################################################################## LucasArts Entertainment Co. LLC Grim Fandango Web Demo Version 1.0 ################################################################## Thank you for playing the Grim Fandango (tm) 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. ################################################################## THE STORY SO FAR... --------------------- 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 ################################################################## System Requirements ------------------- 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. 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. RUNNING THE GRIM FANDANGO DEMO --------------------------------- 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 ----------------- 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 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 ------------------------- 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 3D Acceleration --------------- 3D Acceleration is not available in the Grim Fandango demo. It will be a feature in the full version of the game. Desktop Color Palette --------------------- 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. 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. Operating Systems Supported --------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------- 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 Saving a Game ------------- Saving and loading a game have been disabled in the demo version of Grim Fandango. These features will be enabled in the full version. Mouse Support ------------- There is no mouse support in this demo. 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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