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- LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
- Grim Fandango Web Demo
- Version 1.0
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- Thank you for playing the Grim Fandango demo. We recommend
- that you read this file to get the most up to date information
- about installing, running and playing this demo.
-
- For additional information and in-depth technical documentation
- about specific hardware, we recommend reading the Online
- Troubleshooting Guide which can be accessed by clicking on
- Readme & Troubleshooting on the Grim Fandango Launcher.
-
- Be sure to check the LucasArts website at www.lucasarts.com for
- the very latest information related to Grim Fandango.
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- THE STORY SO FAR...
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- To all newly-arrived souls in the Land of the Dead,
-
- Buenos Dias! Please, relax and enjoy yourself. You will probably
- be here quite a while.
-
- My name is Manuel Calavera, and I'm your new travel agent! I'm
- really looking forward to helping you cross the Land of the Dead
- in style. (Not to mention on a budget!) Unfortunately, you've
- caught me at a bad time. I'm currently out of the office for an
- indefinite period, due to the fact that I just quit. Well,
- actually, I was fired. And, to tell the truth, my boss is looking
- for me so that he and the boys from downtown can take me apart,
- bone by bone. I know it sounds bad, but I'm sure we'll all have
- this mess straightened out in no time, and I can get to work on
- your case.
-
- All I have to do to get my job back is find a woman by the name of
- Mercedes Colomar, who is lost in the Petrified Forest right now.
- My boss says that I'm the one that got her lost, but I just met
- someone who feels differently. His name is Salvador Limones, and
- he leads an underground army called the Lost Soul's Alliance. The
- L.S.A. is fighting what he calls a "web of corruption in our
- beloved Department of Death." He believes that the Bureau of
- Acquisitions is cheating the very souls it was chartered to serve,
- and that Mercedes is their latest victim. If that's true, then
- maybe I don't want my old job back. There's only one way to find
- out: I have to travel to the Land of the Dead myself until I find
- her.
-
- Of course, I have to get out of town first! I need to run some
- errands for Salvador, then he says he'll show me a secret tunnel
- out of the city. I can't go back into our offices right now, since
- I'm on the lam, so I'm going to have to get what I need here on
- the streets of El Marrow. The Day of the Dead festival is going on
- today, and the streets are full of slack-jawed tourists. If only I
- could get one of these clowns to help me...
-
- Anyway, just sit down and have a mint and I'll be back as soon as
- I can. Just leaf through those pamphlets I left, and start
- planning your adventure. Take it from me, you're going to have a
- great trip!
-
- Your friend,
- Manny Calavera
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- System Requirements
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- Computer: 100% Windows 95 DirectX compatible computer
- required. Compatible with Windows 98 Release
- Candidate 0 and above.
-
- Graphics Card: 2 MB PCI Graphics card required.
-
- CPU: Pentium 133 or faster required.
-
- Memory: 16MB RAM required. 24 MB recommended for
- optimal performance.
-
- Sound Card: 100% Windows 9x compatible 16-bit sound card
- required.
-
- Input Device: 100% Windows 9x compatible keyboard required.
- Optional support for joysticks and gamepads.
-
- DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 5.2 is available on the
- LucasArts website and must be installed to play
- the Grim Fandango demo. If you are using Windows
- 98, do not install DirectX because it is
- integrated with the Operating System.
-
- Note: Your system may require the "latest" Windows 9x
- drivers for your particular hardware.
-
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- INSTALLING THE GRIM FANDANGO WEB DEMO
- -----------------------------------------
- We've broken the demo up into pieces, so you can install just the
- game components you want or the entire package. The "Basedemo"
- will give you the basic game without any music, voice, or
- cutscenes (non-interactive movies). You can add any or all of
- these three components to the basic demo by downloading the files
- and extracting them, or you can download the "Fulldemo" to get
- the equivalent of the base demo plus music and sound; the
- "Fulldemo" does not include the movies. You must install either
- the Base demo or the Full demo to play the game.
-
- Base demo: 21 MB download / 38 MB installed
- Music: 18 MB download / 21 MB installed
- Sound: 17 MB download / 17 MB installed
- Movies: 46 MB download / 74 MB installed
- Full demo: 56 MB download / 74 MB installed
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE: If you decide to install the CD version of the
- Grim Fandango demo at a later time, you should uninstall the web
- version of the demo first. If you have already installed the CD
- version of the Grim Fandango demo, you should uninstall it before
- installing the web version of the demo.
-
-
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- RUNNING THE GRIM FANDANGO DEMO
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- After extracting the files you downloaded, the launcher will come
- up by default. If you chose to uncheck the box that brings up the
- launcher automatically, or if you wish to bring up the launcher
- later, double-click on "Grim.exe" in the folder in which you
- extracted the game files (default is C:\Program Files\LucasArts\
- GrimDemo). You will see a launcher with the following options:
-
- * Play Grim Fandango Demo
- * Readme & Troubleshooting
- * View License
- * Uninstall Grim Fandango Demo
- * Exit to Windows
-
- To run the demo, click on "Play Grim Fandango" from the launcher,
- or click on Lucasarts\Grim Fandango Demo in your Start Menu.
