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From: mawestrup@okcadm.okanagan.bc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: WCII - Overactive guns.
Date: 19 Aug 92 10:43:25 GMT
Organization: Okanagan College

   I am having trouble with the WCII firing controls.  The problem is, when I
push the button on the mouse, the guns fire untill empty. I know this was
discussed before, but I had not bought the game then...
   I expect that this is just a timing problem between the mouse and game, but
has anyone come up with a good solution? Should I try another mouse driver, is
there a patch I can get, or will I need to contact Origin?

BTW, I have a 486 /33Mhz, the mouse is Logitech (driver V6.0), DOS 5.0, 8 Meg
ram, and no sound card.

Thanks in advance.


mawestrup@okcins.okanagan.bc.ca

Bonga.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: jonas.fogelberg@udac.uu.se (Jonas Fogelberg)
Subject: Re: FALCON3d by FTP?
Organization: UDAC, Uppsala University, Sweden
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 08:07:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.152017.1@rogue.llnl.gov> rhodes@rogue.llnl.gov writes:
>From: rhodes@rogue.llnl.gov
>Subject: FALCON3d by FTP?
>Date: 17 Aug 92 22:20:17 GMT

>Is the patch for FALCON3d available by FTP. If so please advise.
>Mucho Thankos

Try ftp.ulowell.edu. If I remember correctly, the directory msdos/
Games/Patches has the "D" patch.

Jonas

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EMAIL: jonas.fogelberg@udac.uu.se. PHONE: +46 18187878. FAX: +46 18187770.
From: ccoprdj@prism.gatech.EDU (Jorge Diaz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: ULTIMA 6 - help!
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:09:24 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <gsandhu.714371173@unixg.ubc.ca> gsandhu@unixg.ubc.ca (Gary Sandhu) writes:
>Re: stealing, karma.

>A previous poster suggested that there is no penalty for stealing.
>When I stole, and there was a towns person around, the person
>would yell "thief" or something and begin to chase me. In one
>town, in particular, the entire guard force was after me.

Steal when there's no one else around, and there's no penalty.  Wait til
the go to lunch or go to sleep or something.


-- 
Jorge Diaz                       | Sign in a restaurant:
Georgia Institute of Technology  | 
Office of Information Technology |   "We reserve the right to serve refuse to
ccoprdj@prism.gatech.edu         |        anyone."
From: aero@titan.ecn.uoknor.edu (Aero Student Account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: More Falcon Questions
Keywords: Falcon, Flight Sim
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:48:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: titan.aero.713818118
Reply-To: jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

joseph@gkcl.ists.ca (Joseph A. Beernink) writes:

>A couple of requests actually,

>4.   My main grip with Falcon, is a lack of a self destruct key on missles.
>	 A slip of the finger while returning from bombing the hell out of
>     Bagdad cost me my best pilot.  (Court martialed).

I don't think real missiles have a self-destruct feature.  One is probably
included during range tests, but you don't want to have your whole weapons
stockpile rendered useless because some disgruntled engineer sells the
destruct code to the bad guys.

--------
Jonathan A. Bishop
jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu

"Yippee!  That may have been a small one for Neil,
 but it was a big one for me."
                            --Pete Conrad
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: jason@jazz.cnd.hp.com (Jason Zions)
Subject: Re: Copying and piracy
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 23:47:22 GMT
Organization: HP-Network and Systems Management Division

In article <1992Aug21.214445.20070@nntp.uoregon.edu> dcutter@oregon.uoregon.edu (dann cutter) writes:

   Millions are lost yearly to the record and tape industry (cd too) because
   people dub, but bloody hell - Having 40% profit margins compared to 50%
   is just only so sad... and I believe the record industry is at a height
   that has never been equaled.

The theory is that if people didn't pirate/steal so much, the vendors could
drop the price and still make "enough" money. Far be it from me to say what
"enough money" is; for publically-held corporations, "enough" is defined as
that amount of profit that keeps the stockholders from replacing you.

