A Few Questions
 

1.) Is the demo coming out before the full game release?

2.) Can the game be run in a window as well as full screen?

3.) Can the sound/music be turned off?

Thanks in advance!

Re: A Few Questions
 

1) Maybe. The developers are still working on it.

2) I have only run it in full, I would need to check.

3) Yes you can turn both off.

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2) yes, you can;
the game shows you all video modes supported by your graphics card/driver, as soon as you select a mode with equal or less resolution than your desktop setting it lets you switch to windowed mode.

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Windowed mode works really well, BTW. It is my preferred style with this particular game. You see, sometimes one is supposed to be doing work-things but there's this game . . . and, err . . . that means you need to step in and out of it quickly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Thanks for the answers everyone. Being able to run in a window and with sound off helps with the, err, work issue. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I have another question now, is there an advantage to pre-ordering the game versus just waiting until later?

Re: A Few Questions
 

It's cheaper when you pre-order I think, it assures that you get you copy right away.

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Anyone care to verify that the price is cheaper by pre-ordering?

Is it possible to turn off the end game date/penalty and just play until you've explored everything? One thing I found a little weid in SAIS is that you could die and get a better score than if you survived but made it back to your home planet late.

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The late return penalty can't be "turned off", but it's easy to make a mod with a much longer time limit if you really want to.

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This information might not be correct (although I'm not in a position to say for sure either way).

There certainly was a $5 discount for early orders, back when the projected gold date was September 15th, but I recall that the cut-off date for the discount was August 15th. Even if the cut-off date was extended by the same extra month that the game took to complete, it would still have ended a fortnight ago.

So at this stage, I suspect the advantage to pre-ordering is getting the game shipped out to you just as quickly as possible!

Re: A Few Questions
 

This is not an issue in WW:RtIS.
If everything goes normally, you'll have enough time to visit every star systems. With some gadgets, you'll even beback some years early http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Stefan

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Well it wasn't an issue in SAIS, really. The penalty for late return was purposefully high in order to force you to heed it, which then meant that you *had* to make decisions based on how long it would take you to do things, which was a really key aspect of the gameplay.

If you could take as long as you wanted to play each game, you would not have played it in the same way.

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Shadowcat: Are you the same Shadowcat I know over at TTLG? Welcome aboard. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Yes indeed http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif (and thanks)

Hopefully we'll see you over at ISF shortly!

*cue mysterious music*


I'm itching to get my hands on Weird Worlds... I hope the shipping is quick! It's never fun to have to see everyone else talking about it and still be waiting...

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I might have come to ISF, but the mysterious music reminded me of Shalebridge... and I ran away. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Heh. Well I can't comment on that, I'm afraid. My PC is well up to running Weird Worlds, but pretty much chokes on Thief 3 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

I suspect that ISF should be a little more inviting than Shalebridge, though http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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"My PC pretty much chokes on Thief 3..." http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

But ISF is considerably friendlier, yes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif