To play the Windows-only Afterlife demo included on this disc, exit this browser and go to the "Ademo" folder. If you need further help, follow the instructions in the README below.


AFTERLIFE (THE DEMO VERSION) README


Section 1. What is Afterlife?


Afterlife is the first (and only) sim game where you, the player, get

to build Heaven and Hell. In this tiny, cheesy, demo, you'll get to

do some primitive Rewarding and Punishing, and play with the basic

vehicles of reincarnation. There's a pull-down tutorial in the demo

itself, and we heartily recommend checking it out.



Section 2. Starting the demo

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Before starting any of the demos, we recommend that

you shut down all other applications. This process

will ensure that the demos have the maximum amount

of memory that your machine can offer.



After you have watched the Chrysler Virtual Mall demo program, you may

launch the Afterlife demo directly from that program. If you wish, you

may later launch the demo by using Windows 95's Explorer and following

these instructions.



1) Left click the Start button. Select Programs -> Windows

Explorer to start Explorer.



2) Your window will now be divided into two sections, one on the

left titled "All Folders" and one on the right probably titled

"Contents of '[C:]'". Under the "All Folders" heading,

left click on plus sign (+) next to the icon representing your CD

drive. It should be called "Virtmall" and be followed by the drive

letter for your CD drive, (usually "D:").



3) Left click on the plus sign next to the Lecdemos folder, then

left click on the Alfdemo folder.



4) Once the folder is open, you can left double click on the

Alfdemo.exe icon (on the right under "Contents of 'Alfdemo'") to

start the game.



5) The Alfdemo icon is the one with a black background, and a red

and blue plane, with a green line going through it. (Don't use the

ones named Alfdemo.000 or Alfdemo.ini- they won't work.)



6) Enjoy your deity-like powers of creation and destruction.



(NOTE: The final game version of Afterlife

will include a DOS version of the game. This

demo, however, only supports Windows 95.)



Section 3. What kind of machine will I need?

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You'll definitely need:



486DX2/66 or faster

8 MB RAM

Double-Speed CD-ROM drive

Windows 95

Mouse

Super VGA-256 colors at 640X480 or greater

PCI or VLB video card recommended



If you're on the bottom end of these requirements, you should probably

run the demo at a screen resolution no higher than 640x480. To check

your screen resolution, go to Settings off your Start menu and select

Control Panel. Then select Display Properties and select the Settings

tab. You can then adjust your screen resolution.



Since the Afterlife Demo uses virtual memory, we recommend that you

reserve at least 8 Megs of free hard drive space for Afterlife to use.

You won't see anything installed there, but the game will use it

if virtual memory is turned on. (This is the default setting for

Windows 95, and virtual memory should be turned on if you haven't

turned it off. To check, again go to the Control Panel as described

above and this time select System . Then click on the Performance tab

and the Virtual Memory button.)



Section 4. The INI file contents (aka advanced technical blather)

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There are three settings that can be modified in the Afterlife demo by

changing the INI file. To make any changes to the INI file, create

an ALFDEMO directory on your hard drive, then copy the

executable (ALFDEMO.EXE) to the ALFDEMO directory on your hard

drive. Now open the ALFDEMO.INI file on your CD, and make the necessary

changes, making sure the Resource file path drive designation is

correct (see below). Then save the changes as ALFDEMO.INI in the

ALFDEMO directory on your hard drive, and launch the game from the

executable on your hard drive.



The settings that can be changed are--



Resolution = <resolution>



The <resolution> field has the format [width]x[height] e.g. 640x480.

This field sets the window size for the game. If you choose a

resolution that is the same size as the video display, then the game

will run as a full-screen application. You can, instead of using

the WxH format, set the field to 'MAX' (without the single quotes)

which will set the window size to the maximum possible (this is the

default). If you choose a resolution that is smaller that the main

display, then the game will run in a standard non-resizing window

that can be moved around the screen in a normal fashion.



Resource file = <path>



The path field is a standard path e.g.

D:\lecdemos\alfdemo\alfdemo.000

This tells the game which resource file to use and where to find it.

This is set by default to 'ALFDEMO.000' with no path as it is in the

current directory. If you are going to make changes, use the above

example as the resource path.



Window name = <text>



The text field is used when the game is running in a window. This

text is displayed on the title bar of the window. You can change

this to anything you want. By default this text will read 'Chrysler

Afterlife Demo.'



Save games = C:\afterlif



This setting is irrelevant for the demo, because you can't save your

game in the demo. You will be able to save to your heart's content

in the final version.







Section 5. Troubleshooting:

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If you experience any problems with the demo, we recommend that you

shut down and restart Windows 95, then run Afterlife as the first

application you run. This process will ensure that Afterlife has the

maximum amount of memory your machine can offer.



If you experience extremely long load times, you may increase the

supplemental cache size through your Windows 95 Control Panel. First,

click on the START button on your Windows 95 taskbar. Then, select

SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL. From the folder that appears,

double-click on System. Then, select Performance from the top, then

File System, then CD-ROM. Look for the "Supplemental cache size" and

increase it as you like. Also make sure that Optimize access pattern

is set for your CD drive's speed. This will use more memory for CD

caching, but speed up CD load times.





Afterlife TM and © 1996 LucasArts Entertainment Company. All Rights

Reserved. Used Under Authorization. The LucasArts logo is a registered

trademark of LucasArts Entertainment Company.

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