by BBP » Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:09 am
A very lovely lady at the Tim Curry forum I frequent gave me her US issue of GK3. Naturally I couldn't resist digging through it. Haven't played it yet, thought I'd wait for the community playthrough. But I have dug through the data already.
Unsurprisingly, the barns are not different at all. Surprisingly this does mean I couldn't find any file related to the one thing I know is on the US version but not the European one: the bookstore easter egg "Is that guy famous or something?".
First I extracted all the US YAK files and browsed through them again. Besides additional content of one YAK that isn't particularly interesting, I found nothing new in the 7300+ files.
Then I found the log, which is called LISTOFFILES.txt. Checked if every single file was in the script. Some 18 weren't. Double-checked those and found a number of double audio files which I've added to the list. In total I found 2 completely new lines. Both turn out to have been on the UK release as well; I probably missed those the first two times I checked the files this way.
At any rate I only found two new lines. One is probably in the game, but I haven't tried it too often yet: Gabe saying "I go get the shovel" at Orange Rock. If you want to complete your document, place this in the Orange Rock section at 3:3-6PM:
A1MJFH1O.S01
GABE,I'll go get the shovel.
The second file is more interesting and hints that, indeed, the artifact photo was possibly part of a minor puzzle. The object (5th and 6th) number is 0F, while the artifact photo object number is F6. Object numbers correspond throughout the script: the desk in Emilio's room has the same number as the desk in Buchelli's room etc. There's only one other object by the number 0F: an unidentified drawer. 44 means look. A10 means it's in the inventory. Hmmmm...
A10Q0F44.OQ1
GRACE, I don't know about Dr Wen's seed idea, but this artifact looks suspiciously vampiric. Could the vampires be Egyptian in origin?
There's not really any news about the 6 Mysterious Binks That Aren't Really Binks. I've attempted various sneaky methods from extracting to renaming to uploading to Youtube hoping that decoder works (it has worked before), but no dice. I'll keep you posted if I find anything, and if you have any idea how to see what's in them, let me know!