Fix for Microprose games Pirates! and Colonization AGA?

hexaae · 24 July 2006, 19:59

Hi,
I've found these 2 games have problems running from modern WB 3.9 (I have A1200 AGA, B1260, 64MB fast...).
Pirates! makes messy when saving game and generates trashed savegame-name .pir files.
Colonization AGA: I've tracked down a dangerous MuForce hit when starting a game in New World that makes the game crash randomly.
I know there are the WHDLoad versions, but a fix would be MUCH better since they are DOS games running in multitasking...

Someone interested in a possible fix? I'm not an ASM coder.

RetroMan · 24 July 2006, 23:06

Dunno about Pirates! but for Civ there are some patches allready floating around the net ... just do a search on Aminet and/or google

hexaae · 24 July 2006, 23:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by RetroMan

Dunno about Pirates! but for Civ there are some patches allready floating around the net ... just do a search on Aminet and/or google

Tried already. Nothing found except an interesting unofficial Colonization PC\Amiga page with patches just for the PC version...

RetroMan · 25 July 2006, 01:14

I found this in a newsgroup :

Code:

file: civupd.lha date: 09/13/92 downloads: 95
size: 201,104 last access: 05/13/93 cost: 0
from: quentin chaney free dl: no
area: new versions offline: no
keys: amiga, update
desc: civilization amiga update latest version of civilization amiga. To update, copy the file to the
civilization drawer on the hd or to backup play diskette "a".

and this may be that file : http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/patdl.cgi?lan...ile=civupd.lha or maybe a later version of it (1999) ???

hexaae · 25 July 2006, 10:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by RetroMan

I found this in a newsgroup :

Code:

file: civupd.lha date: 09/13/92 downloads: 95
size: 201,104 last access: 05/13/93 cost: 0
from: quentin chaney free dl: no
area: new versions offline: no
keys: amiga, update
desc: civilization amiga update latest version of civilization amiga. To update, copy the file to the
civilization drawer on the hd or to backup play diskette "a".

and this may be that file : http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/patdl.cgi?lan...ile=civupd.lha or maybe a later version of it (1999) ???

Ehm, I said COLONIZATION AGA, not Civ

BippyM · 25 July 2006, 15:53

Retroman has een on the beer or pills again

24 July 2006, 19:59	#1
hexaae Bug hunter Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Italy Age: 48 Posts: 2,161	Fix for Microprose games Pirates! and Colonization AGA? Hi, I've found these 2 games have problems running from modern WB 3.9 (I have A1200 AGA, B1260, 64MB fast...). Pirates! makes messy when saving game and generates trashed savegame-name .pir files. Colonization AGA: I've tracked down a dangerous MuForce hit when starting a game in New World that makes the game crash randomly. I know there are the WHDLoad versions, but a fix would be MUCH better since they are DOS games running in multitasking... Someone interested in a possible fix? I'm not an ASM coder.

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