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Title: Help
Post by: daventry on September 16, 2008, 04:40:26 AM
Why does the Cutscenes of the Game look like 2D and how do i change the Settings to turn off all Text for every Sound and movement it shows, like when someone is laughing, a text shows (laughing) i mean common :p

Im in the Saloon and the Lady sings, but i hear no Music or any singing, i only see the Text Below.  :doze:

The Game is so soft and my Speaker is on Max, whats wrong. <):)


The Character looks trikingly similar to Larry Laffer, only he's in the West with allot of bad luck with the Girls.  :lol
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Post by: GameDevChris on September 16, 2008, 08:40:22 AM
Well, there are two different types of cutscenes in the game. Some of them are in movie format and these ones use the same models as seen during gameplay. These movies are used only at key events in the story: The introduction sequence, Rita's first appearance, and the endgame sequence.

The other types of cutscenes used in the game are 2D comics which mostly take place at the end of various acts.

To change between "Text Only", "Text & Voice", and "Voice Only" modes in the game, you need to go to the Settings menu by moving your mouse to the top-left corner of the screen and clicking "Settings" from the menu. When the settings menu appears, you'll see a button that allows you to select the text/speech mode that you prefer to use.  As for the <Chuckle> or <Laugh> text that occasionally precedes some lines, that only displays in the character's speech if they actually do laugh during that line. This is a pretty common way of emphasizing certain vocalizations and noises that don't strictly qualify as 'speech' in games, comics, subtitles etc.

As for the game audio being soft, what kind of sound card do you have installed in your system? The audio in the cutscene movies should not differ in volume from the in-game speech and sound, as all audio is handled by the engine to play at the same volume level.  It may be that you simply need to click the Speaker icon in the system tray (at the bottom-right of your Windows screen) and then increase the sound level slider before running the game.
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Post by: daventry on September 16, 2008, 01:39:00 PM
The Game is Cool and i have finished it, but poor Al Emmo is such a loser with the Girls. Makes you wonder if he's not the great great great Grandson of Larry Laffer of the Leisure Suit Sierra Games, HA HA HA.

Im not a Gay Fan and the Game did showed allot of it while i played it.

I love the Act parts with the funny Names and the funny In-Jokes in the Game.

I did manage to get the Music and Sounds fixed, so the Game was hearable.

Too bad that the Text just wont go away in the 2D FMV at the Begnning and at the End of the Game, even though it says Voice Only.

I also did not see any Green Ghosts or a Black Haired Girl as shown on the Cover of the Game Box.

Will i play the Game again and wait for Al Emmo 2, maybe.
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Post by: GameDevChris on September 16, 2008, 01:47:58 PM
Um.... Thanks... I think!
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Post by: daventry on September 16, 2008, 03:56:40 PM
Im sorry, but the Game just started getting weirder and abit creepier and just reminded me to much of Freddy Pharkas. Thats why i bought it in the first place. :D