#108851 - 06/07/05 01:20 PM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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Grande Olde Dame
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I assume you've turned on the power, since the chair wouldn't take you up if you hadn't. But have you also pulled the lever that opens the roof? The telescope won't work if the roof is not open. There is a known glitch in some people's game, which causes the view through the telescope to turn orange instead of blue and silver. There is a patch that corrects this, if it happens to you... 
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#108853 - 06/07/05 03:50 PM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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Grande Olde Dame
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If you have the power turned on and think the roof is open, go to the crystal viewer and start trying to place the crystals according to Atrus's diary. It should work if both of those things are done...
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#108855 - 06/07/05 06:05 PM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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BAAG Specialist
Registered: 10/08/03
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Loc: The Garden State
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The problem that most people have is not getting the close-up view with the magnifying glass. You can't push the button unless you do.
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#108856 - 06/08/05 01:15 PM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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Settled Boomer
Registered: 06/23/03
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Loc: Dexter, MO
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When you sit in the chair and push the red button, it takes you up to the telescope. When you try to click anything, the magnifier will only zoom you in closer to the telescope. You can't see anything but a blurry view through the telescope. There are no buttons or anything else. You zoom back out and try to click on anything else, and you're right back to the same blurry view through the telescope.
Regarding the crystals, all of the walkthroughs indicate you do those after you do what you're supposed to do with the telescope.
Since my new game keeps locking up my computer, I'm going to take it back to the store and exchange it for another one. I have Windows XP and was told I needed to download new drivers. I removed my current ones and took about 1.5 hrs downloading the new drivers, hoping that would fix the problem. Nope. Therefore, I'll see if another copy will fix the problem. I played Myst URU right afterwards, which has the exact same intro. It played fine, which leads me to believe it's the DVD. Hopefully I'm right because I really think Myst IV: Revelation sounds fabulous.
I'll let you know once I get back up and try again if I'm still not able to get this function to work.
Thanks so much for your help.
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#108857 - 06/08/05 02:03 PM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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Grande Olde Dame
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Kszanz, if the new copy does the same thing, you can send me a save right at this part and I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.
Revelation is one of the most beautiful games I've seen, but there's no denying it does have some difficult moments...
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#108858 - 06/08/05 09:21 PM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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BAAG Specialist
Registered: 10/08/03
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Loc: The Garden State
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Hmmm. In close up view, I was able to move the wheels on either side and press the upper right power button. If they are not in the frame, changing your screen resolution might help.
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#108861 - 06/10/05 11:48 AM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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The Mischievous Moderator
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Registered: 06/02/04
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Hi kszanz. Fisicx is telling you to completely uninstall the game and then do a disk clean, error checking and defragmenting of your computer. After you have completed that, then reinstall your game.
Sue
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#108862 - 06/10/05 02:17 PM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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Grande Olde Dame
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Registered: 12/04/99
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Loc: Northwestern New Mexico, USA
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Kszanz, just as a wild suggestion, have you checked the requirements on the box against what your computer has? This game's requirements are pretty high, and maybe you don't have enough of something to make it run...
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#108864 - 06/10/05 05:51 PM
Re: Myst IV: Revelation - Telescope
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Grande Olde Dame
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Loc: Northwestern New Mexico, USA
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Under "options" (I think that's where it is), you have things like "anti-aliasing" and some other stuff--make sure those things aren't checked, that's what is meant by turning things off. IMPORTANT: also be sure that screen savers, firewalls and your anti-virus programs are turned off--sometimes they interfer with games. Just be sure to remember to turn the anti-virus back on before you go back onto the internet! As for resolution, either the 800x600 or 1024x768 should work--try them both... 
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