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Zanzibar

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Posted in: Hi, I'm new
  Zanzibar
06-09-2000, 4:16 PM
#21
The chat? I dunno. I'll be there, perhaps one or two other Big Apers, and hopefully either our producer from LEC or someone from marketing down there. The .BAF model files don't need to be installed. If you copy them into your root TPM directory, th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Hi, I'm new
  Zanzibar
06-08-2000, 9:32 PM
#18
Good point - technically, yes, trainers are illegal. But trainers don't give access to licensed properties, like the Maul and Mace patches would, so LEC probably doesn't care about the trainers....  [Read More]
Posted in: Footage Instead Of Cutscenes
  Zanzibar
07-17-2000, 10:56 PM
#5
Lucasarts had very little "development" contribution in TPM; all of the in-game stuff was handled by Big Ape, with LEC more of an overseer that their ideas were being carried out. LEC's cutscene department handled all of the cutscenes, so t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Footage Instead Of Cutscenes
  Zanzibar
07-17-2000, 10:14 PM
#3
Lucasarts got bit in the ass - HARD - with Jedi Knight's live-action cutscenes. All in all they were entirely unimpressive when compared with the amount of time and resources devoted to it - their production costs were so insane that the people they...  [Read More]
Posted in: tech help zanzibar
  Zanzibar
07-17-2000, 5:10 PM
#2
Hmmmmmmmmm.... I looked up some of your system specs at the compatibility and troubleshooting section of LEC's website (go to www.lucasarts.com, (http://www.lucasarts.com) then choose support), and my guess is that it's your video card. There are a...  [Read More]
Posted in: (Zanzibar) Special Meaning Behind Codes?
  Zanzibar
07-17-2000, 4:59 PM
#3
Hmmm...J-154 honestly had no meaning whatsoever, and neither did the R-65 blaster that Panaka uses. We just riffed some <ahem> cool-sounding names back and forth until we came up with it. Same with the Chokie stuff...someone asked me "Give...  [Read More]
Posted in: ZANZIBAR, ZANZIBAR.
  Zanzibar
07-12-2000, 6:36 PM
#4
Well, it's actually one of my fave stories for TPM... TPM's Lucasarts codename was Zanzibar, so that's why the savegames were named zanzi*.sav. However, I came up with the name when LEC was asking us what we wanted our codename to be - I have been u...  [Read More]
Posted in: Interested?
  Zanzibar
07-12-2000, 3:51 PM
#3
I like the site a lot; it's got a good group of people associated with it. I wish I played more games so I could write reviews for it http://www.jediknight.net/mboard/smile.gif I think this group would do quite well; there's quite a few articulate p...  [Read More]
Posted in: Stuck On Naboo
  Zanzibar
07-12-2000, 2:49 AM
#4
Errmmmm...uhhh...let's see...I believe it's the Square button...hmmm... X = jump O = Swing/fire Tri = Force Square = Use I could be wrong, so try any of the above http://www.jediknight.net/mboard/wink.gif Press a button, and if you don't jump, swin...  [Read More]
Posted in: Stuck On Naboo
  Zanzibar
07-11-2000, 8:57 PM
#2
There's a log (box) not far away from where Jar-Jar is standing. You can see a little trail on the ground leading to the base of Jar-Jar's pedestal. Walk up to the box, hit the 'use' button, then start moving. You'll grab hold of the log and start pu...  [Read More]
Posted in: "Chickens" on Tatooine
  Zanzibar
07-10-2000, 6:46 AM
#4
WHOOOO BOY you shoulda seen me when we saw a 'in-progress' version of the film about four months before release. We saw those Nunas in Jabba's box, and I about went nuts. We had already built the Swamp level with the Nunas, and then we see them in Ja...  [Read More]
Posted in: Can't We All Just Get Along?
  Zanzibar
07-11-2000, 9:59 PM
#14
Test: *****unce LOL - you can't say p-r-o-n-o-unce because there's a spellchecker - it replaces it because it prevents people who can't spell from coming up with this site when they mistype p-o-r-n-o in their search engines. Another test: porno...  [Read More]
Posted in: Patches?
