Oneiroscope on 11/11/2003 at 01:34
Polychromic: [SPOILER]Face the sword. Mantle the sarcophagus to your right and drop down between the two. Kneel down and look to the left of the corner one. There is a switch that will move the statue there in the corner. To trigger the Constance objective, you have to flip a switch behind the statue to the right at the bottom of the stairs, then go into the room that opens up and read the plaque on the wall.[/SPOILER]
Dafydd on 11/11/2003 at 01:54
[Folks]
Like a couple others here, I have completed all objectives except loot... I'm woefully short on loot (need 950 more just to complete the mission).
In the corridor leading to the open area before the corridor that leads to the Abbey of Swords Brother -- the corridor before the stationary haunt, I mean -- there are four rooms, two on each side. These rooms taunt and tease with massive loot.
Each is blocked by an unfrobbable cage. Each room has a hole in the floor... but when I went down into the sewers, found a couple of the holes, and looked up, they were blocked by metal crossbars and had no ladders in any event.
Is there any way to get into those rooms and loot them? I have a feeling that would put me over the top -- and leave me right near where I have to go at the end, the Abbey.
Any thoughts, those of you who completed the mission?
Dafydd
Chuckg on 11/11/2003 at 02:06
OK, I'm an idiot.
In the Horn chamber -- I found the switch to open the left door, the one that leads to the tombs and sewer entrance.
I found out how to use the sewers to get into the chapel, which is behind the partly-opened door in the Horn chamber.
I can't get that last door in the Horn chamber open for anything, and I can't find anywhere else to go either.
Oneiroscope on 11/11/2003 at 03:14
Chuckg:
[SPOILER]I assume you are talking about the door to your right as you enter the Horn chamber from the water? If so, you need to frob one of the disks on the same wall as the door. I think the disk you want is to the right above the door.[/SPOILER]
Dafydd: [SPOILER]It sounds like you might have something wrong with your installation. On all three difficulty levels I was able to open them just by frobbing. If that's the case then you need more technical help than I am capable of.[/SPOILER]
Chuckg on 11/11/2003 at 03:32
Thank you. That worked.
smithpd on 11/11/2003 at 05:06
Great mission, Timon and team!:D I really enjoyed all the little twists, goodies, and non-secrets. Superb architecture, and nice game play. I am looking forward to mission #2, and I hope there will be more after that.
Some of the items were a little hard to find, that's for sure. I needed help in a few places:
Killing Constance Ghost[SPOILER]This was hard because there was no mention in the English clue of putting her in her tomb.[/SPOILER]Putting the wine barrel in the hiding place[SPOILER]This was confusing because there was another hiding place near the toilet, mentioned in a note, and I was led to believe that was the place.[/SPOILER]Finding the chess piece. Just didn't look hard enough.
The secret. I think It would be good if everyone could see it. Very nice credits.
Did anyone find a legitimate way to get into the right-hand locked building as you enter the compound?[SPOILER]I got in only by bashing the door.
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I completed it in Expert (13 objectives) with 45 damage to others. Time 3:47 (two evenings) No BJ's. Killed two spiders who gave me a hard time and Constance's "ghost". 5020 / 5150 loot. That is some nicely hidden loot.
Norman Druart on 11/11/2003 at 05:06
Finished; very enjoyable.
A few leftover questions:
[SPOILER]Is there a way to open the door to either Bernard's room or the torture hut near the drunk guard? I ended up bashing both open with my sword.[/SPOILER][SPOILER]Playing on Expert, can you trigger the lease and/or apple objectives before actually finding them? In both cases I got assigned the objectives when I found the objects in question.[/SPOILER] [SPOILER]Poking around in the goals file after finishing the game, I found an optional "Garrett, you're a bastard" one. Any idea on how to achieve it? I tried dropping Bernard's diary in Marucha's office and Bernard himself in their bedroom but no result.[/SPOILER]
Dafydd on 11/11/2003 at 05:08
[Oneiroscope]
I walked up to the gates; they didn't light up. But this time, I just tried clicking anyway... and they opened right up! I suppose last time, I just assumed that no light = not frobbable. Yeesh. :eww:
[Nightwalker]
I'm so close, I can taste it. I'm at 4390... just need 110 more loot, and I'm ready for the Abbey.
Right now, I'm at a locked gate at the opposite end of the corridor from the Big Sword room. Through the gate, I can see a diamond and a Canopic jar, which I am quite sure would add up to more than 110... but the gate won't open (it frobs, but it's locked); my picks won't work; and none of the keys I have left -- Garbage Chute, spare House key -- or a key I tried earlier (Prison key) will open them. I can't find any buttons or keys lying about.
I'm stubbornly refusing to see something that is right under my nose, I just nose it. But what?
By the way, is there any way to steal the Big Sword itself? Or the flaming skull through one of the doors from the Horn room?
Dafydd
Norman Druart on 11/11/2003 at 05:18
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Originally posted by Dafydd I'm stubbornly refusing to see something that is right under my nose, I just nose it. But what?
By the way, is there any way to steal the Big Sword itself? Or the flaming skull through one of the doors from the Horn room?
Dafydd
Not exactly under your nose; more like just over your head. And it's not a switch for once.[SPOILER]Try going back the way you came into the gate area...[/SPOILER]
smithpd on 11/11/2003 at 05:23
Dafydd,
That is easy to miss. Here is a more explicit clue if you need it.[SPOILER]You need to "stand up" in the low corridor, heading back out, to see it easily. If you are crouching, as usual, you may not see it.[/SPOILER]
