30yearsofhurt
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Platinumed.
Finally.
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Only 1 movie missing.
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The Witness |OT|
- Thread starter Afro
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Yep. Tough puzzle!
Hot Coldman
Banned
It's irritating me,
because I can see a clear outline of the route to take, but the length of each line is unclear, and any variation of lengths does not work.
This is one of those puzzles where the novelty of the solution is ruined by poor modelling.
Shiera Seastar
Banned
Argh, I was doing so good with these. http://imgur.com/a/BQ0ZT (Town Tetris/Dots puzzle) Small hint maybe? L shape like I tried in the bottom image or T shape?
Huh... ok, thanks. I'm assuming it has to do with the plants, but they're not really lined up in a sensible way with the puzzle..
TheCarrotKiller
Banned
Doh! The last one is almost correct, perhaps another start direction would do?
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I'm feel entirely stumped; I usually enjoy puzzle games but this has got me tearing my hair right now.
Basically I don't know where to start. I got past the first part easily, by the beach, and then I got to some ruins in the sand. And I don't know what the hell to do. I can't seem to find any clues how to solve the panel, and when I'm running around the island I encounter more panels to which I don't know the rules at all. I managed to get past by a bunch, but honestly I don't know why or how.
Basically I don't know where to start. I got past the first part easily, by the beach, and then I got to some ruins in the sand. And I don't know what the hell to do. I can't seem to find any clues how to solve the panel, and when I'm running around the island I encounter more panels to which I don't know the rules at all. I managed to get past by a bunch, but honestly I don't know why or how.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Click this link if you want to see the
perspective you should be looking at the panel from
This essentially gives the solution away though, so only use it as a last resort. It should help you a bit with the next couple puzzles as well.
screenshot
OrbitalBeard
Member
For the first desert panel,
try looking at it from different perspectives
Also, if you see symbols you don't understand and you haven't been eased into them yet with simple puzzles, go somewhere else.
Edit - apologies for the double post.
Shiera Seastar
Banned
Got it. Doh indeed, lol. Thanks!
dickgumshoe
Member
A question about a camouflage panel twist:
?
directly after the monkey sound twist, on a panel with the layout short-short-short-long, what are you supposed to hear
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
Oh. Well, that was easy. Here I ran around looking for patterns in murals and locations of objects. Doh.
Need some help, starting to feel impaired again.
Big Keep/Castle spoilers:
Some hints/help there would be appreciated (e.g. what direction to begin with etc.).
Big Keep/Castle spoilers:
I am trying to rearrange the floor tile/pressure plate puzzles so I can drag environmental lines from the top of the castle tower. I have nailed the yellow/green/blue pressure plate puzzles, but the purple one is killing me.
Some hints/help there would be appreciated (e.g. what direction to begin with etc.).
Look at the puzzle on the bridge one more time.
stargateheaven
Member
I don't remember that animal?
OrbitalBeard
Member
If you're still stuck, here's a post I made earlier with some hints:
Forest help request:
last leg of this area, really dislike this style of puzzle. could i get a nudge here? thanks
http://i.imgur.com/UOnarM9.jpg
last leg of this area, really dislike this style of puzzle. could i get a nudge here? thanks
http://i.imgur.com/UOnarM9.jpg
dickgumshoe
Member
There's several panels with the bird, then there's a panel where the bird is the distraction sound and a monkey or something which provides the solution. The next panel is at the start of a small loopy path, there I hear a bird and some kind of .. flute? But I don't get what you're supposed to hear. That panel is short-short-short-long.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Hint 1:
In that screenshot, the solution is right in front of you. Big time
Hint 2:
There are two entrance points on that puzzle. Forget the lower one exists
yeah, i see
the path in the shadows, i'm just having a hard time lining it up with the panel :/
justsomeguy
Member
There's a ruined church and some buildings that look churchy. I'll try and grab a screeny later.
OrbitalBeard
Member
You're are very, very close to figuring it out. Just keep trying.
I am playing with tweaked settings for better performance, and I did find a particular area's puzzles nearly impossible.
in the logging forest, by the quarry. I couldn't even make out any definition of the shadows, they were just a blur and no matter what I did, I couldn't solve even the second panel.
So yes, if you tweaked your graphics settings just keep that in mind.
thanks b, but i might need the answer on this one :/
OrbitalBeard
Member
Turn your head sideways. The shadow isn't showing the lines that are already "marked" on the panel, just the missing parts
ilikesanta
Member
After being away from the game for two days, I got a good 4 hours into it yesterday and finished off a lot of sections. Feels so good getting over those puzzles that stump you.
Places that are still driving me nuts.
Bamboo -
Lattice -
Abandoned Village -
Places that are still driving me nuts.
