I figure some folks might get stuck - and could go for a hint. This might be a universal thread for people to share hints, since you can use the REPLY to reply directly to the person in the thread, so it nests it.
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I figure some folks might get stuck - and could go for a hint. This might be a universal thread for people to share hints, since you can use the REPLY to reply directly to the person in the thread, so it nests it.
As PJ stated - there might be something on the table to move... a few of them may be under stuff... and may need to click it specifically... rather than the "whole" thing on one...
thanks for your help, I was kind of hoping for more detail as I've been moving things around and clicking what's underneath them for about half an hour. I did manage to get the socket out of the clamp though, so that's something.
Ok. So a little more. You will need to time it to get to the room across from you (straight across) - and you will need the item from the cart to open the door. Once you stand right in front of that door, the Roombas generally miss (as long as you get as close as you can) before using that item. Inside that room is an item (easy to miss) which will turn them off.
I think you replied in the wrong thread but thank you, I was actually coming here to ask this!
That is incorrect. There is no dead end. The same bolt that opens the hatch in the red corridor is the bolt that opens the elevator.
Ah, that might explain it. Because I'd kept playing the same game where the vents magically opened on their own.
https://itch.io/t/908644/vents-magically-opened
So that's good to know at least, that it's not a dead end. Was because I kept playing on a bugged part (I never opened those vents in the red halls).
As PCj said - first it's timing - but once you get to the other side - there might be something to remotely help...
Walk forwards past all the toilets, something will pop up. Use Rooter's head as a plunger and try to catch it.
I thought so too, but it's not the duct tape. Look around some more. There are a couple more things you need to do.
OK - so I am in the same boat - er - same pod...
I opened all four things below the seat - replaced the filter - got the medkit, used the pills on myself, got the spork knife spoon thing...
But even with Crump's "foamy" remark... I don't see how to make anything foamy to help with what I have. So I am curious if I am missing an item and stuck at a dead end. Or if there's yet something else to find.
You have the tools you need. Just need to use them in the scene.
(You may be thinking liquid foam but there are other types of foam)
Son of a... so I had the right idea. Just wasn't targeting the right thing. I was facing the other way.
Any hints? I can't figure this one out. It took like 50 clicks to open the stupid hatch for the air filter so I might just be missing it.
So - the air filter isn't the only thing. Notice the other seats have the same "storage" slot - one will have nothing - the other three have items.
One of those items is for eating.
And when you eat at a dinner table, you are left to take a seat.
The solution crammed into one long word:UsEthEsPorKthInGtOCuTuPthEleFtfRonTsEaTaNdItWiLlReVEaLsOmEthInG
Put a strike through to make it harder to read so you don't accidentally get it revealed before trying something.
Fantastic - I never thought of talking to him !
Reminds me when I was playing Sierra's quests 35 years ago and calling my friend a zillion time for hints !
Thank you for your help : )
I was stuck on this for a good 30 minutes before I gave up and watched a gameplay video of the alpha on YouTube. I knew I needed to pick Rooter up, but every time I used the hand icon on him, Ace would grab his head. Who knew using the talk icon on Rooter would cause Ace to whistle at him, and that whistling at him would cause him to turn into a toolbox. *rolls eyes*
Edit: Toned down rant.
Yeah. I am hoping they do something before the actual game, that's kind of a tutorial.
Like where Ace is in his starting ship and something goes wrong. And the Narrator says, "You will need to get Rooter. But as a toolbox. Whistle to him by clicking the talk icon." And doing so changes Rooter. And just general interaction "tips" tutorial. Not even player active - maybe just an opening segment that explains these things. Narrator "Clicking the talk icon on Rooter will allow you to whistle at him and pick him up." Type of stuff. Or just a PDF of the manual that would explain this.
Great suggestions! If tweaking the UI is out of the question, these would certainly help.
In my game, talking to Rooter in that room only has Ace pick up his head and the headless rooter walks around the room in circles.
Good to know my thinking was on the right track..
I eventually got it working. The talk icon was telling me we couldn't do it here because we didn't want to wake up the janitor. Then all of a sudden it didn't do that..
figured that out but only got a spork, first aid kit, and air filter. Jammed the round air filter in the square hole, but it won't let me duct tape the air gaps
We all thought the same thing. This time tape won't fix it.
Someone gave a good hint for this - it's a "foamy" solution - but not the liquid kind.
One of the items you got in the pod needs to be used to get what you need.
Well. That's... a problem... because of the disappearing cursor that keeps happening (and it's random) :(
Same here... I think I'm dead in the water? When are we looking for a new build to get past the Rooter Repair sequence?
