Stuck in Tex Murphy - Under A Killing Moon

Darek

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Sep 26, 2002, 8:30:12 PM9/26/02

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Yeah, believe it or not, still playing this series.

I am "stuck" assembling the shreaded note from the Mansion (the woman
that commissioned Tex to recover the bird statuette).

I arranged all the pieces as closely as possible, in many different
positions but the game won't recognize the fact that it has been
completed. I tried moving the pieces around, etc, with no luck.

Is there any way to bypass the puzzle altogether, even if it means
losing points?

The note in question reads:
"... circumstances .. are progressing smoothly .. delighted to hear
that Murphy was able ... the final piece of the puzzle. ....... "

spier...@bigfoot.com

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Sep 26, 2002, 9:58:13 PM9/26/02

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On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:30:12 GMT, Darek <d...@d.com> wrote:

>Yeah, believe it or not, still playing this series.

Oh, I believe you. I discovered Good Old Tex only last year. Great
games.

>I am "stuck" assembling the shreaded note from the Mansion (the woman
>that commissioned Tex to recover the bird statuette).
>
>I arranged all the pieces as closely as possible, in many different
>positions but the game won't recognize the fact that it has been
>completed. I tried moving the pieces around, etc, with no luck.

It's a bug.

>Is there any way to bypass the puzzle altogether, even if it means
>losing points?

Don't know. The information in the note is non-essential.

>The note in question reads:
>"... circumstances .. are progressing smoothly .. delighted to hear
>that Murphy was able ... the final piece of the puzzle. ....... "

Louise

Cliff

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Sep 27, 2002, 10:30:29 AM9/27/02

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Would you mind letting me know what platform you are using, (OS, Sound
Card Vid card) to PLAY this game ? It does not run with my Win 98
system (BOO HOO !!)

Email is fine (xc...@pacbell.net)

THANKS !!

Cliff

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:30:12 GMT, Darek <d...@d.com> wrote:

Murray Peterson

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Sep 27, 2002, 11:58:25 AM9/27/02

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Cliff <xc...@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:vv4apuco2fp39lfep...@4ax.com:

> Would you mind letting me know what platform you are using, (OS, Sound
> Card Vid card) to PLAY this game ? It does not run with my Win 98
> system (BOO HOO !!)
>

I played it on Win98, Matrox Milennia video card, SBLive sound card. It
worked reasonably well, with a few crashes right at the beginning of the
game.

--
Murray Peterson
Email: murray_...@shaw.ca (remove underscore)
URL: http://members.shaw.ca/murraypeterson/

Jackie

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Sep 27, 2002, 9:12:43 PM9/27/02

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If you are playing it in Windows DOS, I recommend making a shortcut to
Moon.exe on your desktop. Right click for properties and advanced and
place a check by "prevent MSDOS programs from recognizing Windows" and
then start the game from the shortcut.

JT

Darek

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Sep 27, 2002, 11:03:29 PM9/27/02

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I am running it under Windows 98 SE. GeForce 3 video card. Ensoniq
audio. P4 1.6GHz.

And I had to do what suggested to get it to run. It runs smoothly
though. Rarely does it crash, and it only crashed because I was
playing it off my cdrw which is a flakey cdrom drive, yet a stable
cdrw drive.

Cliff

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Sep 29, 2002, 12:33:03 PM9/29/02

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Thanks !

I am trying Win 98 SE, All-In-Wonder vid card, SB Awe 64 gold.

Keep getting a missing cursor, when selecting the sound card !

I will try your ideas !

Cliff

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 18:12:43 -0700, Jackie
<trimbl...@linkline.com> wrote:

Cliff

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Sep 29, 2002, 12:34:26 PM9/29/02

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Thanks ! I may try THAT !!

I am running Win 98 SE, All-In-Wonder Pro vid card, SB Awe 64 Gold .
I can nort even get by selecting the SOUND CARD (mouse cursor
goes BYE BYE !!)

I have tried making DOS boot disks, etc. ect. Same problem
However, Overseer runs fine !!

I REALLY miss playing the OLDER Tex games !!

Cliff

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 18:12:43 -0700, Jackie
<trimbl...@linkline.com> wrote:

Joan Hansen

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Sep 29, 2002, 1:54:41 PM9/29/02

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Cliff,

Is your autoexec.bat and config.sys files setup for your sound card,
your mouse and your CD rom drive. Under a Killing Moon is really a pure
dos game. When I play it I use the shortcut, which takes you to dos or
just restart in dos mode.

Jenny100

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Sep 29, 2002, 5:00:18 PM9/29/02

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"Cliff" <xc...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks !
>
> I am trying Win 98 SE, All-In-Wonder vid card, SB Awe 64 gold.
>
> Keep getting a missing cursor, when selecting the sound card !

I think you may need to use the keyboard arrow keys to navigate
the sound card screen. I don't remember about UAKM, but
a lot of old DOS games seem to have a setup menu that has
to be navigated by using the arrow keys and the Enter key -
even if the game itself uses a mouse.

Also, this might be one of those games where you need to go
to DOS mode to configure the sound card, even if you're going
to be playing the game in Windows.

Cliff

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Sep 30, 2002, 12:57:40 PM9/30/02

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TEARS OF JOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, the shortcut hint WORKED !!! I got thru the soundcard
selection and am now PLAYING UAKM AGAIN !!!! WOW !!!!

THANKS A MILLION for the help !!!

Cliff

Los Angeles

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 18:12:43 -0700, Jackie
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Jackie

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Sep 30, 2002, 2:13:41 PM9/30/02

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Glad to hear it. No one should miss playing UAKM!

Jackie