Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    I have had the same problem with a game from EPYX - the temple of
    Apshai trilogy...
    
    I found that the problem could be solved - at least partially by
    unplugging extra drive/printer and running NOFASTMEM from 
    workbench - not forgetting of course to switch computer and all
    devices off before unplugging
    
    but I still have a problem with this - have checked the disk for
    virus - all clean - also music is only generated through one channel
    of my monitor...
    
    

    You guys using morerows?  That'll do it.
    
    Also try going into preferences and centering your screen. This
    is usually the problem.
    
    - steve

    
    Yeah, Steve McAfee is probably right. 
    Looks like your typical "sprite 0 garbled by insufficient resources"
    bug. The solutions Steve gives should help.
    
    Regards,
    
    <CB>

This used to happen to me with Mind Walker.  Moving the screen in 
Preferences fixed it.

Randy

Thanks guys, that must be it!  (Is this a wonderful confernece, or what?)
I would have never figured that one out.  Now the only problem I have is
figuring out where to "center" it.  (My monitor is a Thompson and it has
a horizontal adjustment on the front so I'm sure I'm "nonstandard")  Time
to whip out the original disk!

Thanks again,

...richard

    
    I've seen the 'sprite 0' problem a few times.  I've found that the
    default screen position, as installed on a virgin WorkBench disk, seems
    to be the best location.  I adjust my monitor (Princeton, which has
    enormous flexibility in screen size/position adjustments) to center the
    screen about the default 'soft' center.
    
    Ed.

    As far to the right as possible. (in preferences that is) and then
    try to centre it again with the control on the front of the monitor.
    I couldn't get rid of this problem until I had the screen as far
    to the right as it would go. 
    
    				Alan T.

    > Aaaaarghhhhh ! I've done it at last.... titled a note "ex", I used
    > to laugh at people who did that !!!
    
    You can retitle any of your own notes whenever you wish, use the
    command:
                 SET NOTE/TITLE="new title"
    
    You can also delete your own notes, edit and repost them, etc...

    
    By some remarkable cosmic coincidence, Rob Peck (original Amiga design
    weenie) has just posted a small program that displays all eight sprites
    and lets you adjust your screen thru Preferences such that all sprites
    are always visible.  From the file description on PLINK...
     
    > Sometimes folks have their screens adjusted too far to the left and
    > certain games that require all 8 sprites do not function correctly
    > because adjustment too far left takes away some sprite-time and gives
    > it instead to the screen memory access.  This utility shows sprites
    > 2 through 8 (sprite 1 is the mouse pointer).  When you run this utility,
    > then run preferences, the sprites appear superimposed on the screen
    > placement gadget.  If the screen is moved too far to the left, one
    > or more of the rightmost sprites will look strange because it can not
    > be retrieved from memory any more.  Move the screen adjust gadget just
    > until all sprites (as boxes) look the same size.
    > 
    > Rob Peck
    
    Interestingly enough, when I ran the program, only 6 sprites were
    visible until I moved the screen to the right; then number 7 appeared.
    
    The file has been uploaded to NORSE""::AMIGA:[UPLOAD]SPRADJ.ARC and is
    in STREAM_LF format for Xmodem transfer.
    
    Ed.	
    

    That's interresting.  I've been using NIB to do exactly that!
    
    Frank
    

Who else would come up with this so fast?  Thanks Ed!  I did move the screen
to the right and all started working fine, but this will definitely be some-
thing to check out.

...richard