Re: How to make the Sierra DSK images work.

[mk_Dubrow@no-spam.hotmail.com (Rob)]

Dean,

Just do the reverse of the steps in my original post.

- In an emulator copy the .NIB's to .DSK's
- Transfer the .DSK's to real Floppies
- Run the Init program in Bag of Tricks to reset the Volume Numbers.
Make sure you leave the PRESERVE DATA option in Bag of Tricks to Yes.

The Volume Numbers for Might and Magic II are:

Disk A:	193
Disk B:	194
Disk C:	195
Disk D:	196
Disk E:	197
Disk F:	198

Naturally, you'll also need to transfer Bag of Tricks to a real floppy
in order to run it on a real Apple II.  Bag of Tricks is in the
\utility\disk_utils folder on Asimov.

This same technique should work for any "cracked" NIB images where the
Volume Number is used by the game to determine which disk was in the
drive.



On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:57:53 -0700, magnusfalkirk
<dean.phares@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jul 15, 3:37 pm, mk_dub...@no-spam.hotmail.com (Rob) wrote:
>> The screenshot IS from A Cracked version. I say "A cracked version" as
>> there appears to be two different versions floating around the net.  I
>> have no access to originals so the cracked versions are all I can test
>> with.  I can confirm the problems you have are not present in the
>> floppy images on asimov in the \Upload and \Unsorted folders.  
>>
>> Keep in mind Sierra progressively updated the interpreter  in their
>> games during manufacture.  The KQ2 NIB images I fixed on Asimov are
>> interpreter version v1.10.  The old images in the \Adventure folder on
>> Asimov are v1.08 and crash when you play the game (even on real
>> Apple's).  The save games are also not fully compatable between
>> interpreter versions.   You appear to be talking about v1.08 or other
>> older version not v1.10 which works 100%.
>>
>> Incidently, I also transferred these v1.10 NIB images back to real
>> floppies and tested them on a real ROM 01 //gs....again no issue.  
>>
>> {Sigh} Try to help out and get a freakin' hassle.  If you don't want
>> to bother with it and can't take 5 minutes to verify what I say before
>> coming up with some completly absurd suspicion about some cracker from
>> 20 years ago modifying 6502 code just to prevent you from typing "Get
>> Stake" on a modern emulator, so be it.  After this I have very little
>> motivation to fix or upload anything new to Asimov.  
>>
>Greetings,
>
>I have just one question. What program did you use to transfert he NIB
>images back to real disks? I'd love to get a copy of it becausethen
>Icould transfer Might and Magic II back to real 5.25 disks to play on
>my GS.
>
>Thanks,
>Dean
>