Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!agate!eos!shelby!helens!playfair!barry From: barry@playfair.Stanford.EDU (Barrett P. Eynon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Solarian Tips Message-ID: <1357@helens.Stanford.EDU> Date: 20 Dec 90 01:14:34 GMT References: <15003@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Sender: news@helens.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford University Lines: 24 In article hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) writes: >[darweesh@zephyrus.crd.ge.com (Michael Darweesh) writes:] >[] The presents that seem to just fly away...there's a way to get them. >[] I offer just this one hint....Try moving out from under them and observe >[] what happens. >[...] >i also agree that Haller is wacko!!! and so there must be a way to lure >those presents that at first appear to be headed downward and then have a >change of heart. I think it has to do with whether your fire button is down when the present crosses a vertical line through your ship position. Stop shooting after the present is dropped, and it will not fly up, at least that is my current model for how I catch them. I haven't gotten the teasers except by being extremely patient, but the suggestions made here have given me new hope, time to pull Solarian out and give it a few more whacks. BTW, I have version 2.03. Anyone spotted anything newer? Cheers. -- Barry Eynon barry@playfair.stanford.edu