LarryG on 26/1/2012 at 09:35

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MOTHER MERCY'S MIXED DRINK
Gather these to test your mettle,
Each and every in the kettle
You must place them, let them settle. PUT THE FOLLOWING AND
Next one bottle, with a stopper, PUT AN EMPTY POTION BOTTLE
You must add within the copper. INTO THE KETTLE

I
Hickory, ash, alder and oak,
I never cough despite the smoke. SOMETHING IS IN A SMOKY PLACE
I did no crime yet I was hung, IS HANGING IN THERE
Inhaled my last without a lung. DOESN'T HAVE A LUNG, I.E. HAS GILLS
When quick I'm wet, when still I'm dry, WAS WET WHEN ALIVE, IS DRY WHEN DEAD, I.E. A FISH
I shed no tears from either eye. FISH DON'T HAVE TEAR DUCTS
Outright Spoiler: LOOK FOR A SMOKED FISH IN THE SMOKEHOUSE

II
I keep my heart inside my head; CABBAGES AND LETTUCES HAVE "HEADS' AND THE CORE IS CALLED THE "HEART"
And on one leg I stand in bed; PLANTED IN A GARDEN BED
I can be white or green or red. CABBAGES COME IN A VARIETY OF COLORS
When packed in barrels, sailors said, CARRIED ABOARD SHIPS, OFTEN AS SAUERKRAUT
I closed the wounds that never bled TO PREVENT SCURVY (SYMPTOM: OPENING OF OLD WOUNDS WITHOUT BLEEDING
And packed their teeth back in their head. AND LOSS OF TEETH)
Outright Spoiler: CABBAGE

III
Thrust in the dark, you twist my tongue; IT HAS A TONGUE INSIDE IT, AND WHEN SOMETHING GETS PUT INTO IT, THAT TONGUE TWISTS
Heave from behind, then quick, I'm sprung, TURN HARD AND IT GETS SPRUNG
Soft my groaning, quiet pleasure, IT MAY MAKE A NOISE, GROAN WHEN SPRUNG
Midnight ward of Lady Treasure. IT PROTECTS TREASURE
Withdrawn, your soft dangling tether
Holds your part, tied up with leather. THE KEY THAT GETS PUT INTO IT TETHERED TO YOUR BELT
Outright Spoiler: GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER! IT'S A LOCK

The wand is waived, the spell is cast, A KEEPER WAND NEEDS TO BE WAVED
Within the vial, liquids fast
And hidden, now, are seen through glass. TO MAKE A POTION
Drink down to help avoid a fight:
This potion shields you from all sight
And speeds you on as fast as light. WHICH IS A COMBO SPEED AND INVISIBILITY POTION


PS The loot list is done. Just working on assembling all the hints together and cleaning them up. I should post a zip with them both by the end of this coming weekend.

LarryG on 26/1/2012 at 10:28

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copper = kettle => the material is used to refer to the object.

Can you provide a corrected Russian translation?

baeuchlein on 28/1/2012 at 15:49

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And I finally had some time to try out the replacement sounds. Yes, that solves the problem I had - consider it fixed.

If I use the rattle with the original sound files present, I don't hear any sound, but the next time I enter an in-game menu or switch to the objectives screen, I find myself back on Windows desktop. After replacing the original sounds with the ones you provided, the rattle can be heard when shaken, and there are no crashes when going to the in-game menus.



That's right, and of course I had those crashes whenever I used the rattle, regardless of whether the baby was anywhere near or not. I just did not want to post an open spoiler, as you requested earlier on in this thread, so I did not describe it in too much detail. And the other people having this issue probably never recognized that the rattle was the problem (so to speak), not the baby itself.



I only hear rattle2.wav, rattle1.wav is never played (at least on easiest difficulty level). I replaced them with other sound files (e.g., a Tarzan scream:ebil:), and believe me... I would have recognized it when "my" rattle1.wav had been played.:cheeky: Apparently, alternating the sound somehow doesn't work on my system.

On the other hand, it's really not important. Just keep it in mind if you're planning to use the alternating sounds technique in any future mission.

I have played the mission a bit with these new sound files and noticed nothing uncommon, so apparently, the new files are okay now.

LarryG on 28/1/2012 at 19:14

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Here are the promised player aids for download: [ATTACH]1072[/ATTACH]

LarryG on 9/2/2012 at 15:04

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I guess we all need hobbies. :laff:

TP can actually be used as a poorman's carpet to quiet some of the hard floors, you just need a lot of it to scatter about and the patience of a saint to actually do so. Personally, I find it goes faster just to creep or walk slowly ... ;)