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From: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Risk patch
Message-ID: <7414@apple.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 88 17:14:12 GMT
References: <22749@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Reply-To: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
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Organization: Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer
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In article <22749@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> jellinghaus-robert@yale.UUCP writes:
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>The patch destroys the Multifinder-compatibility of the game.  If I
>run it under Multifinder, it works as if I hadn't applied the patch
>(it quits without warning).  Without Multifinder, though, it works

I think the problem is lack of memory.  I think Risk is saving the bits
off the screen, and needs memory to do so.  

I haven't tried the patch out, but I think that it shouldn't matter what
depth your screen it, you should be able to use the patch for the 1-bit case
and the program will work the same.  Since Risk doesn't know anything about
color pixmaps, any offscreen bitmaps will be 1-bit deep regardless of the
screen depth.

>OK.  The only problem is cosmetic:  when the program tries to show
>you your cards or tries to display the About window, it apparently
>puts the main screen into monochrome mode (the desktop blacks out,
>the apple menu appears in black and white UNLESS you pull down the

This is because it is saving the color screen bits in a black & white
offscreen buffer.  When the bits are restored, they come back in B&W.

-- 
Larry Rosenstein

Object Specialist
Apple Computer

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