hi. 1st floor-auditorium. how do i get to the first row to take ID card of Talay Talayman? robert.

Hi robert,

First you'll need to be standing in the large area with the podium. From there, just move towards the first row of central seats. Note that you won't be able to actually move between the rows themselves -- you should get to a camera angle where Phoenix is able to look over the rail and see the ID card on one of the seats/benches.

You can also try watching this video, starting at about 7 minutes.

thanks Marian, now it won't let me use my security pass on the large EXIT door. is there a trigger i missed or bypassed? robert.

Robert,
Are you in the correct exit door? Please look around to see.

hi MaG. i looked around several times but i don't see another exit. robert.

Just a recap:
- you selected the security pass from inventory.
- you see it at right frame.
- click the gear icon.

Is this what you did?

hi MaG, no! when i click the gears on the security pass, i get a crossed out clutching hand. i suspect something was not saved properly and i don't know what to do. robert.

Maybe you aren't allowed to exit the auditorium until you have done all of the following:



Have you done all of that?

Also be sure that you are at the main floor of the building.

hi MaG, when i try to quit the game can you tell me why it says 'i prefer not to do that now'. what must i do without 'pulling the plug'. robert.

If you are in close up, exiting might not work. Another instance might be in a middle of an action that cannot be closed unless you pull back and be away.
Also right click maybe twice and see what happens.

hi MaG, Phoenix' Office, at the very start of day 3, i am supposed to call Larissa Luskin, but all she says is 'i don't need to talk to her right now'. where have i gone wrong? robert.

Have you talked to her before already?
Have you visited her house already?
Talk to Anderson completely also.

hi MaG, yes i talked and visited her before. i spoke to Anderson before too but his office is closed. robert.

This game is not linear. Do continue and then once in a while check if you can call her.

MaG, you should be aware that i always play a game from a W/T, preferably yours, this way i know where i have been, where i'm going etc. and don't enjoy playing 'blind'. do you recommend continuing within the confines of Day 3 of your walkthrough? i am at a dead end even though it's non-linear. robert.

Robert,

I did not write a walkthrough for this game - I wrote a Strategy Guide. It does not have a day to day things to do. This was at the request of the developer.
Since this game is non-linear - I wrote actions that can be done at places or with certain characters.

Maybe what you're following is not my guide.

I would see if you can go to all available places and see what you can do or might have missed.

Here is the walkthrough.

Here is MaG's strategy guide.

MaG, i am totally nonplussed!!! i have on my computer what is entitled 'CULPA INNATA - by Momentum - walkthrough by MaGtRo - July 2006. you must have written a walkthrough at some point in time. i apologise for any inconvenience i may have caused. p.s. i note your Strategy Guide. robert.

Robert it has been a very long time since I've looked at that game. Events require a trigger and I do not recall the exact trigger required for calling Lukin. You may have figured this out already but if you have not the suggestion of following day three in the walk through should get you there. Please note the last line in the first paragraph on day three.



You will note the WT says you can't get through. You will note there are five paragraphs in day three WT. In the fourth you are told to try Lukin again and this time you get through.

As I said I don't recall the exact trigger but it has to be in those first four paragraphs. Since the game is non linear it is hard to determine what triggers what sometimes.

hi oldmariner, the game won't let me pick up the hairpin using the mouse left click without a 'grasping hand' therefore not letting me to use the hairpin to pick the cabinet lock. robert.

Hi robert, you need to be in close-up mode in order to get the hairpin - are you in close-up mode?

Marian, i AM in close-up mode to the make-up kit but when i try to pick up the hairpin, i get a crossed-out clutching hand icon and no hairpin. robert.

Okay, I just wanted to make sure.

Try watching this video, starting at about 3:40, and see if this helps.

hi Marian, after the picture of the peace officer impersonator is added to the inventory, my progress in the game comes to a halt using MaG's strategy guide as my questioning of Alicia Cordoba dries up - all my questions are used for this session. is there anywhere else i can go today? robert.

Look around at the store - all the places.
Visit the places or the people that you talked to Alicia about.

i have looked around and don't see anybody to speak to - same with navigation map. anywhere specific? robert.

