Hi SharonB. Sounds like you finished the game. I had a little trouble getting away from the two cops in the warehouse, but after a few dozen times, I finally DID. LOL Right now I'm trying to get through the "DOLL assembly" puzzle. Even though I'm going by the pic of the solution in Mag's super WT, I haven't been able to master it as yet. I have all the pieces of the doll laid out, but apparently I may not be getting some of the "angles" correctly. Any hints would be appreciated to make my life easier;
Sandy

Sandy,

You're right - the angle matters.
Also double check the ends of the pieces to see if they are placed correctly. Each end is marked differently.

Are there any more pictures to help with the angles? The shoes are not pictured at all on the doll's box!

Thanks!

Hi Sandy! You give me too much credit. I posted my note after just finishing the demo. Haven't installed the full game yet. Perhaps tomorrow.

Sharon

That's OK, SharonB. You are going to love the full version of this game. BTW: I finally solved the Doll Assembly puzzle. You are SO right about the correct angles. I must have attempted this puzzle at least fifteen times before I (surprisingly) got it right. The
"Drawbridge" puzzle which came a little later on took me some time before I got it right. Mag's MAGnificent WT with the pics of the solution sure saved me a lot of time, otherwise I might NEVER have gotten as far as I have. Many thanks, MAG.
Sandy Happy gaming, Sharon

to GameBoomers, Slipknot. Hopefully someone here will be able to answer your question.

slipknot!

Are you asking about this? Or want another one?

Yes, I was asking for THAT, Mag. If there's a better one, I'd love to have it, if possible because I intend to play this game again after I've finished it for the first time. THANKS
Sandy

I can not do any other angles since the screen is fixed.

I took another picture from Ludwig's wt and enhanced it.
My doll has different angle on the right upper and lower arm though.
See if it helps.

Hi everyone

Could someone send me a savegame exactly after the
I would be grateful

Hi notebook,

Can you copy these answers on the puzzle?

Hi MaG,

Thank you very much for the answer. I know the solution for the puzzle but I can't enter the answer. The letter "W" is missing and I can't select it. That's why I asked for a savegame.
Thank you.

I have to check and look for it. I am also not sure if my saved game will work for you.

I'll be back.

OK MaG, take your time. Thank you very much

I had to replay to be sure I have the correct one.

It is now sent to you.

Thank you very very much MaG! It's working! I appreciate it alot.

Have fun!

Having trouble getting the cab - trying to get the license plate number. I ask to speak to Malone and when the officer is gone I go behind the counter. Then a second later I hear that the officer is coming back.

Is reading the list or even finding the list supposed to be automatic? Because I have no time to look. What am I doing wrong?

Sharon

Hi Sharon,

According to the walkthrough, yes, it should be automatic once you've gone behind the counter. Perhaps there's only a very short amount of time the player has to do this. Be as quick as you can.

Did you talk to the service officer previously and learn about the form that needs to be completed?

Hi SharonB,

If I remember correctly, while the officer is gone, you have to look at this hotspot:



You have to be quick though. Hope this helps.

Thanks, proper!

Thanks Rushes and Proper! I'll try again.

Sharon

Thanks a lot for the enhanced pic of the DOLL puzzle, Mag. It's a much clearer image. I know you have heard this before, but
YOU ARE THE BEST.
Sandy

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Hi Proper. Not only do you have to do this fast, but you also have to CLICK on the correct "entry". I finally did this after the 3rd or 4th try. I highly reccomend SAVING just before this puzzle. You can always restore if you failed to get it right.
Sandy

Thanks Sandy. Glad to help.

I made it. Turns out you have to look at the hotspot and immediately use the right mouse button to use. Thanks for getting me through this. Now I'm at the docks and trying to sneak around the cops. Boy do I hate timed puzzles!

Thanks, Sharon

Oh. I better edit the walkthrough then. I didn't have this problem.
Thanks Sharon.

Any tips for putting the cylinder together? Even with photo in walkthrough I've been stuck for ages on this bit. Hopefully the usual will happen - once I post I then can suddenly manage it.

I am still playing the demo and for the life of me, even with the walkthrough, can not get the vent outside of room 312 to open.

aretha,
I just replayed that part to be sure of the sequence of tubes.
I find that the most difficult one is the second from right end.
Study it and see if that is the one that is off for you.
Then I did the right end one click at a time until he says it's done.




