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Re: Spaceward Ho! 4.01



>>>>> "Tom" == Mailing List Receiver <lists@tkludy.reshall.umich.edu> writes:

    Tom> Has anyone had any success getting Spaceward Ho! 4.01 to run?
    Tom> I have been able to run the older (3.x) versions, but have
    Tom> had only minimal luck with 4.01.  When I start executor with:

    Tom> executor -nosplash -applzone 8192 -size 1024x768 -system 7

    Tom> I can get SH4 to start (minus the initial start-up graphic);
    Tom> I then select File/New Game, and the options screen works
    Tom> perfectly.  However, when I select Start Game, I get a Mac
    Tom> error somewhat like this:

    Tom> unable to write mailbox (network) file; secret error -50.

    Tom> (Sorry, I don't remember the exact wording of the message;
    Tom> but it was definately a mailbox (network) error, secret error
    Tom> -50.)

-50 is "paramErr", which is an error return that Executor often
returns when you hit a piece of unimplemented code.  Is there a demo
version of Spaceward Ho 4.x available?  If so, someone over here can
run it and figure out exactly what unimplemented routines are being
hit.  Between now and when 2.0 is released we'll implement more of the
system 7 filesystem code and more AppleEvents, but if it's hitting
anything other than those two, it may have to wait until after 2.0 is
released.

    Tom> Executor did not crash :) But, this game was one of the main
    Tom> reasons I registered Executor/Linux.  BTW, I am using the
    Tom> svgalib version of executor, and I love it!

Glad to hear that.  Tell your friends.

    Tom> Keep up the excellent work, ARDI!  -Tom Kludy

Will do.  We know a lot of people play Spaceward Ho, so if we can get
a demo version we'll look into the problem and report back fairly soon.

--Cliff



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