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From: odlin@reed.UUCP (Iain Odlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Galactic Bloodshed patches needed.
Summary: Bug Alert {tm}
Message-ID: <12619@reed.UUCP>
Date: 1 May 89 21:09:21 GMT
References: <1501@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
Reply-To: odlin@reed.UUCP (Iain Odlin)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Atreides' House of Exotic Architecture
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Disclaimer: This posting is designed to alert others to the existence of bugs.
            All other ramblings contained herein are nothing but the laments
            of a tired hacker.

In article <1501@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM> lucas@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Kevin Lucas Lord) writes:
>
>	Could somebody post patches for Galactic Bloodshed on system V?

  Is it worth it?  On system V or any system?

  The game dumps its core when it tries to move a planet around a star.

  It dumps a core when it tries to move a ship.

  It goes into an infinite loop* under certain circumstances (which I haven't
  figured out yet) in launch, build and a couple other commands.  I suspect
  there is the potential of it happening in all of them. [*= By this, I mean
  that you get the prompt infinitely printing itself after itself.  At this
  point, the prompts will take over the screen and not accept any command,
  forcing you to control-Z out and skill -9 it.]

  Over half the commands don't check to see if you have enough "Action
  Points {tm}" so when the game finds out you have a negative amount, it
  throws you out of the game and calls you a cheater.


  I will stick with it, however.  If nothing else, the idea is great, the
  way it goes about creating planets is fascinating and I'm learning a hell
  of a lot about C.

  BUT...

  AAARGHH!

  Might be worth it to keep the makeuniv stuff and rewrite the rest of it...

  Just a random Bug Alert {tm} from:
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