Once Upon a Time

[snoopy]

For people that have a fast computer download the program cpu killer and run it. I have cpu killer and had to run it at 73%
to slow it down so i could get past the spiders (just by a few seconds)!

John

[elentgirl]

 I have cpu killer and had to run it at 73%
to slow it down so i could get past the spiders (just by a few seconds)!
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I am surprised to learn that the speed of the cpu affects the timing on Chapter 3.  My undertsanding of the AGS system is that it runs at a set number of frames per second regardless of cpu speed, and that the timers are based on numbers of frames.  If this is so, then the timer should run at the same speed on all PCs.  Am I mistaken in this?

Elen

[paolo]

Sorry to say this, but I feel a bit like Rui does in the Completed Games thread for this game.

I'm not a fan of asking for solutions rather than hints, but this is annoying me and making me want to give up playing the game (and maybe even post a bad review, and we wouldn't want that, would we? )

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Could someone please tell me where all the tiles are in chapter 1? I get as far as finding 10, and then just end up wandering around until the ghosts get me. I've managed to find one or two that are not in plain view.

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elentgirl - if you haven't already, please, please, please can you make the character walk faster.

Thanks.

[Zargblast]

Paolo, there are only 10 tiles.

[res]

it is kind of hard, but worth it.....the goat isn't what you think......i think it was fun. although....i am going to shoot myself if i can't get out of the garden soon.

Sorry to say this, but I feel a bit like Rui does in the Completed Games thread for this game.

I'm not a fan of asking for solutions rather than hints, but this is annoying me and making me want to give up playing the game (and maybe even post a bad review, and we wouldn't want that, would we? )

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Could someone please tell me where all the tiles are in chapter 1? I get as far as finding 10, and then just end up wandering around until the ghosts get me. I've managed to find one or two that are not in plain view.

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elentgirl - if you haven't already, please, please, please can you make the character walk faster.

Thanks.

[paolo]

Paolo, there are only 10 tiles.

OK, thanks. Hm, I suppose that would have been obvious if I had seen

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where they go, so could someone indicate to me where Jack is supposed to put them?

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Thanks.

[carl]

Sorry to say this, but I feel a bit like Rui does in the Completed Games thread for this game.


elentgirl - if you haven't already, please, please, please can you make the character walk faster.

Thanks.

Yes here to i hate maze, slow walking and pixelhunt. its no fun anymore to play the game (Sorry to say that)  but elentgirl did make a wonderful game

[LittleQueen]

Can someone please tell me where the map is so I can find the key? My eyes aren't the best so I have trouble seeing as it is. Please help. Thanks.

Lis

[CodeJunkie]

Paolo:

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Check the exits in the wide room before the library

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LittleQueen:

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The map and key are in the guard room which is very near the start.  If I remember correctly, from the start of the chapter cross the spikes, walk around the edge of the room and take the first exit to the left, then take the exit to the top.

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Others:

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I'm also stuck in the garden.  I manged to get to the end by running straight for the exit, but not otherwise.  I go to the statue with the key, eat the purple fruit, go through the door, into the shed, turn the handle and then go to the web as fast as I can and arrive at the web fully formed.  My processor is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.21GHz.

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I'll play on if I'm missing something or if this is a bug that can be fixed, but I really can't be bothered to slow my processor, having already become stuck several times and hit 2 walking deads a third into the game.  Which is a shame, because it is rather fantastic otherwise.

[LittleQueen]

Thanks but I'm still not finding map or key. : (  After I pass the two suits of armor, where do I go and is the map on a wall or on a table? What do I look for, etc.?

[sthomannch]

Two suits of armor?
You are still in the first level... no map or key here

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find the library, read all books, find the lantern and the 10 tiles, then go to the door with the thick frame.

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[gavin82098]

Seriously, I can't get out of the garden. I have read the hints and cheats.....i have eaten everything....turned handles.....ran.....but the web is always the same size.....i know i am missing something.....Also, I don't know how to post with the secret spoiler area......I am new to posting....used to just read and play.....thanks.

[sthomannch]

First, there is a help link on top of the page,
second, there is the [ h i d e ] tag (without the spaces) to conceal text

And for the garden

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you don't have time to enter any sidewalk. Explore the garden, but then restore from the beginning of the level and go straight to the tree with the plums, then go straight to the tree with the plum, eat plum, go to the statue, take key, open door, go to the barn, take crank, go to the door and pass under the spider web. Time flies...

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[cleos]

I have started chapter 3 over 5 times, I went to the tree, ate the fruit, got the key, opened the door,went to the barn and got the crank. I made it back to the web in enough time ( Jack was still going fast from eating the fruit) but the spider web still gets me every time!

[snoopy]

Ok i am now stuck on Chapter 5 i have the lantern,handle,stone and book.
Everytime i try a code in the wall i fall in the trap door and get killed. I explored everywhere i could think of.
i even found the tunnel to chapter 6 but i think i am missing something from this wall am i right.
Please help.

John

[sthomannch]

Snoopy

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there are several doors which lead to underground chambers. (e.g. from the start of the chapter to the north). Look at the wall paintings. Some of the hieroglyphs were put in a cartouche (ornamental frame). You will find only two different combinations that match in length

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[elentgirl]

Everytime i try a code in the wall i fall in the trap door and get killed.

Before you can answer the riddle you have to know what question is being asked!  The notebook provids all the clues needed to complete the work of Maximus Head.

I like the method used for inserting spoilers into these posts but cannot find any instructions in the help files about how to insert spoiler text.  Anybody care to pass on the secet?

Elen

[elentgirl]

I have started chapter 3 over 5 times, I went to the tree, ate the fruit, got the key, opened the door,went to the barn and got the crank. I made it back to the web in enough time ( Jack was still going fast from eating the fruit) but the spider web still gets me every time!

Are you still on an earlier version of the game?  Following an email discussion with Zargblast it became obvious that some PCs ran the timer too fast to be able to complete the chapter, though I had done so on 2 different machines and I am not the quickest gamer in the world (in shooting games I never survive very long!).  Also I do not understand why the timer runs at different speeds on different PCs (see my ealier post above).

I decided to update the game with a slower timer and a couple of extra hints to help gamers understand what they need to do.  A patch is available to update the game to version 1b (see my post on the Completed Games thread).  In this slower version I can complete the chapter with time to spare!

I'm sorry that so many of you seem to be having trouble with this chapter.

Elen

[sthomannch]

elentgirl, the tag for the spoilers is : [ h i d e ]
without the blanks

And I have a question for chapter 6, towards the end

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I opened the door and oiled the mechanism at the dam, but when I picked up the oil, I lost the crank. It is not in my inventory anymore. Must I find something else? Or is this another dead end? I have in my bundle: oil can, magic mirror and the lamp.

I suppose I have to stop the water so I can stop the clock and the pendulum, because it blocks the way over the wooden boards

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[elentgirl]

And I have a question for chapter 6, towards the end

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I opened the door and oiled the mechanism at the dam, but when I picked up the oil, I lost the crank. It is not in my inventory anymore. Must I find something else? Or is this another dead end? I have in my bundle: oil can, magic mirror and the lamp.

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I am surprised that you lost an item when you picked up another one.  If you are still holding something when you pick up something else, the cursor is in the form of small glowing version of the item and you have to return that to the bundle before you can select another.  I have tested the game several times and have never lost anything (except for the bug in Chapter 1 which I have now fixed).  If this post is not the answer and you really have lost an item, can you please send me a personal message with the precise details of what happened so that I can invesigate it more thoroughly.

Thankyou for the info about hiding text - it is not in the help files!

Elen