Lexy,
Have you eavesdrop in room 313 already?
Have you checked the gate in the back alley?
Is it the mouse manipulation that's a bother? If so - use your left hand to hold down the left mouse button and the use your right hand to do the right mouse button. I had to do that because my carpal tunnel acted up on this game.

That photo and your advice were spot on. Did it in seconds. You're getting predictable Mag! You can always come up with a solution

Glad you got through, Aretha.

I can't get by the 2 policemen! I click to the right and Del Nero comes down behind the middle policeman and gets caught by the third or sometimes the second officer. The WT says he is supposed to go behind the crates, but he always goes down by the officers and gets caught. UHHHH! Any advice? Am I doing something wrong? Is it my slow action? Seems like sometimes when I click he doesn't move or not right away. I want to kick his behind!

Perhaps a save after getting by the policemen?

It did take me several tries to get the timing and screenshots of this puzzle.
Did you check the screens on the wt?
I wrote the timing to move under the screens - that might help you.

Ah - when you have a clear shot - I mean a straight line to the next place - like behind the crates - click on crate and he will move automatically to that place. See if that helps.

I have to look for a saved game. I overwrote my saves.

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Saved game sent.

Thank you Mag! I'm going to try it a couple more times then use your save.

Sharon

Mag I tried your save as soon as I got it forgetting about retrying the puzzle. I wanted to make sure I could get it to work - been a long time since I used someone else's save. It worked beautifully with no problem. I am so relieved to have gotten by them.

Now I'm stuck at the doll puzzle. I'm not making much headway, but I'll keep trying. The game doesn't seem to want to drop the piece where I want. This is a hard game, but interesting and well done. I've gotten spoiled by games that let you skip puzzles when you want.

Sharon

Hello,
I am missing letters M and W. Can't finish the puzzle and can't go on with the game.
Thanks for any help.

Nevine

Hi Nevine, to GameBoomers.

Which puzzle is this? I'm peeping at the walkthrough to see if I can help, but the search function doesn't work very well for single letters. Hopefully someone here will recognise where you're at and will be able to help you better.

I'm at decoding Maseratti's notebook. When the letters come up, I am missing the M and the W.

Thanks

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Sorry, thanks for the welcome. Happy to have found Gameboomers.

Someone else posted that they were missing the letter W for the same mini-game. I am missing 2 letter M and W and though I have the solution, I cannot complete the mini-game to go forward.

Thank you for your help
Nevine

Aha, I see now. A post on the first page of this thread. How strange! Are you close enough to a previous save that you can go back and replay this part and see if all the letters then appear correctly?

I don't have a save for this particular spot, unfortunately, but MaG might still have hers, when she sees this thread. Or another member might swoop in with a rescue. Hang in there for a little while.

I don't have a close save point, unfortunately. I will certainly save more often from hereon. I'll try to wait for a while until starting over from my last save.

In any case, thank you very much.

Hi nevineb and welcome

I just sent you a savegame exactly after the puzzle. I had this missing letter problem and this is the same file MaG sent me. Thank you again MaG for the savegame.

Thanks, proper; we appreciate it.

Thanks, proper.

Enjoy the game, Nevine.

You're welcome. I'm happy to help.

Thank you so so much. I hope they soon have a patch for this bug.

You're welcome, nevineb. Enjoy the game.

Hi proper,
I haven't reached the Decoding Puzzle yet, but anticipating a possible glitch with missing letters, I would appreciate if you would send me that savegame that takes place immediately after that puzzle.
BTW, I have Win XP, and the savegame folder for Face Noir is in My Documents in a folder named "Face Noir". Thanks
Sandy

Hi Sandy,

I have the save now also. It's on its way to you, should you need it.

Thinking of playing this but are there a lot of timed sequences as I am seeing in this thread or is it just a couple of them.

I haven't played the game, but it's looking like there are a couple of sequences that require some precision timing. Someone else can hopefully tell you more.

Thank you so much, RUSHES. Fortunately, I did NOT experience that "glitch", but I really appreciate your kindness.
Sandy


For you gamers who are having problems doing the "DOLL" puzzle, I would like to mention that it's less sonfusing to assemble the pieces if you turn OFF the "shadows" in the Options menu first.
I hope this will be helpful to you.
Sandy

Thank you for the advice, Sandy.

