Re: The TINIES are here !!!

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <2lvt7k$2u7@graffiti.cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr>,
Olivier ZARDINI <zardini@platon.emi.u-bordeaux.fr> wrote:
>	* APPLETALK :
>		As there are 3200 pictures (all static screens are 3200)
>we can't use Appletalk... we prefered to ask people in start of game
>to deconnect Appletalk that to crash into the game. There is no a lot
>of GS Users who have AppleTalk on, but if you want a patch to run with
>game with appletalk, I can give it to you... but you'll need an
>accelerator card on not a lot of thing on the net...

   Please do. It would be much better if a warning message was posted,
such as "You have appletalk on. If you play this game, you may have
problems. Continue? (Y/N)"

   I have AppleTalk on, and programs like DreamGrafix and others work
just fine, even at 2.5Mhz. Certain programs, like one of the DreamGrafix
demos would flicker occasionally, but it was better than having to
turn it off and reboot.

>	* PATCH and Level code :
>		Please, don't waste your time to find the code...
>You should play... If you have a problem with a level, that will be
>a normal thing... you have code level for all the levels you succeed,
>then you can start the game to the problematic level... It is nice ...
>TINIES is a good game, and like in all good game, there are easten eggs..
>I shouldn't say to you that but you have the possibility to go directly,
>without any paper full of code near you, to the level you choose...
>I don't tell you only ONE day after the diffusion... :-)
>Perhaps in one month... DON'T PATCH THE GAME !!!! If you have a problem,
>we'll solve it, don't remember that we have the code source... and we
>know the program better than you... you'll only loose time for nothing.

   Ah yes... Look thru a hex dump of the program... Lots of fun interesting
messages splattered around. Kinda fun :)   Anyhow, an Easter Egg is
mentioned; I'm too lazy to hunt; what is it?

   What I really want to complain about is the fact that while it is
running, I cannot get to the CDA menu. The computer crashes every
single time I hit ctrl-oa-esc; it crashes to somewhere low in bank 00,
somewhere in its DP, it seems. This is darn annoying, as it seems to
be directed at people like me who would want to patch the game for
infinite time. I can get to GSBug fine, but if I try and reach the
control panel, it dies. Care to take this annoying "feature" out,
or shall I whip out the disassembler?


Nathan Mates




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