Hints please: Sheepshaver quits/freezes on launching Civ II
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:53 am
i installed Sheepshaver a month or so back to run some old games.
Sheepshaver v2.5, MacOS 9.04Z; MacOS X 10.13.6, iMac (27-inch, Late 2009), 16GB RAM.
Until today, everything worked okay - Sheepshaver would sometimes fail to start up for one reason or another, but a second attempt usually worked.
But starting from a few hours ago, trying to launch Civilization II (installed from a copy of the CD I bought many years ago) resulted in Sheepshaver either freezing or quitting.
I tried trashing various suspicious looking prefs files, but to no avail. In the end, I scrapped my Sheepshaver MacOS 9 boot disc image file, and set up a new boot disc, re-installing MacOS 9 from scratch. I then re-installed Civilization II from the installer.
But Civilization II still won't run - if I try to launch it, Sheepshaver once again either freezes or quits. This is quite strange, because Civilization II has run quite happily here on Sheepshaver up until a few hours ago. The only thing I can think of that's changed recently is that I installed the latest Adobe Flash update for MacOS X, but I can't see that that would have any effect on Sheepshaver.
I'd appreciate any troubleshooting hints anyone might have.
Sheepshaver v2.5, MacOS 9.04Z; MacOS X 10.13.6, iMac (27-inch, Late 2009), 16GB RAM.
Until today, everything worked okay - Sheepshaver would sometimes fail to start up for one reason or another, but a second attempt usually worked.
But starting from a few hours ago, trying to launch Civilization II (installed from a copy of the CD I bought many years ago) resulted in Sheepshaver either freezing or quitting.
I tried trashing various suspicious looking prefs files, but to no avail. In the end, I scrapped my Sheepshaver MacOS 9 boot disc image file, and set up a new boot disc, re-installing MacOS 9 from scratch. I then re-installed Civilization II from the installer.
But Civilization II still won't run - if I try to launch it, Sheepshaver once again either freezes or quits. This is quite strange, because Civilization II has run quite happily here on Sheepshaver up until a few hours ago. The only thing I can think of that's changed recently is that I installed the latest Adobe Flash update for MacOS X, but I can't see that that would have any effect on Sheepshaver.
I'd appreciate any troubleshooting hints anyone might have.