Hi Nancy,
Yes there are some (not that many) timed sequences, but they reare not that difficult. I am REALLY enjoying this game. It takes me back to the time when Detective-Adventure games were at their peak. If this game is your "thing", then you are going to love it. Happy Gaming
Sandy

I need help again. I'm so close but I can't get it. I've got the doll put together but I can't get it to look exactly like Mag's picture and Del Nero keeps saying somethings wrong.

Can I get a save game for a completed doll?

Hi
I had the same problem. All I needed to do is turn the pieces of the arms around. Could be something just that simple.

Good luck.

Thanks, nevineb.

Sharon - saved game sent.

Thanks for the input Sandy.

Thanks Mag I'm finally past that part but I still can't figure out what I was doing wrong with the arms. They would only fall if the position was a certain way and that was the wrong way. Oh well, I'll tinker with it in the meantime and see if I can't actually get it right.

In the meantime, "On with the Game!" I do really like this game and hope that I am able to complete it.

Sharon

ok, tired of trying to get past police at the docks.. just can not get him to move properly... can I have a save please

Hi Winfrey, the save's on the way.

Thank you!!!! It worked

Great! Enjoy the game.

Hi there, unfortunately caught the decoding puzzle glitch that's going round. If anyone can help out with a save game to bypass, would be very grateful.

Hi blade12, to GameBoomers. The save's on the way.

Thanks Rushes, worked perfectly and allowed me to finally finish the game. Cheers buddy.

You're welcome! Hope you enjoyed the game.

Well, I just finished playing Face Noir. It was like playing an old Tex Murphy game again. I thoroughly
enjoyed it (with the help of MAG'S wonderful WT). Now I'm hungry for Episode 2.
Sandy

Hello everyone

I also miss leters M and W. Can someoe please send me the saved file so that I can continue playing?

Thank you

Glad you enjoyed it, Sandy.

Hi Jannis, to GameBoomers. A save is on its way to you.

Could anybody Please, please send me a save game of the Doll puzzle completed, I have tried the different suggestions given from this forum and still no go. I just wish they would have put a skip puzzle feature on this puzzle.

Thanks in Advance
Ray

Ray, look for a saved game in a few minutes, okay? I will send one to you.

Thank you Marian,
Your saved game worked like a charm and now I can move on.... You are a "True Goddess "

You are most welcome - glad to help! I hope you enjoy the rest of the game.

Thanks Rushes. Your saved file enabled me to continue the game but now I am stuck with the sewer puzzle. Whatever I do I can't get the sewer full of water and thus I cannot use the floating bridge and get out of there. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

You have to open 3 wheel-valves in the maze to get water enough to cross. Check those valves to see if they are completely opened.
- Turn the wheel until water is heard and the wheel stops.

I seemed to work my way through the puzzles quite well but I'm stuck in the shipyard. I need to exit a blue door which is blocked by a barrel. I need to extract a nail from an old boat nearby. I can access the nail and "wiggle" the nail back and forth, but the nail refuses to come loose. Can anyone help?

Try this, macmac:

Left click-hold and simultaneously click continuously on the right mouse button. This pulls the nail.

Re Face Noir

Hello all. I need your help. Like Nevine I have also not got M and W on the notebook puzzle. I did replay from my last save (several times) and still there is no M and W. Can anyone help? Thanks

Hi Vova, to GameBoomers. A save game is on the way to you.

Rushes; I have been click-holding the left mouse button and clicking the right mouse button for 50 times or more. With each click of the right mouse button the nail moves slightly but it never comes out of the wood. Can you possibly send a save close to this part of the game? I think its a glitch...

Oh no. I only have a few saves for this game, and none of them are very close to where you are right now. Let's wait and see if anyone has one at the spot you need.

I have a saved game right after removing the Nail, the only thing is that I have never used this Forum to send anyone something and if I did it was a long time ago and I do not remember how to do it.

One question (please forgive my Q., I am know to ask silly Q.)
Q.: You are trying to remove the 2nd Nail from the bottom, right?

and don't click slowly... it only worked for me when I was right clicking like the crazy woman I am.

But I need a save.. at Escape the museum.. just can not do these get past parts.

Starcom, that's kind of you, thank you.

If you could email the file to me initially, then I can forward it on to macmac for you.

First, open up the game folder where the saves for this game are located:

C:\Users\Computer’s name\Saved Games\Face Noir

Right-click on the individual save file, and select "Send To" and then "Mail Recipient". That will open up an email message with the file attached. Then add my email addy (it's in my profile) and click Send.

