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General Information

Graphics

Sound

Requirements


PC

Minimum DOS: MS-DOS 5.0
Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
Minimum CPU: Intel i486
Minimum RAM: 8 MB
Graphics Modes: VGA, VESA, SVGA
Audio Hardware: Roland MT-32,Sound Blaster,Sound Blaster Pro,Sound Blaster 16,Sound Blaster AWE32,Pro Audio Spectrum,General MIDI,Microsoft Sound System, Roland MT-32, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster AWE32, Pro Audio Spectrum, General MIDI, Microsoft Sound System
Input Devices: Mouse
Media: 6 CD discs


Mac

Minimum CPU: Motorola 68040
Minimum RAM: 12 MB
Minimum OS: System 7.1
Graphics Modes: 256 Colors Required
Audio Hardware: Sound Manager
Input Devices: Keyboard, Mouse
Media: 6 CD
Minimum CD-ROM Speed: 2X

Patches

Patch v1.11 (1996-02-08)

  1. Corrects "Out of memory" message at Schloss Ritter in Chapter 4.
  2. Corrects "Error 99: Error Loading Resource 122v56" that occurs when switching to CD #2.
  3. Fixes "dead end" that occurs when player exhausts dialogue with Leber before visiting Ubergrau’s office for the first time and then can't get back to Leber to ask about "Black Wolf".
  4. Fixes problem where Neuschwanstein border does not stop blinking even after player has heard every tour tape.
  5. Fixes problem where Georg does not have "Lost Opera" topic if player hasn’t clicked on "Letter to Conductor" in the Museum but has exhausted topics with Frau Miller, then cannot get back to the Museum.
  6. Allows Grace to get holy water only once.
  7. Corrects "thrashing" or continuous hard drive or CD drive reads.
Fixes missing buttons on title screen after resource concatenation.
Timer fixes.
Removes interlacing from game videos.
Removes interlacing from game videos.
Removes interlacing from game videos.


New Installer

Now supports the German version! This multilingual (English, German and Spanish.) Installer makes use of Enrico Rolfi's (Endroz) UniSCI tool (to enable CD-less play) and his No Interlace patch.


Debug Modes

Activate the debug mode using the "CLASSES" method. Besides giving you a "Where to?" dialog at the beginning.

Command Action Notes
[ALT + A] Reload room  
[ALT + B] Capture screenshot (in BMP format) This option is removed or does not work properly
[ALT + C] Show cast (information about all objects on screen)  
[ALT + E] Show ego information  
[ALT + F] Edit features  
[ALT + G] Show/set/clear flag  
[ALT + I] Get inventory item  
[ALT + P] Polygon editor (edit walking areas) This option is removed or does not work properly
[ALT + R] Show room info / free memory(?)  
[ALT + S] Scaler tools This option is removed or does not work properly
[ALT + T] Teleport (change room/scene/script)  
[ALT + U] Give HandsOn (return user control)  
[ALT + M] Show free memory  
[ALT + X] Exit game  
[CTRL + S] Sound test  
[SHIFT + /] Help  

 

There are some more debug/tester functions in this game. They can be accessed by teleporting to room 98. This will activate "The Elite Tester V1.0":

Command Action Notes
[ALT + A] AVI player This option is removed or does not work properly
[ALT + D] DebugOn toggle (internal debugger on room change) Doesn't seem to do anything
[ALT + I] Toggle full screen  
[ALT + O] Polygon editor (edit walking areas) This option is removed or does not work properly
[ALT + P] Toggle palette This option is removed or does not work properly
[ALT + S] Scaler tools This option is removed or does not work properly
[ALT + T] Teleport (change room/scene/script)  
[ALT + V] VMD player  
[CTRL + D] Unload current view  
[CTRL + F] Forward (?)  
[CTRL + S] Play sound  
[CTRL + P] Play sound effect  
[CTRL + B] Actor lastCel(?)  
[CTRL + R] Reset room(?)  
[M] Toggle mover(?) Doesn't seem to do anything
[S] Manual toggle scaler(?)  
[P] Picture(?)  
[V] View(?)  
[=] Toggle picture(?)  
[E] EndLoop(?)  
[B] BegLoop(?)  
[L] Loop(?)  
[H] Hide/show actor(?)  
[K] Normalize actor(?)  
[F9] Set Pri(?)  
[I] Current actor information(?)  
[N] nextCel-lastCel(?)  
[ALT + N] Previous cel  
[0]-[9] Actors  
[O] Open robot  
[F] Advance robot frame  
[R] Retreat robot frame  
[DELETE] Delete robot frame This option is removed or does not work properly
[CTRL + C] Tag robot frame for cue  
[ALT + R] Play robot  
[E] Play robot  
[T] Terminate robot  
[CTRL + I] Show robot info  
[D] Display single robot frame  
[,] Scroll large pics left and right  
[CTRL + M] Change scroll step size  
[CTRL + N] Reset plane rectangle (for scrolled pics)  
[SHIFT + /] Help  

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