Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Notes

Unused Graphics#

Gabriel Knight: Shadow Hunter#

Used	Unused

The image on the right (File 101.p56 in the internal file list) appears to be a mockup title screen for an earlier version of the game. The subtitle, "Shadow Hunter", kinda gives away the plot, so it was probably changed because of that. Gabriel's feet were also cleaned up a bit, making them larger and giving them a better perspective.

In the normal title screen, the game draws the options on top of the image by using other game assets. But the unused screen has them applied to the artwork already. Plus there's a "Tutorial" option instead of "Exit". The final game features interactive help, but does not have a tutorial.

Land of the Green Isles#

File 2000.p56 in the internal file list is a picture of the starting point from King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow. This is not used in the game. Both King's Quest VI and Sins of the Fathers use Sierra's Creative Interpreter game engine, albeit in different revisions.

Early Gabriel Knight and Grace Nakamura Portraits#

File 8999.p56 contains the image shown above. It has early portraits for Gabriel and Grace, with Gabriel looking very un-scruffy-like.

Unused	Final

Gabriel looks a bit older in the unused portrait, his hair looks a lot more manageable, and his skin tone is somewhat darker than in the final.

Unused	Final

Whereas Grace is smiling, has a slightly noticeable cleavage, more noticeable collar bones, and her nose, eyes, glasses, ears, and hair were redone.

Unused Text#

Unused Dialogue#

Note that any text displayed in parentheses at the start of a dialogue line is coded to not appear in-game; this was used by Sierra to insert context notes for the voice actors.

Neither of these are items available in the final game, though the snake scale from the fortune teller's veil is described as looking like one of its sequins at first.

Judging by the context and its location in the script, this would've been an additional set of lines for the radio in Gabriel's apartment. Unlike other unused dialogue, it has no voice acting attached.

In the final game, no such requirement exists.

A removed line from the first phone conversation with Wolfgang that had its text commented out.

Another commented-out voice line, from one of the failed conversation paths to convince Grace to apply the snake tattoo to Gabriel.

This line from asking Grace to research a topic she's already researched seems to have mistakenly been recorded by Grace's voice actor instead of Gabriel's, presumably why it was removed. The text line for this one is completely blank.

One of the random lines for perusing the German-English dictionary in the bookshop never actually plays.

From its placement in the script, this blanked-out line would've been for asking the bartender about cabrit sans cor' more than once.

The Lake Pontchartrain crime scene has various lines for interacting with Gabriel's motorcycle, which isn't an on-screen object in the final game.

An extra line from the photography scene with Detective Mosely.

Unused conversations with Malia. Animal masks only become an available topic to ask about after Hartridge's lecture on Day 3, and this conversation happens on Day 2.

More conversation topic timing conflicts: Damballah and Odoun Badagris can only be asked about starting from Day 5, at which point both Crash and Hartridge are already dead.

Unused conversation topics with Madame Cazaunoux.

Lines for interacting with Castro as a separate object from Madame Cazaunoux, which isn't possible in the final game.

No generic worshippers appear in the church in the final game.

This line is meant for examining Hartridge's corpse with the Look icon, but doing so opens an inset view (which has its own separate Look dialogue) instead, so it can never play.

Two blanked-out lines in Hartridge's office, for using items on the squatting statue and trying to "move" the papers on his desk, respectively.

The mannequin in question is the one in the Dixieland Drug Store; a different line plays for examining it sans mask in the final game.

An unused second line for trying to talk to the stained glass window at the Schloss Ritter chapel.

Lines for selecting the "Fill him in" and "Fill me in" conversation options with Mosely on Day 10 more than once. In the final game, those topics are removed after the first time they're selected.

Various unused lines from the Day 6 conclave scene. Some of them have their transcripts stored separately from the actual voice line, oddly enough.

Unused chants for the ritualists in the final confrontation with Tetelo and Dr. John.

An alternate line for spying on Crash with the binoculars, once again with text and voice stored separately.

