To all TOMI and Grim Fandango fans...

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• OzzieMonkey

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  Griswald Goodsoup wrote: »

  While I'm sure this thread should properly be directed to support or some archaic LucasArts support forum that nobody comments, I am in need of help, and steadfast reply within a 12 month time-frame.
  
  I have had Grim Fandango for a number of months but when I excitedly installed it the game began with lines, irritating lines, running through the picture. I reinstalled it and googled reasons for this but with little accurate help.
  
  Does anybody know how to stop this? I have SCUMMVM but I haven't yet added it to the list. Is that a quick fix or is there something else I must do to enjoy this game as opposed to throwing it at the wall.
  
  Thankyou

  
  Grim Fandango is not a Scumm game, therefore will never run on Scummvm. It runs on the GrimE engine, the same engine used for Escape From Monkey Island. There is a program under developement called Residual, but it is in very early stages and probably won't be worth looking at for a while.
  
  What I can do for you is point you here: http://www.quick.mixnmojo.com
• GuruGuru214

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  If I'd been 13 minutes earlier, I would've said exactly the same thing.
• guitarsareboring

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  Ye ^^ got it running on Windows 7 so I was pretty pleased.
• Novotnus

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  Enter dxdiag (start ->run -> tyle 'dxdiag') and turn off DirectDraw acceleration in Display section.
• Chyron8472

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  OzzieMonkey wrote: »

  What I can do for you is point you here: http://www.quick.mixnmojo.com

  
  
  It's not obvious where the Grim setup stuff is on that mixnmojo page. it's under "More Google code Releases."
  
  or here: http://code.google.com/p/grimfandangosetupandlauncher/
  
  
  
  I once had issues with running Escape from Monkey Island, but the new setup files I found at that mixnmojo page mentioned fixed all my problems (not that I play EMI, but just for posterity.)
• Thespis

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  Novotnus wrote: »

  Enter dxdiag (start ->run -> tyle 'dxdiag') and turn off DirectDraw acceleration in Display section.

  
  
  Just make sure you turn it back on when you're done.
• Bagge

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  Thespis wrote: »

  Just make sure you turn it back on when you're done.

  
  You can turn off DirectDraw specifically for Grim.exe
• tbm1986

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  Sounds like a vertical sync problem to me. You need to turn it on somewhere in the software that came with your graphics card.
• Remolay

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  question: why do the LucasArts point and click engines have gross names?
• tbm1986

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  Remolay wrote: »

  question: why do the LucasArts point and click engines have gross names?

  
  Coincidence.
  
  S)cript
  C)reation
  U)tility for
  M)aniac
  M)ansion
  
  Grim) Fandango
  E)scape from Monkey Island
• Toothless Gibbon

  March 2010 edited March 2010

  tbm1986 wrote: »

  Coincidence.
  
  Grim) Fandango
  E)scape from Monkey Island

  
  It was actually GrimE(ngine)
  
  And it was intentional.