[comp.sys.mac.games] PlayMaker Football Woes

prosser@cougar.cs.wisc.edu (Ed Prosser) (04/27/91)

I've experienced a problem with a PlayMaker Football team that I've
been working on.  During "Game" mode, when the computer is playing my
team against another computer-coached team, P.M. Football "locks-up"
every so often.  It happens during the huddle when my team
is on offense, and seems to occur during long yardage (10-14 yards for
a first down) situations.  The bug is sporadic - it may not happen for
an entire game, or it may happen frequently, to the point where I have
to "Save" after every set of downs to avoid replaying too much of the
game.  This problem seems to require rebooting or use of a debugger to
return to the Finder.

This never occurs when a human coaches my team.  I recently updated
the Artifical Intelligence of my team, so I would speculate that the
problem is with the play-calling software.  I tried all my plays on
the Practice Field, just as a stab in the dark, but didn't observe anything
unusual.  I also tried re-installing the game and the entire "Locker Room"
folder, but to no avail.

Oh, it's running on a IIci with system 6.0.5, Finder, and running without 
INIT's doesn't seem to help.

Anyone else suffer from this malady?  The "Bombardiers" are getting stiff
muscles from inactivity!  Please help.  E-mail is better.

	-- Coach Ed Prosser
	   prosser@cs.wisc.edu
	   UW-Madison C.S. Dept.