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About hints in Monkey Island SE
i know this isn’t the right forum, but the “support” forum isn’t active. so I trying here.
I have the game “secret of monkey island special edition. in this game there is annoying option to get hints by pressing H. it’s bad becose if I dont succeed to do something after tow mintues I’m using the hints.
anybody know how to cancel this option?
(I guees there is a lot error spells in what I wrote. it’s becose I’m not speak english Usually(
I’m afraid the only thing you can do is practice self-discipline. I have never seen an adventure game in which you can switch the hints off.
I’m afraid the only thing you can do is practice self-discipline.
^ This.
You don’t *have* to click on the hint button or press H, you know… 
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
I thought more about delete some file or something. I know it’s sound funny, but few days ago I read how to change the font of “the longest…” by change some words in text file. I guess i went to far with that.
so I’m the only one with this problem? Embarrassing
I thought more about delete some file or something. I know it’s sound funny, but few days ago I read how to change the font of “the longest…” by change some words in text file. I guess i went to far with that.
so I’m the only one with this problem? Embarrassing
Don’t worry, I have the same problem in any game with hints. This is probably not helpful but you could always just play the original. Better graphics and no hints!
I’m afraid the only thing you can do is practice self-discipline.
^ This.
You don’t *have* to click on the hint button or press H, you know…
what a Relief
I was afraid that if I dont push the button there will be more six seasons of lost.
so I’m the only one with this problem? Embarrassing
i would love to avoid the hotspot reveler but i always end up using it to recheck locations
i would love to avoid the hotspot reveler but i always end up using it to recheck locations
It’s a ‘personal preference’ thing.
I like the hotspot revealers, so that - after I’ve gone over the entire screen - I can make sure that I didn’t miss anything that’ll cause me to get stuck later on…
The trick is just to use the hotspot revealer AFTER you’ve gone over the screen, and not as the first thing you do on a screen… 
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
What Timovieman said! I use that thing all the time, if available.
I thought that the quest fans burn anyone who use hints. in some walkthrough websites there is warning similar to xxx website warning.
I thought that the quest fans burn anyone who use hints. in some walkthrough websites there is warning similar to xxx website warning.
I can get the flamethrower if you like 
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I don’t care much for in-game hints, and I only use them if a game starts feeling like a chore to finish (if I find the game boring, but don’t want to abandon it).
But, I don’t understand why so many people are against hotspot-revealers when there is a general consensus that pixel hunting is a bad thing? Like Tim, I don’t use the hotspot-revealer until after I’ve explored a room, but I think it’s a VERY handy option. I don’t wan’t to play Snake with the cursor all day long, that time could have been better spent solving actual puzzles 
Duckman: Can you believe it? Five hundred bucks for a parking ticket?
Cornfed Pig: You parked in a handicapped zone.
Duckman: Who cares? Nobody parks there anyway, except for the people who are supposed to park there and, hell, I can outrun them anytime.
well… self discipline isn’t as easy as it sounds and that’s why I think some people hate the hints even though they hate pixel hunting as well. I’m not totally against the hint system, but I like it when it’s somehow concealed. When the hotspots can be revealed just with the click of a button it’s just too tempting. I’ve experienced games where I tried not to use it, then after I checked it for the first time I couldn’t resist anymore. And that could kill your fun just as walkthroughs do.
But in Machinarium for example you needed to go through a lousy boring game before you can get a hint. So you only do it when it’s really necessary
For me if a game decides to make a hotspot revealer it should be an option that can be turned on and off from the main menu. That way everybody’s happy.
Or even better: Hints should be optional when you are buying the game. It should be like McDonald’s where you’re asked: do you want fries (hints) with that?
I agree there is no need in fixel hunting. and more, sometimes I prefer to know that “you need to steal the cow from the farmer” instead of wondering all over the game-universe trying to use the Sandwich with mona liza picture.
although, I dont want the hint option becose all the grate reasons that everybody wrote.I
do you want fries (hints) with that?
And then you win a contest and get a contract from Sierra…
I agree that having it as an option in the menu isn’t a bad thing, but it still boils down to self-discipline. What’s to stop you from enabling it again and using it?
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
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