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From: steve@olympus.wrcr.unr.edu (Stephen Wheatcraft)
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Subject: Re: It Came from the Desert
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Date: 27 Sep 90 22:12:08 GMT
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In article <1990Sep26.210025.25484@cbnewsm.att.com> bunny@cbnewsm.att.com (Laura A. Eppright) writes:

>I'm having problems with "It Came From The Desert", too.   
>
>I have a 3000 (16/50).   The game runs fine from the floppy drive 
>under 1.3, but it's slow and requires quite a few disk swaps.  I 
>really would prefer to run it from the hard drive instead. Apparently,
>the game installed properly, but when I run it, it usually freezes up
>sometime during the opening sequence.  Sometimes it works, but the 
>screen is jittery.  Once in a great while, the game will run properly.
>
>Is this a problem with the 3000?  I'm running the game under 1.3.
>I've tried both fastmem on and fastmem off.  Also, I tried both clicking
>on the HDesert icon, and running "execute hdesert" from the shell, although
>I don't really think either of these would make a difference.  Apparently,
>I have "assigned" everything properly, as the game does attempt to run.
>I usually don't get gurus;  the game simply freezes up, and the reboot
>works normally (i.e., does not mention any gurus).
>
>If anyone could help me, I would sure appreciate it.  Thanks!
>
>Laura
>
I discussed problems with Desert here several months ago. I
have a 2500, with Desert installed on my hard drive. I had
problems with the game hanging up, sometimes with a visit from
the guru, sometimes not. Often times it was later in the game,
after "day 10" or so. I called Cinamaware, and they were helpful,
but puzzeled; claimed it ran fine on their 2500. Mine is stock,
except for a flickerfixer. But one thing I finally figured out
was that it have less tendency to hang if I brought the machine
up in low-res (interlace) mode. I think it has to do with a
graphics chip memory problem. Basically, though, it is just not a
very robust game. Despite the fact that it is very enjoyable, I
finally got tired of getting to the best part, and having my
machine and game clobbered by the program.

If anybody has any better ideas, I would also appreciate hearing
them.

Steve Wheatcraft                Internet: steve@olympus.wrc.unr.edu
Desert Research Institute       Bitnet  : steve@unsvax.bitnet
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