I just tried installing After Dark 9 in SheepShaver but it crashes every time it tries to load the extension on the OS 9 startup screen. Does anybody know what is causing this?
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2010, July 12 - 1:27am
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After Dark 9 in SheepShaver
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2010, July 13 - 4:45am
#2
I tried After Dark 4.0 in Sheepshaver too on 8.6 and it did the exact same thing. This is frustrating me 
2010, July 13 - 7:02am
#3
It works perfectly fine in Basilisk II running 7.6; this is odd. After Dark Games however crashes on pretty much every attempt to open it no matter what I'm using.
2010, July 13 - 8:36am
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Are you using the specially patched OS9 version? I had this issue with the unpatched 4.0.x control panel. Also, you may want to remove the AfterDark Wallpapers extension (or whatever it is called), as it is unnecessary, and pointless.
It is a shame that FPU screensavers don't run (Satori/Rose). They were great for their day...
2010, July 13 - 8:38am
#5
The retail After Dark versions work in Mac OS 6 and 7. They stopped working in OS 8 and later.
After Dark for OS9 may work in OS8 and OS9, but again, ONLY if the modules you use have been converted - if they needed it at all.
Edit: Replaced 'xxx 7' with 'Mac OS 7' - IIGS User
2010, July 14 - 3:35am
#6
Yeah I was using the After Dark 9 download on this site. In a related story After Dark Games runs for a bit in OS 9 but then crashes when attempting to play certain games (Hula Girl most notably). Some of the other games however work perfectly fine (Rodger Dodger). Am I missing a plugin or should I move one of the extensions from the After Dark Games folder into my system folder? Also it flat out wont run in OS7, but I'm not sure if that has to do with compatibility or anything.
2010, July 23 - 11:40pm
#7
The fix was to decompress some resources, after Apple discontinued that compression scheme in OS9 (and OS8?). I believe adding a software FPU control panel may get the FPU plugins working too.
There is another forum on the internets where they have decompressed *most* of the plugin packs to OS9 format.