niggle@hjuxa.UUCP (niggle) (07/13/88)
Is it possible to get the two diamonds from the middle of the left side of screen 2? I end up either squished, trapped or the other side of a mound of boulders from the diamonds. My boss is going to hate Steven for posting this game but I thank you. Nigel
tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Tim Northrup) (07/15/88)
From article <970@hjuxa.UUCP>, by niggle@hjuxa.UUCP (niggle): > Is it possible to get the two diamonds from the middle of the left side > of screen 2? I end up either squished, trapped or the other side of a mound > of boulders from the diamonds. > > > Nigel Minor spoiler follows: To get there, you use the transporter -- it places you into that area, so you can grab the diamonds, then move straight out. It took me a few times around to get this too. -- Tim > My boss is going to hate Steven for posting this game but I thank you. Agreed :-) -- Tim Northrup +------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ GEnie: T.Northrup | UUCP: uunet!steinmetz!brspyr1!tim | Air Warrior: "Duke" | ARPA: tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com +------------------------------------------+
wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) (07/16/88)
Speaking of wanderer... I couldn't get it to work properly on our Harris
HCX-7, running HCX/UX 3.0. It dumps core if it can't find the screen files
or you die (bus error) and it sometimes locks or simply exits for no reason.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
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Fido: Sysop at 263/42 |play@cwi.nl (The MC Funhouse Master) (07/16/88)
In article <246@psuhcx.psu.edu> wcf@psuhcx (Bill Fenner) writes: > Speaking of wanderer... I couldn't get it to work properly on our Harris > HCX-7, running HCX/UX 3.0. It dumps core if it can't find the screen files > or you die (bus error) and it sometimes locks or simply exits for no reason. > Can anyone help? > Yes, a few of the bugs in the program. First: the core dump when it can't find the screen files come from a badly placed fclose in read.c. Locking might happen when the game is aborted during updating of the score files. Future games are no longer possible unless the lock file (/tmp/wanderer.lock) is removed. Note that on some systems only the owner of the file may remove it. I have got it running on a Harris with BSD 4.3, so I think it should run also with HCX/UX. If you mail me some further details I may work on some fixes. I did do a lot of fixes already; see comp.sources.games.bugs. -- Game Keeper Mail: play@cwi.nl
tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) (07/18/88)
In article <970@hjuxa.UUCP> niggle@hjuxa.UUCP (niggle) writes: >Is it possible to get the two diamonds from the middle of the left side >of screen 2? Yes, it is. I too, thought it was impossible, and wondered if I should waste my time. I then found the solution, so don't despair, and have fun hunting. I am now thinking that level 3 is impossible. :-). Tom Tkacik
wolfer@ihuxy.ATT.COM (Wolfson) (07/21/88)
From postnews Wed Jul 20 14:35:44 1988 In article <246@psuhcx.psu.edu>, wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes: > Speaking of wanderer... I couldn't get it to work properly on our Harris > HCX-7, running HCX/UX 3.0. It dumps core if it can't find the screen files > or you die (bus error) and it sometimes locks or simply exits for no reason. > Can anyone help? I'll take a crack at the core dump and bus error. First, make sure you edit the header file as described in the README file, so that the program knows the full path of where the screen files will be kept and where the hiscores scoreboard data file will be kept. Second, when a character dies, the game tries to put it in the scoreboard file. If the directory for this file is not correctly specified in the .h file, it could cause problems. Otherwise, try creating an empty hiscores file by hand in the appropriate directory, and make sure that the read/write permissions are set correctly. I've used machines where C code will bomb out if you try and open a file which does not already exist, and this may be what is happening here. As for the unknown exiting, On my unixpc 7300, if I hit the delete key by mistake, the program will exit and the keyboard will totally lock up. I have to boot the whole machine to clear this up. Of course, I am only guessing as to what might be wrong in your case. Hopefully someone else can give you more clues to the core dumps and bus errors, and to the unexpected exits. Good Luck! P. D. Wolfson From postnews Wed Jul 20 14:39:09 1988 From postnews Wed Jul 20 14:35:44 1988 In article <246@psuhcx.psu.edu>, wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes: > Speaking of wanderer... I couldn't get it to work properly on our Harris > HCX-7, running HCX/UX 3.0. It dumps core if it can't find the screen files > or you die (bus error) and it sometimes locks or simply exits for no reason. > Can anyone help? I'll take a crack at the core dump and bus error. First, make sure you edit the header file as described in the README file, so that the program knows the full path of where the screen files will be kept and where the hiscores scoreboard data file will be kept. Second, when a character dies, the game tries to put it in the scoreboard file. If the directory for this file is not correctly specified in the .h file, it could cause problems. Otherwise, try creating an empty hiscores file by hand in the appropriate directory, and make sure that the read/write permissions are set correctly. I've used machines where C code will bomb out if you try and open a file which does not already exist, and this may be what is happening here. As for the unknown exiting, On my unixpc 7300, if I hit the delete key by mistake, the program will exit and the keyboard will totally lock up. I have to boot the whole machine to clear this up. Of course, I am only guessing as to what might be wrong in your case. Hopefully someone else can give you more clues to the core dumps and bus errors, and to the unexpected exits. Good Luck! P. D. Wolfson
her3@tank.uchicago.edu (Ben 'Drew' Herman) (11/23/88)
I just read that a New version of wanderer has been released. Version 2.2 I believe.... My problem is I never had the original to apply the diffs to.... Now, whereas I may believe the author exists, may mailer denies the existance of his machine.... If the author reads this group would it be possible to have a repost the working version. Or better yet is there an accessible FTP site where wnaderer is archived????? Thanks a lot, Ben Herman
wmf@chinet.chi.il.us (Bill Fischer) (11/24/88)
In article <887@tank.uchicago.edu> her3@tank.uchicago.edu (Ben 'Drew' Herman) writes: >If the author reads this group would it be possible to have a repost >the working version. I seem to have missed it here, also. A repost would be appreciated. Bill Fischer -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Bill Fischer | UUCP: wmf@chinet.UUCP "The opinions expressed here Omega Electronics | CIS : 76257,1226 are my own" Chicago, Illinois | MCI : 650311, KIEFER