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The Election, by Nick Jones
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First off, I ought to warn you that this scenario is plot/puzzle based, and contains little of
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interest to the more combat-orientated, tactical puzzler types. The rest of you...
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This scenario should only be played with the party save file included - just load either
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elecpc.sav or elecmac.sav as appropriate before starting the scenario. Using your own party will
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ruin the atmosphere, mess up a few of the puzzles, and be counted as cheating, in my book.
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WARNING - Do NOT overwrite the initial saved file - you will need it when you come to start again. It is advised that you make a back-up copy, or just don't delete the .zip file.
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Mac and PC graphics files have been included - put these in your scenario folder as usual.
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Other than this, there is little more you need to know. There is a time limit, so don't
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necessarily expect to win on your first go. You should also know that there are two
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seperate ways of winning the game, one significantly harder than the other, (though which you
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consider better is up to you), so expect to have to play it through at least twice before seeing
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everything. The scenario file is unpassworded, so if you really want to you can see how it was
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put together. Don't expect a beautiful demonstration of how to use the editor, though - this is
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my first scenario, and was quite messily constructed.
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A walkthrough/hint file, elecwalk.txt, is provided in case you really get stuck, but expect to
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find out more than you wanted to know. To be used as a last resort only.
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If you're playing on a Mac, there might be a few dialogue text messages which are too long to
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fit. I've spent long hours trying to remove them, but if you find a few remain - don't panic.
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If you think something important might have been contained in the cut off sections, just press
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record, quit the conversation and look at your journal - the complete text will now be there.
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You can then go back into conversation and ask about anything that might have been suggested by
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this new information. If you do find a fair few of these, I would appreciate it if you sent me
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details (who you asked what), so I can fix them for any next version that might be coming.
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I would like to sincerely thank my beta-testers, Silver and Alcritas, for their miraculous work,
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turning the hugely buggy scenario I first showed them into the gleaming example of perfect
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scenario craftsmanship you see today. Oh yes.
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Additional thanks go to Drakefyre and Drizzt, who helped with the beta-testing to some small
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extent. Praise also to Jeff Vogel, obviously, and apologies for the unlicenced use of his name.
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It just seemed right, somehow.
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This scenario is freeware. Do what you want with it, as long as what you do does not
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involve profit or removing the credits.
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Any comments, bug reports, angry letters of condemnation etc. should be addressed to
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nckjones@hotmail.com. But I won't tell you the answer to the crossword clue, however much you
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