Thank flotsam (and Drac)!

Regarding this: " turn off timed puzzles", do you know if you can have that turned on but then turn it off while in the game so you can try it timed but change it if you can't do it? I guess that would be more like a "skip button" then though. Just wondering.

Thanks for the great review, flotsam!

Thank you, Drac!

The person I know who played through the game does not even remember there being any traditional timed puzzles per se. He considers it to be a nonissue for most players.

Thank you very much for the review, flotsam. Much appreciated.

And thank you too, Drac.

I can’t say definitively but suspect you can oldbroad. I switched some things on and off (save game summary for instance) as I went along and the game responded accordingly.

Okay, thanks flotsam!

I will see if I can go back and confirm.

You don't have to do that. I'll find out eventually.

When do autosaves occur? Is there any notification when one occurs?

Not that I noticed Uncle Reg but I wasnt relying on that feature, and didn't pay much attention to it sorry. Its a single save point, so much preferred to periodically make my own.

Now I'm confused. Autosave or save at will? Single save point or multiple unlimited save slots?

There is a single autosave point, and multiple manual save points.

Thank you, flotsam. very glad to read that !! 👍

Thank you flotsam! I hadn't noticed anything at all in the review about autosave, only manual. I love multiple manual save points. I am a heavy saver!

The fact that you can save at will in seemingly unlimited slots largely renders the autosave feature redundant, and probably of little interest to most players.
However if you eg have a crash, power outage or similar and haven’t saved, the autosave function may be your friend. So I will try and make sure to mention its existence in the future.

Here's what I got from the developer on the Steam forum for the game:

There isn't a notification, but we've placed them throughout the game when you accomplish key tasks. If you press S at any time, that'll quick-save the current game to the autosave slot too

I just tried the S key and it works. The Continue button now works as you would expect; there is, however, no notification that a save has occurred when using the S key.

Useful to know, Uncle Reg - And thank you 👍

Foolish Mortals sounds and looks like a very good game. Thank you flotsam

Thank you Drac

I bought the game, and am currently playing it as a CPT on the ExAG venue.

There are no "timed" puzzles that I know of. But there is a puzzle the requires double-clicking on a sequence of items. The clicking requires clicking on the items at precisely the right time, so timing is imperative. Unfortunately, I suffer from a mild case of dupuytren's contracture. Mild, because it only affects the tendons in my right-hand index finger. You probably can see/imagine the problem.

I'm trying to see if there is a work-around such a getting/installing a saved game from another player. This puzzle occurs in Chapter Two of Five.

That said, I think it's a great game. I heartily recommend it. Providing that you don't have a physical problem that would keep you from performing the specific action required.

Side note: This is not the first game I've played that had similar problems. In fact there are many games that include sound puzzles that would be impossible for a tone deaf person to solve. Ditto, color puzzles for color blind individuals. If this were Casual game, I might be tempted to hit the Skip button.

Thanks rtrooney.

Does this puzzle fall into the "turn off timed puzzles" category in the settings that flotsam mentioned?

I don't think so. The puzzle in question requires you to double-click on a series of objects. There is a clock, but the clock is not a timer. For example you must click on the object when the hour-hand is on 7. Then you must click on the second object when the hour hand is on 4. In total there are six objects and six clock settings. You have to click on the objects in succession, but you don't have to click on the 4 immediately after the 7. You can wait one or two revolutions (or more) before you click on 4. So it is not something I would call a "timed" puzzle.

I don't recall anything in the Menu that would allow me to turn off any puzzle. If there was such a thing, I would have used it.

FWIW, the link to the playthrough can be found here: https://exagforumites.freeforums.net/thread/45/ag-community-playthrough-foolish-mortals

rtrooney,

This is from flotsam's review of the game:

I did not read flotsam's full review, so I didn't see the passage you quoted. However, the designers/developers of Foolish Mortals are active participants in the playthrough thread I mentioned above, so I am sure they are aware of my problem. I would think that if a solution was available in-game, either via the Menu or another device, they would have pointed me in the right direction.