	   Please - Users, Programmers, and Companies... Understand the
   difference between corperate piracy, and just economics... many asshole
   companies don't last long, while if you understand a bit more about your
   users...  you'll be a much better revered company. i.e. I hate Microsoft,
   yet Origin will get all my business first, and always...

There's two kinds of piracy going on: theft, when people use software for
which they have not paid, and Highway Robbery, when software companies
charge honorable users 2x or 3x the actual value of a product to recoup
their losses from the 50% or 66% piracy rates suffered by their products. I
like neither form, nor will I indulge in either form, nor will I associate
or aid those who do.

Buy Borland; their licenses are reasonable, their software reasonable priced
for its value (well, Quattro is getting up there pretty quick). Don't pirate
software; treat it like a book. Same for music; it's fair to dub a CD onto a
cassette so you can play it in your car, but it's unfair to give that
cassette to a friend while you keep the CD.

Just be reasonable. Pay for what you use. I'm very impressed with D.
Cutter's experiences and practices; legal or not, they seem ethical to me,
mostly, which I prefer to mindless obeying of the law.

Jazz

This is not an official statement of The Hewlett-Packard Company. No war-
ranty is expressed or implied. The information included herein is not to be
construed as a committment on HP's part. Save a tree - disband an ISO working
group today.

Jason Zions			The Hewlett-Packard Company
Colorado Networks Division	3404 E. Harmony Road
Mail Stop 102			Ft. Collins, CO  80525  USA
jason@cnd.hp.com		(303) 229-3800
From: "pat traynor" <pat.traynor@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: railroad tycoon hints
Date: 21 Aug 92 22:46:39 EST
Reply-To: "pat traynor" <pat.traynor@channel1.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

DM>I think...
DM>- the UK scenario is the worst.  The resources spread too much.
DM>        I also have lots of problems with the symbol ambiguity.

Absolutely.

DM>- The Western US is the best for large trains and lots of track building.

If you've played the game, you've probably noticed that competitors tend to
spring up near you.  Therefore, when I play the western game, I start my
railroad on the side of the Rockies that has the dinkier cities.  My
competition springs up all around me.  Then I run the transcontinental over
the Rockies and the big cities are there for me to pick up at my leisure...

DM>- The Eastern US can be interesting but difficult.  Lots of mountains in PA
DM>        to work around.  It's easy to get trapped into the NE area.

My method of playing doesn't work well in the Eastern US.

DM>- The European scenario is interesting with the types of locos you run.
DM>        Especially the very fast TGVs in the end.  I usually tend to build
DM>        down from a Belgium start, up through the Low Countries, and down
DM>        through France and Switzerland.

I'm from the "Mail & Passengers only" school.  And using this approach, the
European scenario is the best deal.  You start out with fairly fast trains
and move to VERY fast trains.  I almost always upgrade my entire fleet when
a faster train comes out.  I go deeply into debt at the start of the game
(~$3M) so that I can get a long run going to the fattest cities, then let
the rich passenger/mail fees get me out of debt., and then branch out
further.  I am always Prime Minister within a few years after the TGV is
released.

I really wish they'd release more scenarios for RRT.  I _know_ that it won't
happen.  I can visualize scenarios in Africa, Austrailia, India, Asia, South
America, Canada, etc.  I'd even like to see fictional scenarios, such as
25th century Mars, transporting dylithium crystals to the spaceports, etc...

Oh, well.

--pat traynor--
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Channel 1 (R)   Cambridge, MA
From: ri09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert W. Igo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Crack Wanted: Star Control
Date: 20 Aug 92 05:26:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.QeYtqPi00WCTAfxF5v
	<1992Aug19.175017.22758@pacifier.rain.com>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.games: 19-Aug-92 Re: Crack Wanted:
Star Control Michael Smith@pacifier.r (723)

> In article <amigo.714187168@milton> amigo@milton.u.washington.edu (The
> Friend) writes:
> >michael@pacifier.rain.com (Michael Smith) writes:
> >
> >>Like the subject says, I would like a crack to Star Control.  I hate code
> >>wheels almost as much as I hate George Bush.
> >
> >	Check the long crack list (a single textfile with multiple entries)
> >on the crack/cheat/hint FTP site. FTP 128.2.35.159 
> >

> I already went through that site thoroughly and couldn't find it, but I'm
> sure I saw mention of it somewhere.

