Booch wrote:I cannot figure out how to solve this serious problem with Usurper (current version):
I install the game and it works until maintenance is run. Maintenance (run from a batch file which executes"usurper /HMAINT") completes for the game and I attempt to get launch the game after maintenance has completed and it freezes. It echoes a "C" and that's it:
I have no idea how to solve this problem. Please help.
Booch, I haven't done anything fancy to get it to work here. My Usurper Doors currently run on Windows 98 SE, on an Athlon system. I do have problems with WIn 98SE crashing, but that is a different problem.
I did have troubles with 98 running version 0.18. When version 0.20 arrived, it started working right off. I suspect it might have to do with the properties setting from within Win98.
I make backup copies or entire folders each day. I have found that occasionally if Usurper is NOT exited cleanly(whether during maintenance or playing), I must copy over a clean copy of usurper.exe and usurper.ovr. I do this from the backup copies.
I'm not certain what causes this, but I have seen that good short pathnames seem of most importance to properly run usurper.
You might also try downloading the file u.zip which has a version 0.20d usurper setup on it. I have been able to run this on two different 98 machines, a Win ME machine and XP-Pro machine. It can be downloaded from the
http://www.knaper.org/usrp/U webpage
and use the usurper.exe and usurper.ovr from it to possibly run on your Win 98 machine.
I really don't need to
plug my "BBS" , so I won't display my signature this time:D
lenny
