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"Robin seems stuck, unable to move from a spot"
Basic Understanding of the
Game's Layout
The adventures on the CD
begin in St. Catherine's Monastery located in the Sinai Desert.
Robin must first meet Deni the Monk and follow his
instructions. Read the Game Guide for
specific details.
Things must be
done in the correct order for the
game to unfold, items to appear, doors to unlock, levels to
change, and things to work. You cannot skip activities, clues or
an area.
In each game there
are things which Robin must "trigger" to happen.
These triggers can be "things she has accomplished which trigger a
door to open or an audio file to play. Or they can be invisible
trigger points she touches as you moves around that activate
something. In some cases, the trigger might be an object, or a
blinking location. In other cases, the trigger might be a mouse
click the player needs to make in response to an onscreen prompt, or
it may be hitting your spacebar to open a door.
For example, Sir Dabney
will turn and talk to her only after she has accomplished a task
(which he has previously told her to do) and after completing the
task --she has walked back to him and gets close enough to trigger
his audio response (which is usually another instruction about what
do to next).
For example, in
Game 1's Goshen Village she must approach several laptop
computers to activate a videoclip. But the laptop's "play me"
prompt won't activate if she has something else which Dabney has
told her to do first. (This keeps the Bible story unfolding
in the correct order).
For example, you can run all
over the monastery, even climb on rooftops, but you can't get into the helicopter any
time you want. It will only activate when you have completed the
required task as
instructed, which makes the helicopter key appear. The monastery is
the only game level in which you need to find the key to operate the
helicopter. In all other levels, it will operate
AFTER you have completed the tasks in that level and receive a
message to go back to the helicopter and fly somewhere.
Thus....it is
very important for
players to listen to the game's narrated instructions and characters
and follow them. They tell Robin what to do next.
 Controls
 NAVIGATE
Robin using the arrow keys.
HOLD the SHIFT KEY
while pressing the arrow keys to make
Robin run faster.
TO
MAKE ROBIN JUMP -press the 'home' key while pressing the forward
arrow.
Move
your mouse to look down and up or aim the airblaster
Press
the mouse button to fire the airblaster
Some additional notes about flying the Helicopter: At
several points in each game Robin flies her helicopter to
move to the next location/level in the game. "Where" to fly
to is often advised by Sir Dabney, or shown on the
clipboard. Most often she must land on a helipad to advance
to the next level. In some cases, however, the helicopter
only needs to "bump" into something
to trigger a level change. For example, in the Monastery
terrain she must fly into the Nile River sign by the trees.
At the Burning Bush, she must contact the pylon in the
landscape. Each level in the game has outer
boundaries which the helicopter cannot cross.
Advice about how to land at a
landing point: Press the forward (down) arrow and End Key
simultaneously. This will both pitch the helicopter downward
and slow it down. If you contact the ground and stop and are
not in the right location for a "level change" to occur,
press the Home key to fly back up and move to the correct
location.
In Game 1, Moses and Pharaoh,
--Robin must visit the Library and complete the task there,
THEN find the key to the
helicopter by cross the rooftop to the "pink patio" before she can take off.
See the map in the game guide.
Game "Boundaries "
Each "level" in the game that Robin walks or flies through
has boundaries. She'll bounce back from them, or scrape up
against them.
 Trigger
Points ~ Getting things to happen...
Some actions,
such as the laptop videos or box climbing action, are activated
when Robin approaches them. Sometimes
you must back Robin up and approach the 'trigger' point again
directly in front of the laptop. The proximity and angle of
approach to the laptop is somewhat critical in order to properly
trigger a video event. (just a vagary of the authoring tool).
This can also apply to crates which Robin can automatically
climb up in the Monastery. It can also apply to JUMPING up onto
things or grabbing things, such as the BRANCH at the Well of
Marah (pictured right). If she isn't automatically
climbing up a box, use your JUMP key while you press your
Forward Arrow key to accomplish the same action.
Order of events
affects triggers as well. The helicopter key doesn't appear by
the Pink Patio until Robin has watched the video in the Library.
The guard in
Goshen Village will not bother Robin until it is time to play
the "Collect Straw" game. Then he will make her drop the straw
if she gets in his way. Same thing with Sir Dabney and the Monks in Game 2. When approached they sometimes
have important things to say. At other times they are silent.
 Technical Issues and Solutions...
(in no particular order)
There's this "Divine
Games" box left open on the screen after I close out the game
Ignore it and close
it out. It's a small opening file you don't need to leave open.
This was changed in version 1.1.
"Sticky Keys" Problem
when I hold down certain keys
Some versions of
Windows come with a feature enabled for those with disabilities
called "Sticky Keys". If you hold down a certain key the system
begins repeating it for you. Open your Control Panel and turn
off Sticky Keys.
Video
on Dabney's laptop won't start,
Sometimes
you must back Robin up and approach the 'trigger' point in front
of the laptop or stand again. Back up and approach it
STRAIGHT ON. If you try this a couple of times and the video
won't start, it's possible that you have an older computer that can't play the
type of video we have embedded in the game. Update your Media
Player and version of Quicktime from their respective websites
(these are free).
Opening Video doesn't Play...
You should see an opening video narrated by Sir Dabney, ending
in the logo.
If you get an error, or the video starts and stop, or the
video CHUGS ALONG... Possible Video Solutions include:
Turning off all other programs to free up ram and videoram.
