dobbs@marlin.UUCP (Lynn B. Dobbs) (07/19/86)
I recently downloaded hack for the ST from net.sources.games. Unfortunately, my 13 year old daughter is now on my back because she can't get below level 3. The problem is the version of hack that was posted requires double sided disk drives. I only have two single sided drives. There is a cure for this listed in the README file of hack, but it requires a file that ends with .env This is supposed to set an environment variable to allow for two single sided drives. Hack didn't come with this file. Is it part of a shell program or just something I missed? I really don't want to buy a d/s drive just to get Heather off my back :-) The Navy -- not just a job. its an adventure.
turner@imagen.UUCP (07/20/86)
> > > I recently downloaded hack for the ST from net.sources.games. Unfortunately, > my 13 year old daughter is now on my back because she can't get below level 3. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ lineater, \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ my son came up with another solution, once the program is loaded and running just put in a different disk (your 'library' disk) and use that to store the level info etc., he claims that it works fine -- ---- "I ain't gay, but there are sure times when i wish i could say that i wasn't straight" Name: James M. Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner CompuServe: 76327,1575 GEnie : D-ARCANGEL
ralph@ee.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell) (07/29/86)
In article <642@marlin.UUCP> dobbs@cod.UUCP (Lynn B. Dobbs) writes: > This is supposed to set an environment variable to allow for two single >sided drives. Hack didn't come with this file. The file should be called HACK.ENV and contains option strings that would normally be set outside the program, in a Unix environment. The particular option you want is HACKDIR=B: This sets the 'playground' to your second drive. Your A: drive would have hack.prg, hack.env and record. The B: drive contains all the other files; help, hh, rumors, etc. The problem won't actually go away; it'll rear its ugly head at some later date. I guess you'll get to about level 20, with a winning game, it'll fail on saving the level, and it'll totally blow away any possibility of recovery :-) :-) Ralph Mitchell -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ralph Mitchell | VOICE: +44 895 74000 Ext 2561 Computer Centre | ARPA: ralph%ee.brunel.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa Brunel University | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!ee.brunel.ac.uk!ralph Uxbridge | JANET: ralph@uk.ac.brunel.ee UB8 3PH | UNITED KINGDOM | "Noli illegitemi carborundum" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=