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The Lost Tribe�
Copyright � 1992 Lawrence Productions Inc.
This file contains information to streamline the use of The Lost Tribe
on the Apple IIGS Computer. It is somewhat verbose but does attempt to
cover most of the common questions regarding The Lost Tribe. Please
read the Introduction, Features and Errors sections. In the interest
of brevity the hardware section is segmented to match different
situations, (floppy disk users, harddrive users and AppleShare).
Introduction: The Lost Tribe was originally designed for the IBM PC
(MCGA) and the Macintosh. Since an IBM is not guaranteed to have a
mouse and has other "peculiarities," most of the explanation in the
manual is devoted to IBM users. Like the Mac, the IIGS version uses
the Apple Interface and thus is familar to most of the Apple II
community. This document is intended to fill in the gaps by explaining
features that are not self-evident from the design or were implemented
after the manual was printed.
At this time you are encouraged to read the sections of the manual,
"Introduction" (page 3) and "How To Play" (pages 9-16). The design of
an interface can simplify the "how to" aspect of a program but cannot
explain the background ideas or goals necessary to win a game, (e.g.
The goal of a word processor is self-evident -- to write a document;
the goal of a game much less so.) Reading the manual provides the
"whys" and "wherefores." One caveat is needed here. The manual's
subtopic, "A Sample Turn," is informative but its description of
Hunting and Practicing uses the IBM model for choosing tribe members.
IIGS users need only click directly on the Hunter/Gatherer figures on
the cavewall to select them.
Features:
Menus:
Here are short descriptions of your menu choices.
Apple Menu: About Tribe... (Gives version and credits)
File Menu: New Game... (Starts a game. Lets you select a route)
Open (Allows loading of previously saved games)
Close (Not used. Needed to support NDA's)
Save (Use to save your game for later play)
Save As... (Like 'Save' but you specify a file name)
Edit Menu: (Not used. Needed to support NDA's)
Special: Show High Scores (Gives list of top six scores in
your current scenario/route)
Preferences (Allows you to set the border color
[black|brown], enable simple access to
VideoKeyboard & set the music volume)
A Little Help: During play of the game, you may obtain a brief
explanation of the symbols on any of the rock buttons on The Lost Tribe
screen. Simply hold down the Option key while clicking on a button. A
short explanation of that button will appear on the text rock at the
bottom of the screen. To resume play click a second time. Help is
also available for the Status Rock and Current Hex Rock.
Anytime music is playing, (eg. the overture or during an animation),
you may click the mouse button to stop both the music and the
animation.
Strange but true happenings: The Lost Tribe uses multi-palette
pictures, (ie. lots of colors). This notion is contrary to what the
IIGS system regards as a "standard" palette. This can cause some
colorful, but harmless features. The Control Panels desk accessory is
one such example. In this case the Control Panel may force an Apple
standard palette causing the parts of The Lost Tribe still visible to
be in strange colors. Not to worry, the colors are restored when you
exit the Control Panel. If you are running under System 6.0 you'll note
that dialogs, (used for Preference settings and such), may blank out
the area behind them. Again this is not a problem, the screen is
restored when the dialog closes. Just a quick finishing note. The
About box looks better when the Geneva.10 font is in your "Fonts"
folder. This font is standard under 5.0.4 and might only be absent
with System 6.0 floppy-based systems.
For Video Keyboard users only: The Lost Tribe is considered
'incompatable' w/ the Video Keyboard. Recognizing this fact, a
partial, but hopefully adequate workaround is available for the two
occurances that keyboard entry is required, (these occurances are:
entering filenames for saved games or a name for the highscore list).
To make use of the Video Keyboard keep it closed when starting The Lost
Tribe, then open the "Special" menu and choose "Preferences". A dialog
will appear that includes a check box for "Use Video Keyboard". Make
sure the box is checked then click "Save". (Note: the check box will
be dimmed if the Video Keyboard is not installed.) Now when The Lost
Tribe needs keyboard input it will automatically open the keyboard for
you. Input the desired filename, (or your name for highscore) and
close the keyboard before clicking "Save" or "OK".
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Errors: Aside from the common and easily fixed problems (ie. non-fatal
errors such as "Disk full", "Write Protected", etc.), The Lost Tribe
can fail for two major reasons: 1) Lack of memory, and 2) inability to
find its data files.
If you get an out-of-memory error, try reducing your RAM disk size
and/or inactivating some of your Desk Accessories.
The inability of the program to find its data is, fortunately, a
controllable situation. By following the installation guidelines you
should have no problems. If problems do crop up, remember these two
general rules: 1) If running from floppies, the disks MUST be called:
The.Lost.Tribe The.Lost.Tribe2 and The.Lost.Tribe3 This includes any
copies that you make for archive purposes. (If you make copies with
the Finder you'll have to rename the copies when you finish since the
Finder will not copy the disk name exactly.)
