Telltale Games

questionthemajority · 07/26/2007, 08:19 am

Having acquired my Sam & Max Season One disc, I really do have to ask "What the heck is Warp Drive?" Does it do anything or is it just a pointless gag to make us all scratch our heads? I want to think it's just a prank, but why carry the prank on through all six episodes? Hmmm... Maybe that's just it! The prank is making us think it ISN'T a prank by carrying it on for so long! Or maybe... Telltale's in league with the Martians to make us paranoid of a Warp Drive that doesn't exist so that we overlook the steadily-growing threat of Martian invasion!

Well played, Telltale Games. Well played...

Zachspyfox033 · 07/26/2007, 08:51 am

Its a prank

Laserschwert · 07/26/2007, 09:09 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zachspyfox033

Its a prank

No it's not. It's just buggy, and not working all the time.

I wish the "Warp Drive" button would make Sam and Max run like they do in Episode 5 (when being shrunk down), but ALL THE TIME. Just the thought of Sam's running-animation makes me piss myself laughing...

If anyone of you Telltale-Techs isn't stuck in San Diego (or on vacation, while your employees are there), PLEASE put up an animated GIF of that run... PLEEEEAAAASSSSEEE!!!!

AdamG · 07/26/2007, 09:10 am

It was a feature that was never fully implemented. The general concensus is that it was to increase walking speed.

xChri5x · 07/26/2007, 09:13 am

It works for me. Same with 3D acceleration in Curse of Monkey Island.

Combustibillion · 07/26/2007, 09:36 am

So how do we get this warp drive to work if it doesn't do so already?

Maratanos · 07/26/2007, 01:26 pm

Dude... HELLO? So... MUCH... MISINFORMATION!

Warp drive does NOTHING. It was never intended to do anything. As I recall, it was a placeholder in case they decided they wanted a third checkbox option.

Kedri · 07/26/2007, 01:33 pm

Maratanos is right. May the misinformation end NOW, please.

DrakeFox · 07/26/2007, 11:40 pm

Oh come now. Everyone knows that Dis-information is better than Dat-information.

Kedri · 07/26/2007, 11:45 pm

Sorry, I just can't stand misinformation. It scared me off MySpace in an instant.

Emily · 07/27/2007, 12:16 am

Yep, what Maratanos said. It's not a bug. It was never intended to do anything.

Jeez, didn't you guys read the manual?

Kedri · 07/27/2007, 01:08 am

*Eerily calm*

I don't have the manual. I'm still waiting for my DVD because I ordered the Case File!!

*Ahem* Soo...the Case File will be ready for shipping any day now, right?

xChri5x · 07/27/2007, 01:15 am

Next week!

The Duckmeister · 07/27/2007, 05:40 am

Argh, that's why I hated that manual! AHHHHHHH!

Here's what it says:

Quote:

Warp Drive, a highly useful feature, can be used to "Continued on Page 24

THERE IS NO PAGE 24, I'M GOING TO GO INSANE!"

**Jake** · 07/27/2007, 07:07 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamG

It was a feature that was never fully implemented. The general concensus is that it was to increase walking speed.

Sadly the general consesus was incorrect, as has been said many times.

When I designed the game's options screen with Randy when season one was first being built, we left an empty space in there in case an extra feature was added (there was talk of a tutorial, or possibly a hint system). We decided to fill the space with something random until a new feature came to take its place, and Randy put "warp drive" there I think to have a sort of ambiguously functional menu item there in the tradition of the "enable SCUMM 3D" option in Monkey Island 3. As it turned out, there was never a new feature for that space in the course of the entire season, so Warp Drive remained there the whole time, confusing the heck out of everyone. Woo.

Derwin · 07/27/2007, 02:34 pm

I still think it gave me cancer... luckily, by unchecking the box I was cured.

And Jake, you really had me going in the old thread about this. You kept alluding to "time" in every post... grrr...

**Jake** · 07/27/2007, 09:46 pm

Also it enables time travel, letting you visit locations from previous episodes, via an all new 3D map of the USA. And when Warp Drive is enabled, you can use Max to short out the roller coaster in the Blister, and as a sword in Reality 2.0, and the game is in 2D. Sadly it was never fully implemented.

Kedri · 07/27/2007, 11:57 pm

You can tell Jake's a fan right there.

Now I want a Max sword...

Maratanos · 07/28/2007, 08:41 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jake

Also it enables time travel, letting you visit locations from previous episodes, via an all new 3D map of the USA. And when Warp Drive is enabled, you can use Max to short out the roller coaster in the Blister, and as a sword in Reality 2.0, and the game is in 2D. Sadly it was never fully implemented.

