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game/patch/FixAlienBreed.lha

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Short:Bugfix for level 8 of Alien Breed Special Edition
Uploader:warda vax oxford ac uk (Bill Bennett)
Type:game/patch
Architecture:m68k-amigaos
Date:1993-10-17
Download:http://aminet.net/game/patch/FixAlienBreed.lha - View contents
Readme:http://aminet.net/game/patch/FixAlienBreed.readme
Downloads:719

This is a bugfix for the game "Alien Breed Special Edition '92" taken from 
the coverdisk of Amiga Format February 93 issue.  Tha magazine states that 
"early production versions of this game crashed on higher levels" and that 
the bugfix would sort this out.  It also fixes a bug which I (and others)
came across on level eight:  Namely that it is impossible to reach duct 3 -
the exit from the level, due to a hemisphere on the wall at one of the
junctions rendering it totally impassable. 
Run the fix program and insert the Alien Breed datadisk (disk 2) in df0: to 
apply the patch.

***WARNING!******WARNING!*****WARNING!*****WARNING!*****WARNING!*****

I applied this patch under kickstart 1.3 and got very weird results.  The 
game would run OK for a minute or so then freeze without warning.  
Rebooting led to constant lockups with my hard disk.  I switched off my 
A1000 for a few minutes, then upon switching back on and inserting the 
kickstart disk, I was greeted with a pale green screen, followed by as 
multicoloured "copper barf-list" and some futile disk-grinding noises.  I 
have 4 megs of RAM, so perhaps I didn't leave the power off long enough to 
flush out the RAM fully, but whatever the mis-patched game had done to the 
system was tenacious and vicious!  Powering down the system completely for 
ten minutes solved the problem.

I re-applied the patch under KS2.04 and everything worked fine - the game 
runs and level 8 can now be completed.  I don't know whether the kickstart 
version or my antique hardware had anything to do with the patch failing 
the first time around, and frankly, I got such a scare that I am 
disinclined to experiment.  All I can say is that if you get weird results 
after using this program, re-apply it and hope for the best.  It _does_ 
work, however.




Contents of game/patch/FixAlienBreed.lha
 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                   15      15 100.0% -lh0- 6ab0 Dec 16  1992 Fix_Alien_Breed
[generic]                  657    1789  36.7% -lh5- 4227 Jan 14  1993 Fix_Alien_Breed.info
[generic]                11545   11920  96.9% -lh5- 9c3e Dec 16  1992 fixab
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         3 files   12217   13724  89.0%            Oct 17  1993

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