I tried to run a game called escape velocity on this emulator and i got an error that said


Sorry an error occured while trying to open the monitor tool Id = -3

Does anyone know why i get this error and how i can fix it?

Q: When I try to run a certain game (example: Escape Velocity), I get an error message that says something about a "Monitor Tool" and the game won't run.

A: The game requires 256 colors as most 68k Mac games do. Basilisk II cannot switch resolutions "on-the-fly" during an emulation session. You will need to shutdown Basilisk II and set it to 256 colors using the Monitors tab of the Basilisk II Configuration Utility (BasiliskIIGUI), then try again.

Replace the Basilisk II executable with the "gamma ramp patch" available on this site:

http://gamma.nic.fi/~lpesonen/BasiliskII/

You can not use the JIT version of Basilisk II.

He just said Escape Velocity, not EV Nova. The error he's getting is because the screen is not set to 256 colors.

You've proved me wrong again. Damn you.

Ok i finally got escape velocity working but when i try to add plugins i get another error;

The application "unknown" has unexpectadly quit, because an error of type 15 occurred.


Sorry for bugging you guys with all the questions. Hopefully this will be the last one

That is a segment load error. (Technical term)

It could be that whatever plugin you are adding is for PPC Macs only. Or it could be that you need a registered copy of EV to add plugins. Or it could be that the plugin requires a MMU (which the Mac emulators don't have).

Which particular plugin are you trying? I'll see if I get the same error.

I tried a couple and got that error but the most recent one was called ShipsGalore II 1.0. Ill get a registered version of EV. Hopefully that will fix the problem

I just used the Ships Galore II plugin from here: http://www.datacanyon.com/mirrors/ambrosia/ev/plugins/ShipsGalore%202.5.sea

After turning up EV's memory settings the plugin appears to be working. I'm using Basilisk II JIT on Windows 2000 Pro SP2 and Mac OS 7.6.1 witha ROM checksum of F1A6F343 (whew). My BasiliskII_Prefs file looks like this:

disk C:\Emu\Mac\1 - Quantum.HFV
disk C:\Emu\Mac\2 - Continuum.HFV
disk C:\Emu\Mac\3 - Field.HFV
cdrom H:\
extfs
scsi0 "PLEXTOR" "CD-R PX-W4012A"
scsi1 <Free SCSI slot 1>
scsi2 <Free SCSI slot 2>
scsi3 <Free SCSI slot 3>
scsi4 <Free SCSI slot 4>
scsi5 <Free SCSI slot 5>
scsi6 <Free SCSI slot 6>
screen win/800/600/8
seriala FILE
serialb FILE
rom C:\Emu\Mac\F1A6F343.ROM
bootdrive 0
bootdriver 0
ramsize 33554432
frameskip 6
modelid 14
cpu 68040
fpu true
nocdrom true
nosound true
nogui false
noclipconvert false
nofloppyboot true
noscsi true
ntdx5hack false
rightmouse 1
keyboardfile BasiliskII_keyboard
pollmedia false
priority_ether_run 0
priority_ether_idle 0
priority_serial_in_run 0
priority_serial_in_idle 0
priority_serial_out_run 0
priority_serial_out_idle 0
priority_cpu_run 0
priority_cpu_idle -1
priority_60hz_run 1
priority_60hz_idle 1
priority_1hz_run 1
priority_1hz_idle 1
priority_pram_run 0
priority_pram_idle -1
priority_gui_run 1
priority_gui_idle 0
priority_gdi_run 0
priority_gdi_idle -1
priority_dx_run 0
priority_dx_idle -1
priority_fb_run 0
priority_fb_idle -1
priority_sound_run 0
priority_sound_idle 0
noaudio true
debugscsi 0
debugfilesys 0
debugserial 0
framesleepticks 12
showfps false
stickymenu true
etherpermanentaddress true
ethermulticastmode 0
disable98optimizations false
realmodecd false
soundbuffers 3
soundbuffersize8000 1024
soundbuffersize11025 2048
soundbuffersize22050 2048
soundbuffersize44100 4096
nosoundwheninactive true
mousewheelmode 1
mousewheellines 3
mousewheelreversex false
mousewheelreversey false
mousewheelclickmode 1
mousewheelcust00 +37+3B-3B-37
mousewheelcust01 +37+3C-3C-37
mousewheelcust10
mousewheelcust11
usealtescape true
usealttab true
usecontrolescape true
usealtspace true
usealtenter true
disableaccuratetimer false
guiautorestart 1
gethardwarevolume true
enableextfs true
usentfsafp false
extdrives #D
typemapfile D:\Emu\Mac\Basilisk II JIT\BasiliskII.ftm
debugextfs 0
portfile0 C:\B2TEMP0.OUT
portfile1 C:\B2TEMP1.OUT
DX_fullscreen_refreshrate Monitor default
mousemovementmode 1
usestartupsound true
smp_ethernet 0
smp_serialin 0
smp_serialout 0
smp_cpu 0
smp_60hz 0
smp_1hz 0
smp_pram 0
smp_gui 0
smp_gdi 0
smp_dx 0
smp_fb 0
smp_audio 0
idlesleep 1
idlesleepenabled false
idletimeout 0
routerenabled false
ftp_port_list 21
disablescreensaver false
jitcachesize 8192
jitwantcmov true
jitfpu true
jitatraps true
jit true
jitlazyflush 1