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ALIDA ? #105055
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Greetings Gamers...
I have gotten familiar with ALIDA...
I have completed the PEGHEAD...
I have completed the POTENTIOMETERS...except for
the very last step...the one where I set the four
FINAL settings...
The T-Flyer flew to the Jacktower and the four
tunnels are available...
Potentiometer 1 is illuminated and set...but the
other 3 are dark and non-accessible...the W/T
does not elaborate...need a guiding clue..please?
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Solver, check out this thread to see if it can give you any help with this problem... luck


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Solver,
You have to go up one level in each elevator and turn on the lights. smile


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Lady K...

It would have been nice if the W/T had made
mention of going up one more level and turning
on the light...thanks to you I am moving on to
completing the SWITCH...thanks again...SOLVER

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You're welcome, Solver. smile

By the way, I just checked the walkthrough at the Alida site, and the directions are there. I just think it's so packed with information that it's easy to overlook small details.

When I first played, it took me a while to realize I could go up another level. Something that happened with an elevator in Myst surfaced in my gray matter, and I had a mini "aha" moment and pushed the button again.


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Re: ALIDA ? #105060
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I have just read 'Alida Quest Here'looking for a
clue...YIKES!!!...so here's my problem...
I am in 'Completing the Switch'...
I am standing in front of the Moon Tone Cabinet..
I have the back panel...87523 and am playing up
a 'storm'...but I cannot make the thing 'fully
operational'...why do you suppose?...

Could sure use a word of advice about here...
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Solver,

You should have had the black keys come down when you played the code.

You will need to visit Arin's vault for a further clue in solving this puzzle. Have you done that?

Melanie


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Re: ALIDA ? #105062
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Dear Melanie...
I went back to the Moon Tone Cabinet and tried
the tune again...no luck...I saw in the w/t that
they showed the whole 'shebang'...so I clicked
all ten numbers...and what do you know...the T-
Flyer opened...I went up to see Arin but he did
not show...so I came down and flew to the
Conservatory...totally confusing...please stand
by...I'm looking for Leval...SOLVER

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Solver,
I think it was Tig who mentioned that walking toward the t-rider again triggers the message from Arin, but I haven't tested it myself. I don't remember where I went between my first and second visit (probably everywhere). Anyway, it's a moot point now that the t-rider is operational.

BTW, when you said you went to visit Arin, I'm assuming that you climbed the ladder in the purple light. I think there was some confusion between the strummer viewer (up the elevator by the main vault) and Arin's vault a while back, so I'm just checking to make sure we're on the same page. smile


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I was wondering the same thing as Lady K, Solver. I think you are not as far along in the game as you think you are. smile

Melanie


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Re: ALIDA ? #105065
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Dear Lady K...

I was going along singing a song suddenly the
bottom fell out...
I arrived at Leval's Dungeon and he spoke to me
but no matter what,I could not open his door-
lock...so I went on to the T-Flyer back to the
the Switch...Wherein my game crashed...
Please tell me how to go about getting the patch
that I've been reading about...

Yes, I did climb the 'purple lit' ladder to visit
Arin...so if any of this makes sense I sure
could use some help...SOLVER

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Hi Solver,
Here is the location for the Alida patch. Just click here. It should solve the crashing problem.
Kay


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Solver,
As far as the dungeon is concerned,

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the 12 o' clock position is 1. From there move the left dial to 21 and the right to 22. Save your game before you go to investigate. You may need to reload. wink


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Re: ALIDA ? #105068
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Dear Kay...

Somewhere in the past I sort of figured out what
to do with a 'saved game'...
but now I have a 'zipped' patch sitting on my
desktop...could you or one of the brilliant
gamers tell me what to do with it?

I am about ready to change my pseudonym from
SOLVER to 'DUMMY'...PLEASE HELP!! SOLVER

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Solver,
I think it goes in your Alida game file, but I'm not absolutely sure. Several others have used it, so they'll have to give you the details.