> 		Michael Smith

> -- 
Well, evidently not thoroughly enough :)  Yeah, it's in
beeg_crack_index.txt; I just grep'ed for 'ontrol' and it was in there. 
Now, if it works or not is another question entirely...  I know that
it's a big ugly file, and I keep meaning to break it up into individual
files, but I keep having to do actual work (like for money) so I can't. 
Maybe sometime soon (I hope).


[******************************** Bob Igo ********************************]
"I'm entitled to my opinion." -Vila
"It is your assumption that we are entitled to it as well that is irritating."
 -Avon

[************************** ri09+@andrew.cmu.edu *************************]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: kak1@cypress31.cray.com (Kevin Kramer)
Subject: U7 and theivery!!
Originator: kak1@cypress31
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 17 Aug 92 08:50:27 CDT


If I take something and a party member does not warn me about 
not being virtuous, is it ok then.  For example, I was able to
take everything from the magiacally locked mages house in 
empath abbey (right by Iolos house and the checker board thing)
and not a word was said about it.  I wasn't sure if this was kosher
so I went on a rampage and killed everyone in town, needless to say
I didn't save the game.  But was it ok to take all of the stuff, it
really would have came in handy.

Kevin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: Wolf 3D Cannibalism
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 21:43:15 GMT

From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
In <rdippold.714168119@cancun>, Ron Dippold writes:

>marshall@tfh.enet.dec.com (Hunting the Snark) writes:
>>In article <rdippold.714151884@cancun>, rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dipp
>>->rhuffman@diana.cair.du.edu (Robert T. Huffman) writes:
>>->>I just discovered that if you have really low health (less than 10%,
>>->>perhaps?) you can eat the fresher skeletons (the ones with blood)
>>->>to get an extra percentage point.  Gruesome!
>>->
>>->Well, you're not really eating them... you're just sucking up the
>>->blood, that's all!  Much better, eh?

>>Nope, you do "eat" the skeletons as well since they disappear along with the
>>blood

>Okay, how do you eat a skeleton?  Perhaps you suck the marrow out of
>the bones as well?

This is a riot!  Has anyone considered cross-posting this thread to
alt.tasteless?


Tim Irvin   j056600@lmsc5.is.lmsc.lockheed.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Subject: Re: Windows Cracker
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:24:52 GMT


In article <1992Aug19.001533.16450@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> shayden@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Sean Lee Hayden) writes:
>
>Does anyone know of a program FOR WINDOWS that is a debugger?  Like Borland's
>Debugger but one for windows that works.  (* My main reason is just so i can't
>play around with cracking these games that have this abnoxious protection *)

Well, there's always Turbo Debugger for Windows... Can't get much more
like Borland's Debugger than that! ;-)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: sbonds@jarthur.claremont.edu (007)
Subject: Spellcasting Solutions via ftp?
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 05:37:23 GMT

I looked on risc.ua.edu and I didn't see any solution for these games.
Spellcasting 101 has been around SO long that surely someone has typed
up a solution.  Anyone know where it might be?

Thanks,

  -- 007

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: a2sim@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Andrew Sim)
Subject: Re: Flight sim news from CGW
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 04:30:59 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.144207.10150@newshost.lanl.gov> Gavin Adams <gavin.adams@lso.mts.dec.com> writes:
>In article <BsyMIq.57t@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> Phat H Tran,
>ptran@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca writes:
>>I knew somebody was going to challenge me on that... Okay what's wrong
>>with D?  (I don't wanna know what can be improved, because Falcon has
>>so many facets that it's just asking for criticism from nitpickers.)
>>
>>Phat.
>
>OK Phat, you asked for it. :)

Gee, only 6 gripes?  Dave's list puts yours to shame!

