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Magnus Olsson <mol@df.lth.se> wrote:
> In article <cq0jht$ci6$1@reader2.panix.com>, Dan Blum <tool@panix.com> wrote:
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> >> Yes. The cloak is in the same general area as the belt (not the same
> >> room), and the bracer is in the same general area as the dagger.
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> >Well, I found the bracer and the belt, but I have no idea where the
> >cloak and dagger are. Anyone care to provide (smallish) hints on those?
> "Cloak and dagger" - that sounds more like a spy game
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> The cloak: well, the figure in the mural is walking up to the
> entrance of Heaven. The puzzle has something to do with the sky.
> Have you examined the stars that appear inside the dome?
Yes, but obviously too long before I got to this point, because I
had forgotten all about that.
> The dagger: this is tricky, because you have to do something contrary
> to what you normally do in adventure games. Remember the dark area
> in the cave? What would you do if you wanted to explore the darkness
> without a light source? In particular, you need to get deeper into
> darkness - how woul dyou orient yourself?
That was definitely counterintuitive, and also a little too much
syntax-guessing. Not sure I'd have ever figured that out without
a hint.
> >Finally, I see Magnus (at least) found the missing piece of memory,
> >but I haven't seen anything that seems to fit (I tried the letter and
> >chart and such just for giggles, no dice). A small hint here would
> >also be great.
> IIRC a new object just appears in the workroom after you've explored
> the lab.
That'll teach me to re-read room descriptions carefully (hey, it's
a tutorial even in expert mode!). Thanks!
Now, I just need to find the alternate version of the portal ending...
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