I meant to say "(this was around the time of Sim City 2000)" not "(this was not around the time of Sim City 2000)". I have no idea why I'm making all these typing mistakes.
On Oct 8, 12:51 pm, Fazz Munkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Future Cities is a mod for Sim City from Maxis that came out about a > couple years after Sim City came out (I think. Don't quote me on > that). > > I pulled the Sim City box out. I usually keep the mod in there. The > mod comes in a folder/pocket type packaging. It says on the cover: > "Sim City Graphics: Set 2 Alternate Architecture. Graphics Set 2 > Future Cities: Future USA, Future Europe, Moon Colony. > > On the inside back cover it advertises for set 1 which is the Ancient > Cities mod. Ancient Asia, Medieval Times, Wild West. On the inside > front cover it advertises for the Sim City Terrain Editor. > > Heh, the problem with my copy is that my original copy of the original > disk of Sim City became corrupted over time. Maybe I set it on a > device with a magnet or something, but when they sent me a copy of the > updated Sim City Classic (this was not around the time of Sim City > 2000) as a replacement for the original game I had, the mod wouldn't > work anymore. I kick myself for not backing up the original floppies. > > On Oct 7, 10:09 pm, tortoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 6, 11:27 am, Fazz Munkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > @Scott Holder Thanks! That's probably it. I just need to update the > > > software. Pirate Bay hooooo! I also need a Sim City I can use my > > > Future Cities mod for. I miss playing these old games. > > > I built the Linux version of sim city recently (micropolis). The only > > snag was I had to install a bsd version of something related to the > > cpreprocessor. otherwise it works, but on my powerbookg3 (kanga) > > it has color problems and is too big for the screen. I will try it > > later on a desktop when I get a chance. > > > I don't recall if basilisk allows to set 16colors, but the same book > > does not ordinarily support that -- won't play sim city in os9, at > > least > > the version I have. I like the classic simcity (rather obsessed with > > it at times actually) and I have hopes to look at the source codes for > > ideas and hacks although c has never thrilled me... > > > What is Future Cities ? I just wanted to hack the scenarios basicly -- > > make up some of my own maps and situations. > > > > @tortoise I'm using Basilisk II under Ubuntu Linux with a Quadra 650 > > > ROM. Is there any way I can ID the ROMs I have? A long time ago I > > > mislabeled them and I'm not too sure what ROM is what. I have a Quadra > > > ROM and a Quadra 650 ROM and I'm not too terribly sure if that's what > > > they are (model-of-Mac-wise). I tried the split Sound and Monitors CPs > > > but couldn't get sound. > > > > On Oct 5, 10:12 pm, tortoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > My question really is what would cause this? Is there some sort of > > > > > difference between 7.5.5 and 8.1 sound management that prevents some > > > > > older games not to output sound? Maybe there's a little hack or moving > > > > > of files that I need to do? It's been a while since I've used a 68k > > > > > Mac and I'm really starting to learn all over again how to mess with > > > > > them (I know the basics of course). > > > > > .. did you try > > > > changing the sound output settings in sound control panel -- do you > > > > even have it, as 8.1 gave Monitors&Sound combined, but I do recall > > > > one of my programs wanting the "split" Sound only control panel (I put > > > > M&S upgrade to my 7.x system, too -- with SystemAV extensio does it > > > > I think). > > > > > . > > > > > Just out of curiousity, what ROM image would you be using > > > > with BasiliskII ? > > > > > BasiliskII in Linux worked much better for me on powerpc than the > > > > osX one, but they may have improved it, and it would work better on > > > > intel anyway. I never had much luck with anything in Classic. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
