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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ This file tries to answer questions before you ask them. If you've │
│ got a problem, read this first before contacting me. If this file │
│ does not help you in your problem, the contact methods for the │
│ author are listed near the end of morgul.doc or at the end screen. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
P: When I start up Morgul with no parameters, the file screen appears
and Morgul hangs, doesn't respond to the keyboard etc.
S: This bug is supposed to be fixed. If it still appears, please
report it as soon as possible.
Q: Where's the advanced filesystem with tagging and so on?
A: Because of public demand, the "Easy" filemode is now the default
mode, so you'll have to disable the easy mode first. (Alt-E, -e)
Q: What about an "Working Directory" setting?
A: I don't think that should be a feature of Morgul at all. If you
use 4DOS, use the following batch file (name it MORGUL.BAT or
something.)
pushd
cd E:\modules
mo
popd
If you do not have 4DOS, just omit the pushd and popd lines.
P: When playing modules with GUS, there is sometimes an odd
"plim"-like sound which doesn't belong in the module.
S: You could try to use the -g parameter to get rid of GUS problems.
P: When playing UC2'ed files, UC2 displays an error message saying
"not enough memory".
S: Try using something like Vidram, Stretch or some other program
which increases your conventional memory to 736kb. The other way
is to install UltraStealth. Read Morgul.doc for more details.
P: There's not enough memory to unpack some HA files, while others
unpack just fine.
S: Some HA files are packed with the ASC algorith while others are
packed with the HSC algorithm. Unpacking HSC packed files needs
lots of memory. Read the part concerning UC2 files above for
more help.
P: Morgul is too big and eats up lots of memory.
S: Right. I'm planning to get Watcom C/C++ 10.0, which will have
the capability of producing 16-bit executables. I've been told
Watcom produces the smallest executables in 16-bit mode. Also I
could try reducing memory fragmentation.
Q: When is XMS going to be supported? I don't like memory managers but
would still like to play large modules.
A: Morgul/32, a 32-bit flat memory model protected mode (add your
favourite buzzwords here: multi-threaded, symmetrical
multi-processing, multi-user, whatever :) version of Morgul will
hopefully available in a couple of weeks. It will be able to use
all the memory in your computer with or without any memory
manager software. Also, about 590kb of memory in dos shell is
possible. Already, Morgul/32 is so ready it will stay up without
crashing for about 10 minutes, if I handle it with care :)
P: When I try to run MO.EXE, I just get an error message saying:
"Moverlay initialization failure, expected MOVERLAY but got
╧#T43T╧#"."
A: Somebody has been tampering with the executable. Delete it, kill
the guy you got it from and tell me everything about it.
P: I'm running Qemm V7.0x. Sometimes in DOS Shell Qemm gives an
exception message when running a program in the shell, offering
to shut it down or to reboot my machine.
S: This problem is because DSMI seems to be partially incompatible
with DIET 1.45f, a public domain executable file compressor.
Files compressed with this software sometimes cause the
abovementioned problem . Uncompress these files and compress
them with something else, if you like. To uncompress a Dieted
executable, use Diet -ra or a program called Unp, which is an
excellent executable file uncompressor.
Q: Why is the graphics mode so slow?
S: The code itself is not slow at all, it would work even on the
slowest computer, but calculating real volume bars continuously
takes much more power.