Aeronuts

[abstauber]

Hey Ewianes,
Dialogpuzzles scheinen echt unbeliebt zu sein  :
Hast du's schon geschafft, oder brauchst du noch Hilfe?

[Igor Hardy]

Agreed, it's not a pixel hunt, it's more like a blind shot. If you happen to right-click the correct area, you're done. If not, you might not even realize there's something to click at. I had problems with that one too.
C'mon abstauber, rename this goddamn hotspot somehow!  

Argh, that is not possible in AGS And after I realised, that you can't rename hotspots, it was alread too late to switch over to objects.

You can make an invisible object or character appear over a hotspot to get the desired result. This hotspot problem is hard to tolerate in an otherwise excellent game.

[abstauber]

You have noticed, that this problem has long been fixed, right?

But yes, I'll try to stay away from it in the future.

[Igor Hardy]

You have noticed, that this problem has long been fixed, right?

But yes, I'll try to stay away from it in the future.

Not in the version that I had. But I don't remember when and where from did I download it.

EDIT: It's V 1.1. So the fix apparently doesn't work.

[abstauber]

Huh? Maybe there's a misunderstanding... I've just checked it too:

Spoiler

After talking to Stanley, the correct part of the fence is named "Broken Fence" in the hotspot finder. But you have to talk to him first - but otherwise you wouldn't search for a broken element anyway.

[close]

Or did I get you wrong?

...in an otherwise excellent game.

Yay, Highscore please

[Igor Hardy]

Hmm... Either the new hotspot didn't appear in my case, or it was so tiny I didn't notice it. I kept trying to use the file on the fence everywhere near the dog like ten times before it actually worked. And I kept trying only because I read about this in the solution.

EDIT: I started the game again, and the hotspot does indeed change, but this can pretty much be only found out by accident. I don't see any hints at changing hotspots in what Stanley says and I still think this specific puzzle is rather weak.

[abstauber]

Okay, I see that this kind of puzzle is giving you all the creeps  8)

Stubborn as I am, I still think that these hints in the dialog are almost a walkthrough itself.

So I cut the fence open and let Baron Borisov and his men pass.

And after that incident, I have fixed the fence
PLUS placed the base's dog in front of it.

But of course, I made the puzzle so it has to be clear for me As said, I hope to make better dialog based puzzles in the future.