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From: parker@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: DMII - Hand quicker than eye
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Date: 8 Jan 91 14:30:44 GMT
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%c>Has anyone out there had a problem with the pointer disappearing in the
%c>middle of play?  Three times now, the arrow/hand disappeared completely.
%c>The machine didn't crash.  I could keep on playing if I could 
%c>guesstimate where the pointer was.....butit was so tough to indulge in
%c>combat that I ended up rebooting each time.

%Yes, this has happened to me too once (yesterday). It happened as I was
%repeatedly knocking on the wall (out of frustration :-) ). The hand
%disappeared but I could still play by guesswork.

%c>During one suc h session, one of my champions also disappeared.  That is,
%c>his icon disappeared from the top right corner of my screen, but his 

%That also happened when my hand disappeared. I figured that I had clicked
%on the character without knowing it. I tried my best to click back on that
%spot, and it came back. 


%DMII seems to be crashing much more often than DM ever did. It has become
%almost unplayable my friend's computer (2000, 2meg extra on 8-up board(?),
%GVP 100meg). On my system it tends to do wierd things from time time, and I
%have a 500w/A590 hard drive, 2 meg total. Would it be having problems with
%expansion memory?

%c>| werjun@large              |  It is better to be well for a day    |
%c>+ cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu  +         than sick for a year.         +     


I have had no problems with the original DM or CSB crashing or the pointer
disappearing, or anything.  I played DM for a long time and have played CSB
since right after it started selling and never saw the pointer problem or
had a crash yet.  In fact, as game stability goes, I rate DMII as one of the
best on the market.

Just my 2 cents.

BTW I have A2000 with Fat Agnus, Supra RAM w/ 2 Meg & Supra WordSync 100M
Quantum.

Parker
 
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