AFTERLIFE (THE CHEESY DEMO VERSION) README


This special Preview Version of Afterlife is downloadable in a ZIP file format.  
After decompressing the downloaded file using PKUNZIP.EXE or a similar program, 
copy all of the extracted files to a folder of your choice, i.e. C:\ADEMO. 


 Section 1. What is Afterlife?
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Afterlife is the first (and only) sim game where you, the player, get
to build Heaven and Hell.  In this tiny, cheesy, demo, you'll get to
do some primitive Rewarding and Punishing, and play with the basic
vehicles of reincarnation.  There's a pull-down tutorial in the demo
itself, and we heartily recommend checking it out.

 Section 2. Starting the demo
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Before starting any of the demos, we recommend that you shut down all other 
applications.  This process will ensure that the demos have the maximum 
amount of memory that your machine can offer.

To launch the demo click on the ADEMO folder (or whatever you named your folder), 
then double-click on the Alfdemo icon.

   The Alfdemo icon is the one with a black background, and a red
   and blue plane, with a green line going through it.  (Don't use the
   ones named Alfdemo.000 or Alfdemo.ini- they won't work.)

   Enjoy your deity-like powers of creation and destruction.

(NOTE:  The final game version of Afterlife will include a DOS version of the game.  This
demo, however, only supports Windows 95.)

 Section 3.  What kind of machine will I need?
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You'll definitely need:

486DX2/66 or faster
8 MB RAM
Double-Speed CD-ROM drive
Windows 95
Mouse
Super VGA-256 colors at 640X480 or greater
PCI or VLB video card recommended

If you're on the bottom end of these requirements, you should probably
run the demo at a screen resolution no higher than 640x480. To check
your screen resolution, go to Settings off your Start menu and select 
Control Panel. Then select Display Properties and select the Settings 
tab. You can then adjust your screen resolution.

Since the Afterlife Demo uses virtual memory, we recommend that you
reserve at least 8 Megs of free hard drive space for Afterlife to use.
You won't see anything installed there, but the game will use it
if virtual memory is turned on. (This is the default setting for 
Windows 95, and virtual memory should be turned on if you haven't
turned it off. To check, again go to the Control Panel as described
above and this time select System . Then click on the Performance tab 
and the Virtual Memory button.)


Section 4. Troubleshooting:
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If you experience any problems with the demo, we recommend that you
shut down and restart Windows 95, then run Afterlife as the first
application you run.  This process will ensure that Afterlife has the
maximum amount of memory your machine can offer.

If you experience extremely long load times, you may increase the
supplemental cache size through your Windows 95 Control Panel.  First,
click on the START button on your Windows 95 taskbar.  Then, select
SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL.  From the folder that appears,
double-click on System.  Then, select Performance from the top, then
File System, then CD-ROM.  Look for the "Supplemental cache size" and
increase it as you like. Also make sure that Optimize access pattern
is set for your CD drive's speed. This will use more memory for CD
caching, but speed up CD load times.


Afterlife TM and © 1996 LucasArts Entertainment Company. All Rights
Reserved. Used Under Authorization. The LucasArts logo is a registered
trademark of LucasArts Entertainment Company.