Have you tried going to Bogdanov's office?

OK Marian, what do i do there? robert.

Looking at the walkthrough, I see some things that you can do there, including solving a cube puzzle found on a side table and also looking through a book on another table. That's the bare bones; there's a bit more to it than that. It sounds like after you have done the things needed in this room that a new destination will open up on your map.

See what you can get accomplished in Bogdanov's office.

OK Marian, thanks. robert.

Enjoy the game.

hi Marian, after failing Raj Patel, Phoenix is forced to go home but at home can't go to bed to sleep, can't go out as she says at the navigation map ' i'm too tired'. she can't go out, can't stay in. how do i get out of this contradiction? robert.

Hi Robert, looking at the walkthrough, it would appear that you need to change Phoenix's clothing to a home outfit, and then watch the news and learn about the death of Dr. Spencer. Have you tried doing this?

hi and thanks Marian. i now know i cannot use MaG's strategy guide as a 'walkthrough' or else i'd be all over the place looking for some continuity. i'd probably have to use the guide in conjunction with several W/T's to achieve this flow. robert.

Yes, I believe that's the way that MaG's guide is intended to be used; it will be a useful supplement to the walkthrough.

I hope you're having fun with the game.

hi Marian, when i click on the bottom tube changing green to red then i click on BACK, the screen dims and Phoenix says 'let's see if this works' then 'i've got to fix this fast'. obviously something's not right - what? robert.

Hi Robert, it's not quite clear to me where you are in the game - are you trying to fix the security panel?

sorry Marian, yes i am trying to fix the security panel. robert.

We may need to get one of the Culpa Innata experts to help you with this. Let's look again at the steps from a walkthrough -that's all I have to offer in the way of help, unfortunately.



See if this works for you - if not, let's wait for some expert advice.

hi Marian, no, this doesn't work for me. robert.

Let's wait for some further help, then. Sorry you are stuck.

I'll contact our Culpa expert and see if we can get an answer.

OK MaG, thanks. robert.

Robert that should have worked you. Before publishing the walk through I played the game line for line following the walk through to test it. I found no issues. It has been a long time since I looked at this game memory is not as exact as it once was. For things to work this game requires triggers. I had identified them where I could. This particular section identifies the trigger specifically. Perhaps you missed it.

Here is the line where the trigger is mentioned. It is in the paragraph labeled Sophia Capello's office First visit. The one above the Fix the security program that lists the steps



If you look back to day one, Douglas Anderson's Law Office First Visit: You will see the following "Anderson talks about Larissa Lukin, Bogdanov's sexual partner, Ms. Capello his therapist and Roger Arnett his image maker. These are triggers to add new destinations to the map."

If you did not address whatever question in the conversation with Anderson produced that answer then this puzzle may not activate. Otherwise you likely missed some other detail however oblique. Conversations are rather lengthy in this game but offer vital triggers you must have to advance.

If you can't work it out I will reload the game and see what save I have closest to that point. The problem will be it can get confusing because my save may may not include something you have already done. You might not know you have to do whatever over again. It can get confusing.

thanks oldmariner. i have re-started the game and am at the computer in Phoenix's office but it won't let me use the function Audio Visual Viewing. i think i have all the items mentioned in your walkthrough but obviously i am missing something. could you please list the pre-requisites. robert.

Robert I'm not exactly sure what day you are on. What are you trying to do with the audio visual that it will not work?

I went into the game and made a new save at the point Phoenix solved the door puzzle. It should bring you up to date with the walk through and have everything resolved before talking to Ms. Capello. From there you will need to go into her office and talk to her. Then go home, change clothes, meet Sandra, gossip and then go to bed. That should end day two. The save I have for that is number 41 it comes in two files. You will need to renumber it to whatever the next highest number would be in your saves lists. Do you know where the saves are on your computer? If not they are found at
Users\User name\APP Data\Local\Virtual Store\Program Files(X86)\Strategy First\Culpa Innata\Data\Save game

That was fun to find. It seems like nobody puts them in the same place

hi oldmariner, i am at day 1 trying to read in Audio Visual Viewing. in inventory i have regulations, makeup kit, social security card, security pass, academy ID, creamy butterfly image. CD, data dump, magnetic card, strange shaped item, impersonator description. i think this is incomplete. please verify, robert.

