First, understand that I play Priv2 on an antique DOS 6.22 Pentium-166 machine. I play all of my old DOS games on that computer, I've never used DOSBox.
If P2 freezes/locks up on that system, the only recourse is to turn the machine off / on. I don't know if DOSBox can free a modern computer from a locked-up P2 game.
Also, to clarify a couple of things, when this situation occured, I was in Invulnerable Mode via the "no talent" cheat.
Okay;
I took off from Anhur, to NAV 38; I was going to use the System Gate as a shortcut to Bex.
Just before entering the gate, I was hit with a Disruptor Missile, and my ship was "disabled". I kind of tumbled through the gate... I entered the gate "sideways".
I came out the other side, and my ship was still tumbling for a short while, and I figured that the viral effect would wear off soon.
Well... my ship stopped tumbling, and then more like "drifting with a purpose". Much longer than a Distruptor Missile should last. I couldn't control my ship.
Then I noticed that I couldn't exit the game... ALT-X wouldn't work.
Two pirates showed up... and my ship attacked them on its own! My ship was definitely showing P2 "AI Behavior", no question. This was amusing, so I just let it continue.
The 2 pirates were destroyed, and eventually more hostiles appeared, and my ship just kept merrily attacking them on its own. Its movements appeared to strongly parallel P2 AI Behavior.
I still couldn't quit the game... I had to shut the computer off.
I know this SEEMS like a hoax. But it can probably be reproduced as an experiment fairly easily, if one is being deliberate about it. (maybe the same thing can happen if you hit your own Viral Mine?). Perhaps temporarily sell your Signal Filter...
I've played P2 since the year it was first released, and this just hasn't happened before. But then again, I was probably never disabled JUST BEFORE passing through a system gate.
Pretty weird... if you can do it, it sort of puts P2 into a "Demo Mode".
If P2 freezes/locks up on that system, the only recourse is to turn the machine off / on. I don't know if DOSBox can free a modern computer from a locked-up P2 game.
Also, to clarify a couple of things, when this situation occured, I was in Invulnerable Mode via the "no talent" cheat.
Okay;
I took off from Anhur, to NAV 38; I was going to use the System Gate as a shortcut to Bex.
Just before entering the gate, I was hit with a Disruptor Missile, and my ship was "disabled". I kind of tumbled through the gate... I entered the gate "sideways".
I came out the other side, and my ship was still tumbling for a short while, and I figured that the viral effect would wear off soon.
Well... my ship stopped tumbling, and then more like "drifting with a purpose". Much longer than a Distruptor Missile should last. I couldn't control my ship.
Then I noticed that I couldn't exit the game... ALT-X wouldn't work.
Two pirates showed up... and my ship attacked them on its own! My ship was definitely showing P2 "AI Behavior", no question. This was amusing, so I just let it continue.
The 2 pirates were destroyed, and eventually more hostiles appeared, and my ship just kept merrily attacking them on its own. Its movements appeared to strongly parallel P2 AI Behavior.
I still couldn't quit the game... I had to shut the computer off.
I know this SEEMS like a hoax. But it can probably be reproduced as an experiment fairly easily, if one is being deliberate about it. (maybe the same thing can happen if you hit your own Viral Mine?). Perhaps temporarily sell your Signal Filter...
I've played P2 since the year it was first released, and this just hasn't happened before. But then again, I was probably never disabled JUST BEFORE passing through a system gate.
Pretty weird... if you can do it, it sort of puts P2 into a "Demo Mode".