Wasteland Readme


Package Contents

ReadmeFirst.txt- This note.

W_faqs_Directions.txt- Contains game directions, hints, user info.

W_Paragraphs.txt- Contains the numbered paragraphs you consult during play.

W_solve.txt- This is a walkthrough for the game.



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Note from uploader of disk images:

I received these from a friend of mine a while ago and have never 
tried myself.  I believe that he said that there was a problem running 
this under AppleWin in IIe mode but it would work in II+ mode.

Good Luck.

Mark.



And from The Saltine (The original Cracker!):

This works ONLY IN APPLE II+ mode on AppleWin.  It does work on a
real //e, but for some reason not on AppleWin in //e mode!

Make sure you use only COPIES of the disk images to play the game
because Wasteland modifies the disks.


Notes:

I'm not so sure the no-//e mode warning for AppleWin still holds.
On version 11.1B, the program starts up fine and games seem to be
saved/restored correctly.

An easy way to keep fresh originals is to retain a copy of
the .zip file which contains them.

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Notes from the Wasteland FAQs

Stephen Sedmak <sedmaks@odo.msoe.edu>
Chris Baer <chbaer@cris.com>


Starting the game: You must boot with Wastboot.dsk.  Wastmst1.dsk
is the first scenario disk.  It will not boot



Avoiding I/O error on Apple // version of Wasteland:

    Many people using the Apple // version of Wasteland
    experience an I/O error when they attempt to run it.
    There is a very minor flaw in the disk images that
    causes the program to crash if you do not continue
    your last saved game.  To circumvent this problem
    when you are asked to continue the last saved game
    always answer "YES".  The original images are saved
    at the beginning of the game, so you start in the
    same place anyway.

Note: This seems to work. By the way, at normal speed the
game is a little slow in responding to some commands. Expect
to wait a few seconds for disk accesses after selecting
"START".



Disk Copying

    Screw the Utilities menu and just just use the
    typical software you use to copy the disks.

    The only exception would be if you have the original
    master floppies, then use Utilities to make a set of
    scenario disks.  THEN you can use your normal copy
    software to duplicate the scenario disks.  Much
    faster and easier.  Plus you can make backups :)



IMPORTANT WARNING - you can damage the disks and forever lose your party!

    If you have the emulator change the disk before the
    drive in use light goes off you WILL damage the
    image.  This makes one or more maps on that disk
    image invalid.  When you enter that map the game will
    not only crash, but as soon as you enter you will be
    saved on that map.  When you reboot and try again you
    will be in the same location

    In other words, your party has been irrevocably
    destroyed.  There is no hope -- it's the end of the
    road for your party.

    The *only* solution is to have a recent backup of
    your Wasteland disk 1, or a recent saved memory
    image (very easy and fast with ApplePC).

    I don't think this will be a problem with STM because
    it doesn't automatically save to the disk.  But users
    of other emulators should beware.

    Keeping a backup of your party is no big deal.  I did
    it all the time with RPGs on my Apple //c.


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