Robert it is hard to answer because you may have missed a trigger. It appears you have what you need. I'm not sure why it isn't working. Why go all the way back to the start? That puzzle is a pain in the first place and if you made it to the door puzzle on day two I suspect you have already done that one before.

As I said above I can send you that save with the door puzzle solved and you can continue by talking with Ms. Capello. At that point everything listed in the walk through before the puzzle has been done. At least if that works we can rule out a bad install for the reason that some things are not working. You will know where you are in the game in relationship to the walk through. You don't need to follow the walk through exactly though some things need to be done in order for others to be active.

It will give you a starting point and you won't be backtracking to try and find what you may have missed. If the problem is with the game install all the backtracking in the world will not resolve it.

hi oldmariner, i am at the graveyard gate and can't get phoenix to read the plaque 'pater noster'. can you say what i have missed along the way please? robert.

Robert it is rather difficult to determine which thing you may have missed I'd suggest you go over day one in the walk through leading up to that point. Did you see the cut scene of the man running through the grounds? You needed to get an ID card in the auditorium just before you went outside. My best guess is the answer is in these two actions.

Auditorium: Enter the door at the right under the stained glass. Go down to front row and take the ID card of Talay Talayman the only item in the room you can pick up. Look around check out everything. At the podium you can read Chief Morssen’s speech. After you have looked around you can exit the auditorium.



Outside

Go to left screen, pass the elevators and go down the hall to see an exit sign. Use the security pass on the exit door. See a cut scene of a man sneaking along the grounds. The cutscene will include Phoenix chasing him but OUCH! He passed through the graveyard gate, while you landed on your bottom. Look at the plaque on the right. It is the Pater Noster. Look at the plaque to the left of the gate. Click it while in close up.

hi oldmariner, what IS the trigger for to read the plaque in latin and is this essential? robert.

Hi Robert,
I played this game quite a while ago. I do remember that I followed Mag's
walkthrough to the letter and finished the game without any problems. You just have to do every step that Mag says in the order in which he writes it, even though the game isn't linear. ENJOY!
Sandy

Robert I don't recall what the trigger is that gets you to read the plague. The trigger is whatever game event it is that sets the game to activate whatever action or puzzle you need to do. Such as talking to Arnett who tells you about Dr. Capella. If you don't talk to Arnett you won't know to see the doctor and that electronic door puzzle won't activate. So yes the trigger is essential. Regarding the specific trigger you are asking about the trigger to read the poster is one of two things I listed above. The walk through says to find Talay Talayman's ID card. He is the guy running away in the cut scene. If finding his ID is not the trigger then it has to be when you go outside

Outside

Go to left screen, pass the elevators and go down the hall to see an exit sign. Use the security pass on the exit door. See a cut scene of a man sneaking along the grounds. The cutscene will include Phoenix chasing him but OUCH! He passed through the graveyard gate, while you landed on your bottom. Look at the plaque on the right. It is the Pater Noster. Look at the plaque to the left of the gate. Click it while in close up.

Your trigger is likely finding the Id or going outside to see that cut scene. Reviewing day one in walkthrough suggest those are the two most likely events to be the trigger. If that fails consider taking day one step by step in the walkthrough. If that fails it is likely you could have a bad install.

I played the game and then after writing the walkthrough played again following that step by step and had problems. I don't know if there were any patches issued but I did not need one with only using the DVD install.

hi oldmariner, i have read your response but i can't find that trigger. your reply seems fairly complete and you say reading the pater noster plaque is necessary. that being the case, is there any recourse open to me to progress? if not, i am well and truly stuck in the game. robert.

Robert check your E-mail

I sent you two saves

There are two saves in this zip file. The one named number 003 is Phoenix in her office after completing what is listed in the walkthrough section labeled Graveyard gate Puzzle.
Everything in the walk through to the end of the gate puzzle section is done. Your next move would be to start with the next section titled PA Puzzle and map.