Opening your Windows Control Panel "Display" settings and setting your screen
resolution to 800x600, 16 bit (High) color depth. Make sure you
have Windows Media Player 10 or higher installed (free from microsoft.com)
to run the videos!!
Why you need the
proper edition of Media Player... It's possible that you don't
have the proper video codec installed on your system.
Fortunately, it's easy to correct. Go to
www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer and download the latest
version of Windows Media Player for XP and Vista. If you have an
older system, select Windows Media Player 9 or 10 from the drop
down list.
Opening Video and
other sounds "too soft"
Open your Windows
Master Volume control and click "mixer". Push all the
sliders up to the top. During the game, you can access a
special Exodus volume control this way: Press the Windows
key on your keyboard, this will reduce the game to an icon.
Click your audio icon in the taskbar and then click "mixer". You
should see an Exodus audio slider. Also...You can
adjust relative sound volumes by clicking "options" in the
Exodus game menu.
If all else fails,
make sure you are playing Exodus on a computer with separate
desktop speakers that you can crank up. Laptop speakers, and
monitor built-in speakers are notoriously under-amplified.
Game encounters an error and must
be closed before it even gets started...
Slide the error window to the
side using your mouse and look at the A5 Conitec Gamestudio
WHITE BOX. It may have an error message there. Write down the
exact error message and share it with us.
If you get an "acknex
has to close" error in Vista or Windows 7:
Right click the
installed Exodus desktop icon. Select Properties, Compatibility,
and select "Run as XP". This will tell your system to handle the
game a little more gently. We also recommend turning off the
annoying and intrusive "User Account Controls" (UACs) in Vista.
Look for that option under your Windows Control Panel.
You may also try to
click "Run as Administrator" option when you select Properties.
Every system is a bit different. Try various options.
Common errors at start up
on older computers:
"Error 2000 Direct 3D," or similar... "No 3D capable Device
detected." etc. This means your video driver or video chip is
incapable of properly rendering the game's 3D graphics.
Solutions:
1) First try installing an
UPDATED version of the Video Driver for your videochip.
Consult the computer manufacturer's website for video driver
updates.
2) It's possible that
your computer doesn't have a current edition of DirectX from
Microsoft. Go to
www.microsoft.com/directx and update your system's
DirectX files.
3) Most likely, if your
computers are more than 6 years old, the VIDEO graphic chip
is inferior. It can't handle the 3d graphics. You need to
buy an inexpensive videocard and install it.
4) If the game functions
slowly at start up, or not at all, check to see how much RAM
you have on the computer. IF you have XP, you should have AT
LEAST 512 mb of RAM.
If after a
successful installation the game starts, then falters,
consider this: The game begins with a movie
file. Could be that the opening Windows Media Video file (wmv)
can't play due to various factors. First, reduce your screen resolution to as near
800x600 as you can. Then, make sure you have the latest version of
Window Media Player on your system. It's free from
www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer Lastly, make sure you
have enough free RAM. The game needs ram, and so does the video
file. Free up ram in your system, or add more.
"WEAK
CARD" or "Unsupported Card" detected at start-up
This game requires
16mb 3-D capable modern good quality videocard or chip. If the
3-D game play is whacky looking, slow response times, etc., then it's probably your computer's quality
that is the problem. If you have Windows Me, your computer's video
controller may be too old or low-quality to enjoy this game
fully. XP era computers should be fine, except those early
models or cheap manufacturers which contained sub-standard
videochips. For example, is you have a VIA brand chip, or a "Pro
Savage" chip, they're garbage, and you need to install an
inexpensive videocard (preferably an Nvidia or ATI brand).
If you have an older
computer and are experiencing video display problems with this
program, try updating your videochip/card's video driver. Go to
your computer manufacturer's website to get their updated
videodriver (something they update regularly!)
Problem: I have XP
PRO and I get an error message saying: "3D Game Studio / ... The instruction at blah blah blah.... The
memory could not be written."
This is due to an
arcane setting in XP PRO you need to change. You need to
add Exodus,exe to the list of
"exceptions" in Windows Data Execution Prevention (DEP). To get
to the settings for DEP: Go to your System Properties in the
Control Panel. Select the Advanced tab. Select Performance
Settings/ Select Data Execution Prevention tab. Select "Turn on
DEP..." Click the Add button to "browse" to the Exodus folder
and select Exodus.exe to the exception list.
Weird huh?
Misc Non Technical
Problems:
I can't find the
Helicopter Key
Can't climb the Tower of Masah
Can't find the Library
Can't find the Red Sea Room
You need to Download or view the
Game Guide.
I can't find the Air
Blaster
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In the Goshen
Level it's found down in the dig site with a big exclamation
point over it. Use it to blast the spiders, thought it's not
required to complete the level. The spiders are just
annoying.
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In Pharaoh's
Court it is found behind the plants. You must use it to
blast the guard 3 times to freeze him before you proceed.
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In the Red Sea
Room it is located in the terrain by the platform, but not
needed to complete any task. However, in version 1.1 it
appears in Robin's hand when she enters the level.
I can't find the
helicopter key after I climb the boxes.
You have either, 1)
climbed the wrong set of planks and boxes (the correct set is at
the top of the main staircase where you first appeared at
the beginning of the game near Brother Deni); or 2)
You haven't first talked to Deni, gone to the Library, watched
the video, and THEN gone to look for the key.
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