felixh@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Felix Hack) (10/22/90)
I generally don't trust HD install scripts. Since the large majority of the time their only purpose is to copy stuff from floppy to a desired HD directory, I usually go through the script from a shell by hand, skipping the steps that cause trouble (like making ram:T when it already exists). One could also edit the script first. Note that this won't work for all games. Some create or modify files which are needed for the program to find its other files. I run WINGS from HD using an ICONX script (it's how I run virtually all my games.) That suggests to me that it should also run from a CLI. My technique is to place all files for a given game, say Battle of Britain, in a subdirectory that has no drawer icon. I create a script in the parent directory that changes to that subdirectory and runs the program. I copy the game's icon to the parent and turn it into the iconx project icon. The result is that the files for my games are not intermingled, but I can run them without having to open an extra drawer first. The main game directory will show icons for all my games, it's just that they're all iconx scripts.