I don't know why you went back to day one when you got as far as the Capello office door puzzle on day two. I went back into the game and played up to Phoenix solving the electronic puzzle. If you use this save which is titled #041 Phoenix will be standing in front of the doctor's door you need to go inside and talk with her. When you do everything will be completed from the beginning of the walk through to the conclusion of the day 2 section titled Fix the security program.


When done with Dr. Capello continue the game with the next section in the walkthrough titled Phoenix's home

There are two files for each save and they both have to be renamed Change the number only or they won't work.You will see a pair of files named #003nif and 003sav the same for #041 if you change 003 to say 025 use the same number for both the nif and sav the pair.
The saves will have to be renamed to the next highest number in your game save file. Whichever save you wish to use, I'd suggest number 41 unless you really want to play day one over again. Number the save as the next number following the last save in your list. Your saves are located here if you are using Win 7
Users\User name\APP Data\Local\Virtual Store\Program Files(X86)\Strategy First\Culpa Innata\Data\Save game

If the game still in unresponsive my guess would be you have a bad install. Hope this helps

hi oldmariner, i checked and re-checked my email over a long period of time and i don't have any saves. robert.

Robert I will resend it to the e-mail address you have listed here in your user file. The e-mail did not bounce back. Check your spam folder The subject line says Culpa Innata Saves. At the bottom of the e-mail you should see Culpa.zip in the lower left with a link in blue that says download. Click on the download and you should get a zip file in windows 7 you simply right click on the file and select unzip here. There will be four files inside that zip 003.sav 003.nif 041.sav and 041.nif. Obviously they come in pairs and go together. The nif file is the picture that displays in the game and links to the sav. I sent another e-mail hopefully you will get this one.

hi oldmariner, my email address is outdated obviously. would you be kind enough to change it to EDITED . thank you very much. in the meantime, i will replay and follow youtube which, hopefully, will also take me to a successful conclusion. robert.

Robert,

I also edited your profile with the new address. oldmariner can check there then.

Robert

I forwarded the mail to your new listed address. I hope this helps

thank you MaG, robert.

hi MaG, i asked this before. why can't i select Audio Visual Viewing after visiting Bogdanov's house then turning on my office computer? can you tell what i am missing? robert.

Do you have the graveyard CD? If so, use that on the Audio Visual frame.

MaG, the resulting square is highlighted in green. nothing happens when i click the arrow on the square. how do i get the image reconstructed as shown? robert.

Continue with the procedure stated in the guide. At the Data Processing, you will be able to do the puzzle.

Audio Visual Viewing - Use the graveyard CD on the frame and see a device. Click the arrow and that data was erased.
Data Processing/Text Processing - Use the data dump from PA crash on text processing frame. Select Analyze and see the result as unrecognized text.
Data Processing/Image Processing - Use the data dump from PA crash on image processing frame. See part of a picture and word.
Click-hold a gray square and drop it on another square to form a picture and name. The colored areas are already at the correct place.
Once a correct piece is at the correct place, spatial match is seen. When completed, a blinking image reconstructed of Iustitia (justice) appears.

how do i get rid of that 'crossed out clutching hand'? robert.

It is seen only when you cannot do an action. Look for something that you can do or click on then.

Merry Christmas MaG. i am not quite getting all of the Audio Visual Viewing business. do you have a youtube video on this i could watch please? robert.

I've been looking for the part of the video walkthrough that shows using the Audio Visual equipment in Phoenix's office, and I haven't been able to locate it right away. However, I did find the place in the video where Phoenix finds the gravestone CD, and that would be a good starting point if you care to view the video walkthrough. Start here at about 3 minutes 4 seconds:

YouTube Culpa Innata video walkthrough part 3

Continue watching the video in order, parts three, four, etc., and eventually you should see the sequence that you need.

hi Marian, what should i do after putting the iustitia image together and exiting the computer? robert.

The walkthrough says that after you reconstruct the 3D butterly image, that for the walkthrough writer day 7 ended. If you can't go to the next step in the walkthrough now (day 8), then there may still be something else left to do in day seven. I would look over the walkthrough for day 7 and see what you might have missed.