Be careful, Jake. I know for a fact we've got people on this forum who will think you're being serious...

Emily · 07/28/2007, 03:22 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kedri

*Ahem* Soo...the Case File will be ready for shipping any day now, right?

*Ahem*

As we've mentioned in a zillion places, we'll be stuffing them next week when we return from Comic-Con.

07/26/2007, 08:19 am	#1
questionthemajority Toastmaster General Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In a state of constant existential quandry Posts: 90	Warp Drive Having acquired my Sam & Max Season One disc, I really do have to ask "What the heck is Warp Drive?" Does it do anything or is it just a pointless gag to make us all scratch our heads? I want to think it's just a prank, but why carry the prank on through all six episodes? Hmmm... Maybe that's just it! The prank is making us think it ISN'T a prank by carrying it on for so long! Or maybe... Telltale's in league with the Martians to make us paranoid of a Warp Drive that doesn't exist so that we overlook the steadily-growing threat of Martian invasion! Well played, Telltale Games. Well played...

07/26/2007, 09:10 am	#4
AdamG The Maybe Friend for Life Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,054	It was a feature that was never fully implemented. The general concensus is that it was to increase walking speed. __________________ "Stay frosty America!" - Max

07/26/2007, 01:26 pm	#7
Maratanos Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 851	Dude... HELLO? So... MUCH... MISINFORMATION! Warp drive does NOTHING. It was never intended to do anything. As I recall, it was a placeholder in case they decided they wanted a third checkbox option. __________________ I'll combine your MOM with those items!

07/26/2007, 01:33 pm	#8
Kedri Stupid rat creatures!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 541	Maratanos is right. May the misinformation end NOW, please. __________________ "Conjecture is not fact, and opinion is not fact, and no matter how many times you say it, it doesn't make it true." - Shaun Lyon, administrator of Outpost Gallifrey

07/26/2007, 11:45 pm	#10
Kedri Stupid rat creatures!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 541	Sorry, I just can't stand misinformation. It scared me off MySpace in an instant. __________________ "Conjecture is not fact, and opinion is not fact, and no matter how many times you say it, it doesn't make it true." - Shaun Lyon, administrator of Outpost Gallifrey

07/26/2007, 08:51 am	#2
Zachspyfox033 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: USA Posts: 409	Its a prank

07/26/2007, 09:13 am	#5
xChri5x Marketplace Reality Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: GTA, Ontario Posts: 1,629	It works for me. Same with 3D acceleration in Curse of Monkey Island.

07/26/2007, 09:36 am	#6
Combustibillion Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 16	So how do we get this warp drive to work if it doesn't do so already?

07/26/2007, 11:40 pm	#9
DrakeFox Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 99	Oh come now. Everyone knows that Dis-information is better than Dat-information.

07/27/2007, 12:16 am	#11
Emily Formerly of the Telltale Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,549	Yep, what Maratanos said. It's not a bug. It was never intended to do anything. Jeez, didn't you guys read the manual?

07/27/2007, 01:08 am	#12
Kedri Stupid rat creatures!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 541	Eerily calm I don't have the manual. I'm still waiting for my DVD because I ordered the Case File!! Ahem Soo...the Case File will be ready for shipping any day now, right? __________________ "Conjecture is not fact, and opinion is not fact, and no matter how many times you say it, it doesn't make it true." - Shaun Lyon, administrator of Outpost Gallifrey

07/27/2007, 01:15 am	#13
xChri5x Marketplace Reality Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: GTA, Ontario Posts: 1,629	Next week!

07/27/2007, 02:34 pm	#16
Derwin Max's PH-Neutral Chewtoy Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 736	I still think it gave me cancer... luckily, by unchecking the box I was cured. And Jake, you really had me going in the old thread about this. You kept alluding to "time" in every post... grrr...

07/27/2007, 09:46 pm	#17
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,841	Also it enables time travel, letting you visit locations from previous episodes, via an all new 3D map of the USA. And when Warp Drive is enabled, you can use Max to short out the roller coaster in the Blister, and as a sword in Reality 2.0, and the game is in 2D. Sadly it was never fully implemented.

07/27/2007, 11:57 pm	#18
Kedri Stupid rat creatures!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 541	You can tell Jake's a fan right there. Now I want a Max sword... __________________ "Conjecture is not fact, and opinion is not fact, and no matter how many times you say it, it doesn't make it true." - Shaun Lyon, administrator of Outpost Gallifrey

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