Re: Running Space Quest from GS/OS 6.0.1 Issue (Tool 687)

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> wrote:
> Le dimanche 12 mai 2013 15:50:38 UTC+2, Tempest a écrit :
>> I'm trying to run the hard drive installable version of Space Quest
>> that's on the hard drive images from WIT2GS but I'm getting a strange
>> error. The program says that it needs Tool 687 to run, which is
>> obviously non-sense as there is no Tool 687.  None of the other Sierra
>> games seem to do this, is there something wrong with Space Quest?  Can I
>> just download the disk images from WITA2GS and reinstall it, or is that
>> the non-hard drive version?
> 
> There is no tool #687, the highest tool number can be 255 (that one exists)
> 
> Try from the 3.5" disk images.
> It that works, compare the TOOLS folders of the 3.5" disk and your HDD image.
> 
> Antoine

Since much error reporting code is never tested, it's not surprising to
find bugs in it. ;-(

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