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Re: Runaway Hints #101344
08/22/03 10:56 PM
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Yeah I guess so, blech on the "alleged damsel" snoozing inside yech blech and double blech" some people really don't make good looking women laugh - OK I have advanced a bit - but then why do I feel so aimless??? Oh yeah - I don't have my glasses anymore. lol

OK party bus - passion drinks and margaritas XXX Tequilla on me!! I love the Runaway song - let's just hang out and dance with the boom box for a while.


Laura





Re: Runaway Hints #101345
08/22/03 10:59 PM
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Hey! FlowerPower, I found one way to avoid disk swapping......... I put CD 1 in my CD-ROM drive and CD 2 in my CD-RW drive and I don't go through any of that!

Yvonne

Re: Runaway Hints #101347
08/23/03 12:29 AM
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Hi Ladyyeve,
I only have the one CD/DVD drive. However, I just got through installing the game on my Virtual PC and making images of all the disks. It is working fine with the images, and very easy to release one image and capture the next, so that is ok.
However, I can't seem to copy my game files from my Win 98 division to my Virtual Pc Win 98. I guess I will have to go back and replay the game. I am glad I decided to do this now, before I got too far along in the game.
I should be back up to chaper 3 by tomorrow.
Sigh.....wish I had checked on this problem before installing the game the first time.
Oh well, live and learn. That is what happens when you are in a big hurry to play a game and don't want to copy disks to the hard drive.

Re: Runaway Hints #101348
08/23/03 03:30 AM
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i can't believe what i am reading. please tell me this isn't so. nothing ruins a game more than having to start with disc 1 every time mad mad mad first upside down video and now this horror. there goes any chance of the game making my top ten list. upside down video is preferable to this useless disk swapping.

i did the full installation so i shouldn't have to worry about this , correct? i hope so much that there is no disk swapping with the full installation otherwise this promising game has just been ruined. i have been wanting this game to come out for so long.


Zanthia
Re: Runaway Hints #101349
08/23/03 06:10 AM
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Folks, I don't know how I got around it, except I did the maximum type of install. I have not had to re-start from disk one.

Maybe it has to do with the way you start. Begin with the desktop icon, then press <esc> to get to the load/save/play screen, and load your latest save.

I just tested this process to be sure, and Yes, it works. No swapping.

Re: Runaway Hints #101350
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Tally Ho,
Please check by closing Runaway. Then put the second disk into the drive. No other disk. Then click on the icon and see what happens.
On my computer, I get a box that says I have the wrong disk in. I never get far enough to click on escape and get the load/save window.
I also have a full (max) installation. I looked at the second and third disks, and they only seem to contain data files. Tried to do a complete install by copying the disks but that didn't work either. I ended up installing it in my Virtual PC, and making isoimages of the disks. I can then run it by loading the images instead of the disks.

FP

Re: Runaway Hints #101351
08/23/03 01:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tally Ho:
Folks, I don't know how I got around it, except I did the maximum type of install. I have not had to re-start from disk one.

Maybe it has to do with the way you start. Begin with the desktop icon, then press <esc> to get to the load/save/play screen, and load your latest save.

I just tested this process to be sure, and Yes, it works. No swapping.
Doug, I did the full install also, but when I click on the desktop icon, it immediately shows the box that says "wrong disc inserted"...


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Re: Runaway Hints #101353
08/23/03 02:06 PM
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Zanthia, I just tried mine again--I have the full install, and after starting with disk 1, when I get to the point of clicking on my saved game, it tells me to put in the correct disk. So there doesn't seem to be any way out of it for me.

I'm not as upset as you are, but it is annoying, since I like to play for a little and then quit to check the forums. But I just used alt-tab to get out of the game, and that seems to work fine, so maybe I'll just do that until I'm ready to shut down tonight...


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Re: Runaway Hints #101354
08/23/03 02:25 PM
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I thought I had to disc swap also - but it was because I was clicking on the chapter pics rather than hitting escape again and going to "load". No disc swapping now.

