dave@unislc.uucp (Dave Martin) (04/18/91)
From article <810.27fc3f2d@vger.nsu.edu>, by cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu: > Last night I bought a game from Accolade called Les Manley in Search > for the KING. The premise is that megaweenie Les Manley will find the ... > However, it will not run. I can get through the opening animation some of > the time, and a few times it even let me play through the first actual > scenario. But it crashes my machine totally every single time. It doesn't > seem to matter whether I play it from floppy or from hard disk, or what version > of workbench I use. It crashes whether I am on a 1000, a 2000, or a 3000. > Jean > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > + + + > + werjun@large + Let them what don't want none + > + cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu + have memories of not + > + + getting any. + > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ I had a problem with StarControl. Version 1.0 worked fine. However, version 1.1 would boot up, but when it was time for combat (in practice mode, or elsewhere) it would say insert disk 2 in any drive, you'd do it, and it would spin the disk then say insert disk 2 in any drive. If the game was installed on a hard disk, it would just hang. I noticed that disk 2 had entirely different files on it between ver 1.0 and ver 1.1. (it may have been ver 1.1 and 1.2, but it was the later version that was screwed up.) I wonder if there was some production problem and a disk 2 from some other game was included. Perhaps KING has a star control disk 2? (does KING come with more than one disk?) Anyway I dont have star control now as a result (tried prev version in store to see if it worked when I took mine back) because I want to know whats different/fixed in the later version and now am waiting for v 1.2 (or 1.3) to fix the disk 2 problem. It worked fine under 2.0 on 3000 up until the disk 2 prob. (yea for games that work on 2.0!) -- VAX Headroom Speaking for myself only... blah blah blahblah blah... Internet: DMARTIN@CC.WEBER.EDU dave@saltlcy-unisys.army.mil uucp: dave@unislc.uucp or use the Path: line. Now was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized.
valentin@public.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea) (04/19/91)
In article <1991Apr17.224131.16048@unislc.uucp> dave@unislc.uucp (Dave Martin) writes: > >I had a problem with StarControl. Version 1.0 worked fine. >However, version 1.1 would boot up, but when it was time for combat (in >practice mode, or elsewhere) it would say insert disk 2 in any drive, >you'd do it, and it would spin the disk then say insert disk 2 in any >drive. If the game was installed on a hard disk, it would just hang. Accolade has excellent policies regarding its custommers. Not only are the products continuously updated, but should your copy of a game not run, you will be sent a free update. Just call or write them. The address and phone numbers are in the manual. >I noticed that disk 2 had entirely different files on it between ver 1.0 >and ver 1.1. (it may have been ver 1.1 and 1.2, but it was the later >version that was screwed up.) I wonder if there was some production >problem and a disk 2 from some other game was included. The latest version is 1.2. One point to note, Star Control really likes chip memory. If your machine has only 512K of chip memory, close down unecessary windows on your workbench screen. If that does not work, call custommer support. >(does KING come with more than one disk?) Search for the King comes on five disks! Megabytes to enjoy. Valentin -- WARNING: Star Control is highly addictive, particularly in two player mode. Accolade, Valentin, or anyone else having programmed, published or played the game shall not be held responsible for any lack of sleep, loss of productivity, flunked exams or divorces resulting from such addiction. In case symptoms of withdrawal arize, contact the therapists at custommer support, or play the game once again. -- "An operating system without virtual memory Name: Valentin Pepelea is an operating system without virtue." Phone: (408) 985-1700 Usenet: mips!btr!valentin - Ancient Inca Proverb Internet: valentin@btr.com
cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu (04/20/91)
In article <1991Apr17.224131.16048@unislc.uucp>, dave@unislc.uucp (Dave Martin) writes: > From article <810.27fc3f2d@vger.nsu.edu>, by cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu: >> Last night I bought a game from Accolade called Les Manley in Search >> for the KING. The premise is that megaweenie Les Manley will find the > .... >> However, it will not run. I can get through the opening animation some of >> the time, and a few times it even let me play through the first actual >> scenario. But it crashes my machine totally every single time. It doesn't >> seem to matter whether I play it from floppy or from hard disk, or what version >> of workbench I use. It crashes whether I am on a 1000, a 2000, or a 3000. >> Jean > Perhaps KING has a star control disk 2? (does KING come with more than one > disk?) Anyway I dont have star control now as a result (tried prev version > in store to see if it worked when I took mine back) because I want to > know whats different/fixed in the later version and now am waiting for > v 1.2 (or 1.3) to fix the disk 2 problem. > Search for the King now runs on my 2000. Turns out the problem was so tiny and so obscure...... You see, I had a little digital clock running in my title bar, as part of my startup sequence. Take out the clock, the game runs. Include clock, game crashes. We arrived at this after talking to a guy at Accolade AND to the programmer of the actual game. At first, we were blaming it on a screen blanker, or ImageFinder, or the fact that Les Manley just plain hated me. Anyway, I finished the game, re-installed clock and all is well. Jean | Lemmings is nothing more than an werjun@large / \ existentialist metaphor for the cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu \ / great cosmic rat race we call life. |