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Re: Maelstrom in E/D 1.99o4



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> >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas O'Laughlin <olaugh@earth.execpc.com> writes:
> 
>     Thomas> With Executor 1.99o4, Maelstrom continues accessing the
>     Thomas> disk after it's finished loading (at the title with the
>     Thomas> status bar) and hangs.  I have tried it with a variety of
>     Thomas> options, with no success.  Has anybody else got it running
>     Thomas> (with the o4 bleeding edge release) or does anybody know
>     Thomas> why it's not working?
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> I just tried Maelstrom 1.4.0 under Executor/DOS 1.99o4 and Maelstrom
> 1.4.1 under Executor/Linux 1.99o4+.  They both work fine.
Okay.  I'm trying to run 1.4.1
 
> I don't know if you've successfully run Maelstrom in the past or not.
I have.  Maelstrom has worked in all of the other versions I've tried it 
in.  (1.99k, m, n, n5, and o)  When I unzipped the new EXECUTOR.EXE from 
the zipfile in the BleedingEdge directory, and started E/D 1.99o4 up, that 
was the first time I had trouble with it.

> It sounds like you don't have refresh on, which could be the result of
> a scewed configuration file.  Make sure you have the file
> "4D61656C.ECF" in the CONFIGUR directory that you're running Executor
> out of.  I've included a copy of that file so that you can compare.
I have the file "4D61656C.ECF" in my CONFIGUR directory, but I doubt that 
the problem is related to refresh or pretend sound, because without 
refresh it would hang at the gameplay screen, and without sound, the 
program would say that it needs sound, and would quit.  When I try to run 
it, it hangs at the screen with the big Maelstrom logo, and the 
"Loading..." status bar.  After the status bar gets filled, it keeps 
accessing my hard drive, and sits there.  I have to do a Control-Break.  

Do you have any ideas?  Should I send you the EIP values I get after 
breaking?


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