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From: 2fmlcalls@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Problems with VETTE!
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.214803.29200@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 20 Mar 91 21:48:03 CST
References: <1991Mar20.074647.15048@wam.umd.edu>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <1991Mar20.074647.15048@wam.umd.edu>, darkstar@wam.umd.edu (Martin Walser) writes:
> 
>    I purchased VETTE! a couple days ago for my vanilla Mac II.
> After installing Color VETTE! (self-expanding archive), I tried to
> run the game. The opening screen/animation loads fine in nice 16 colors.
> Then, when the game tries to go to the "garage" screen, I get this dialogue:
> Error!
> ID=2  GetPict error. PICT not found.

ID=2 must be the programmers own coding.  ID=2 is the DREADED Bus Errror which
usually refers to a reference to a nil handle.  Actually, I suppose if you
tried to load a PICT and nothing was returned, you WOULD have a nil handle. 
Okay, I type faster than I think.

> I have 2megs of memory and only a few inits running, which I turned off to see

Make sure you have your Ram Cache turned off.  Two megs is healthy, but a large
PICT needs lots of memory and might also be interpreted (upon failure) as a
PICT not found.

> if they may have affected the install. No dice. Just out of curiosity, I opened
> the copy installed on my hard disk with ResEdit and notice a number of blank
> PICT IDs... 134 thru 140 were empty as well as a few others with higher ID #s.>

Be Sure they really ARE empty.  GetInfo on the PICT or double click on it in
ResEdit.  PICT's larger than about 25K or so are left blank in ResEdit.  This
will include most full-screen 16 color PICTs.

 For some reason, it's not installing all the resources right on my machine.
> (at least the PICTs). Anoyone else experiencing similar problems?
> 
> Mart <darkstar@cscwam.umd.edu>

Hope I was of SOME help.

john calhoun