Barn Runner: Wreck the Halls

[CosmoQueen]

Cool thanks!

[Ponch]

Is there a trick to beating the robot in the church fight after visiting the monk's room?

This is also for TassieDevil and the handful of others who dislike arcade sequences.

http://www.barnrunner.com/patches/X2HotFix.rar

I intended to get a proper patch out by now to bypass the sequence entirely with a new cutscene. However, I just haven't found the time yet. Until I do, here is a quick patch to bypass the shootout so you can see the ending of the game.

In all future Barn Runner games, the arcade bits will completely optional by enabling / disabling them with the in-game GUI across the top of the screen. I intended to do the same with Wreck the Halls, but the time crunch to get the game out the door by December 1st didn't allow me to finish all the art such a cutscene would require. Sadly, I still haven't found the time. Maybe one of these days...

Hopefully, this will do until then.

- Ponch

[CosmoQueen]

Okay, I need a lil itty bitty hint here. I'm in the room, I have an inventory full of Bibles and I took the skunk and melted the tar. I have no clue what do to next! LOL

[Ponch]

Okay, I need a lil itty bitty hint here...

Try this...

Spoiler

You'll need the tar for the rope crank to climb down the well. While you're in the pastor's room, warm the underwear (from a different package) by the fireplace to save yourself a step later. That should get you down the well and on to the next part of the game.

[close]

Hope that helps.

- Ponch

[CosmoQueen]

Whooo hoo I finished it! Great game! I didn't know that Barn Runner was a series, but now that I do I'll be playing the other games as well so keep an your eye on the hint section! LOL

[paolo]

Is there a trick to beating the robot in the church fight after visiting the monk's room?

This is also for TassieDevil and the handful of others who dislike arcade sequences.

http://www.barnrunner.com/patches/X2HotFix.rar

Hooray! Thank you for that, Ponch. I've now finished the game. I'm glad I didn't delete it.

The patch doesn't seem to work if you load the autosaved slot (the "arcade scene skipped" message comes up, and then just sticks there - you can't click or anything)... I had to go back to an earlier savegame to get it to work. I might have saved over the autosaved slot though, so don't take this as gospel.

[Ponch]

Hooray! Thank you for that, Ponch. I've now finished the game. I'm glad I didn't delete it.

The patch doesn't seem to work if you load the autosaved slot (the "arcade scene skipped" message comes up, and then just sticks there - you can't click or anything)... I had to go back to an earlier savegame to get it to work. I might have saved over the autosaved slot though, so don't take this as gospel.

Well poop. I should have playtested that patch first. I was so busy getting the re-release of Cyclone Alley debugged for uploading this month [plug]available at my website right now. In case any of you wondered why The Prick Who Came In From The Cold ended so abrubtly, now you can play this long unavailable game and find out what happened next[/plug]. Big thanks to Rui for giving me a polite shove to dig that old gem out of the closet of doom, by the way.

This weekend I'll make some time to put together the proper patch with new movie and get that out by Monday or Tuesday, I hope... Wednesday at the latest... Maybe.

Thanks for pointing that out, Paolo. It's just the nudge I needed back to work on that!

- Ponch