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wesha4 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I'm in the scrapyard and not sure what to do. I can put hoverboard over the poison lake, but then I don't know how to propel it (and there aren't any assholes with other hotherboards nearby :) Rooter with his rear jet could be helpful, but he won't climb on hoverboard and I don't know how to utilize his thruster otherwise. I tried taking Roouter's head with me, but it is not possible to "lasso" the ladder.

I assume I need a metal rod to use as an oar, or the like, but I can't get that either. I have Rooter's head, but Ace "has no clear shot".

sirtawmis4 years ago

So when you first enter the scrap yard (before you go to the lower area) - there's a ship (or something) whose back end is exposed. Send Rooter in there... and let him... sniff around.

wesha4 years ago(+1)

I did that before. Maybe I don't understand how that "sniffer" UI works, but nothing unusual happens at all. Nothing gets highlighted, characters don't make any unusual moves or say anything, etc.

sirtawmis4 years ago (2 edits)

Sorry - not the actual metal sniffing. I meant that figuratively.

Essentially control Rooter - tell him to go into that "back of jet" thing (as I describe it) on the first screen in the scrap yard (to be clear - not where you get Mule, but the next screen - next to the Carbonite George Lucas).

Once you're "there" - get something - then actually use the metal sniffer to get something else.

That said, move Mule down to the next section before doing this (I found this helps preventing the Eternal Mouse Spin when you use Rooter to get something over there).

wesha4 years ago (1 edit)

There is a spot inside the "back of the jet" thing where Rooter stops and sniffs for a while, but... that's about it. Once again, no textual warnings, no character saying anything, none of the things in the inventory do anything on that spot.

sirtawmis4 years ago

You have to control Rooter - then click on the back of that jet area. He should jump in.

wesha4 years ago (1 edit) (+2)

OK, that was ABSOLUTELY unguessable. What I will find up there was quite guessable because Ace mentions something about that earlier if you use "look" action on that spot. But the fact that I need to send Rooter in there... how the hell was I supposed to guess that? That spot is absolutely indistinct, just another spot amongst the piles of trash to the naked eye,

sirtawmis4 years ago

Heh. What's funny is the first play through - I saw that "opening" and it immediately reminded me of the vent (back on Nostradamus) and so the first thing I did was switch to Rooter and click the walk icon there - and in he went. (He also goes in if you use his "nose" icon).

So I didn't even get the chance to think of "Hey, use Rooter's head to try and grab the pipe."

tomimt4 years ago(+2)

I took a bit time for me as well to figure that out. I do hope that is because of how poorly the examine responses are working at the moment and not because they actually forgot to write something a bit more helpful there. There are spots I've basically brute forced myself through instead of genuinely figuring how to do stuff because of the lack of responses.

somniferus4 years ago

There's nothing to show that the spot is interactive at all.

DrJ14 years ago(+1)

How did you get the mule over the poison lake? No matter where I click, the mule just goes from one side to the other but never goes out over the lake

sirtawmis4 years ago (1 edit)

You don't use the Mule to get across the lake.

When you first exit Scrap's interior - there's a few dumpsters.

One of them might have something that may... lift your spirits.

Then, when you get to the first area in the actual junk yard, Rooter may want to check out... openings.

And there, he might find a metallic stick to fetch.

Use what lifted you and the metallic stick to cross the acid water.

Fully disclosed, all run together as one large word with a strike through to prevent easy reading in case you don't want it spoiled:

InTheDumpsterThereIsAHoverBoardThatIsNotEnoughHoweverYouWillNeedRooterInTheNextScreenToGoIntoTheBackOpenVentsOfTheBuriedPlaneThingHeWillThenDigAroundAndBeAbleToReachTheSilverPoleWhichFallsBelowUseTheHoverBoardAndThePoleToCrossTheLake

Note: When you do the Rooter thing mentioned above, I recommend moving Mule down by the crane - I've found leaving Mule on that first area, causes Rooter's "fetch" to result in an endless mouse cursor spin.

See this for a visual for the Rooter thing:

https://itch.io/post/1990770

DrJ14 years ago(+1)

Don't know how I missed that. Thank you kindly

sirtawmis4 years ago

That's what this thread is for! To help one another! :)

sirtawmis4 years ago

I will add - while you have Rooter where he is fetching - you may want to enable the Booty Sniffer and sniff around.

If you don't have it - Ace has it in the App Store.