Hello, I've run into some trouble in the Forge level. You're supposed to combine metals together to make an alloy, but whenever I press one of the switches, the creatures always come over to test the new bridge without me getting the opportunity to select a second metal to mix it with, meaning that it always fails their test. Am I missing something?
Ah, I see. In that case I seem to have just run into a bug where the requirements are impossible to meet, because I've tried all the metal and cooling combinations to no avail. I've read that a previous patch has made it so that reloading a save will reset the strength value required, but that doesn't seem to be working for me.
Well, I've tried every combinaton of metals with both the slow and rapid cooling options. The closest I get to a succesful result is using the Vanadium metal switch together with the rapid cooling switch. This gets me as far as the creatures attempting to bend it in half and succeeding, before tossing it away. Every other metal and cooling combination causes the process to fail earlier. I've successfully built a conveyor bridge two times before, both times by just using the vanadium switch. Its only on the third bridge that the cooling setting became a selectable option.
The closest I get to a succesful result is using the Vanadium metal switch together with the rapid cooling switch. This gets me as far as the creatures attempting to bend it in half and succeeding, before tossing it away.
Can you quote the exact text, please?
How many minibosses have you beaten? The cooling options should have appeared after Judgement.
I've beaten 2 of Bismuths arm things. I think judgement was the second one.
The text is:
You flip the switch. One of the smaller vessels starts churning, and thin streams of molten liquid flow from both it and the large smelter to combine in another vat. There's some more shaking and banging, and then the product is disgorged into the main channel.
The monsters immediately burst to life, swarming the metal like starving animals. They crawl and wriggle all over it, constantly poking and prodding even as they work it into a new shape. When they're done, you're delighted to see they've produced a new conveyor!
You pull the lever down, and the ground falls out from under the new conveyor! It drops into what appears to be a vat of water, which immediately froths into a boil. The conveyor rises again, steaming but cooled into a solid shape. But it's not over yet. The monsters keep running their fingers over the metal.
With a viciousness that startles you, one grabs a small hammer and slams it down hard. The arm-monster recoils from the impact, and the new conveyor appears unblemished.
"Oh, I see!" Pearl says. "Adding vanadium increased the hardness of the metal. How fascinating!"
The monsters take a small piece out of the stream and begin doing… something with it. First one squeezes it between its thumb and forefinger, and after a few seconds of that, two grasp one end each and try to pull it apart. To your relief, they don't succeed.
But then for some reason they keep pulling and prodding at the new conveyor – really hard, too! It looks like they're trying to break it!
And they do. As they try to bend it, the whole thing snaps in half. They throw the ruined pieces into the lava.
You wail and tug at your hair as you watch the new conveyor melt into slag. What was wrong with it? You'll just have to try again!
If I cool it slowly, I get:
You pull the lever up, and pistons suddenly descend from the ceiling to pound at the conveyor. Its surface becomes more even under the assault, the small lumps and irregularities in the metal smoothing out. When they're finished, you wait as the metal slowly cools. It rings out a beautiful melody as it does, the crystals crinkling as they settle. But it's not over yet. The monsters keep running their fingers over the metal.
With a viciousness that startles you, one grabs a small hammer and slams it down hard. The arm-monster recoils from the impact, and the new conveyor appears unblemished.
"Oh, I see!" Pearl says. "Adding vanadium increased the hardness of the metal. How fascinating!"
The monsters take a small piece out of the stream and begin doing… something with it. First one squeezes it between its thumb and forefinger, and after a few seconds of that, two grasp one end each and try to pull it apart.
It breaks with an audible snap. The rest of the monsters don't even hesitate before flinging the whole thing into the lava.
You wail and tug at your hair as you watch the new conveyor melt into slag. What was wrong with it? You'll just have to try again!