The Deadly Device

How do you win at that game? I have tried and tried to beat Mason's score and I just can't.

I thought Aggregation was fun, but it took me a while to get the hang of it. I will send you a saved game in junior mode after beating Mason's high score, just in case you decide that you would like to use it.

Thanks. I'm sure I will. It wouldn't be so bad except that it makes me really sleepy.

I suppose it could have that effect.

You have really been having a Nancy Drew marathon! I hope you enjoy this one.

Where do you get the blank key card?

I believe it is in the cabinet door in Ryan's workshop.

Thanks. Yes I do seem to be on a marathon. This is the last one until the new one comes out. I've already played the Ghost of Thornton Hall. I'm just catching up on the games that I wasn't able to play before. lol.

Do you know of any other series like the ND series?

That would be a good question to ask in Adventure Game Discussions; try posting that question there.

how do you get the H2O? The container is empty and I can't get water into it.

Have you tried using the H20 pitcher?

Yes, I pick it up but nothing pours. Is the water already in it? Or do I have to put water in it?
I can't pour anything from that pitcher into the vials that I'm supposed to use.

Yes, the water should already be in the H20 container. Another member had a similar problem, and MaG said: If you click it on the flask (to measure) it is blue colored - but it is poured. Continue and see.

If you still have trouble, perhaps start this part over and double check that all steps up to the point with the water have been done correctly.

Thanks.

Did you get through ok, stonzee?

Yes, after I blew up a couple of times. lol.

But now I can't find Ryan. I need to talk to her and she's not in her work space.
I don't really know what else to do at this point.
The task list says I need to investigate Ryan, explore the lab (which I have done numerous times)
and make an etching. I have the cylinder thing but I don't know what to do now. I don't have an image.

I mixed the etching solution and I got the wafer. But I cannot click on the computer. I replaced the conduits. I don't know what else to do.

Have you listened to Niko's audio diary and learned the area of the last location where Ryan tried to threaten him, and then searched that area?

No, I can't find Ryan. She is supposed to be fixing the player. But she is no where.

You aren't supposed to be able to find Ryan yet, I don't think. Have you searched the lounge (after listening to the clue in Niko's audio diary)? Have you tried calling Deirdre?

I can't listen to the audio diary. I don't have the player Ryan was going to fix.

Oh, I'm sorry - my mind didn't compute what you said. I'll see if I can offer any other suggestions.

Am I supposed to call Deirdre? She's annoying. lol

I gave Ryan the candy bar and that's the last time I saw her. She said she would fix the player. But now she's gone.

Yes, I think Deirdre was born annoying.

It sounds like the next thing you need to do is to make a new circuit board for the small Tesla coil. The next steps, according to the walkthrough, are as follows:



Will this help get you going again?

I don't have the image. I have everything else. Where do I get the image?

I tried clicking on the computer next to the printer but I can't.

If you have the etching solution and a silicon wafer, then according to the walkthrough you need to make a circuit design. Look closely at the monitor at the right under the cabinet of the silicon wafers and do the puzzle where you connect all the circuits. When that is done, you can take the circuit design from the printer.

Then you can use the photolithography etching machine.

I can't click on the monitor. There is nothing there that is clickable.

Here's a checklist that MaG posted on another thread that might help:

- You should know how to make a circuit by reading the book.
- You should have examined the small Tesla coil left of the photo lab door. Nancy says - Something must be broken.
- Talk to Ryan about the small Tesla coil. Ryan tells you you need to make a circuit board because the other one is broken.

Also check your To Do list.

That should then allow you to click on the monitor. Be sure also that you're clicking on the correct monitor, as Marian says.

I have done everything except talk to Ryan about the small coil. I can't talk to her because I can't find her. She's not in her work area.

Check your task list and see if there's anything else that you can be getting on with in the meantime until Ryan returns. You might need to catch up with things elsewhere in the game, and once those are done you'll be able to continue with the circuit board.

There's nothing on the task list that I can do.

I've about run out of ideas/things for you to try. Maybe someone will have a saved game to help you get past your stuck point. I will post more if I can think of anything else that might be useful. It's been quite a while since I played this game and I remember that I used the walkthrough quite a lot to help me through it.

Click on everything in Ryan's workshop. Then exit, walk around and then return.

I sent you 2 saved games: formula done and etching started. One of them will work for you.

Thanks. I don't know what I missed. I went through the walk through and I didn't see anything that I had not done. Actually, I've done things that aren't in the walk through at this point.
It's a mystery.

Yes, it's a mystery.

I hope you can enjoy the rest of the game now.

Finally got through that part but now I can't get the design for the 3D printer to work. How do I get it to work? What do I go by?

How far are you with it? Did you do this yet:

Look close at Mason's monitor. Open component design 5.5.
See the 4 layers squares at left and Ryan's design at right.
Ryan's design shows the 4 sides. The puzzle on the left is by layers from top to bottom.
Start on bottom layer and copy the arrangement of the cubes.
Take note that this is a 4x3 grid. This gives a clue on which side to place the cubes on.
Click on a square on the left to place a cube. To erase, click on the bright green cube again.
When done, click on print design. I think that's right.

After that, you do this:

Go down to the lab. Go to the 3D printer left of the stairs.
Look at the monitor on the left and see your creation done on Mason's computer. Click on Print button.
This will take a long time to process. Come back later.

There is no design on the right.
And I can't talk to Ryan. All she says is hi.

What does it say on your task list right now?

repair the Tesla coil
repair the small Tesla coil in the lab

Have you opened the drawer on the large Tesla coil?

The one with the condensers? Yes. I put all of those in a while ago.
Nancy has already been locked in the photo lab.

Hmmm. Have you taken a very close look at the coil? Did you try opening the drawer above the missing emergency shut-off button on the Tesla coil, and then clicking on the empty slot? When Nancy sees that, she should be able to ask Ryan about it.

Yes, I did. There's probably some little thing I didn't do. I found out that I couldn't talk to Ryan before because I had to wait on a call from Deirdre. So maybe I'm waiting on a call or something.

Yes, it is most likely just some little thing. You have probably already done this, but I would go over the walkthrough step by step just in case you spot something you missed.

I thought this was a pretty difficult game.

How do you place the magnets on the pigeon?
I can't place them anywhere. There is no option to do so.

Do you have 7 magnets?

If so arranged them by clicking them on these locations:

Could you please send me a savegame too! I have also tried for several days to beat that high score, I am playing sleuth mode, but anything would make me happy.

Vigdis,

Nice to see you post. The Aggregation puzzle done saved game is sent.

Thank you very much, you've saved me a lot of frustration!

Glad to help. Have fun!