Altador Plot #56 [READ THE FAQ!!]

Sat May 13, 2006 6:06 am

I tried it about seven times, then i refreshed on the farmer and noticed the message change, then refreshed at the door. All good.

Sat May 13, 2006 6:12 am

what's this thing with the library?
are we supposed to do something with it? O_o
or is it just to distract us?

Last edited by lischu on Sat May 13, 2006 6:13 am, edited 1 time in total.

Sat May 13, 2006 6:12 am

Rauven wrote:and it's oficially morning, and i oficially passed all my night here trying to make some sense out of the library (no results though)
my brain is ichy
they are being meany to me

honey, get some rest.. I think there is another clue, I've started a mindless testing of all altadorian pages.. mindless wandering it that vast expanse of the library seems futile.
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lischu wrote:what's this thing with the library?
are we supposed to do something with it? O_o
or is it just to distract us?

the library is open again.. the archivist invited us to wander around... nothing has been found yet.

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Sat May 13, 2006 6:15 am

at least you're not still stuck on the water puzzle...like some of us

Sat May 13, 2006 6:18 am

manatemuse wrote:the library is open again.. the archivist invited us to wander around... nothing has been found yet.

I think it's the same thing as when we first got our telescopes.
We were able to learn to use it, but there were no clues out.
So I doubt there will be anything for a while.

Sat May 13, 2006 6:23 am

I don't know if this helps, but I was reading through the posts about the theory on neoboards and it worked for me. I turned all on in the first two rooms and then just played around with the third. Here are my results:

1st room: ++
2nd room: ++u
3rd room: dud

Sat May 13, 2006 6:34 am

Is anyone perhaps paying attention to the way the water looks in the aquaducts and pipes? I think it is entirely evil to make this so random.

Either there is a pattern of how it is supposed to look, or there must be a pattern for which way to click to turn certain things on.

My water flow seems to change randomly on it's own every 5 or so minutes. Within a room, having water on, then tesing to see what changes something, is also useless, since if I click and something turns off, I can't click that dial or lever again to get it back on. Absolutely illogical!

EDIT: Furthermore, there seems to be no way to "opt out" if I want to start over. From what to where I don't know. Still things just reset in the middle of my experimentation, and I don't understand the reasons for this.

Sat May 13, 2006 6:37 am

I went through and tried every combination, twice! Nothing works.

Sat May 13, 2006 6:52 am

I think it matters which room you start in for the water puzzle. I finally started in room one and kept working until room two had water in both tanks, etc until it all worked.

I think I tried every combination at least 4 or 5 times until I did it that way.

Sat May 13, 2006 7:06 am

I've also been thru every combination of wheels/switches twice now but still nothing.
Is it *really* obvious when you hit the correct combination? Do I need to keep scrolling up/down the window to ensure I see it?
Has anyone hit the right combination by starting in room 3, trying all 8 possibilities in there, then making the next change in room 2 etc or has everyone started in room 1?

Thanks
Ian

Sat May 13, 2006 7:22 am

IanB wrote:I've also been thru every combination of wheels/switches twice now but still nothing.
Is it *really* obvious when you hit the correct combination? Do I need to keep scrolling up/down the window to ensure I see it?
Has anyone hit the right combination by starting in room 3, trying all 8 possibilities in there, then making the next change in room 2 etc or has everyone started in room 1?

Thanks
Ian

As soon as you get the right combination, you get taken to the congrats screen.

It only took me about 5 minutes - I didn't even look to see what levers I pulled.

Sat May 13, 2006 7:23 am

I know this won't be very helpful, but this is what I did. In the center room I hit each dial a few times, and changed the switch to the opposite of what it was. Then I went to the right room and switched them all opposite of what they were. Then I went to the left room and again, switched them all opposite. This worked on my first try so I can't tell you at all what things looked like since I didn't have time to notice.

Sat May 13, 2006 7:42 am

Since the water levels change in one of the three rooms as soon as you click anything, could someone *please* screenshot what each room should look like when finished? Which tanks should be full or empty, which chutes should be the same?

Thanks!

Sat May 13, 2006 7:46 am

I second that request, hoping in all futility it is even the same for all of us.

Either that or if anyone noticed "when I did this, it changed this in this other room" since so far, as hard as I try (though I am tired) I cannot see any direct correlation as of yet, if there even is one.

I mean where is the water supposed to go? Flowing in the ducts or filling up the "wells"? This is like a really bad Myst game and I have half a mind to send Super Mario down one of those pipes to figure out the problem.

Website · Sat May 13, 2006 7:55 am

cygnata wrote:Since the water levels change in one of the three rooms as soon as you click anything, could someone *please* screenshot what each room should look like when finished? Which tanks should be full or empty, which chutes should be the same?

Thanks!

As said earlier, the problem is once you've finally pull the last switch you are automatically pulled out of the water works station and back to the front room. So, either you SS after each lever pull, or you have a REALLY good memory.