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I have found 2 bugs in the "final" version of EVO 1.0.2. The first one is very minor:
When the "Diplomatic Relations" mission (obtained at Mira) is selected from the list of a player's missions, and the player presses "M" to bring up the map, the arrow at Sol system that should represent the mission stays red, not green.
The 2nd bug could be more serious:
I have both EVO 1.0.2 and 1.0.1 on my Hard Drive.
When continuing a saved game by clicking on the pilot file in the 1.0.2 pilot folder, rather than starting from the EVO icon and then choosing a pilot form the 1.0.2 pilot folder, the game loads up my last pilot from 1.0.1 instead (with the Arada ship rather than my shuttle, with the later date, and with the explored map and missions of my 1.0.1 pilot). I don't know how it chooses the last pilot rather than another one from 1.0.1.
And, I can play using my 1.0.1 pilot in 1.0.2, so long as I load it this way (by clicking on the 1.0.2 pilot--not the 1.0.1 pilot--it doesn't seem to make sense that it would work this way). And when I started up my 1.0.1 EVO game, the pilot had been changed (had moved and done missions, just like I had the pilot do while using it in 1.0.2). Therefore, it seems that we can use our old pilots through this backdoor method.
If I load a saved game by clicking on the pilot file, I can then switch back to my 1.0.2 pilot by choosing it from within the game.
If I throw EVO 1.0.1 in the trash (but not delete it) then, EVO 1.0.2 acts normally, and chooses my 1.0.2 pilot even if I double click on the pilot in the EVO 1.0.2 pilot folder rather than from with the game.
Jude
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On the first problem, is it possible there are two flags (one of each color) on the Sol system?
As for the second problem, read my reply to the Preferences question you posted earlier. I don't seem to have this problem, but I haven't tried opening the pilots directly from the finder. My suggestion here: don't open the pilots from the finder. Only open them from the game.
------------------ Knucklehead, Aeon Productions
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Originally posted by Jude: When the "Diplomatic Relations" mission (obtained at Mira) is selected from the list of a player's missions, and the player presses "M" to bring up the map, the arrow at Sol system that should represent the mission stays red, not green.
Yeah, I've had this same problem when making missions, just forgot about it during the testing, so it didn't get reported, I've heard others have had this problem too. Too late now.
Chamrin
Okay, I tried it (the backdoor) again, and then clicked the "about EV" button from within the game. It said copyright 1996-1998, so I guess it is EVO 1.0.1 that is being opened. That means that when I click on a 1.0.2 pilot file, EVO 1.0.1 actually starts with 1.0.1's last pilot loaded. Then when I open a pilot from 1.0.2 from with the EVO 1.0.1 game it loads it. I guess that means that maybe you can play new version pilots on the old versions of the game, but not old pilots with 1.0.2. Looks like Andrew's explanation about the Mac OS chosing the first application that will run the file makes good sense (although it loads up a different file--which is why I wasn't certain at first that he was right). Oh, well, I was really hoping for a backdoor to use old pilots with 1.0.2! :frown: Jude
Originally posted by Jude: ** Looks like Andrew's explanation about the Mac OS chosing the first application that will run the file makes good sense (although it loads up a different file--which is why I wasn't certain at first that he was right). Oh, well, I was really hoping for a backdoor to use old pilots with 1.0.2!:frown: Jude
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Nope, there's no way to do it, sorry. :frown:
------------------ Andrew Welch / el Presidente / Ambrosia Software, Inc.
Originally posted by Knucklehead: **On the first problem, is it possible there are two flags (one of each color) on the Sol system? **
Green flags point to the upper left. Red point to the upper right. (or possibly vice-versa) It's not that. It could be that the flag for showing the green arrow is disabled, but that wouldn't cause a red flag to appear until the mission is accepted.
JG
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