Lighthouse train
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11/04/03 09:55 PM
11/04/03 09:55 PM
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Well folks, I went back and started at a save and have finally arrived at the train. I have raised the train and have gotten the dynamite and iron cutter. I have gotten the rod and wrench and did my thing at the switching post. One time (not sure how I did it) the train came to the end of a tunnel - there is wood and something that looks like a plank hiked up into the air. I have also run into the barrier (several times) and have been at the door. My question is: Where is the main intersection or turntable? I have stopped at each platform, clicked on the red light, but I can't seem to get off to look around or do what I'm supposed to do. All it does is show me the different directions. I have no idea where east is. I did use the compass once, but now can't seem to get it to work again. <img border="0" alt=" " title="" src="graemlins/pacify.gif" /> Thanks. Butterfly
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Re: Lighthouse train
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11/05/03 09:53 AM
11/05/03 09:53 AM
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Yes, Linda I have walkthroughs and one from the Spoiler, but it says to go back to the main intersection (platform). Well, it seems that I've run across 3 of them unless I keep crossing the same one all the time. And when I stop at any of them, click on the light and I'm outside the train, but only on top of the train, and with the arrow it points me in different directions I could go. Is there an easy way to tell which one if the main turntable? Sorry, I have to be told right or left, not east, North, etc. I realize in this game, left and right are not going to do it, sooooo.
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Re: Lighthouse train
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11/06/03 11:16 PM
11/06/03 11:16 PM
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Hi CCBomber: Sometimes it's like you start to put something together and then it's like, oh, yes, the directions. I have been using Tom's walkthrough and had glanced at the map, but didn't pay much attention to it. It has helped. I now have Amanda, and am on my way to the drawbridge. He says in his walkthough to stop at the double intersection and get a hex bar in a box by the switch box - what is a hex bar? The only thing that I clicked on and went into my inventory looks like wire cutters and I've already used them, not only that, they're too big to fit into the switch box. Then it says to get the wrench out of the train's box. It's there, but when I click on it, nothing happens. Thought I had already used it, but am assuming it wouldn't still be in the box nor in my inventory. Is the switch light really noticeable if unlit or lit? I've tried looking, but can't really tell. Thanks to anyone who has suggestions.
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Re: Lighthouse train
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11/07/03 10:48 PM
11/07/03 10:48 PM
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Did get the train in backwards, got the drawbridge down, and finally got going, but unfortunately in trying to find my way back to the drawbridge - which I did, the train derailed. Went back to my last save, so now I have to find the drawbridge again, what do I look for along the sides to let me know the drawbridge is coming up so I don't crash again. Guess I was going too fast before and didn't even realize I had gone over the drawbridge. I also noticed, and maybe I'm doing it wrong, but when I'm at the turntable and I'm suppose to go, let's say east, I click on the red button and I'm outside the train. I click to the right and I'm looking at a different "tunnel" to head into. I've noticed that when I use the compass - on the outside it can say east, but when I click off the red light and I'm back inside the train again, the compass says I'm going north/south. I'm assuming to turn in a different direction, that I am doing it correctly, by clicking on the red light, being outside and then clicking either to the right or left is changing the direction of the train? It seems even when I do that, I'm still not going in the direction I should be going. Maybe I'm not using the compass correctly. Usually on a compass you have an arrow that points in the direction you should be going and on this one there is a long indicator and a short one. If I'm going east, the E should be at the top? If so, when I get back in the train again, the compass changes. Oh me!!!!
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Re: Lighthouse train
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11/08/03 01:14 PM
11/08/03 01:14 PM
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Butterfly,
Depending on where you are with your saved game, if you have fixed the drawbridge and are ready to cross it, don't cross it going backwards. Instead, go back to the turntable. You want to be able to approach the drawbridge going forward, not backwards. So now if you're at the turntable you want to turn the train around 180 degrees. I'm looking at the map in Tom's walkthru and (I think) you need to be pointing east. The compass does NOT turn the train. You must get out of the train and look for a control that is close to the lever that raises and lowers the turntable. You must open it and turn a crank to rotate the turntable (you may have to use an inventory item here, I don't remember exactly). As far as the compass goes, I think it shows the direction YOU are looking at. So if you're outside the train, it will show a different direction as you click in differnt directions. Inside the train, of course, you are always looking out the front of the train.
Now, assuming if any of the above dribble has helped you, go back to the drawbridge (going forward) and proceed CAREFULLY forward until you SEE a broken rail ahead of you. Stop the train immediately, get out and fix the track. I'll stop here and hope I've helped (not hindered) you a little.
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Re: Lighthouse train
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11/12/03 09:04 PM
11/12/03 09:04 PM
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I need to bump this topic up because now I am having problems getting the train to switch in reverse. I have Amanda, have fixed the switch box, seen the drawbridge face in. I have the train in the correct, I think direction, rear facing west, front facing east. I am able to go in reverse past the three way, then forward past the switch box on the left (can also switch to forward where I came from to the right). I am unable to operated the switch in the train to reverse myself onto the other track. Is there some special way to do this, I only hear a faint click when I click on the switching lever. Butterfly how did you do it? <img border="0" alt=" " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> <img border="0" alt=" " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" />
What kind of magic spell to use?
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