Day of the Tentacle Demo Read Me
©1995, LucasArts Entertainment Co.
Version 1.0 Ñ October 16, 1995

Thank you for playing the Day of the Tentacle demo!

The Edisons are at it again.  Dr. FredÕs mutated purple tentacle is out to take over the world and only you can stop him.  Use Bernard, Hoagie, and Laverne to fix the Chron-O-John, travel through time, and foil a diabolical plot to turn the human race into a domesticated breed of tentacle pets.  Inspired by the classic cartoon styles of Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, this cartoon world and its comedic characters are sure to set a new standard in graphics and sound.

This non-interactive demonstration version of Day of the Tentacle shows off the animation, sound effects, and music that highlight this interactive adventure game.  If you've enjoyed viewing the demonstration version of Day of the Tentacle and would like to order the full game, please check with your local software retailer or call 1-800-98-LUCAS.


Topics
Solutions to Common Problems
Technical Support


Solutions to Common Problems

When I run Day of the Tentacle, it claims it doesnÕt have enough space left to play sounds.
Day of the Tentacle is probably using up almost every last scrap of memory, and there is no room left over in your system to initialize the Sound Manager.  To fix this, you should make sure you have quit out of any other applications that may be taking up valuable memory.  You might also need to disable some control panels and/or extensions, or lower Day of the TentacleÕs Preferred memory partition (if you have it raised up).

Try as I might, I canÕt seem to find enough free memory to run Day of the Tentacle.
It is possible that with certain system configurations, there may not be a way to free up enough RAM to run Day of the Tentacle on an 8MB machine.  In this case, we recommend that you play with virtual memory turned ON.  Go into the Memory control panel and click the ÒOnÓ button next to the virtual memory section.  Then use the arrow control to adjust the amount of virtual memory you wish to use.  For best performance, we recommend setting your virtual memory to the lowest possible value.  Once you have virtual memory turned on, you will get a warning when you launch Day of the Tentacle; simply press on in spite of the warning and you will be able to play, with some performance degradation.

The sound breaks up and stutters during play.
You probably either have virtual memory turned on in the Memory control panel or you are running with a third-party RAM extender utility installed.  In either case, the solution is to disable the offender.  To disable virtual memory, select the Memory control panel and click the ÒOffÓ button in the virtual memory section.  To disable your RAM extender utility, use the Extensions Manager control panel to turn it off before playing.  In either case, you will need to restart your Mac for the changes to take effect.


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