>
>1) In campaign mission, when selecting armament, if you go to the 1st,
>2nd, 3rd flight, and they have no (as in nothing) weapons on a hard
>point, and you select "Copy From Leader", the game will lock up.
>

Yeah, but does it happen ALL the time?  The Copy Leader button choked
my computer a few times, but not in recent memory.  (i.e. last couple
of months or so)  If it's not reproduceable, it's not a bug!  :)

>2) Hi-fi flight model w/ a heavy ordinance (>32000 lbs.) will not get off
>the ground, unless your in auto pilot (and then you will fall like a rcok
>when you turn it off).

That teaches you for being an ordnance hog!  Have you tried just taxing
across the battlefield?

>
>3) 600kt. enemy helicopters that can fly and fight and 10,000 feet.
>

I noticed this too.  Turbocharged afterburners, I think. :)

>4) Ordinance being depleted when you abort a mission.  Actually I kind of
>like this now.  It allows you to "cheat", but you do pay a small price.
>

Make that "Only 5 gripes?"

>5) With an AGM-45/88 selected in PadLok view, going back to front view
>will sometimes leave the reticule "imbedded" in you disply.  Doesn't hurt
>anything, but hey...

I've had my cockpit fill up with garbage before, but do I complain?
Noooo....

>
>6) SA-7's that nail me at 10,000 feet and start from a range of >1
>mile(s).  The book says a range of one mile, maybe the book has a typo. 
>Anyone with Jane's???
>

I think it is a typo.  What good is a missile with a 1 mile max range? 

>I've tried CYAC, just bought AOTP, and can conclusivly say that F3 is the
>best air combat simulator I've ever flown.  IMO the campaign scenarios'
>are too difficult, but the overall game-play is dead-on.
>
>--- Gavin

Well, try turning down the difficulty settings.  Nobody said that it was
going to be a picnic.  I get missiles up my tailpipe ALL the time,
but heck!  I love the game.

Phat.  (Using Andy's account because his own has been "no logged")

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: elo9246@rigel.tamu.edu (LaNelle Ohlhausen)
Subject: Space Quest III -- Missing 30 Points
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 05:34:00 GMT

Possible spoilers follow:






















I have finished Space Quest III, but I can't figure out how to get all 738
points.  I only get 708.  The only thing I can think of is to somehow take
the Two Guys to Monolith Burger, and I even laid in the course before
landing on Pestulon, but that didn't work.  Or perhaps it is worth more
points to kill the Terminator with the pod plants than with the pulley?

If anyone knows how to get the final 30 points, please tell me...

LaNelle Ohlhausen
From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:42:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Latest Wizardry game?
Organization: HP LOVECRAFT DIVISION
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games

>(William Bruvold) 
>1)  Crusaders of the Dark Savant may be the most famous case of
>vapor ware ever.  It has been being advertised for at least 18
>months.  A xmas release date is questionable if one goes on past
>history.  (does anyone know the
>fun "inside story" for this?  Are they constantly pulling back
>because they are lagging behind the state of the art on "1st person
>view RPGs?"

I know several of the beta testers for Crusaders. When asked what
they are playing, they reply that they cannot tell me. From that
I assume the game will be out before Xmas and may even make the 
Sept date (1st or 15th) being bandied about.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP CPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com
From: vinson@shiva.seas.upenn.edu (Jack Vinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Games like Nethack, Empire, Rails
Summary: how many times has this one been hasked?
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:24:02 GMT
Organization: The University of Pennsylvania


I'm looking for new and improved versions of Games like Rogue and it's
various incarnations.  In particular, I found something called "Umoria"
which has a rather heavy D&D feel to it but is also much like Rogue once
you get moving.  Unfortunately, it's kinda old.  I wonder if anyone has
updated it to VGA standards?

What about Empire?  I've heard there are some great version of this one out
there now - including one played over LAN's.  I'd just like one that has
more variety than the ones from the mid-80's and graphics.