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Hello one and all...
I have completed the Switch...
I am now in 'ENDING ALIDA'...
I have gone into Arins study and read his letter
to Julia...
From this point the W/T gets very confusing...

...at this point I sure could use a 'butt-kick'
to aim me in the right direction cause sure as
heck the W/T is not doing it...
If someone could give me the next step, I'd be
much obliged...SOLVER

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Solver,
I take it you have solved the conservatory model puzzle and seen Arin's spherin for the correct switch settings. If you have set the switch, peghead, and potentiometers to the settings in the spherins, your next task is to translate the rune code you saw up the switch stairs. Have you found the panel that will help you interpret the code?


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Lady K...
Here's my problem...I downloaded the section on
'ENDING ALIDA'and the photo was illegable...
so according to the W/T they said to print out
the 'Switch Lookout Drawing' from the 'Alida
Diagrams'web page...which I did...but that wasn't
any clearer...
so using a 'saved game' I went back to the
'Switch' to see if I could copy it from the wall.
I could not access the 'Switch Ball'...

so...no...I didn't find the panel!...if you mean
the Rune panel I can' even find Luke's vault...

Should I just surrender...SOLVER

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You can access the switch ball from where you are now, Solver, and will just have to reset it according to the spherin. Go to the water tone machine and push the button until the ball is in the center right position of the triangle (B on the keyboard), then go pull the lever to rotate the switch. You'll then gain access to the stairs. You can either make a screen capture of the drawing or copy it by hand, then reset the switch according to the spherin video.

Luke's vault is the one inside the giant sphere under the neck of the guitar.


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Lady K...

Following your sage advice I went back to the
Switch, reset the triangle, and went up the
stairs and copied the Switch Lookout Drawing...
came down, reset the Switch and found Luke's
vault...went down and raised the Neck Support
Stone Gate...
Now if I could only locate the 'FOOTBRIDGE'...I
could move on to the Rune Panel...
Sure could use a bit more of that advice..SOLVER

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Solver,

In the main chamber there are switches on the columns. Have you tried changing the switch & going through the doorways yet?

The Runes panel is by the glass house.

Melanie


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Melanie and Lady K...

I found the Footbridge..
I did the Rune Panel thing and went back to the
Number Wheels Cabinet and got the code for the
vault doors...
I went up and unlocked Arin's vault...
I then went out to the Strummer and played the
tune...Arin appeared on the video and spoke to
me...he walked away and from that moment nothing
else happened...
I strummed again...nada...I went down and un-
locked the main vault...nothing...
I would very much like to finish this thing...
...can you please help...SOLVER

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Solver,
It sounds like one of your final settings is off. Check the switch first. Many folks have forgotten to pull the lever after setting the water tone machine to the final setting in the spherin. If that doesn't do it, go back to the potentiometers and check the final planet settings. In the peghead, you can tell if you've set the machine heads properly by looking out the peg porthole. If there are no lights, that one is correct. Good luck.


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Dear Lady K...
Thank you for the E-Mail..it was encouraging...

I reset the Switch with the ball in the right
corner of the triangle and pulled the lever...
I redid the entire Peghead and when I finished
there were no lights to be seen thru the port...
I reset the four planet panels in the Potentio-
meters...I even double checked the code for the
vault door locks...

I then went back to the Strummer and when Arin
appeared, not only did he not speak but he looked
at me in disgust...
What do you mean when you say I can access the
Spherins without wandering through the entire
w/t?...once again thanks for your patience...
SOLVER

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I mean that you can go directly to each of the spherins (in the conservatory, at the top of the jack tower, and down the peghead elevator) to make sure you have set everything correctly without replaying each puzzle completely. If you've been going back to saved games, you may have gone back to a place where something was done incorrectly.

This is just a thought, but I have been assuming that you have completed the puzzles that revealed the hidden spherins. You have, haven't you? I know of one person who set the potentiometer planet panels the same as the ones in the cabins instead of using the spherin settings.

Again, before you strum, check again to make sure Arin's vault (up the ladder) and the main vault (by the strummer elevator) is unlocked according to the button code.


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