Lost Desert Plot Discussion #119 (Summary in First Post)

[erPurity]

Okay, so, have found three white scrolls, but my fourth scroll is another white kar. Now, when I was looking for scrolls for the previous crystal, I had two green kars which had the same scrolls for mixing.

Does the same thing apply with the three scrolls here? Or will it be in another order?

Thanks.

short answer is I think you will use another order. but it will point you to the same white scroll.

I had two suns back to back.. the second one gave location after 1 scroll read

I had 2 green Kars in the middle, after i had done the sequence for the first one and had gotten the white scroll location, i thought the sequence would be the same but i got the clue when i was at the R scroll .The sequence was actually YRB, BYR..and since the last coloured scroll i had read was Blue, when i went back to the sequence i didn't have to read 3 scrolls but only 2...whic was great since the blue one was in the anubis toxicology report.


on another note...whoo hoo, got the darn puzzle room in time for my next light which in 40 mins time

ARGH!! i think i stuffed up big time BOO T_T I have 2 cups one after the other, however i read the white scroll twice by accident and i have tried to start again but ive gone through all 3 symbol sequences and nothing is giving me a new white scroll location.

How do i reset my repository? Can it be done? Will exiting the repository work?

ARGH!! erPurity is currently PULLING HER HAIR OUT T_T

maybe you could try exiting the repository..you did use different sequences for the symbols right, like if you used RYB, then don't use it but use a different one like BYR.

Thanks for answering =)

but i have tried exiting the repository and ive even visited my scroll catalogs again, and i have tried YRB YRY BRY 5 times with the cup symbol and it still wont give me a new white scroll location.

i even moved onto my next symbol, which is SET, i went through the sequence again being, YRB YRY BRY twice and STILL with no result T_T

ARGH!! I dont no wat to do! OK Im going to leave the repository over night and hopefully wen i wake up, i will find it has miraculously reset it self

[Plagatus]

On the set where you read r/b/y/w per symbol, yes, you may screw up and read anything after you've read each white. After all, you are very likely to screw up anyhow while trying to find your next r/b/y combo. Just remember not to read anything after the last white until you get riddled.

[Cranberry]

The reason a large majority of our discussion was moved from the boards to chat, was because it was just that much easier to concentrate. A chat room is more conducive to a real discussion of ideas than a message board.

Exactly -- we tried at first to get organized and test theories just on the boards, but they move too fast and too many people are at different stages at the same time, so we started a little chat for people who were all caught up at that point. (And the reason we switched chatrooms to a second one was because I had specifically asked that only caught-up people come in, but we got flooded with people asking questions about earlier parts, and we couldn't work on the new part with all the questions flying around.) We promised to share if we figured something out, and we did share, shortly after we sorted it out.

We went through *many* different theories in our chat. Yes, we did have someone getting the room messages (like IanB was getting) in chat ... but no, we could not figure out a way that could make the messages appear for all of us. That was a big sticking point for us. We were all madly clicking through many permutations of ideas.

At first we all thought dolphin's room message was a glitch or a cache error or something -- we even got him to write snarkie and Mr. Insane asking if it was. Once IanB and I managed to get ours by reading our double symbols, we thought we had it figured out... but it didn't work for anyone else. We didn't post about room messages here because we figured... what's the use in posting a theory that doesn't work for 3/4 of people? When we finally figured out how to get them (and that you had to read a secondary color scroll afterwards -- also discovered by accident, when I read a green ahn, went back and read my yellow and blue ahns and couldn't get my message again, and was afraid I'd broken my account ), we shared with PPT.

So, I am sorry that I haven't been able to help as many people lately with things, but as I said, I chose to focus on figuring out new content rather than catching people up. If anyone wants to hate me for that, it is your perogative.

Same for me. I don't consider myself some super-smart elite plot solver, but I, along with the rest of the group, spent a LOT of time (I was in chat for 14+ hours two days in a row, neglecting my real life for a bit) testing theories, running from the catacombs to the fourth floor over and over, reading countless scrolls, and ultimately moving PPT forward in the plot. If anyone's mad at me for spending my time on that rather than on catching people up to first-crystal territory, so be it. I'm happy with how I've spent my last few days.

As for the plot -- I think it's over... for now. We're caught up to the plot comics, so I assume we just have to wait for that final part. I don't know if there will be a final task, or if the comic itself will wrap it all up (maybe some pet will run in with our new scroll info), or what. I can't wait to find out, though!

