Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!gatech!uflorida!novavax!proxftl!markd From: markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Deluxe Pain II Blues Message-ID: <628@proxftl.UUCP> Date: 26 Aug 88 14:32:31 GMT References: <2968@dalcs.UUCP> <756@galaxy> Reply-To: markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) Distribution: na Organization: Proximity Technology, Ft. Lauderdale Lines: 26 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Keywords: I've also encountered problems similar to that with both DPaint II and the new EGA version of Starflight. I have a Mouse Systems Mouse and a Video 7 VEGA (EGA card). DPaint II would run, but cursor movement using the mouse was erratic. EA said it had something to do with my EGA card and my mouse together. Their solution: put my old CGA card back in. My solution: I returned DPaint II to the dealer and got a refund, since EA wouldn't take the program back. "Not their problem" was their response. Personally, I can understand that it is difficult for a company to test every possible configuration of hardware, but I was a little miffed. After all, Video 7 and Mouse Systems are not small, insignificant companies. To make things worse, I received the upgrade of my copy of Starflight so that it would run in 16-color mode on my EGA. Well, it locks up when you try to save the game. After returning the disks to EA once, and trying a brand new copy from a store (with results still the same), I wonder what they've done to Starflight that makes it hate my Video 7 card. I own a ton of games for my PC, 80-90% of which support EGA graphics and run on my EGA card just fine. Besides Starflight, I've only found one other game that wouldn't run on my EGA card. Even Bard's Tale runs on it! Makes me wonder what they're doing to some of these programs to make them so dependent on some particular pieces of hardware, since a LOT of other programs have no problem. -- --- In real life: Mark E. Davidson uflorida!novavax!proxftl!markd Proximity Technologies, 3511 NE 22nd Ave, Ft. Lauderdale FL, 33308 #define STANDARD_DISCLAIMER