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Posted in: Was Manny a pirate?
  scabb
08-10-2003, 2:46 PM
#47
Who says all the tickets ever were in the suitcase anyway? I doubt a pair of reapers could handle all the deaths in the world. And yes, I'm being annoying. Also, if you're sent to the fiery pits of hell for boarding with a purchased ticket, and most...  [Read More]
Posted in: Was Manny a pirate?
  scabb
07-26-2003, 11:18 AM
#24
Yes. That indicates that he doesn't think he actually did anything wrong....  [Read More]
Posted in: Was Manny a pirate?
  scabb
07-25-2003, 7:26 PM
#22
Originally posted by Glottiscane In closing, he was PROBABLY a criminal. Dude, he doesn't know what he was, or what he did wrong. At least that's what he says in the game. Are you calling Manuel a liar?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Making Grim Fandango 2
  scabb
08-08-2003, 9:26 PM
#17
Dude. That is ****ing amazing! And the obscenity isn't gratuitous in the slightest. It would be an absolutely fantastic idea to make a short game or something based on Tierra de los Muertos....  [Read More]
Posted in: Getting the beavers in Grim Fandango
  scabb
08-01-2003, 11:02 PM
#2
Each inventory item is assigned to a number - the fire extinguisher was "2" for me, so just push that and you should be fine. Or try other numbers....  [Read More]
Posted in: A problem that happened in my game...
  scabb
08-01-2003, 2:21 PM
#4
Originally posted by Thrik As a side note, if you copy every single file on both CDs into your data directory, you can run the game without having to put the CDs into the drive. This will increase how fast scenes load and such, so I recommend it....  [Read More]
Posted in: LF 2003 Battle Hack Tourenment!
  scabb
08-01-2003, 2:03 PM
#2
Thrers an entrabce fee? And I really want to enter the tourenment. :~~...  [Read More]
Posted in: How old are you ?
  scabb
08-05-2003, 7:53 PM
#11
..but Thrik has just put a bunch of my save games on the GFN, I do believe. Just visit (http://www.grimfandango.net) and hunt for them. Also, I'm 18 next month. When the good ship sails on the ally-ally-oh? Or something stupid like that, so the rhym...  [Read More]
Posted in: GF and XP
  scabb
07-28-2003, 4:25 PM
#3
ScummVM doesn't actually support Grim Fandango, because Grim Fandango's not actually a Scumm game. There's also a load of non-obvious stuff regarding how to make Grim Fandango work in the sticky (http://lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadi...  [Read More]
Posted in: LOOM Mac patch
  scabb
07-20-2003, 3:52 PM
#4
Dude, you don't come to LucasArts boards and tell us you're downloading games, whether you can or can't buy them, and then ask for help. :¬:...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Grim Fandango Network: v5.0
  scabb
07-15-2003, 8:46 PM
#2
The design is fantastic, I love the concept. Now the forums need to match it, right Thrik ; The random polaroids in the top right, the paper clipped scraps of paper and the staples are just stylish. I demand more little touches, such as coffee stai...  [Read More]
Posted in: Technical problems
  scabb
07-13-2003, 3:06 PM
#2
Perhaps you have something like sticky keys enabled etc etc? Try pushing Shift 5 times and messin' with the settings. Or see the Keyboard part of your Control Panel....  [Read More]
Posted in: Life in Hell
  scabb
07-13-2003, 11:54 AM
#1
I just stumbled upon this (http://www.murderhorn.com/?section=media&page=comics) small collection of Matt Groenings Life in Hell comics, which are actually pretty damn good. Go read....  [Read More]
Posted in: Name that Game (MI Edition)
  scabb
07-15-2003, 6:08 PM
#10
Okay, fine, here were the final results - I awarded half marks for close calls: ATMachine: 20 Gabez: 18 RemiO: 17 Thrik: 14.5 Carl Shutt: 11 RayJones: 10 Neil Joshi: 9...  [Read More]
Posted in: Name that Game (MI Edition)
  scabb
07-15-2003, 4:00 PM
#8
Seeing as how nobody has entered for two days, I can only assume nobody cares anymore ; ATMachine wins, with a whopping 20 points (out of 20) If anyone would like to know their scores, just ask. I'll refrain from posting them here because I don't w...  [Read More]
Posted in: Name that Game (MI Edition)
  scabb
07-13-2003, 10:16 AM
#1
Okay, I posted something similar (http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101679) to this at mojo before, but I thought I'd do one for these forums too. It's a simple, yet also excruciatingly difficult game (although maybe not so h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dreamcast Tutorial?
  scabb
07-13-2003, 6:26 PM
#9
No problem. You can also replace the ScummVM disc with a game CD once it's loaded, you know....  [Read More]
Posted in: Dreamcast Tutorial?
  scabb
07-12-2003, 8:10 PM
#7
- Clone CD (http://www.apaw90.dsl.pipex.com/scummvmccd.zip) - ISO (http://www.apaw90.dsl.pipex.com/scummvmiso.zip)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dreamcast Tutorial?
  scabb
07-12-2003, 5:59 PM
#5
I just checked, and the image burned and worked fine for me. Maybe you need to upgrade nero, or perhaps there's a fault with your writer? You should be using the "Disc-At-Once" method. If you like, I'll send you some bins & cues or a c...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dreamcast Tutorial?
  scabb
07-11-2003, 12:54 PM
#2
This site (http://paras.rasmatazz.bei.t-online.de/) should pretty much sort you out. Or, if you want to do it the easy way, download the nero image (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scummvm/scummvm-0.4.1-dreamcast-nero.zip?download) and burn it us...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI1 works with scummVm but.. no sounds
  scabb
07-29-2003, 6:06 PM
#11
You need to place the CD in the drive, because the music is on the disc. If you've pirated it, don't expect music, and don't expect help k thx....  [Read More]
Posted in: All GF fans vote here
  scabb
07-10-2003, 12:52 PM
#12
The "mysterious" elements are what make games rule. Such as the first two Monkey Island games - Who is this guy? How did he get here? When people try explaining these mysteries, things start sucking....  [Read More]
Posted in: Secrets of the MI2 Demo Revealed
  scabb
07-08-2003, 1:38 PM
#7
Booty Island is the best, man. Stans has completely changed, there's some funky looking ship, and Guybrush remarks that "I can't go in that door in this version" when you try and enter the junk shop. They also spell "Dredd's Ship"...  [Read More]
Posted in: Please tell me what you think of my GF site!
  scabb
07-10-2003, 7:32 PM
#14
You won't be able to get a news script up on the Pipex DSL space. They do support some pre-scripted CGI crap, but you can't just use what you want. And PHP/mySQL is completely out of the question, which sucks. Still, the webspace you get is pretty de...  [Read More]
Posted in: VDM sound
  scabb
07-05-2003, 8:48 PM
#2
The sound from SoMI comes straight from the CD, so that generally has to be in the CD-drive when you play the game. Also, no backgrounds with ScummVM? Have you tried grabbing the latest build (http://www.scummvm.org)? Which version of the game are y...  [Read More]
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