I appreciate your help. I'll send you the file as soon as I figure out how. Meanwhile ...I can't believe I'm typing this ...
The SAME THING just happened to my CoDS party! They found the little secret room in the bank vault in New City, then saved the game there before opening the treasure chest. A few of them died opening it, so I restored the save and found them trapped, with the secret door shut behind them.
What the hell is it with me and banks?? I know the problem isn't in my system, because this and the previous problem happened on two different computers. I think I may be cursed.
Anyway, do you know where in a Wizardry 7 savegame file the party's location is stored? This time I have a more recent backup, but it's the principle of the thing that matters -- I want to know how to fix it.
Many thanks, again.