So I fixed rooter in beta4 but the meteor shower is still happening. I thought there was something I was missing and was just stuck. Just came back to it today and found this thread. I guess I'll reload from before fixing rooter.
Edit: Apparently that save was corrupted. It played the meteor cutscene every time I re-entered the scrapyard. I had another save from when I'd just came down the elevator (instead of coming in from the scrapyard with rooter after the meteorite cutscene) which worked fine (once I'd entered the scrapyard a second time the meotorite showed up).
Judging by another question you asked you have a golden item already. Maybe if you misuse it with a device that it goes in you could... get some shavings?
Son of a... OK. Got it. I thought the thing was ABOVE the record. Because you're able to put the record on there. So I thought you just slid it on. Assumed the needle needed to come down.
Whistle/talk to Rooter.
He turns into a Toolbox.
Pick up the toolbox.
Click in the Inventory and click the toolbox there.
Click it on the shelf.
Click the "Phone" icon from the radial menu (next to the Inventory).
Click on Rooter control.
You now have control of Rooter.
So when Rooter is behind the crates - get him on the floor.
Click the "Rooter Nose" icon that he has available - and click on the thing blocking Ace from getting over there.
Warning - All in one word.
YoUwiLlWaNtToConTroLAcEbEfoReDoInGsOaNdMoVeHiMoUtOfThEwaYofBeInGrUnOvER
Strike through to make it difficult to read so you don't accidentally get spoiled. :) Might be fun to try it and see what happens.
That's how you do it? Dang it! Got stuck at the escape pod on one play through and couldn't swap the bit.
Well the Nano Scene requires quite a few things...
You need something at the top... nano... in size...
You need a plug for his brain...
And you will need a form of metal... for the soldering...
If you inserted all three of those... click the view the things on the table (eye on lens).
Once there, click the ZOOM OUT on the left - to get a wider view. You will have three nano bots that have three different jobs. One of them pushes the chips.
For starters ...
Youwillneedtomakesurethatthenumberonthechipmatchesthemotherboard
But be aware the nano scene has a ton of bugs - most noted here - and is "game breaking" in this build (CPU will undoubtedly spike before you finish).
https://itch.io/t/912498/compiled-list-of-bugs-based-on-threads-for-ease-of-tracking-and-prevent-duplicate-threads
I've tried it in a few different ways. Once the hose is in, nothing happens save for task completion message. I had Weldon do his thing before I ever went inside, sometimes the seat was there, sometimes it wasn't. <In the first attempt I didn't realize I could remove the broken hose, or tape it. Red Greene forgive me. And don't get me started on the ladder. Though that I'll post in bugs. It causes a crash if you mess with it.
I waited until I had the pieces in the hangar before getting Weldon to do anything. I've got a few saves at different points. My most recent attempt at trouble shooting has everything sealed, crap-a-lytic is installed, and the hose replaced. But the Engine is still reading as non functional on the readout.
I'm not sure if I'm missing something <Did I leave the parking brake on?>, sequence broke something <Retried different orders>, or maybe this is a bug or Gremlin if you will as we're dealing with something that flies.
When you replaced the hose, what happened for you? Engine panel close, or did it stay open?
Alrighty, that's good to know. Think I spent a good 20 or so minutes trying different possible ways of closing the panel initially before posting on here.
So I managed , somehow to get the ship completed. Seems I'm at the mercy of Space RNJesus. Scraps appeared on the screen, crapalytic test, fueled ship, good for launch. Except no gas in the tank, then ended up in a never ending animation of Ace entering and exiting the ship. Going to reload some previous saves and see what I can/ did do differently.
The no gas in the ship is correct, that's not a bug. You start with very little gas (so you will need to find gas somewhere).
HINT: do you remember why the facebox screen had a blue screen of death? The cooling system was down due to "something" being clogged in the pump. Rooter should probably figure out a way to re-clog the pump in order to cause the system to over heat again so facebox stops working..
Yeah - see, I got the clue from clicking the computer screen. "Think! What would Ace do! And do the opposite."
My first thought was that pump and clogging it - and I wondered if taking the coconut was a mistake - like Rooter could use his nose thing to pull it back into the floor below. But I had Ace pick it up. I will go back in there and see if I can figure it out. :)
Taking the loconut from the hamper won't make a difference. Perhaps there is another way..
Ah ha! So I had the right idea. I wasn't standing in the right place!
(Although it doesn't explain what really happens - he does what he does - and the Facebox thing just ends). Wasn't sure if there should be something that says, "Rooter pulls on (spoiler) which falls into (spoiler), once again, clogging the pump!"
