Gravite (2.0.3) and Sheepshaver

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kataetheweirdo
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Gravite (2.0.3) and Sheepshaver

Post by kataetheweirdo »

There's a neat little control panel, simulating gravity and such, which causes Sheepshaver to experience really unstable conditions:
http://www.wildbits.com/gravite/

I have no clue why this is. Even with the control panel off, Sheepshaver acts so wonky, it's not even a joke.
There are constant segmentation faults and half the time, Sheepshaver will crash upon entering the desktop.

I was able to uninstall it, but I would really like to see the panel actually working.

Um...help.

Also, I've tried Gravity 1.5...and it does absolutely nothing under Mac OS 9.0.4.
Silent Flamer
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Post by Silent Flamer »

You aren't alone . I tried 1.5 in Basilisk II (7.5.5) , and it crashed everytime it reached the desktop . Same goes with SheepShaver (7.5.5) . There is definitely something wrong with these two copies of Gravite . If the makers are still active , tell them about this .
kataetheweirdo
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Post by kataetheweirdo »

They are active, but the problem is that they are not updating Gravite anymore; Just by looking at their front page, http://www.wildbits.com/, shows that they are working on very different and relatively boring things.

It doesn't seem likely that they will update it.

I actually tried finding out why it crashes, but I honestly can't figure it out. Maybe it's some stability issue with Quickdraw or something, but that means having to go through the relatively bizarre code. It doesn't help there is little documentation to help with this.
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