Edit: Winfrey, hang in there, let's cross fingers that someone has a save at that spot for you.

Save game on the way, I hope I did this right.

Got it, Starcom, thanks so much. It's now winging its way across to macmac.

I am going back to the game.. I watched the video and I was going out the wrong door... duh....

Edit
Found the correct exit... finished the game... good one... except for those...escape these people in the game...

Oops! Good luck, hope you get through this time!

Starcom and Rushes; Thanks a million, the save worked perfectly! Im really happy that Im able to continue this game, its one of the best I've played in a long time...thanks again to both of you!!
macmc

You are welcome, wasn't too sure if a saved game from Windows 8 would work on other systems. Now you are probably way ahead of me since I haven't played since that point.
PS: Might be bugging you for SG in the future.

Glad that you're enjoying the game again now, macmac.

Hello,
I am missing letters M and W from Maseratti's notebook too.
Can I have a save after the puzzle plz.
thanks in advance.

Haroula, I will send you a save game shortly.

Marian

You are most welcome.

The sign of a bad puzzle for me is one were you have the solution in front of your eyes and you still cant solve it - so I vote the doll puzzle "stinker of the year":-)

Could someone please send me a save?

TIA

I will send you a saved game - just give me a few minutes.

Thanks Marian, just received it and am about to give it a go.
:-)

Glad to hear it.

Hello to everyone!

I have tha same problem as proper.No M and W for the notebook.Can anyone send me a save after the cipher?

Thanks :-)

Hi agelida, I've sent you the file. Enjoy the game.

Thanks a lot my friend!!

You're welcome, have fun!

i found that helped me was to use both hands on the mouse the left to hold down the button and the right to constantly click on the right..

Thanks, proper.

Thanks for the tip, stephen.

Hi! I seem to have a problem while trying to take the batteries from the buoy at the port. Although, it automatically says the flashlight and the buoy take the same batteries, when I try to use the flashlight at the dark area he says "I doubt it will lighten up without batteries". I saw some Youtube videos, I am doing everything exactly as said, but I get a difference response...

Finally got the ******** doll puzzle solved! I happend to notice that in very small and fine font a text of saying something about script error on the upper left corner appears, when the puzzle is supposed to be solved. If it does, you can't get the puzzle solved.
Restarted the game few times and my assembly is quite messy compared to MaG's and the game accepted it still.

vaka,
Did you get the batteries from the bouy first?
Use the improvised stick with hook on the buoy. Take the batteries.

MrMentalID,
Glad you got that doll done! Have fun!

Well there isn't a pile of batteries on the ground to take. I pulled the buoy with the handmade stick, there was the video, he said they take the same batteries, but it won't do anything in the dark. I watched 2 walkthrough videos, I am doing EXACTLY the same moves, but no result...

Hi vaka3, to GameBoomers.

Are you close enough to a previous save game that you can go back and replay this part over? This game seems to be a little buggy in spots, and a replay might clear the problem you're having if you're certain that you're following every step exactly as per the walkthrough/videos.

Hi Rushes ...Oops! no save game for my problem with the notebook puzzle received yet. Thanks in anticipation.

I'll re-send it, Vova. Check your e-mail in a few minutes. The first may have ended up in your spam folder?

hey there guys, I have the glitch in the decoding puzzle, letters M and W are missing, any of you would be kind enough to send me a save right after this puzzle ? I can't finish the game without it.. thanks in advance

Hi unscarred, to GameBoomers. The save's on the way.

Thanks a lot Rushes, I can finally finish the game!

You're welcome! Hope you're enjoying it.

Hi,
My turn again to ask for a Saved game and yes, it is for the "Decoding Maseratti's notebook. When the letters come up, I am missing the M and the W"

Thanks in advance for the SG.

PS: Just curious as to why so many HAVE problems with this while OTHERS do not have problems, is it due to Graphics cards? Or where we downloaded the game from?

Hi Starcom, the save's on the way.

A random bug, perhaps. If it was a graphics card issue, I would have thought other parts of the game would be affected also.

Thanks for the SG and quick reply, your SG worked like a charm.

And as you say "A random bug perhaps",I hope they fix this bug soon with a patch".

Again thanks, and now I will be able to move on.

You're welcome! Enjoy the rest of the game.

Hi GBers and Rushes ..

can i ask you to help me to have this S.G (after this notepad puzzle)as well, sol beat this glitch and the game.