-
- If you have any problems installing or running the game, please
- consult the Troubleshooting Guide (click on the "Readme and
- Troubleshooting" button on the launcher, then on "Troubleshooting
- Guide" on the secondary launcher).
-
-
- PLAYING THE GAME
-
- In-Game Help Screen: F1
- -------------------------
- Press the F1 key to bring up the in-game help screen. This
- will show you the keyboard controls for the game. It also
- displays information in red next to the CTRL key functions
- to display the status of these commands.
-
- Keyboard Commands
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- Move forward Numpad-8 or up arrow
- Move backwards Numpad-2 or down arrow
- Turn right Numpad-6 or right arrow
- Turn left Numpad-4 or left arrow
- Run Shift-Numpad-8
- Examine item Numpad-5 or E
- Inventory Numpad-Ins or I
- - Scroll through inventory Numpad-4 & 6
- - Put item in hand Enter or Numpad-Enter
- Pick up item Numpad-+ or P
- Return item to inventory Numpad-+ or P
- Use item/ Talk to character Enter, Numpad-Enter or U
- Look at next nearby item Numpad-Delete
- Pause Pause
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- Skip dialog line Keyboard Period
- Skip cutscenes ESC
- Quit game Alt-X or Alt-Q
- Toggle movement mode: "character-
- relative"/ "camera-relative" Ctrl-K
- Enable/Disable joystick/gamepad Ctrl-J
- Text/Voice/Text & Voice toggle Ctrl-T
- Music off/on Ctrl-M
- Gamma Control Ctrl-B
-
- GamePad/Joystick Commands
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- Controller Button 1 Examine item
- Controller Button 2 Use Item/ Talk to character
- Controller Button 3 Pick Up item/ Return item to inventory
- Controller Button 4 Inventory
- Controller Button 5 Skip dialog line
- Controller Button 6 Skip cutscenes
- Controller Button 8 Run
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- 3D Acceleration
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- 3D Acceleration is not available in the Grim Fandango demo.
- It will be a feature in the full version of the game.
-
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- Desktop Color Palette
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- We recommend that you set your desktop to High Color (16 bit)
- color. When playing Grim Fandango with your desktop set to a
- color palette other than 16 bit, you may experience various
- problems while running the game.
-
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- Task Switching
- --------------
- We recommend that you do not task switch while playing the Grim
- Fandango demo if your desktop palette is not set to 16 bit color.
- At the time of release of this demo, we have seen problems while
- task-switching on various video cards that can cause the demo to
- lock up or quit unexpectedly.
-
-
- CTRL-ESC
- --------
- We recommend that you do not use CTRL-ESC while playing the demo.
-
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- Operating Systems Supported
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- To be able to run Grim Fandango, you must have Windows 95 as
- your operating system and your system must be 100% DirectX
- compatible. This program is Windows 98 compatible, but upon
- release of this demo, Windows 98 had just released so we were
- unable to verify full compatibility with this operating system
- and all hardware configurations. If you experience any problems
- when running the Grim Fandango demo in Windows 98, please check
- with the manufacturer of your video card and sound card to assure
- that you have the latest Windows 98 drivers for your computer
- hardware. MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x, Windows NT 3.x, Windows NT 4.0
- and OS/2 are not supported. For more information on DirectX, see
- Section 4 of the Troubleshooting Guide.
-
-
- If Launcher Screen is Too Large for Screen
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- If your font size is set to "Large Fonts", the launcher will
- appear to be twice as large as it should be and you may not be
- able to see all of the launcher buttons. We suggest you set
- your fonts to "Small" to see the entire launcher. To do so:
- * Right-click on your desktop
- * Click on "Properties"
- * Click on the "Settings" tab
- * Click on the box under "Font size" near the bottom
- * Click on "Small Fonts"
- * Click on the "OK" button at the bottom of the window
-
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- Saving a Game
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- Saving and loading a game have been disabled in the demo
- version of Grim Fandango. These features will be enabled in
- the full version.
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- Mouse Support
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- There is no mouse support in this demo.
-
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- MOVEMENT MODES
- --------------
- The Grim Fandango demo supports two different movement modes:
- character-relative and camera-relative. Character-relative
- movement is the default mode; your left and right on the key-
- board is the same as Manny's left and right. Camera-relative
- movement means that your left and right on the keyboard is the
- same as left and right on the screen, independent of the
- direction that Manny is facing.
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- CONTACTING LUCASARTS
-
- Where To Find Us Online
- -----------------------
- * Visit the LucasArts Web site at
- http://www.lucasarts.com/support/. From there, you will
- have the option to receive online technical support through
- Yoda's Help Desk, browse technical documents, or leave a
- message for an online representative.
-
- * Yoda's Help Desk
- We are proud to feature Yoda's Help Desk, which is
- available in the Technical Support section of the
- LucasArts Web site at http://www.lucasarts.com/support/.
- Yoda's Help Desk offers interactive solutions to technical
- issues based on information you provide. Visitors to Yoda's
- Help Desk will be able to receive technical support 24 hours
- a day, seven days a week.
-
- * LucasArts Company Store
- Visit the Company Store at http://www.lucasarts.com. The
- Company Store offers the complete line of LucasArts games,
- hint books and logo gear.
-
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