Alone In Dark - Running?
Wermo
run (only walk) with this game. I tried the game on another system which
was slower and it works fine. Any ideas? Occasionally, if I press the
keys at just the right speed I will run for a short while, but this is
rare.
I was thinking that this may have to do with my key repeat speed, but I've
adjusted this several times with no success.
If you have any ideas, please e-mail me at we...@aol.com
thanks!
Chris McMullen aka Dr Fooms
>For some reason, on my computer and my friend's computer, we're unable to
>run (only walk) with this game. I tried the game on another system which
>was slower and it works fine. Any ideas? Occasionally, if I press the
>keys at just the right speed I will run for a short while, but this is
>rare.
>
>I was thinking that this may have to do with my key repeat speed, but I've
>adjusted this several times with no success.
>
This is a bit of a pain.. the method that works for me, is press forward
to walk, then double press it while walking to run..
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Chris McMullen aka Dr Fooms - sccm...@ucsalf.ac.uk
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Ray Brooks
: For some reason, on my computer and my friend's computer, we're unable to
: run (only walk) with this game. I tried the game on another system which
: was slower and it works fine. Any ideas? Occasionally, if I press the
: keys at just the right speed I will run for a short while, but this is
: rare.
I bought this game last year because it was one of the few newer games
that would run on my aging '386, and because it was cheaper than buying
a new computer. When I finally did upgrade to a Pentium, I experienced the
same problem that you are describing. I had to slow the processor down
in order to be able to run in the game. (On my machine, this meant resetting
the CMOS, rebooting, and restarting the game!) I found the game intolerable
to play at the slow speed, though, so I resorted to resetting the speed
only for those sections that I needed to run, like to escape the worm in
the tunnels, saving my game, setting the speed back to 'turbo' and
resuming play. Quite a bother, but I was able to finish the game this way.
-Ray
jh...@pi.net
> For some reason, on my computer and my friend's computer, we're unable to
> run (only walk) with this game. I tried the game on another system which
> was slower and it works fine. Any ideas? Occasionally, if I press the
> keys at just the right speed I will run for a short while, but this is
> rare.
>
> I was thinking that this may have to do with my key repeat speed, but I've
> adjusted this several times with no success.
>
> If you have any ideas, please e-mail me at we...@aol.com
>
> thanks!
>
I have exactly the same problem. I could get Edward Carnby to run only
once, and that was more or less by accident. I haven't been able to
repeat it.
The funny thing is that I could run perfectly well in the game 'Jack
in the Dark', that was also on the AITD-CD and that used the same
control-methods.
Silvia Janssen
jh...@pi.net
jh...@pi.net
> I bought this game last year because it was one of the few newer games
> that would run on my aging '386, and because it was cheaper than buying
> a new computer. When I finally did upgrade to a Pentium, I experienced the
> same problem that you are describing. I had to slow the processor down
> in order to be able to run in the game. (On my machine, this meant resetting
> the CMOS, rebooting, and restarting the game!) I found the game intolerable
> to play at the slow speed, though, so I resorted to resetting the speed
> only for those sections that I needed to run, like to escape the worm in
> the tunnels, saving my game, setting the speed back to 'turbo' and
> resuming play. Quite a bother, but I was able to finish the game this way.
>
> -Ray
That's probably it, I also played it on a Pentium.
I forgot to mention though that I finished it with a lot of jumping
instead of running. Works equally well, although it looks a bit silly,
jumping away from that gint worm.
Silvia Janssen
jh...@pi.net