Can't open Grail Diary

[♞ Shot Doctor]

Anyone else getting an issue that I am getting...

Once you get to Venice and enter the library the diary becomes vital in finding the correct room and slab to break...

If I try to "open" grail Diary it doesn't open it... Indy just says it's my father's diary at the top of the screen

If I click "look" at grail Diary then he says it's a package from my father and it doesn't open either.

So kind of stuck right near the start of the game due to a bug :/

Anyone else come across this? And any tips?

Thanks in advance :p

[Dcastgaming]

Have you tried the game manual which links you the PDF of the grail diary? The Grail Diary was initially a form of copy protection. I'm guessing the puzzle is referring to that diary being an old LucasArt game.

[chriskringel]

You were just missing the last step, open the package and looking at the Grail DIary again.

1."Look at" package ==> It is a package my father send me.
2. "Open" package ==> It's my father's Grail Diary
3. 'Look at" Grail Diary ==> I don't see anything pertinent right now.
***OR*** It will show you some vital information.

Look at this blog post if you can't figure it out yet: https://advgamer.blogspot.com/2013/01/game-28-indiana-jones-and-last-crusade_20.html

You will also need the Grail Diary pdf from the manual (linked in the Steam store page!) for certain important information later in the game.

[chriskringel]

NOTE:

Looking at the in-game Grail Diary will only work in certain rooms.
Example: https://imgur.com/a/iTlbxcC

[Gilmaris]

Never mind these other guys who don't know how to read. You have a buggy version. Is this the Steam version you're using? I have an EGA version like this. The grail diary won't ever open: it is always treated like an unopened package. Unfortunately I do not remember where I got the buggy version from (though I see the EGA version on dosgamezone has this bug), nor where I got my versions which are NOT buggy. However, hope is not lost: ScummVM eliminates this bug, so that's what you should be using. You won't get the IQ points or the original save/load screens, but at least the grail diary will work.

For the record, I have purchased this game legally, twice over (both Steam and GOG), but that's the VGA version. The original EGA version is not available for purchase anywhere.