Short: GRAAL extra hints & tips Author: pethu@hotmail.com Uploader: pethu@hotmail.com Type: game/role Introducing the source of deeper GRAAL understanding... =============================================== The GRAAL Herald, Issue 1 (including GRAAL_2 beta 2 driver and editor) =============================================== First of all, if you don't know what GRAAL is, then this is not for you - check out game/role/Graal2a.readme first! Still here? Good. This is a combination of a GRAAL-driven demo and a diskmag, showing just how flexible GRAAL 2 is, and demonstrating subjects not covered by the normal demo adventure in the "Graal2x" archives. If you thought the GRAAL 2 adventure demo was OK, just wait 'til you see what else GRAAL 2 can do if you put your mind to it! The archive should be unpacked to a hard disk drawer. Make sure the FONTS: sub-drawer contents are copied properly. Then click the GRAAL_2 icon, and away you go! This archive includes slightly updated GRAAL_2 driver and editor programs, containing some new features that I considered essential to put in before the proper GRAAL 2.0 release. They also contain some nice bug fixes, so everyone should replace their current "GRAAL_2 beta" driver and editor with these "beta 2" versions. Now I will not add any more features until the GRAAL 2.1 release (I think ;) The new features: * It is now possible to totally customise save/load as well as quit routines. * It is now possible to use dialogues for player "multiple choice" input, not necessarily related to an on-screen dialogue between characters. Also makes it possible to conduct dialogues without the main character being shown on screen. * If you run GRAAL from a write-protected medium, it always asks for a saved games diskette when loading and saving games. This means GRAAL games can now be put on CD-ROM with fully functional save/load routines. * The editor can edit PATH:s, and also keep track of .room, and .scene script numbers and contents in a much neater way. The GRAAL Herald is as free as freeware gets, but the "Olaf Longhair" character is copyright (c) Per Thulin. The GRAAL Graphic Adventure Authoring Language is shareware. Read the docs in the full archives (graal2a.lha -- graal2c.lha) for more info. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 251 60.0% 27-Nov-96 09:33:48 GraalHerald1.info 2909 1285 55.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:42 +1.room 2516 1283 49.0% 27-Nov-96 00:05:50 +1.scene 577 273 52.6% 27-Nov-96 00:05:44 +1.section 1454 682 53.0% 27-Nov-96 00:05:52 +10.scene 678 408 39.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:52 +11.scene 1346 662 50.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:50 +2.scene 2550 919 63.9% 27-Nov-96 00:05:44 +3.room 189 117 38.0% 27-Nov-96 00:05:50 +3.scene 1125 544 51.6% 27-Nov-96 00:05:44 +4.room 4447 1779 59.9% 27-Nov-96 00:05:50 +4.scene 9425 3888 58.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:44 +5.room 290 217 25.1% 27-Nov-96 00:05:50 +5.scene 1704 819 51.9% 27-Nov-96 00:05:44 +6.room 361 235 34.9% 27-Nov-96 00:05:50 +6.scene 5970 2248 62.3% 27-Nov-96 00:05:44 +7.room 1143 630 44.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:50 +7.scene 1163 575 50.5% 27-Nov-96 00:05:52 +8.scene 1855 843 54.5% 27-Nov-96 00:05:52 +9.scene 172 142 17.4% 27-Nov-96 00:05:52 +BLANK.scene 25222 17090 32.2% 27-Nov-96 00:05:48 +Color_Tutorial1.iff 23724 15032 36.6% 27-Nov-96 00:05:48 +Color_Tutorial2.iff 23724 13340 43.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:48 +Color_Tutorial3.iff 22820 7364 67.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:48 +Color_Tutorial4.iff 40790 33184 18.6% 27-Nov-96 00:05:44 +Crumpled.iff 31484 14696 53.3% 27-Nov-96 00:05:46 +DemoRoom.iff 7664 1273 83.3% 27-Nov-96 00:05:46 +DemoThings.iff 797 302 62.1% 27-Nov-96 00:05:40 +diskinfo.graal 21095 8274 60.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:42 +Editor.txt 4594 1525 66.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:42 +Editor.txt.info 524 43 91.7% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +dpaint.font 640 344 46.2% 26-Nov-96 12:13:08 +5 3316 1919 42.1% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +8 784 49 93.7% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +hires-5a.font 1800 1079 40.0% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +6 1904 1164 38.8% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +7 2040 1222 40.0% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +8 524 41 92.1% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +olaf.font 4780 1691 64.6% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +24 5096 1897 62.7% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +27 264 25 90.5% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +Scala.font 3880 1815 53.2% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +11 524 37 92.9% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +XEN.font 2440 1455 40.3% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +8 2284 1480 35.2% 26-Nov-96 12:13:10 +9 7740 2967 61.6% 27-Nov-96 00:05:38 +graal.main 341760 164934 51.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:38 +GRAAL_2 2817 1358 51.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:38 +GRAAL_2.info 4871 2307 52.6% 27-Nov-96 00:05:40 +GRAAL_2_bugs.txt 4594 1522 66.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:40 +GRAAL_2_bugs.txt.info 347892 115276 66.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:42 +GRAAL_Editor 2862 1733 39.4% 27-Nov-96 00:05:42 +GRAAL_Editor.info 6528 2357 63.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:40 +graal_n1_comm.iff 3258 583 82.1% 27-Nov-96 00:05:40 +graal_n1_dlg.iff 2354 1181 49.8% 27-Nov-96 00:05:40 +GraalHerald1.readme 4594 1526 66.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:40 +GraalHerald1.readme.info 17862 8638 51.6% 27-Nov-96 00:05:46 +Headlines1.iff 14882 5694 61.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:46 +Headlines2.iff 22238 5804 73.9% 27-Nov-96 00:05:40 +Olaf.iff 21256 7099 66.6% 27-Nov-96 00:05:46 +OlafDemo.iff 19332 14110 27.0% 27-Nov-96 00:05:48 +Olafss1.iff 18140 11297 37.7% 27-Nov-96 00:05:48 +Olafss2.iff 24542 19125 22.0% 27-Nov-96 00:05:48 +Olafss3.iff 22828 17233 24.5% 27-Nov-96 00:05:50 +Olafss4.iff 19480 12800 34.2% 27-Nov-96 00:05:46 +saveex_bg.iff 5194 1430 72.4% 27-Nov-96 00:05:46 +saveex_clpart.iff -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 1188240 543115 54.2% 28-Nov-96 22:41:38 66 files