Bamboo -
I have issues telling the difference in pitch and having other noises going off isn't helping any. I'm stuck on the one where there are four notes on the panel but I'm hearing five chirps I'm sure I need to ignore one but I also have no issue just brute forcing it by putting in all possible combinations.
Lattice -
I managed to do the first one, by solving it or just dumb luck, but have no idea what i need to do to solve the next one, I've tried looking at it's shadow and the leaves, looking it from the other side. No clue what the hell is going on. I did manage to solve the lattice that has the hexagon page. I'll gladly take a clue or information on what Im suppose to be looking at.
Abandoned Village -
There are a number off puzzles that are stumping me here, The lattice puzzle: Noticed the broken bits on the back and tried taking the clear path but that isn't it. Bird puzzle in the basement, I'm sure I just need to find the bird. The star puzzle I pretty sure what I need to do here.
But the one that has me most stumped is the windmill puzzle. I noticed the apple branch so I went to the windmill and apple trees. There are four trees, I tried counting the branches, but there are more branches then knots on the windmill puzzle, and if the trees are related to arms of the windmill, what arm goes with what tree? A hint here is also welcomed
But the one that has me most stumped is the windmill puzzle. I noticed the apple branch so I went to the windmill and apple trees. There are four trees, I tried counting the branches, but there are more branches then knots on the windmill puzzle, and if the trees are related to arms of the windmill, what arm goes with what tree? A hint here is also welcomed
Thanks!
ilikesanta
Member
I got stuck here too until I got out some paper and make a grid, then drew the path out.
What do you want to talk about in here then? The last movie you caught on Netflix?
OrbitalBeard
Member
Seriously, keep trying. Even when I was 100% sure of the solution, it still took me a few attempts, because I'd fudge up a small detail here or there.
OrbitalBeard
Member
So ummmmm...what would you like to discuss in a thread about The Witness? The weather? What you had for dinner last night?
So, it appears that the game just glitched and I lost about 3 hours and 60 puzzles. Was driving in the boat when I was suddenly standing on the water. I can't seem to go back to the land and when I procede I basically walk of the map entirely. And of course the game made an autosave right after the glitch happened... This is more than a little bit annoying.
I can't figure this out either, anyone got a hint/solution?
I did try
standing on the walkway at the back of the keep, and on top of the wall towards the centre,
It's only when you are in draw mode and inside dark buildings right? Doesn't bother me at all.
stargateheaven
Member
you follow the "monkey" as you call it. I thought it was not a monkey but still)
After that you follow the flute.
After that you follow the flute.
my issue is that it appears as though the shadow moves through more boxes than are available on the panel.
from the starting point i go left, down, left - as it is already revealed to me
then the shadow looks to go down, left, up, left, down, up but there aren't enough boxes to move to if that reasoning was correct
then the shadow looks to go down, left, up, left, down, up but there aren't enough boxes to move to if that reasoning was correct
i'm ready to call it for the solution, if you don't mind
Nope, it's all the time.
I don't understand it 100% but
it takes away one thing from the area that it is enclosed in. So if you draw an area that has that symbol and say a black dot inside, it takes away the black dot and negates it's effects.
Any tips on this one from the hub?
Edit: Got it
Shiera Seastar
Banned
I'll put this in spoilers just in case. Very minor spoilers though, if any.
I personally found this map of all the areas helpful in my progression through the game. There are 11 crucial areas in the game: Symmetry, Desert, Quarry, Logging (aka Shady Trees), Keep, Treehouse, Marsh (aka Swamp), Hub (aka Town/Village), Monastery, Tropical Forest (aka Jungle aka Bamboo Forest) and the building in the south of the Mountain area (Bunker). You need to complete at least 7 of those to reach the final section of the game. "Completing" an area doesn't always require you to solve all puzzles, btw. Some are just bonus or open up shortcuts.
There are basically two types of puzzle panels in the game. 1) Panels with symbols on them. 2) Panels without symbols.
1) There's one introductory area for each of those symbols, teaching you the rules of them. Most of those areas require you to know the rules of at least some symbols in order to complete them. Which means that you'll have to go back and forth between them.
2) Some areas don't involve any symbols, like the Desert for example. Each of those has its own rules and doesn't require any knowledge from other areas to complete them.
There are basically two types of puzzle panels in the game. 1) Panels with symbols on them. 2) Panels without symbols.
1) There's one introductory area for each of those symbols, teaching you the rules of them. Most of those areas require you to know the rules of at least some symbols in order to complete them. Which means that you'll have to go back and forth between them.
2) Some areas don't involve any symbols, like the Desert for example. Each of those has its own rules and doesn't require any knowledge from other areas to complete them.
I'm using a free app called You Doodle that lets you draw on top of a photo.
you can make the paint transparent so you can see in the cells behind it. and there's an undo button for quick erase.
Press the icon on the top right, then tap draw on picture, then tap camera.