Root of All Evil

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Nikodemus

Help me! Please!

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I am wandering around town, I have got money once but lost it, I have small change, a camera, soap, orange, branch, broken glass and lighter. I have gotten Pegleg out of the bank, but I don't know why, and I can't get the jukebox to work and I can't open the trunk of the car
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Fizzii

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You can pick up an object from the liquor store.. check the bottles out for a different hotspot
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MrWank

How do i open the car trunk?

Radiant

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With oil. Check Fizzii's hint above.
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Ian Aloser

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I got he pirate out of the bank,
played Music at jukebox, bum has left,
got counter in liquor store to 998, I guess
I need one more person to leave it's scene
to make it 999 and me being the 1000th guest
at the restaurant
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Please help, i am hopelessly clueless.

Cheers and thanks
I.a.L

Radiant

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You are correct. The third person is Griff.
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Ian Aloser

Thanks for the reply.

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But how do I distract him?
I tried everything on him yet not to avail.
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Another clue would be highly appreciated.

Cheers and Thanks

I.a.L



Radiant

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You don't distract him. You're supposed to get him into the store.
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If you talk to him, he'll mention he just came from the store, and is packing up the things he bought.
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The things he bought are bottles. Hence, fragile.
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Ian Aloser

This is getting even more confusing.
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I figured out the trick with Griff
now I have the counter to 999 but nothing happens.
I gave the pirate in the store the orange.
He's back at the bank. Now I have no more dialogues to exhaust.
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At first glance this game looked easy but it isn't :-))

Please forward me by a further clue.

Cheers and thanks

I.A.L

stajp

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This one is too easy, how could you miss it?

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I finally managed to get Griff inside, and I became 1000th buyer. How? Buy something by giving money (Mika has some small amount of money- just enough for a beer! :)).
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BTW great game!

Ian Aloser

Shame on me !

Thanks for the clue, this really was easy.

But as my nick reads : I'm a loser :-))

Cheers and thanks

I.a.L

Mamong

Hi! Nice game!
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What use does have the branch?
And what shall I do with the wallet? Return it to someone? To who?
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Jon

You need to give the

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Money to the baron

Can someone tell me what to do? I have lost the mannequin and do not know what to do next
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Ian Aloser

Hi Jon,
You can give the
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mannequin only to the pirate in the bank.
You must then take a photo of him and offer it to him.
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Cheers

I.a.L.

dunnoson

How do I get griff into the store?
currently working on:


I am in the Brainstorming stage.  Also am trying to gather a team.
I am committing to this game.

Thinking about creating another game, NCIS themed.

Ian Aloser

You have to
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make him slip on the parking lot
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Cheers
I.a.L

Mamong

Thanks for the previous help

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Where do I find whatever I need to give to the doctor? I think its a plant, but where is it?

And how do I wake up the woman on the bank?
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Ian Aloser

One of the
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plants in the liquor store is a fern
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Jon

Thanks for your help I.a.L

I think I have encountered a few problems:

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The pirate appears even after the dummy is there

The oil doesn't work on the trunk - It was told earlier that it should

I cannot do anything whatsoever at the moment

Any hints on what to do next?
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Fizzii

Jon -

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The oil is dehydrated
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With regards to the pirate, you have to give the photo of himself to him straight after you gave him the mannequin, otherwise he won't accept the photo (due to a bug)
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Ian Aloser

Hi Jon,

about the trunk :

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Where in the game can you get water ?
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Cheers

I.a.L

Radiant

Quote from: Fizzii on Wed 26/09/2007 00:55:27
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With regards to the pirate, you have to give the photo of himself to him straight after you gave him the mannequin, otherwise he won't accept the photo (due to a bug)
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If you have problems with this bug, I'd suggest downloading the new version, which has fixed it.
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Nostradamus

help please!

I got the stick, wallet and doll. I seem to have talked with everyone everywhere. And I need to bring Dr. Die Vie Ess something. Anyway, what's my next move?
Please give direct answer, not hints



Ian Aloser

The stick ...
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is a red herring, so is the lighter and the pack of cigarettes.
You give the mannequin to the pirate in the bank
and give him a photo of himself afterwards.
Give the wallet to the baron.
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Good luck and cheers

I.a.L

Nostradamus

I.a.L. :
I did the things you said but it didn't advance me in anything except I now have soap. Can't seem to do anything in the bank even with Hooky gone.



