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Karmillo - 21 September 2013 05:38 PM

Iznogood - 16 September 2013 05:58 PM

I did however manage to get stuck no less then two times, the first when I had to pick up the yellow scarf, I knew that I would probably need it, but when she ran away screaming the first time, I just assumed I wouldn’t be able to pick it up now, and had to do something first or simply build her confidence up first, so I ran around for quite some time trying to do other things, before I finally tried to pick it up a second time.

This is what got me too

Remember that lesson for the futurue chapters. There will be more situations were something might not work on the first time, but on the second, or even the third. That includes not only inventory items, but also dialogue options.

rtrooney - 21 September 2013 07:41 PM

I regret to say that I won’t be able to participate any longer. I’m sure I’ll finish the game at some point, but just not as part of the CPT.

I had a kitchen remodel catastrophe occur last Friday night. We installed the new refrigerator Friday. Sometime around 10PM the valve that connects the fridge to the water line malfunctioned. By the time I discovered it Saturday morning water had been flowing freely for almost nine hours. Newly installed hardwood floor was ruined. A large amount of carpeting may also need to be replaced. It’s a f*****g mess, and has set everything back a good three weeks. Certainly not as bad as Interplay’s house burning down, but draining nonetheless.

I will lurk as time permits. Best of luck, and have fun everyone.

Mess indeed…
Good luck rtrooney.

(strangely enough, one of the chapters in IHNMAIMS does include a destroyed kitchen)

Having had a lot of building work done in the past that hasn’t gone so well in places I truly sympathise with you rtrooney & hope you get it all fixed! Yep! It’s a pain in the arse at the time! Hope to see you back soon.

Anyway, back to the game! I’ve started on Ellen’s story & haven’t got very far. I’ve looked at all of the monitors, switched them, & discovered a secret passage by the electronic walls but I’ve tried everything so far but nothing’s happening & I can’t open up the secret passage?

chrissie - 22 September 2013 09:46 AM

Anyway, back to the game! I’ve started on Ellen’s story & haven’t got very far. I’ve looked at all of the monitors, switched them, & discovered a secret passage by the electronic walls but I’ve tried everything so far but nothing’s happening & I can’t open up the secret passage?

I remember this being kinda weird
if I’m remembering right I think you just push the electric bricks in the spot where the secret passage should be, it doesn’t look like it’s a separate hotspot from the others though. you might have to look at them first and then push them

Thanks Karmillo, I’ve tried to push the electronic bricks in that location but all Ellen says is that there should be a secret door here & is AM messing around again (or something like that). It seems to indicate that I’ve done something wrong somewhere else (not that there’s a lot to do wrong just yet!)?

chrissie - 22 September 2013 10:08 AM

Thanks Karmillo, I’ve tried to push the electronic bricks in that location but all Ellen says is that there should be a secret door here & is AM messing around again (or something like that). It seems to indicate that I’ve done something wrong somewhere else (not that there’s a lot to do wrong just yet!)?

Yeah that’s what I remember being kinda weird, it felt like I had tried to push them once and it didn’t work and then it worked when I tried doing it again. Or it might be that you “use” the electric blocks, the game seems to be a bit flaky with the verbs push/take/use sometimes.

Edit: went back an had a look and just realised something There some loose wires under the left most monitor that you have to use first. The first time I played that I had just used the wires when I first found them and had no idea what that actually accomplished.

Thanks Karmillo, I’ve tried using the wires already - mmm…. just a thought I’ll go back & try again!

Yeah there could be a required order or something

Switch monitor and leave it showing the passage
Look at bricks where passage should be
push/use bricks
fix wires
push/use bricks

I’m not sure if all of those steps are required but starting the chapter from scratch and doing that seems to work.

Thanks Karmillo, I’ve managed to get the opening opened! Maybe I used the wrong command on the wires or the game is just plain picky!

Iznogood - 22 September 2013 04:34 PM

I guess it is possibe, I didn’t think much about it before you mentioned it, but isn’t there also one thing missing from all the other pictures on the monitors? I’m pretty certain Anubis is also not shown on the monitors. I don’t think there is any graphical glitches here, but that it is simply a case of “if I cant see you, then you can’t see me!

Well in the dosbox version at least Anubis is in the Monitor, but for some reason he is standing in the centre of the room with his head down. This threw me for a bit because I thought it has some relevance back when I didn’t realise you could pick the scarf up, ended up not meaning anything at all as far as I know.

Iznogood - 22 September 2013 04:34 PM

To answer TimoviMan’s question, then I don’t know if it has any root in mythology, but in a more modern context, it is quite common that you will turn into stone if you look into the eyes of a sphinx, and you can pass simply by closing your eyes or using a blindfold.

Isn’t that the eyes of the medusa?

Concerning the blindfold puzzles, wether it’s a bug or not, although it’s a nice puzzle, I don’t think those parts were not very well executed, gameplay wise, I didn’t make much sense to put the blindfold and control Ellen normally, it would have been more interesting to change something like the screen going dark or something.

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I almost gave the green flag a day earlier than I supposed!