Game installer immediately quits on launch
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Game installer immediately quits on launch
Hello evryone,
I started using SheepShaver on OS 10.9.2 and it's been working great with the latest build. I've been able to play a variety of old CD based games again. One that I've had problems with is the game Bad Mojo. As soon as I try click on the installer, it blinks once as if it's launching, but then nothing. Has anyone else run nto this problem with any old game or application installers?
Thanks very much
I started using SheepShaver on OS 10.9.2 and it's been working great with the latest build. I've been able to play a variety of old CD based games again. One that I've had problems with is the game Bad Mojo. As soon as I try click on the installer, it blinks once as if it's launching, but then nothing. Has anyone else run nto this problem with any old game or application installers?
Thanks very much
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Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
Which are the system requirements for the game and which MacOS version do you run in SheepShaver?
Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
I'm running OS 9.0 in SheepShaver
The game says a Mac G3 or better, System 9.0 or OSX in Classic mode, 50 MB HD space, 8x CD-ROM drive or faster, 24-bit color display.
The game says a Mac G3 or better, System 9.0 or OSX in Classic mode, 50 MB HD space, 8x CD-ROM drive or faster, 24-bit color display.
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Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
Just guessing possible solutions:
- Update to 9.0.4: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1268?viewlocale=en_US
- Update CarbonLib extension to v1.6: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1116
- If the installer needs the actual CD to be mounted, try the workaround using the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility as described in the setup guide (see paragraph that starts with "Using the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility"): http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/she ... own_issues
- Update to 9.0.4: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1268?viewlocale=en_US
- Update CarbonLib extension to v1.6: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1116
- If the installer needs the actual CD to be mounted, try the workaround using the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility as described in the setup guide (see paragraph that starts with "Using the Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility"): http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/she ... own_issues
Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
If the game was made for G3 or better, it may not work at all in emulation.
I am unaware of a emulator offering a PPC740/750 (G3) environment.
SheepShaver emulates a PPC604 with some functions missing.
The PPC604 has little in common with the later PPC750.
I am unaware of a emulator offering a PPC740/750 (G3) environment.
SheepShaver emulates a PPC604 with some functions missing.
The PPC604 has little in common with the later PPC750.
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Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
In so far SheepShaver emulates actual hardware, doesn't it emulate a PowerPC G4 (albeit without the "Velocity Engine")? A PowerPC G4 processor is what System Profiler in OS9 reports.24bit wrote:SheepShaver emulates a PPC604 with some functions missing.
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Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
I believe it emulates a G4 sans Altivec. This causes some issues for games that take advantage of Altivec if it exists, that check the processor, not the instruction set itself. Maybe we should compile a version of SS that reports itself as G3 instead of G4? That may fix some of these problems.
Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
SheepShaver does emulate the altivec instructions. Why emulate a G4 if it wouldn't emulate altivec?.
This is a line from the original website through the wayback machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/200611292030 ... heepshaver
"Add missing lvsl/lvsr instructions in AltiVec emulation (Adobe FrameMaker)"
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Cat_7
This is a line from the original website through the wayback machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/200611292030 ... heepshaver
"Add missing lvsl/lvsr instructions in AltiVec emulation (Adobe FrameMaker)"
Best,
Cat_7
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Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
Ah; my mistake. Unfortunately, that means the answer to this particular issue is likely trickier.
Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
I do not know the SS code, so please bear with me.
Chris Bauer published SS in 1998 IIRC. At that time the first G3´s were only just available.
The G3´s predecessors were 604 or 604e machines and this is what SS reports: Gestalt ID=67.
Maybe some mixed up the PPC604 with the G4?
Of course there have been made improvements with SS since 1998, but G4 features?
Chris Bauer published SS in 1998 IIRC. At that time the first G3´s were only just available.
The G3´s predecessors were 604 or 604e machines and this is what SS reports: Gestalt ID=67.
Maybe some mixed up the PPC604 with the G4?
Of course there have been made improvements with SS since 1998, but G4 features?
Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
Hi,
It was Gwenole Beauchesne who wrote SheepShaver, based on Basilisk, but who added the G4 emulation. It seems work started around 2002/2003. Please see the website I linked to in my previous post in this thread.
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Cat_7
It was Gwenole Beauchesne who wrote SheepShaver, based on Basilisk, but who added the G4 emulation. It seems work started around 2002/2003. Please see the website I linked to in my previous post in this thread.
Best,
Cat_7
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Re: Game installer immediately quits on launch
SheepShaver apparently does not emulate any existing hardware. It emulates a PowerPC 9500, which indeed had a 604 processor, with a G4 processor:24bit wrote:The G3´s predecessors were 604 or 604e machines and this is what SS reports: Gestalt ID=67.