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You can enter the development mode of Grim Fandango by going to the registry. Find the Grim Fandango key (usually in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC/Grim Fandango/v1.0) and add a new string value in it. Call this new string value good_times, and give it the value "TRUE". Now you'll be able to use all the locked arguments of GRIMFANDANGO.EXE. These include:

-w	Runs Grim Fandango in windowed mode, rather than full screen. This crashed on my computer. However, there is a different way of going to windowed mode when developer mode is turned on. While playing the game, go to options, and choose the old 3D Hardware Options item. Then pick the item saying "DIBSection Windowed Display" and do as prompted. This worked on my comp. Woohoo! :)
-l	Logs messages to debug.log. This only works if you have the proper debuglog.dll in your Grim Fandango directory. Maybe it won't even work when that condition is met - I haven't tested. If you want to try anyway, download the debugging patches from the download page.
-r	Logs resource info to a file called resource.log in your Grim directory. This works without debuglog.dll. Question is if it's very interesting to anyone who isn't writing a game in GrimE ;).
-c	After Grim Fandango starts, this will invoke the chore tool, which is an interface used for setting up walking boxes, actor chores etc. Only problem is, it requires choreface.dll, which isn't included with the release version of Grim Fandango. Quite clever, aren't they? - LucasArts.
-m	I guess this does what the window says: Sets the maximum memory usage to whatever you specify (-m 2048 = 2MB). Used for testing the game with lower amounts of memory than what the test machine has.
-s	I already mentioned this one. It works without the registry modification, and is used for loading the most recently saved game (it's what the launcher program calls to achieve this).
-b	Allows you to pass parameters to the BOOT script (the one called _system.lua). As I haven't got this script decompiled yet, I can't tell you whether there actually are any useable parameters.
-p	This allows you to add an additional data directory to Grim Fandango. Normally, the game will load resources from the CD Resource dirs, the Grim directory, and the Grim\Scripts directory (if you have TextAllowed=TRUE in the registry - see the Secret and Less Secret Issues part of the SCUMM Revisited help file). So, with this you can add, say, Grim\MyData by running GRIM.EXE -p MyData.
-z	Accellerated z-buffers. I have no idea how accellerated these are. I noticed no difference when running the game with this parameter.