Ian Aloser

Look at the
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number at the wall in the liquor store.
It has changed once the pirate has left the bank.
And at the plaque outside the restaurant.
Using the soap at  the parking lot will change
this number, too
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Radiant

Quote from: Nostradamus on Thu 27/09/2007 23:18:38
And I need to bring Dr. Die Vie Ess something. Anyway, what's my next move?

Look up the thing he's asking for on google.

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Then take a picture of it.
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Nostradamus

What do you mean use soap in parking lot?  on what??
And what do I do with the bubble gum?



Fizzii

QuoteWhat do you mean use soap in parking lot?  on what??

Exactly that:
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The hotspot is on the ground to the right of the screen
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QuoteAnd what do I do with the bubble gum?

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The bubble gum makes a loud noise... such as waking people up
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Nostradamus

OK, I did those things and also won an orange. What do I do with it?



uvaagsfan

Quote from: Nostradamus on Sun 30/09/2007 18:14:17
OK, I did those things and also won an orange. What do I do with it?
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The orange you will need to eventually give to Hooky... if he doesn't want the orange yet, you are not at the point of the game where you need to use it.
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Nostradamus

OK, then what DO I need to do next ??  ???



Fizzii

Quote from: Nostradamus on Fri 05/10/2007 19:59:23
OK, then what DO I need to do next ??  ???

I'm not sure what you're up to in the game exactly, so you might want to check out the walkthrough:
http://crystalshard.net/index.php?f=root_wt

Nostradamus

This walkthrough is VERY unclear, is not in chronological order, does not solve everything and at some points even vague, sometimes even plainly wrong.
Is it not a walkthrough, it's barely a collection of random hints.
Points I need help with after reading the "walkthrough":
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1) "Play the walkman next to it, he'll be fooled into thinking it works." WHAT walkman? where and when do I get it?

2) "Look in the trunk of the wrecked car, next to the bank."  It's stuck shut! How do I open it?

3) "Have you seen the trash can inside the bank?"  YES! IT'S EMPTY!

4) "Search the liquor store carefully." ummm.... for what exactly? (unless they mean the fern that needs to be photographed)

5) "You need to have other people buy something first. Try Griff, the bum, and McPegleg" - I dealt with Griff but I can't get the bum there cos I don't have the walkman and Hooky isn't going to the sore even though I got him out of the bank.

6) What do I do with the lighter?
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Fizzii

It's not wrong. Perhaps it could give step-by-step guidance but it is followable if the player puts a bit of thought into the puzzles. Anyway, I believe this is all you have to do:

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Pick up the bottle in the liquor store on the shelves in the foreground. This requires mousing over the bottles for a hotspot that says 'Bottle', rather than 'Bottles'. You'll find it's a bottle of dehydrated oil. Hydrate the oil by using the bottle on the fishtank in the restaurant. Use the bottle of oil on the trunk of the car and you'll get a walkman. Play the walkman near the jukebox and the bum will come out. Give the bum some money and he'll go to the liquor store, so you can go there now and be the 1000th customer. Hooky however, won't leave, so give him the orange. Then buy something from the store with your remaining cash, and you'll get a lot more money. Take the money to the restaurant and give it to the chef
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Nostradamus




Fizzii

Well, there aren't an infinite number of bottles there so it's not so hard to find, esp. given that mousing over the bottles gives the hotspot message at the top of the game...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Fizzii/Bugs/bottle.png
circled in green

Nostradamus

Yeah but when you go over the screen and see "bottles", "bottles", "bottles"... etc... why WOULD you point at very single one?   That's why pixel hunting is so frustrating and evil



Radiant

Then I suggest you play this game instead.

Nostradamus

Yes.
Ha ha.  ;)

I'm just making points about frustrating puzzles that cut the flow of the game that people don't like. Take it as you will. I only mean positive criticism.



jane

Anyone help me finish this game............I have used orange, got glass/lighter/small amount of change/camera/branch.  Number has clicked up to 999.  What do I do next to get the money needed for party?

Fizzii

Jane -

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Buy something to become the 1000th customer. But Pegleg is there, so you'll need to give him something to get rid of him
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