Laura





Re: Runaway Hints #101355
08/23/03 02:33 PM
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Laura, I just tried that, but when I click on "load" and then on the picture of my save, that message to insert a different disk comes up...


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Re: Runaway Hints #101356
08/23/03 02:47 PM
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It occurs to me you might be out of luck. I played a Beta release, and they might have changed something before the final version was sent out. Sorry if I gave everybody false hope.

The best thing you can do is all whine at the company and let them know you are unhappy with the disk-one requirement.

Oh - and the Alt-Tab switch does work fine; even during cutscenes! You won't miss anything, and there seems to be no time limit.

Re: Runaway Hints #101357
08/23/03 08:14 PM
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Well gang - I just sat through the end of this game a few seconds ago. WOW - This is one of the best games I have ever played. They need to make a movie out of it. I can't wait for Runaway 2!!!!!

It gets easier after chapter 2 and 3. But the story just gets better and better. So many sly references to other games and movies. Amazing game. I am so happy right now - I think I will just bask in this game for a while. ANy help needed - I'll check back. It really flies in chapter 4,5 and 6. If you can't get something you probably just missed an item when looking around.

WOW I am so.. just giddy - It was soooo darn good. Sigh They don;t make them like this very often.

Laura





Re: Runaway Hints #101360
08/24/03 02:33 AM
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Hi Ladyvye....I made it to chapter 3 and I'm having fun with these three strange "ladies" in the desert. I'm enjoying listening to Lula's music. smile
Actually, I'm trying to figure out some use for this beat-up basketball I've found in the bus. I'm sure it's needed to get on with the game, but I sure am at a loss to figure out what to do with it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" />

I probably won't be much farther on in the game when you finish working on your computer...you'll probably run into me somewhere out here in the desert.
Cynch


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Re: Runaway Hints #101361
08/24/03 06:08 AM
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Hi Cynch -

You'll need to improve that basketball.

Re: Runaway Hints #101362
08/24/03 10:00 AM
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Hi, Cynch! :-) Hooray! At least I'm not out here all alone! Aren't these 'gals' a crack-up??? One of them reminds me of Elvis! It's hard to believe that the one 'inside' the bus is a 'she/he'! Wow!

Even 'with' the basketball er..... 'improved', I haven't figured out a use for it yet! ...but I'm sure that there IS one. This game is so much fun! Love the music, too, Laura!

Yvonne

Re: Runaway Hints #101363
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If you go "look" at Lula outside, you'll make a comment about this him/her. That should give you an idea or really a hint.

I wouldn't get too tied up on any one problem in this chapter - there is so much to do and you can get anything in the plan completed in any order. So if the basketball doesn;t hint anything to you right now - it will later.

One hint: Really pixel hunt through the gals trailer - I missed a number of things here and back in that room where I was held captive. Also if you had done enough to get one piece of the puzzle completed - you will always get a hint that really points at what to do next. If you have something and haven't a clue what it is for -set it aside and wait.

Laura





Re: Runaway Hints #101364
08/24/03 07:47 PM
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Stayed up playing into the wee hours last night and now I'm well into Chap 4. I was sorry to leave those weird "ladies", though...they were fun! laugh
Right now I'm trying to fill the water tank of that engine...I've made the long trek to the saloon at least three times and still seem to need more water. Is there someplace closer to get the water? This is VERY tiresome and time-consuming. <img border="0" alt="cry" title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> How much water does the darn thing need? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" />
Cynch


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Re: Runaway Hints #101365
08/24/03 07:57 PM
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Five Times, no kidding!!

Re: Runaway Hints #101366
08/24/03 09:05 PM
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Geez, five times! I was beginning to feel like I was Gunga Din, carting all that water...thanks for the tip, Doug--it gave me hope that the job would not be endless. rolleyes

I got through the rest of that chapter and now it's on to Ch 5. Still having fun! laugh
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