What about other games like Rails?  I've enjoyed Rails and have actually
tired of only getting so far with the game.  I keep meaning to pick up
Civilisation and it looks like this will be a great place to pick up
pointers.  (What are all these patches that y'all are talking about?)  Is
SimCity fun?  I've played a pirated version (i.e. no book) that was ok, but
might be funner if I knew what I was supposed to be doing.

Are there any role playing games out there that continue to be fascinating
after the first play?  I've played Starflight I and II, but they really can
only be played through one time before you get to know them like the back
of your hand.  Rails and SimCity seem to have this beat by changing the
environment every time you start up - there are no "solve-the-puzzle-win-
the-prize" ideas in these.  I still enjoy things like Bards Tale simply
because it takes so long to play through.

Thanks for listening to me!


Jack Vinson			vinson@shiva.seas.upenn.edu     
When the justice system is for "just us" we are in trouble!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
Subject: EOB1 maps: FTP problem
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:41:53 GMT


I've been trying to download the EOB 1 maps from cc.uq.oz.au
(130.102.128.5) via anonymous FTP.  I can connect and log in OK, and
even cd to /pub/eob1 and perform a successful "ls -l", but when
I try to "get" or "recv" a file I get a message:

	<filename>: Bad directory components

The site admin at cc.uq.oz.au says he's never seen that error before
and doesn't have a clue as to what the problem might be.

Suggestions, any one?  Perhaps an alternate site I might try?

Thanks in advance,
Bob Nichols
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: danc@milton.u.washington.edu (Dan Comden)
Subject: HELP: Prince of Persia Level 8
Reply-To: danc@u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 21:00:00 GMT

Howdy.

About halfway through level 8, there's a spot where your go from one
screen to another, but a guard is waiting right on the edge of the
screen you cross into.  Hence, I get killed before I have a change to 
draw my sword.

Any hints or spoilers for this level appreciated.  Also, hunting through
the manual is getting to be a pain.  Is there a crack available for
this game?

Thanks muchly

-*- Dan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: rjs@citi.umich.edu (Robert J. Skrobola)
Subject: Re: EOB I !
Organization: Center for Information Technology Intergration, University of Michigan
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:53:27 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.185639.14670@husc3.harvard.edu>, chan4@husc10.harvard.edu (Derek Chan) writes:
|> 
|> The opeining is the one in the passage above the ladder (opposite the sign:
|> Only the strong shall pass)...
|> 
|> If you have a list of spoilers, please send them (yeah, maps, directions, 
|> cheats, anything.  Yeah, I"m stooping to this level, but I just want to
|> finish....)
|> 
|> Thanks
From the ladder you can go north, south, and east (away from ladder). You have
to go each direction and find the little cache of food and items.  As you
find each the hallway (opposite the strong shall pass) gets one square
longer, until you can continue when you get all three...

I have a question as to how the hell you get the door open to the
room with the ladder to the third level...You know, the room in the upper
right (north east?) hand corner of the second level, near the teleport room...
		Rob

PS - I tried picking it, using the strength potion, and every other goddamn
thing.. Grrrr... :)

-- 
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Normal Disclaimer: I speak only for myself
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: hchong@netcom.com (Hoi Chong)
Subject: Re: MECHWARRIOR and GENIE
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 22:42:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

From article <james.713820741@menaik>, by james@cs.UAlberta.CA (James Borynec; AGT Researcher):
> hchong@netcom.com (Hoi Chong) writes:
> 
>>> Mult-player Battletech is still in Beta - so it still has some
>>> flakies.  Also, at peak times it can be SLOOW.
> 
>>Now, what do you mean by beta in this case?  Can anybody sign onto
>>Genie and immediately get to play MW?  Or does the new user has to
>>acquire some status by playing other games, or what? 
> 
> Anybody can sign up and play.  

Good.  Now what is the EXACT procedure to sign up and play?  I have heard
of people trying everyting but couldn't get into BT after weeks.  Please
help.  
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