2) If the files are on a mass storage device (harddrive/AppleShare
volume), all files from the disks should be copied across to the same
directory level (i.e., put them all in the same folder).
Music Errors: You may receive the error, "Could not find Tool035," when
you start up. This is not a fatal error (click 'OK' to continue), but
for the music to function, Tool035 (Midi Synth), must be located in the
Tools folder on your boot device, (floppy disk, harddrive or AppleShare
volume depending on your situation). A copy of Tool035 is included on
disk 3. Copy this file to the Tools folder on your boot device. For
floppy users there may not be enough room on your boot disk to hold the
extra tool, (the reason its absence was made a non-fatal error). If
you haven't the room but would like to be set up for music output do
the following:
1) Make a copy of your boot disk. 2) On your copy only, remove the
files Basic.System and P8 (located in the System folder). 3) Copy the
file Tool035 from The.Lost.Tribe3 to the Tools folder (located in the
System folder) of your boot disk.
Note: These steps will inhibit running ProDOS 8 programs from this boot
disk.
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Running The Lost Tribe from floppy drives:
During the development of The Lost Tribe, great emphasis was placed on
allowing a user to run (and enjoy) the program on a floppy based
system. Steps were taken to accommodate three different
configurations:
1) Single 3.5" floppy drive with less than 2 MB of memory
2) Single 3.5" floppy drive with 2 MB or more of memory
3) Two or more 3.5" floppy drives
The goal was to reduce the number of disk swaps to a minimum. User
considerations for each setup are covered below.
1) [1 drive, < 2MB]. The sad truth here is that there is more than
2 MBs of program data and no place to put it. But don't despair,
the disks are configured so that the data needed to run 75% of the
game are included on disk 1. You will be required to swap disks
only when a Random Event occurs or when you want to view the
Survival Guide.
2) [1 drive, >= 2MB]. With this setup, provided the extra memory
is not devoted to a large Ram disk or Desk Accessories, the
program will detect the extra space and ask if you would like
to preload the Random Event data. This means that you will
need to swap disks only to view the Survival Guide.
3) [2 drives]. It is best to keep Disk 1 in drive 1 and swap disks 2
and 3 out of drive two as necessary. Note that if you have > 2 MB
of memory, as in setup 2 above, you could preload the Random
Event data, then place disk 3 in drive two and not have to swap
any disks at all.
Note: Ram prices are very low now-a-days. At the time of this writing a
4 MB card for the IIGS retails for < $150.
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Harddrive Usage:
To install:
1) Create an empty folder on your harddrive.
(Open-Apple-N in the Finder will do this).
You can name it anything, but the icons work best if you name it
The.Lost.Tribe and place it in the root level (i.e., topmost
or first window visible after clicking open a drive).
2) Insert Disk 1, "The.Lost.Tribe," into your disk drive.
A window should open automatically. (If it doesn't, simply
double-click on the floppy disk icon).
3) Copy all files (Open-Apple-A will select all files) to the
folder "The.Lost.Tribe" that you created on your harddrive.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the remaining disks, The.Lost.Tribe.2 and
The.Lost.Tribe.3.
When you're finished, the folder "The.Lost.Tribe" on your
harddrive should contain 24 items.
4) Remove the floppy disks. You should be looking at an open
window on your desktop containing all of the files for
The Lost Tribe. Locate the "Icons" folder and open it as well.
You will find a file "Lost.Tribe.Icns". Copy this file into
the "Icons" folder on your harddrive.
To begin the program simply double-click on The.Lost.Tribe file,
(it will look like a bone with feathers if your icons copied okay).
Cleanup:
After copying the icons and possibly Tool035 to their proper folders
you may, in the spirit of keeping your harddrive as free as possible,
remove the folder "Icons" and the Tool035 file from The.Lost.Tribe
folder.
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Running the program under AppleShare:
Installation:
The network management package does a better job of explaining file
copying than can be given here. The general rule offered in the Errors
section above is applicable here: the files and HighScores.f folder for
The Lost Tribe should be in one folder on your server.
Considerations:
The file "LostTribePrefs" will be copied to the user folder (if one
exists) and read at startup. If no user folder is available the copy
in the application folder will be used.
Read/Write access should be given to the folder "HighScores.f" to all
users. If access is not given no new scores can be entered into the
game list.
As mentioned previously Tool035 should be in the /System/Tools folder of
your boot device, be it your server, harddrive or floppy disk. (Note:
Please refer to the section Music Errors above if you have insufficient
room on your floppy boot disk.)
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The Lost Tribe is a trademark of Lawrence Productions, Inc. IBM is a
registered trademark of International Business Machines, Inc. Apple
IIGS, Macintosh, AppleShare, Finder, Video Keyboard and MidiSynth are
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
This program contains material from the ORCA/C
Run-Time Libraries, Copyright � 1987-91
by Byte Works, Inc. Used with permission.