Proto:The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall/November 1995 Demo

This is a sub-page of Proto:The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.

Oh dear, I do believe I have the vapors. This page contains content that is not safe for work or other locations with the potential for personal embarrassment. Such as: Nipples in three different colors!

To do: Move over what's in common with the October 1995 demo to that page.

A slightly fixed up version of the October 1995 demo. This one has a few things changed and added, but also a few things removed. This one is slightly easier to find than the October 1995 demo, being in more compilation CDs from the time and being the demo chosen for the Daggerfall Interactive Preview disc.

The demo can be downloaded over here.

Gameplay Differences

• A disclaimer now pops up when the player is dropped into the dungeon.
• The player has a Level 16 Male Breton Spellsword rather than a female. The female Spellsword can still be accessed through z.cfg (i.e. changing gender from 0 to 1). However, some display glitches occur, such as using the wrong body graphic for the inventory screen. The clothed graphic is still in the game, though.
• The player can now use upper-case letters in the notebook unlike the previous demo.
• Bow weapons have been removed, due to the tendency to crash.
• The pit area in the room with the suspended bridge is now filled with water.

Book Differences

For the most part, the books are the same as in the October 1995 demo. However, they've now got parts IX and X of King Edward. Ghraewaj, A Scholar's Guide to Nymphs, and From The Memory Stone of Makela Leki are all present here too and are virtually the same as their final counterparts.

That said, an additional file was accidentally included...

REDGUARD.TXT

Aesthetic Differences

• Enemies all use the same corpse graphic.
• There's a minor glitching where two cursors can be seen by moving the mouse while moving the character and navigating the menu at the same time.

Spellbook

The spellbook uses the same UI style as the final version. However, hidden within the demo's graphic files, there is an earlier version of the spellbook, with more primitive graphics.

Unused Spellbook	Demo & Final Spellbook

Logbook

The "Go To" button was removed and the exit button became red. Also, some extra space was added to make the paper more symmetrical.

Demo	Final

Bodies

Some of the bodies were altered between the demo and the final. In the first two cases, the skin color was darkened. The second image also is very slightly bigger (by two pixels).

Demo	Final

Demo	Final

The Dark Elf female's body's nipples were re-colored from black to pink.

Demo	Final

And nipples were added to the Khajit female's body.

Demo	Final

Character Faces

All of them were changed to some extent.

Textures

October 1995 Demo	November 1995 Demo	Final

Aside from having a different face, the skeleton looks more or less the same as in the final version. However, it still has eight frames of animation when it walks.

Demo	Final

Another completely redrawn texture, this time in TEXTURE.168.

Demo	Final

Aside from two added screws, it looks more or less the same.

Demo	Final (Alternate)	Final (Used)

Although Morgiah doesn't show up at any point in the demo version, she does have a sprite. The demo sprite bears more of a resemblance to the unused alternate sprite from TEXTURE.180. In turn, the alternate sprite is smaller than the final sprite. The cat in the demo sprite is a white cat, while the final uses a browner cat. Her pose was slightly altered for the final version, too. A still version of her demo sprite still exists under TEXTURE.197.

TEXTURE.321 contains two odd textures that are completely absent from the final version, likely artist doodles.

Misc. Notes

• A cheat menu can be activated in this demo simply by pressing ALT and Q during gameplay. However, it is broken, since a lot of options don't work or crash the game.