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EA screwed the pooch

ericr — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:02:42 +0000

I just got Red Alert 3 for the Mac. It worked fine after installing it, but after a reboot, it crashes on start up.

I must say, the EA support pages are pretty horrible. It’s difficult to find support articles (worth anything) or to get patches.

I’d really appreciate it if someone could help me. I run the game on the top 24-inch iMac that just got released (Stock, except for a bluetooth mouse. Stats are in the Systems page). Here is the messages I get on the “Game crash” screen:
: < << DID YOU REMEMBER TO BUILD DATA??? >>>


You might have build the wrong LOD level!
Can't open stream data\mapmetadata.manifest

256 addresses:

(0): (unknown mod) (unknown)

(0): (unknown mod) (unknown)

... continues for a while ...

(0): (unknown mod) (unknown)

(0): (unknown mod) (unknown)

Because of the severity of this error the game will now exit.

Mac Plus

ericr — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:05:32 +0000

I was just given a Mac Plus (with 4 MB RAM, it’s max). It currently has a 20 MB external disk. Would anyone be willing to give up a bigger disk (I’d really like 40 MB; it’s external 25 pin SCSI) or System 7 install disk so I could really trick this box out?

A new HOPE

ericr — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:32:56 +0000

I’ll be at HOPE Number 6 this weekend. If anybody wants to meet up, give me a call.

Also, I resurrected the beige Powemac G3 (it’s hard disk failed a few months ago and I’ve been trying to find a OS 9 disc (or image), which I finally got). Now for some awesome Oregon Trail action.