The final separated line would've occured during the chase sequence in the snake mound on Day 9.

Demo Leftovers#

You have selected the Recorder.  The Recorder will allow you to replay conversations that occur in the Interrogation mode (ASK icon).  The Recorder is not available for the day 1 demo.

St. Louis Cathedral is unavailable from the day 1 playable demo.

The Napoleon House is unavailable from the day 1 playable demo.

The Historical Voodoo Museum is unavailable from the day 1 playable demo.

The Dixieland Drug Store is unavailable from the day 1 playable demo.

Grandmother Knight's house is unavailable from the day 1 demo.

Gabriel's studio apartment lies behind that curtain, but it's not available for the day 1 playable demo.

Yeah, Gabriel's gotten permission from Officer Frick to go back there, but he can't do it in the day 1 demo!

You have reached the end of the Day 1 playable demo.  There are 9 more days of this adventure due out Fall '93.  If you have any feedback, let us know....

Other#

Hey, what's going on?  There's nobody here but me.

Failsafe text for entering the questioning interface without a conversation target loaded.

The Voodoo ritual cartoon is not yet available, so....

You learn that Malia Gedde is the head priestess of the New Orleans Voodoo cartel that's responsible for the murders.

You further figure out that all of this is related to your nightmares because  Malia is Tetelo's descendant and you are Gunter's.

You barely escape the wrath of Tetelo's spirit (which possesses Malia) and Grace drags you away....

Some placeholder lines for the Day 6 conclave scene, describing the video sequence at the end of it.

BOOK I

BOOK II

These lines are stored with the start-of-day text, before "Day 1" and "Day 7", respectively.

!!!Do not print this.  Comment msg only.

!!!Do not print this.  COmment msg only.

!!!DO not print this.  Comment msg only.

!!!Do not print this.  Comment mgs only.

!!!Do not print this, comment msg only.

!!!Comment msg

!!!Comment msg.

!!!Comment msg only.

!!!Comment  msg only.

!!!Comment msg only.  Do not print this.

!!!Comment msg.  Do not print this.

!!!Blank msg

!!!blank msg

!!!Print msg.

!!!REMOVE THIS

!!!REMOVE THIS CASE

!!!This case is not possible

This is a place holder

Various removed-line placeholders standard to SCI games, repeated many times across the message files.

!!!REMOVE THIS NOUN.  Use MURAL_MASK for the whole mural.

This slightly less generic placeholder is in reference to the mural in the snake mound.

!!!This is the text for the final pages (in art--here for translation purposes only):
Dearest Father:  I offer these final words as apology for the failure I have made of my life and the harm I have done our sacred family office.  Last night I learned that the women I wrote of, Tetelo, was the witch I sought.  I committed terrible crimes, Father.  First, I loved this witch.  Second, I betrayed her.  Third, I used our sacred family power to free her and aid her in destroying this colony.  The talisman is gone--Tetelo took it.  I can but pray for thy eventual forgiveness, for thy swift recovery of the talisman, and that my punishment in Hell will be long and bitter.
Thy undeserving son--Gunter

A transcript of the final pages of Gunter's journal, which are shown as an image instead of in-game text.

Easter Eggs#

A couple of Easter Eggs managed to sneak in and avoid detection for a surprisingly long time.

To do: Take new screenshots of these eggs.

Bayou Admonishion#

Die in the bayou on Day 6. When the "I really don't want to be dead" game over screen pops up, choose to quit to DOS. As the game exits, it'll print a little something extra in the text mode display:

Thank you for playing Gabriel Knight.

Now go to bed.

Jane Scribble#

Create a file in the game's directory named BUSTER. Now go to the Honfour at the end of the game, enter the seemingly useless office with the whiteboard, and Operate the area just below the eraser. Gabriel will walk over to the whiteboard, look around to make sure he's not being watched, and sketch out a stick figure labelled "JANE" - a tip of the hat to lead designer Jane Jensen.