Maybe someone else will be able to give you more specific advice.

hi Marian, now i cannot go anywhere. i can't even access the navigation map. robert.

Hi robert, I'm afraid that all I can do at this point is to refer you to the walkthrough. Let's wait for someone who is more knowledgeable about the game. Sorry you are stuck.

Just a thought - is the image reconstructed? Did you get the text verification?

hi MaG, yes, the image has been reconstructed but i don't know what you mean by text verification. robert.

I think what MaG means when referring to text verification is this: does it say "image reconstructed" under the completed image, to let you know that it has been done correctly?

Did it state on the image - picture that it is reconstructed?

Can you move around wherever you are and look around?
Check your PA and everything in it. A document (read), item (look close) or something else might trigger what you missed.

hi MaG, the description of the item in inventory reads PA crash butterfly image. i can't look around or access the navigation map. robert.

If I deduced the guide correctly, if the image is done correctly - it should be labeled recovered image 2 - Iustitia.
It might be that you have not done the butterfly correctly.
Best to redo it.

MaG - whereabouts in the guide does it talk of the butterfly image so that i may read it and possibly reconstruct it properly? robert.

Click on the following link to see a picture of the completed image; this is from MaG's guide:

Completed image

And the instructions from the guide:

hi Marian,what does the diary mean by 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th settings active? Dr. Cappelo. robert.

Hi robert, all I can ascertain about the diary is this:



I don't know if there's more to it than that. Let's wait for someone who can more fully answer your question.

hi Marian, having reconstructed the iustitia image, there is nowhere i can go. the navigation map says 'i prefer not to do that right now'. what should i do? robert.

Can you get out of the computer and look around?

yes MaG, but now i think i am stuck not unless you can tell me where to go from pyramid station which has the only picture. robert.

This is from the walkthrough:

Open your PA to select the map and click on the Pyramid. The map should expand to show areas of the Pyramid you can visit, select the Thing Store. Remember the GPSN rule about limitations for interviewing people. You can ask anything in the conversation tree but to get the information you need you have to be selective, otherwise you may have to wait until the next day for a second interview to get the trigger to advance the game. For instance your interview at the Thing Store the first time there is with Alicia Cordoba. From her you need the names of other sales girls, Monica and Piper. You will also need to learn about the Peace Officer impersonator, Harry Callahan and construct a picture of him. At the Thing store you will visit Bogdanov's office and a kiosk across the street from the store.

See if that helps.

hi MaG, I have done all the steps listed in the walkthrough but i am 'stuck' at the pyramid STATION - perhaps you misread my post - and don't know how to proceed from the station. could you advise please? robert.

Now that you are at the pyramid, what does the map show you?
Does it show the places in the pyramid?
If so - check those places that you can access.

hi MaG, i have completed the thing store HQ, am at the metro tunnels trying to open the gate and enter the tunnels but the program won't let me. have i progressed too far or is there a prerequisite? now i can't progress any more. robert.

A member posted this - Enter the tunnel after work hours and in plain clothes.

hi MaG, i probably have gone too far into the game but as you wrote, after a certain point, i forget which point, the game becomes non-linear. correct me if i am wrong, this means you can work on the game at any stage AFTER THIS POINT. well, i am at the Stardust Club trying to make glue to stick some wall which fell off. i am following your instructions exactly, but something is wrong. the water pitcher glows when used but the bowl, sugar, microwave doesn't. the glue doesn't go into inventory. i am anxious to hear what you say. robert.

Robert,

As soon as you opened the navigation map and get places to go to - the game becomes non-linear. That is close to the start of the game.

From the guide:
Once locations are opened within the map the gameplay becomes highly non-linear and events, people, locations will be revealed or can be resolved in different orders. This guide will try to describe by characters or locations and is but one pathway through this game. Visit the characters or locations at your discretion.

Glue:

Did Phoenix say this: Phoenix can enter only if she says to fix the wall of the stage fast.

