gt4586c@prism.gatech.EDU (WILLETT,THOMAS CARTER) (02/04/91)
In article <13455@lanl.gov>, howie@triton.tamu.edu (MATT_K_HOWARD) writes: > If I'd actually bought Falcon instead of renting it, I'd be pissed. > Although the box proudly proclaims that it is compatible with the IIci, > it isn't exactly. Yes it launches and you can fly around and wage war, > but you can't quit without crashing (the Mac not the aircraft). Also, > if you are using the onboard video then the menu bar is not blanked out > and you can't receive messages from base. I could live without the > messages but you can't save any of your missions, accumulate points and > such since you can't quit with out "la bomba". Very Cheesy. > > Matt Well, I have a IIci (8MB RAM) and I have no trouble with quitting Falcon. Yes, the menu bar problem is a nuisance, but the only messages you get are vectors to the airfield which aren't really necessary if your navigation is working, or even if you have a general idea of where you are and a general idea of where the landing strip is. The problem with crashing during quitting is probably the result of some init or perhaps insufficient RAM. I don't know for sure, but version 2.2 does work fine for me. I also have a tip for IIci users - reset the monitor to B&W and then use the SLOW DOWN option under the OPTION menu. It makes everything go really smoothly compared to using full 8 bit color. -- thomas willett Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta gt4586c@prism.gatech.edu "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Salvor Hardin (Foundation)
howie@triton.tamu.edu (MATT_K_HOWARD) (02/05/91)
Earlier, I wrote that I had tried Falcon 2.2 on my IIci with mixed results. It ran, but because I was using the onboard video driver, the menu bar doesn't blank and messages from base were not visible. This is not a problem because the messages are more ornamental than informative. However, I found that I could not quit without a crash (the mac not the aircraft) and thus was unable to save experience or achievements. I recieved a nice reply from Adrian (thanks Adrian) suggesting that I remove all inits and run under Finder only. This didn't help but I was encourage by Adrian's expressed success with Falcon 2.2 and the IIci so I continued to look for a solution. I have a 105 mb Quantum which is partitioned into four 25 mb drives using SilverLining. I discovered that if I (1) removed all the inits and (2) ran Falcon from the same partition containing the system that I could quit without a system crash. Picky-Picky-Picky. I wish that Falcon wasn't so particular about the machine settings. Its been more than a year since it was updated, (but thats a hell of a lot more recent than MicroSoft has updated theirs.) And as long as I'm complaining about a $30 piece of software... How about color... and little Iraqi tanks to shoot at...