[bluejelly]

On the set where you read r/b/y/w per symbol, yes, you may screw up and read anything after you've read each white. After all, you are very likely to screw up anyhow while trying to find your next r/b/y combo. Just remember not to read anything after the last white until you get riddled.

What I mean is: say I've figured out the order for my first blank, and I read r/b/y/w. Will I have to read those again if I screw up when reading my next blank 'set'?

[bumpty85]

first of all, i wanted to say thanks to all of those on this message board that tryed so hard to figure this out. thanks to you guys, i was able to get through the repository in a few hours, without ever reading a wrong scroll (except for when getting the 4th crystal, since that's a given).

this is my first plot that i finished, and usually i just shook my head whenever someone asked an old question that was answered in the first post. now that i realize how much time you guys are spending getting through new content, i think i'll make it a point from now on (and for later plots) helping others get caught up too.

anyway, thanks everyone =)

EDIT: i think i'll start now

On the set where you read r/b/y/w per symbol, yes, you may screw up and read anything after you've read each white. After all, you are very likely to screw up anyhow while trying to find your next r/b/y combo. Just remember not to read anything after the last white until you get riddled.

What I mean is: say I've figured out the order for my first blank, and I read r/b/y/w. Will I have to read those again if I screw up when reading my next blank 'set'?

no, if you screw up in the next set of scrolls after reading a white scroll, you don't have to read the previous ones again.

so: after i've read my first white, i'm free to click on as many RYB scrolls until i've gotten the location of the next white one

[Plagatus]

bluejelly, no. Once you complete a full 4-scroll set, you're safe and do not have to redo it. (Thankfully! My first 4-scroll set was Toxicology, then 4th floor Poetry, then another room by Toxicology...plus I had to run ALL SIX COLOR COMBOS before I got it right! Sob. I would have hated to run that over and over and over again even more than I had done so when I was testing folks' theories for getting 3rd crystal.)

[bluejelly]

Thanks, but I still need to find my jelly. I mustve looked at 12 already.

[stampsyne]

Does anybody know if PPT posted the last installment before it showed up on neoboards? I try ever so hard not to go there.

[Riitunen]

Hi,

I just can't get the right combination of scrolls in second crystal, so can someone tell me what I do wrong:

I got my lights in second crystal: purple, blank, green, blank, blank, red, purple, blank, orange, purple, yellow, purple, orange, yellow, purple, red.

In my first crystal I have: red, blank,, blue, blank, blank, red, blue, blank, yellow, blue, yellow, blue, yellow, yellow, red and red.

In my tablet I have in right order; set, saf, saf, kar, kha, nem, nem, anh, set,
tep, lat, djo, kha, tep, fer and ben.

So, I mapped: I first have to find blue and red ben.. but nothing happened when I found them so I didn't get my clue about the new room.

Have I misread the instructions? or what I do wrong? Many thanks for help, again

[Riitunen]

and one more question, is it right that reading the scrolls of second crystal has nothing to do with the catalogue?

[TopsyTourny]

bluejelly, no. Once you complete a full 4-scroll set, you're safe and do not have to redo it. (Thankfully! My first 4-scroll set was Toxicology, then 4th floor Poetry, then another room by Toxicology...plus I had to run ALL SIX COLOR COMBOS before I got it right! Sob. I would have hated to run that over and over and over again even more than I had done so when I was testing folks' theories for getting 3rd crystal.)

What do you mean 4th scroll set? I thought all there was to do after getting 4th scroll, was to bust the wall, take the scroll and go see fortune teller?

Did I miss something?

[PatW]

Archimedes, the answer to your question changes depending on which crystal you are working on. Just double check before you read any scrolls, and keep accurate track of which scrolls you have read and it won't be an issue.

[stampsyne]

Riitunen, your directory (the three color catelogues) tells you what room to find the correct scroll of your symbol/color. So your directory is always important. Remember, the directory changes after you get each new crystal.

[Plagatus]

TopsyTourny, I had said 4-scroll set, AKA a set of 4 scrolls, the 3 primary colors and the white, such as when you are working with your 3rd crystal to get your 4th. Sorry. Wanted to ensure the other person was talking about the same thing I was.

[lady_n_thread]

Finally I have my 4th crystal!!!
After hours looking for the jelly trap, I tried what someone on here suggested and used the 12 doors as I enter my temple, I hit the jelly trap on my 6th door....I just wish I'd done that in the beginning

I've looked in my first 15 doors -- no jelly

I've now looked in 21 doors -- no jelly

What are the odds??