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Sanitarium Hints

CHAPTER 2 BUG

  • There is a bug in Sanitarium causing some people problems (including me).  You should be able to go in and out of all the buildings at any time, even if you have finished exploring it.  If you are not able to enter a building or other area during Chapter 2, you probably need the patch released by the game manufacturer, ASC Games.

    Download the patch from ASC Games' internet web site at this address:  http://www.ascgames.com/downloads/patches/sani

    No instructions come with the patch. Copy the file  SCR.006  into the directory
    C:\Program Files\ASC Games\Sanitarium\Data
    (assuming you used the default installation directory).

    Once you have applied the patch, start Chapter 2 from the beginning.  I had to restore a game from Chapter 1 and go forward.