Ingame Keys

Ctrl+e	Allows you to enter Lua code and send it directly to the engine for execution (try stuff like SayLine("I killed Guybrush Threepwood") or DrawLine(0,0,640,480)) Note that Lua is case-sensitive!
Ctrl+g	Will allow you to choose any room you want to jump to, either using the full name (such as "Manny's Office") or a shortcut, which is the .set name of the room (e.g. "mo"). The rooms are as follows: Short name Friendly name Description pf photofinish testroom testroom Glottis' Dog House charlie_inv charlie_inv Chowchilla Charlie's Suit death_inv death_inv Black Robe Inventory siberian_inv siberian_inv Siberian Coat Inventory nautical_inv nautical_inv Nautical Uniform Inventory cafe_inv cafe_inv White Dinner Jacket Inventory action_inv action_inv Army Uniform Inventory suit_inv suit_inv Work suit inventory mo Manny's Office Manny's DOD Office os office steps Stairs Outside the DOD rp ramp Highway Ramp outside DOD ha Hallway DOD Hallway lo lobby DOD Lobby ga Garage DOD Garage gs Glottis' Shop Glottis' Mechanics Shop al Alley Alley behind DOD st st El Marrow Main Street le Ledge DOD Ledge co Copal's Office Don Copal's Office lr Diner Land of the Living Diner pk Packing Room DOD Packing Room do Domino's Office Domino Hurley's Office fe festival Festival of the Dead tu Tube Room Tube Server hq headquarters LSA Headquarters rf Roof DOD Roof sm sm El Marrow Skyline from Forest sg signpost fork Petrified Forest Signpost Fork sp spiderweb Petrified Forest Spider Web na navigation room Petrified Forest "Maze" lb Lobby for Beaver Room Beaver Warning Sign bd Beaver Dam Beaver Dam bv beaver room Gate Outside Beaver Dam tr tree pump room Tree Pump Machinery Room fc foggy cactus Outside Rubacava re rubamat exterior Rubacava Rubamat Exterior ri rubamat interior Rubacava Rubamat Interior cf cafe office Cafe Calavera Office cc coat check Cafe Calavera Coat Check ci cafe interior Cafe Calavera Bar cn casino interior Cafe Calavera Casino ce cafe ext Cafe Calavera Exterior cl cafe ledge Cafe Calavera Ledge lm Limbo Dock Rubacava Dock hb temp hub room bw blue casket wide Blue Casket Wide Shot be Blue Casket Exterior Blue Casket Exterior bi Blue Casket interior Blue Casket Interior bk Blue Casket kitchen Blue Casket Kitchen se scrimshaw exterior Tattoo Shop Exterior si Scrimshaw Interior Tattoo Shop Interior ev Elevator Station Rubacava Elevator Station pc police station Rubacava Police Station mg morgue Rubacava Morgue bp bridge police side Rubacava Bridge - Police Side bb blimp bridge Rubacava Bridge gt lol gate Rubacava City Gate sl shuttle security Security Officer Carla tb track betting Kitty Track Betting Area tw track window Kitty Track Overview Window ts track stairs Kitty Track Stairs kh Kitty Hallway Kitty Track Hallway (Sanspoof) ks kitty stable Kitty Stable dd dry dock The Bees' Dry Dock hh high roller hall High Rollers Lounge Hall hl high roller lounge High Rollers Lounge hk high roller kitchen High Rollers Lounge Kitchen hp high roller pantry High Rollers Lounge Pantry he high roller elevator High Rollers Lounge Elevator wc wine cellar High Rollers Wine Cellar de dillopede elevator High Rollers Dillopede dh dillopede hall High Rollers Dillopede Hall mx maximinos office Swanky Maximino's Office pi police interior Rubacava Police Station Int. lx lighthouse exterior Rubacava Lighthouse Exterior xb extend o bridge Velasco's Storage Room tx track base cb cafe balcony Cafe Calavera Balcony tp ticket printer Betting Ticket Printer lz lola zapata Deck of Lola il Inside the Lola Lola Interior ei engine room interior Lola Engine Room dp dock porthole Engines Porthole - Dock op ocean porthole Engines Porthole - Ocean su sunken lola Sunken Lola ps pearl sub Octopus Submarine ew end of the world End of the World Overview ea exterior airlock End of the World Airlock mn miners End of the World Mines fh temp factory hub End of the World Factory Hub vd vault door Number 9 Tickets Vault Door ar ashtray room End of the World Ashtray Room dr dominos room Domino at the End of the World fo foremans office Mining Foreman's Office cy conveyor Conveyor Belt ac anchor room Anchor at Conveyor Belt gh Glottis hanging on the Lamancha Lamancha over the Edge of the World cv crane conveyor Crane and Conveyor Belt bu upper beach Upper Beach ck crane track Crane Track Overview bl beach lower Lower Beach cu crane crusher Crusher vo outer vault Outer Number 9 Tickets Vault vi vault interior Inner Number 9 Tickets Vault lu lamancha sub Submarine Battle inv_naut Inventory Nautical Inventory ul undernath [sic!] the Lola tg temple gate 9th Underworld Temple Gate bs temple back stairs Temple Back Stairs my mayan workshop Mayan Workshop td truck depot Mayan Truck Depot mk mechanics kitchen Mayan Mechanics Kitchen jb Bone Wagon Garage Velasco's Storage Room Int. nq New Headquarters New LSA Headquarters sh sewer hub lw lsa sewer LSA Headquarters Sewer te theater sewer Sewer outside Theater th theater backstage El Marrow Theater Backstage zw sewer maze Sewer Forking at albinizod tunnel Tunnel Outside Florist's Shop fp florist shop Florist's Shop Exterior fi florist interior Florist's Shop Interior ly le mans lobby Le Man's Lobby hf hectors foyer Le Man's Foyer nl Neon Ledge El Marrow Neon Ledge mf Meadow Flowers Meadow outside Greenhouse me meadow exterior Meadow outside Greenhouse mt mayan train station Station Before 9th Underworld
Ctrl+i	Turns on/off walking boxes.
Ctrl+l	Turns on/off lighting (i.e., when off, Manny (and the other actors) won't be shaded according to shadows etc.)
Ctrl+n	Displays the background image name in the lower left corner
Ctrl+o	Creates a door. May require choreface.dll
Ctrl+p	Executes patch-file.
Ctrl+s	Turns on cursor - you can move the cursor along the y and z axis using the arrow keys, Alt+arrow up/down moves the cursor along the x axis. Home places Manny as close to the cursor as he can get.
Ctrl+u	Creates a new object. May require choreface.dll
Ctrl+v	Prints the value of a variable.
Alt+n, Alt+p	Changes back and forth between view points.
Alt+s	Allows you to run a Lua script.
Shift+n, Shift+p	Moves back and forth between rooms (Note: This will often force you to change CD).
Shift+o	Displays/Hides object names.
F3	Enables/disables the Sector Editor (which probably requires choreface.dll and thus can't be used for anything).
Home	Positions Manny at his home position in the current room.
j	Jumps to specific spots in the game. Some of these - don't know if I have them all: "Number" Description rb Reaped Bruno rm Reaped Meche gb Packing Room tb Manny's Office tc Tube Room mm Manny and Meche dialogue sd Locked up in Glottis' Shop (Salvador). cr Ledge rip Petrified Forest (Glottis rips his heart out) gh Spider Web (Glottis' heart) tp Tree Pump tf Scrimshaw Interiors dm Morgue shanghai2 Cafe Exteriors hrkitchen High Roller Kitchen winecellar Wine cellar ts Meadow exterior

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