +1 Gythka                                      |  +1 Gythka
2H Weapon |  +1 Staff of Parting                            |  +1 Quarterstaff
2H Weapon |  +2 Quarterstaff                                |  +2 Quarterstaff
2H Weapon |  +3 Great Axe                                   |  +3 Great Axe
Ammo      |  Arrows                                         |  Arrows
Ammo      |  +1 Arrows                                      |  +1 Arrows
Ammo      |  +2 Arrows                                      |  +2 Arrows
Ammo      |  +3 Arrows                                      |  +3 Arrows
Amulet    |  Iron Necklace (Fireball)                       |  50000 cp
Amulet    |  Silver Necklace (Biofeedback)                  |  Necklace (Biofeedback)
Amulet    |  Talisman of Venom                              |  Necklace 50cp
Armor     |  Belt of Might (Str)                            |  Leather Chest Armor (+1AC)
Armor     |  Drake Armor (+2AC, Resist Cold)                |  8000 cp
Armor     |  Grey's Scale Arm Amor (+2AC)                   |  Chain Leg Armor (+1AC)
Armor     |  Grey's Scale Leg Amor (+2AC)                   |  Chain Arm Armor (+2AC)
Armor     |  Helm of Contemplation (Gaze Reflection)        |  Bone Chest Armor (+2AC)
Armor     |  Helm of Might (Str)                            |  Helm (AC0)
Armor     |  Living Cloak (Inertial Barrier)                |  Cloak (Inertial Barrier)
Armor     |  Serpent Boots (Displacement)                   |  20000 cp
Armor     |  Shimmer Armor (+4AC, Free Action)              |  24000 cp
Armor     |  Silk Armor (+3AC)                              |  Bone Chest Armor (+4AC)
Armor     |  Tanelyv's Chest Armor (+4AC)                   |  Chain Armor (+2AC)
Armor     |  Tanelyv's Arm Armor (+4AC)                     |  Chain Leg Armor (+3AC)
Armor     |  Tanelyv's Leg Armor (+3AC)                     |  Chain Arm Armor (+4AC)
Fruit     |  Apple (Ironskin)                               |  Acorn (Ironskin)
Fruit     |  Banana (Strength)                              |  Banana (Cure Disease)
Fruit     |  Corn (Barkskin)                                |  Corn (Barkskin)
Fruit     |  Green Grapes (Bless)                           |  Green Grapes (Bless)
Fruit     |  Guava (Poison)                                 |  100 cp
Fruit     |  Lemon (Restore Psi Points)                     |  Lemon (Restore Psi Points)
Fruit     |  Lime (Dispel Magic)                            |  Lime (Cure Critical Wounds)
Fruit     |  Orange (Aid)                                   |  Orange (Aid)
Fruit     |  Orange Grapes (Neutralize Poison)              |  Orange Grapes (Neutralize Poison)
Fruit     |  Purple Grapes (Cure Blindness or Deafness)     |  Purple Grapes (Cure Blindness or Deafness)
Fruit     |  Red Pear (Cure Serious Wounds)                 |  Red Pear (Cure Serious Wounds)
Fruit     |  Starfruit (Invisibility to Undead)             |  Potion (Invisible to Undead)
Fruit     |  Yellow Grapes (Prayer)                         |  Green Grapes (Bless)
Fruit     |  Yellow Pear (Cure Light Wounds)                |  Yellow Pear (Cure Light Wounds)
Missile   |  +1 Chatchka (Produce Fire)                     |  +1 Chatchka
Missile   |  +1 Phrain's Bow (Acid Arrow)                   |  +1 Bow (Acid Arrow)
Missile   |  +2 Bow                                         |  +2 Bow
Missile   |  +2 Sling                                       |  +2 Sling
Quest     |  Llod's Rod                                     |  0 cp
Quest     |  Metal Detection Rod                            |  10000 cp
Ring      |  El's Ring (Dex)                                |  Ring (Dex)
Ring      |  Light of Dawn (Dismissal)                      |  Rod? (Dismissal)
Ring      |  Necklace (Disintegrate)                        |  50000 cp
Ring      |  Ring of Insight (Wis)                          |  Ring (Wis)
Ring      |  Steadfast Ring (Con)                           |  Ring (Con)
Ring      |  Storm Ring (Ice Storm)                         |  50000 cp
Ring      |  Wind Ring (Protection from Normal Missiles)    |  Ring (Protection from Normal Missiles)
Shield    |  Drake Shield (+3AC, Resist Fire)               |  25400 cp
Shield    |  El's Shield (+3AC)                             |  El's Shield (+3AC)
Utility   |  Grappling Hook                                 |  Grappling Hook (Armor)
Utility   |  Horn [Shell]                                   |  5 cp
Utility   |  Rope                                           |  Grappling Hook (Armor)
Utility   |  Shovel                                         |  Stone Pick (15 cp)
Utility   |  Stone Pick                                     |  Stone Pick (35 cp)
Wand      |  Dagolar's Wand (Control Body)                  |  Chatchka (Steal Breath?)
Wand      |  Derth's Wand (Lightning Bolt)                  |  60000 cp
Wand      |  Wand of Missiles (Magic MIssile)               |  65000 cp
Wand      |  Wildwynd Wand (Confusion)                      |  40000 cp

 

Oh oh oh. I finally found the stupid buried treasure in the Elven Caravan. Although it's buried, you're not supposed to "dig it up" You just walk around the grassy area south of Kel's wagon and you'll "find" it lol

 

I've done this successfully several times. However, you have not described what issue you are coming up against so I cannot give a less generic reply. For me it was as simple as loading DosBox, switching to the Darksun2 directory (after mounting the Games folder), and running CharTran.exe. Then I enter my DS1 folder, DS2 folder, select which Save I want to transfer and it's done.

 

Not sure what you mean by "completed save" -- any save works. Also, the way you describe the problem, I'm not clear on when exactly the program aborts, or how you are trying to launch it. I'm also not sure what you mean by "chartran sequence".

Without knowing full details, here are some random suggestions:
1) Remove spaces from your folder names if you have any.
2) I have this in my dosbox.conf. Obviously, replace the path with your games folder, and place the command under the already existing [autoexec]:

Code:

[autoexec]
mount C "C:\Program Files\Games\"

3) Launch DosBox (not CharTran) from Windows. Switch to C:. If you did (2) correctly, C: is NOT your true C: anymore. It is your Games folder. The following should launch the app, assuming correct folder names:

Code:

cd Darksun2
CharTran

As a last resort, if you want, upload your saves somewhere and I'll transfer it/them for you. Gdrive, Filetransfer.io are fine with me.

FYI, I'm on Windows 7 Professional though I am dead sure this has nothing to do with Windows version because DosBox is a sandbox in itself, much like a Java applet.