Yeah this was a brain scratcher, but once the realization hit... Maybe the Two Guys should 'Dole'd' out for an AIO instead?
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.
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).
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,
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."
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.
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
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
You have to get the needed things through the cheat cube that is floating in the desert.
Move it all the way to the far left (center) as you can go. If it lines up, sometimes it will begin to beep when you near the exit.
However, if it has a "Construction" sign in front of the exit - then it's bugged.
At which case, you can use my save, that has Ace landed, and one screen to the right (last time I saved right after Ace landed, it locked up the game)
https://itch.io/post/1992834
Have you tried setting a course and launching anyway ignoring the open engine panel, rear door and the damage lights?
I'm pretty sure I was at the same point then picked the next destination and launched.
Good suggestion, I sort of remember being surprised that I could launch during the last beta version.
I checked and the Navigation button and the Launch button seem to be inaccessible (red/black caution stripe) so I can't seem to launch.
When I check System I get all the lights at the top to blink red, the fuel indicator seems to be blinking red, and one of the engines blinks red (open hatch)? At the least the crapolytic converter is coming up green.
Have you tried walking in and out of the ship - ensure that Weldon is done?
Actually I see you mentioned that - so wanna send me the save game? It's the same as my user name just add @gmail.com and I can try to replicate it?
Hah - it's definitely bugged. So I used the FUBER app to go to the asteroid and then back - and went back into the ship - and suddenly Scraps is in there mentioning Angie's Fist thing - so I thought, "Oh, should work now?" But nope - ship still shows messed up - undoubtedly because the bad cables are still in the inventory.
Good find -- I couldn't remember if those hoses were still supposed to be there or not. Ok, going to try an earlier save and see if that helps. Maybe I can figure out how to reproduce it.
Started over and didn't hit this bug this time around (bad hose ends removed after connecting replacement hoses).
V4 - Two points I'm currently stuck on, will create two separate posts.
1. On Tatoorakis searching the desert. The ever helpful cheat cube from V3 is now gone. Does this mean we can now find those items the 'proper' way?
I've been combing the desert and using Rooter's app, but I've not been able to find them and trigger the next part.
V3 - Cube:
V4 - No Cube:
All the items you need are still on Tatoorakis, you just need to look around a bit. I also also tried it the with an old same from V3 and found the goggles.
Are they in the desert or am I looking in the wrong place? Does the sniffer app help? I tried combing a ton of desert and found nothing. Is this puzzle incredibly tedious or is there something I'm missing?
So in V3 - there was a "floating box" - in V4 - I never got there due to this bug that I was never able to pass: https://itch.io/t/1073045/v4-ace-after-facebox-on-floor-rather-than-seat - so for V4 - I am not sure. But I believe they were around in the desert (maybe the mounds?) - and I think the sniffer helps. But it's been awhile since I read however it was to find it.
You need goggles in order to be able to walk the desert. They are near the broken hydrocollector. After that, you need to use the sniffer in order to find the rest.
The cube was never really supposed to be in the scene. It was something that was used for testing ;)
I've given Quicksilver the slip. Being quick wasn't enough, using the crowd to your advantage helps.
The movement there can be at times a bit finicky, so it took some time to figure out for me as well.
Okay so followup question, how do I move the MULE? When I click the driver seat it says "Lets take the ol' hover rooter up for a spin. Load up rooter" and then nothing happens. if I try to pick up rooter I can't put him down and have to leave the scene for him to reappear.
Fun fact: if you pick up rooter and then try to exit back towards the ship you end up in a softlock of constantly walking in, rooter glitching out, and then going back out only to reenter and repeat.
Thanks, I missed the keys. It would be nice if the dialogue mentioned "I need the keys" instead of just "Lets go"
Wish I could help but I'm stuck in the same place and have tried the exact same thing (took me a long time to find the goggles).
Yeah - same with the goggles. I went looking one screen into the desert (east of the hydro thing) thinking they might be there. Went back and was just staring at the screen trying to figure out what to do when I started looking at the skeletons - and thought "Someone went out and got spit out" - and that's when I suddenly saw them. lol
Hold on - I just saw the screenshot here - am I missing yet another piece?
Looks like I am missing a circular piece?
https://itch.io/post/2665606
If you failed in the worm once, did you have a problem with your mouse cursor vanishing the second time?
I didn't have an issue going back in. However, someone else reported a camera issue.
https://itch.io/t/1219734/v4-re-entering-sandworm-breaks-camera