  Zanzibar
06-29-2000, 11:17 PM
#25
No. Big Ape is working on some tool development stuff for Lucasarts, but we're also producing the Simpsons Wrestling title for Fox Interactive, due around Christmas of this year. We're trying to line up another deal for our next title, but Lucasarts...  [Read More]
Posted in: Patches?
  Zanzibar
06-29-2000, 10:32 PM
#23
Nope, that got canned. It was initially a story about a young man (Luke's age or younger) who witnesses a ship crash-landing near his home. He explores the ship to find an old Jedi Knight, mortally wounded. He gives the boy a quest, to complete the o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Patches?
  Zanzibar
06-29-2000, 5:12 PM
#21
I started on TPM in August of '97, but there was a lot of programming and tool creation done prior to that, maybe 4-6 months worth. The tool and engine for TPM was initially developed for a 'Classic' SW game (Eps 4-6) with an original story, but was...  [Read More]
Posted in: Patches?
  Zanzibar
06-28-2000, 7:38 PM
#13
During the time between TPM PC's release and the PSX version release, I had quite a bit of free time, as the Sony programmers down at Lucasarts were working feverishly to overcome obstacles, leaving little for me to do. So, some of our programmers sl...  [Read More]
Posted in: Patches?
  Zanzibar
06-28-2000, 5:29 PM
#11
The patch released by Lucasarts only deals with a compatibility crash problem with the TPM Launcher and DirectX 7. If you're running DirectX 7 and hit the Hardware Configuration button in the Launcher, it locked up on a fairly regular basis. Yes, th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Can't See thru Water
  Zanzibar
06-28-2000, 4:23 PM
#6
Yikes!!! I haven't heard of that video card before...I must say that the problem may be unfixable. However, the 'good' news is that if you made it past Otoh Gunga, you won't have any further situations like it. There is something you can try if you...  [Read More]
Posted in: Can't See thru Water
  Zanzibar
06-26-2000, 10:02 PM
#3
Aha- methinks you have a certain ATI video card. Try this: In the TPM launcher, under Hardware Configuration, check the 'Use Additive Blending' checkbox. That should clear it up. Your type of video card gave our compatibility programmer fits until...  [Read More]
Posted in: Favourite Cheats?
  Zanzibar
06-28-2000, 7:57 PM
#6
The Wobble code is 'drop a beat' http://www.jediknight.net/mboard/wink.gif Try it if you haven't....  [Read More]
Posted in: What Were They Thinking?
  Zanzibar
06-26-2000, 10:06 PM
#10
Re the ever-so-intelligent 'Dweeb' comment: Joe Joe's preferred method of communication seems to be insult..he probably didn't get a lot of attention at home growing up, so he acts out. Judging that he's old enough to use a computer and STILL isn't...  [Read More]
Posted in: does anybody knows how to change from IMC to WAV??
  Zanzibar
07-02-2000, 9:31 PM
#4
The .IMC files are music files, and they did some kind of goofy compression on them and saved them in a different format. I don't know offhand how to change them into .WAV format, but I'll check into it....  [Read More]
Posted in: Ghost Jawa
  Zanzibar
06-15-2000, 5:17 AM
#6
I feel really bad that I have to keep disappointing you guys, because I think it's great that there is a group of people that like the game enough to want to modify it for added replay. But... I have not heard from Lucasarts about releasing any kind...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ghost Jawa
  Zanzibar
06-14-2000, 10:37 PM
#4
We were told that one particular Jawa had to be unkillable. That word came down directly from the Ranch. Something about Ep 3 and a Jawa Messiah leading an invasion of Mos Espa. Also, originally, the Guards in Mos Espa (the big guys with axes) were...  [Read More]
Posted in: PSX Cutscenes Changed?
  Zanzibar
06-21-2000, 3:26 PM
#9
Which advert are you referring to? There was only one television commercial that advertised both the PC and PSX versions. It was always the plan that the PC and PSX versions would use the same FMV cutscenes, and as I recall, the TV commercial had a m...  [Read More]
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