Hello!
After feeling a profound wave of nostalgia this evening, I wanted to play the original Zoo Tycoon game again. I have spent the evening learning about SheepShaver and while I thought I was following instructions to the letter, I've run into an issue where when I try and launch the game in the MAC OS 9 window it gives me an error message stating "Zoo Tycoon requires a PowerPC processor running at 233 MHZ or faster". After doing some digging on this forum I found a couple instances of people running into the same problem, but for the life of me I still don't know how to fix it. Apologies, as I am just beginning to learn about computers.
So here is what I've done so far:
I downloaded the game from Macintosh Garden here: http://macintoshgarden.org/games/zoo-tycoon.
I downloaded the MAC OS 9.0.4 SheepShaver system from here: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/macos9osx.html
I was able to run everything, put the game file into the 'SendToMacOS9' folder, drag it out of there into the Mac OS 9 window, drag it into the Mac OS 9 drive, open it, and just when everything seemed like it is about to work, I get the processor speed error
So I did some digging around on this site, and saw that someone had a very similar issue a year ago (https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewt ... 20&t=10010), and while they were able to resolve the issues I couldn't quite understand how to fix it for myself. They were able to insert a line of code into a file somewhere so the game didn't assume that the emulator was running at 100 MHz.
Again, very sorry for repeating a question, but would someone be able to walk me through exactly how to fix this issue? I am at my wits end here but feel like I'm so close and I can't give up now.
Many thanks in advance!!
Processor Speed Too Slow for Game
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Re: Processor Speed Too Slow for Game
Hi,
I moved your post to this forum, as you seem to be using the SheepShaver setup this forum is about. (Note that I don't know whether this setup behaves differently from the default SheepShaver app we provide).
You did the digging for an answer yourself
Following the post below might solve your problem. It involve manually editing your preferences file:
The prefs file is a hidden file in your Home folder. You can open it in Text Editor using a Terminal command.
Launch Terminal (in /Application/Utilities/) and type at the prompt
Followed by a return.
The file will open in your default text editor, normally Text Editor.
At bottom add the line:
Then close the file while saving the changes.
You can then start SheepShaver.
Best,
Cat_7
I moved your post to this forum, as you seem to be using the SheepShaver setup this forum is about. (Note that I don't know whether this setup behaves differently from the default SheepShaver app we provide).
You did the digging for an answer yourself
Following the post below might solve your problem. It involve manually editing your preferences file:
The prefs file is a hidden file in your Home folder. You can open it in Text Editor using a Terminal command.
Launch Terminal (in /Application/Utilities/) and type at the prompt
Code: Select all
open ~/.sheepshaver_prefs
The file will open in your default text editor, normally Text Editor.
At bottom add the line:
Code: Select all
cpuclock 300
You can then start SheepShaver.
Best,
Cat_7