From: "Steve Chalkley" <sjc AT conceptii DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: An Allegro/Grabber question
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:43:03 -0000
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Shawn Hargreaves <SHargreaves AT acclaimstudios DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
news:F77915E7F086D31197F4009027CC81C9143BBE AT probe-2 DOT as-london DOT acclaim DOT com...
> But you need to say exactly what files you
> are talking about, and what happens when you try to load them, before
> anyone can say for sure...
>
>
> Shawn Hargreaves.


The what happens is easy, Grabber says "Error loading <filename" and does
nothing else. If there was a password or a plug-in would there be a
different message?

The exact files is a little harder, I've mostly been playing with something
called Myrmidon (a Gauntlet clone) which I found via the Allegro Game Depot
http://www.interlog.com/~wlach/ . However, I do have several other .DATs via
the Depot and _none_ of them load. Lot's of passwords?

Still, the story has moved on slightly, after reading the fine manual I was
able to dismantle some files using the dat utility. All I have to do now to
make the bitmaps editable is to bolt the correct palette back on which looks
simple enough.

In reply to Damian Yerrick

I have the Grabber V3.12, I'm not a great fan of other peoples wip software.
a) I have enough of my own and b) it can be a challenge getting fully
tested, matured and released software running ;-) (present company excepted
of course)

Regards


Steve Chalkley