Did you click-hold the items to make glue?

hi MaG, Glue questions, Yes and Yes. should the bowl, sugar and microwave glow also? if yes, i am definitely doing something wrong. i wonder what it could be? robert.

I really do not remember. Try the preparation and see.

MaG, i have rechecked the glue preparation and am back at square 1. i keep getting stuck at glue making and can't get bowl, sugar or microwave to highlight. i really don't have anywhere to go short of starting all over again. robert.

Robert, did you close-up examine the instruction leaflet that tells you how to prepare the mixture? You should have picked this up from Arnett's salon earlier in the game. The bowl and sugar etc. might not become active until you've checked it.

thanks for mentioning Arnett's salon, Rushes. the problem being, i was waiting for that 'phone call' which never came BEFORE my session in the Stardust Club. how do i get back to wait for that call? robert.

The phone call from Arnett's won't come until a little later on. Every time I've played the game, I've had to wait a good long while for that call to get an appointment with Roger Arnett. So just continue on, don't worry about it, it'll happen. Just make sure that you pay attention to the red entries in your journal, see if you can do anything to grey those out. Also revisit all locations inside and outside of the pyramid, and speak to everyone. Dialogue is absolutely critical in this game -- the whole experience is dialogue driven.

Did examining the leaflet solve your problem with the glue preparation?

hi Rushes, can the red items in the diary ever be resolved? i don't see how, robert.

According to MaG's strategy guide:



It sounds like eventually they will all turn to black ink.

Yes, they'll all turn black eventually, but some tasks just can't be completed until much later in the game. Work through what you can in the meantime.

hi Rushes, i am following oldmariner's walkthrough. at day 6, Phoenix's office, 'examine the pictured. the boss suggested she investigate'. is this a typo? i am confused! what is meant by this? robert.

Yes, it could be a typo. If you're following the walkthrough, it sounds as if you next need to search for the impersonator on the census database. So continue from there.

hi Rushes, where do i find the census database? robert.

On Phoenix's computer in her office.

hi Rushes, i know it is on Phoenix's computer but where? robert.

Hi Robert, try clicking on Search while on the computer, and then see if the Census Database comes up as an option.

hi Marian, when i use the hacker's data file with the 'gears' on the frame, i don't get 'file corrupted'. can you tell why please? robert.

Were you informed that hackers have gotten into your file?
Did you use that hacker file on Data Processing/Image Processing pages?

hi MaG, when i use the hacker's data file on the Data Processing/Image Processing i get a crossed out grasping hand. robert.

Then you can proceed to decode it now. Check the guide for the solution.

hi Mag, how can i proceed with a crossed out hand? unless i am misreading the guide, no obvious mention is made to a crossed-out hand. i have spent a lot of time on this game so i am very prepared to be corrected as i was convinced i was stymied. robert.

The Hexadecimal editor appears after the File Corrupted result.
See several red ? that are needed to be decoded. Based on the reference numbers-letters above the puzzle, find out the number or letter corresponding to the red (?).
Start with a group of 4 that has one red question mark first. Click the question mark until they turn blue. Continue on until all the single red question marks set are decoded.

hi MaG, i can't even get as far as the 'file corrupted' message, i presume, because of the crossed out hand. if only i could get past that pesky crossed out hand then i could get on with this game. have you any suggestions please. robert.

I don't know what to tell you. It might help if you go back to a saved game and play over. It might show you what you are missing.

hi MaG, i have gone back to the thing store to talk to Piper. is it best to use oldmariner's W/T or your guide until i get past the 'file corrupted' scenario? robert.

I think you have been using oldmariner's walkthrough sequence - so use that. The guide is not in a step by step sequence.

hi MaG, i didn't get the 'file corrupted' message. is this important as i get the hexadecimal editor screen. do i carry on as if i got the message? robert.

Yes please. Do the hexadecimal puzzle.

hi MaG, i have reconstructed the 3D butterfly images. the next item is omega 8 where i take a photo of the butterfly advert. according to oldmariner W/T. am i on the right track and how do i get there? robert.

You want to go to station omega 10 (not 8). Go to metro station and the to the sign omega 10.