Resonance.

Started by Sslaxx, Wed 20/06/2012 00:31:17

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Sslaxx

May as well start a thread looking for help on this one.

And here is my question.

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During Ray's sequence with the Antevora mainframe (7.30am), I've got the secretary to leave, but now I'm at a loss, can't remember what needs to be done next to get the information for Patterson's mainframe username and password.
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Help?
Stuart "Sslaxx" Moore.

Frodo

Hey Sslaxx   :smiley:

Have you read any emails on the computer yet?

Tramponline

Keep in mind that Emma Watson's computer is
part of a corporate network.

Plus, on quite a few occasions in Resonance the vital info parts are randomized (three or four variations).
Thus you've to act on the info presented to you in your particular playthrough.   

Sslaxx

Read the emails, but I can't find the relevant info in them.
Stuart "Sslaxx" Moore.

CaptainD

Quote from: Sslaxx on Wed 20/06/2012 12:00:45
Read the emails, but I can't find the relevant info in them.

I hope I'm remembering this right...

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You should be able to work out from one of the emails how the User Names are set up.  Do you have anything in your inventory that could help you get the passwords?
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Further hint if you need it:

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Something that plugs into a port on the computer...
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Sslaxx

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Yes, I have Patterson's email address, but I can't find anything there of any relevance. Unless I'm missing someone else.
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Stuart "Sslaxx" Moore.

CaptainD

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I don't remember exactly, but doesn't his email asking about the password also contain information about how the username is set up - first 3 characters of surname and first name or something?  If you use the computer, put that username in and then put the password cracker in the USB port you can get into his email account.

Apologies if I'm not quite answering your question, I think that's where you are in the game!)[/hint]
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Rissa

I spent a long time with this as well...

1. step:
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Find out how the username for the mainframe is set up -> Emma's email-account
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2. step:
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Find out the full name of the Doctor -> the Doctor's email account, but not in the emails, but in the account itself
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3. step:
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You need the password to log into the mainframe. This cannot be found in the PC, you need the mainframe and it's options for that
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Frodo

This part stumped me as well, and I needed some help. 


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Once you have Dr Hill's username for the mainframe, you still need his password.
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But unfortunetaly, Darren Hill himself doesn't remember it.
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If only their was a way to reset the password.
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Have you looked at the mainframe /help section?
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piperhcombs

Be aware that the username you have to find for the
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mainframe
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aka the secretary's boss's name actually changes between each game. For instance the name of the secretary's boss in my game was "Ramon Valdez" and the username was
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ramval
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so posting the name you found may only serve to confuse others. There are a few points where names and such may vary between games.
:cheers: + :claps:

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SarahLiz

Loving this game but I am completely stuck!  Been trying to solve this puzzle for a couple hours now and finally threw in the towel. How do you get past the control panel in order to enter the lab??  Feel like I've exhausted every possibility in the puzzle...

(There's no spoilers in the above question so no need to hide it I hope... :-X)


Thanks in advance,
Sarah

budgerigar

@SarahLiz Do you mean the pin puzzle? If so:
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It's pretty involved - something about figuring out values assigned to each pin. (Personally, I had been looking at the puzzle all wrong and was trying to wrap the wire around each one without using a pin twice - which now that I think of it doesn't make much sense considering it's a keypad needing a combination :p) Others have done a better job explaining it, so I'll just say that there's another way in that involves stepping outside and using some teamwork and a bit of heavy lifting. Yes, the pin puzzle is optional. But it *does* earn you an achievement.
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Snarky

Quote from: SarahLiz on Fri 22/06/2012 04:45:09
Loving this game but I am completely stuck!  Been trying to solve this puzzle for a couple hours now and finally threw in the towel. How do you get past the control panel in order to enter the lab??

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You have a certain fixed amount of power at the top, and need a certain, smaller, amount of power at the bottom. (In my case it was 19 and 10 lights, respectively, but it might be randomized. Note that the green lights do count as one of the lights.) Each intermediate pin you connect the wire through draws a certain amount of power (i.e. reduces it by a certain number of lights).
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You have to find out how much power each pin draws (a number from 1 to 9) and then find a connecting path that draws the right amount of power (9 in my case, which I connected as 3 + 5 + 1).
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The best way is to start by finding a path that touches only one pin. Once you know the value of that pin, you can make paths of that pin + another pin, and pretty soon you'll know all the values. Note that if the pins draw more power than what you have supplied, the pins that exceed it won't light up when you turn on the power.
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Also, you can connect the pins in any direction. You don't have to follow the black lines in the background.
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Khris

Pins puzzle:
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Like Snarky said, the voltage at the top is 19 and it's supposed to be 10 at the bottom.
The values of the pins are as follows:
           (19)

(-3)-------(-5)-------(-4)
  \                    /
   \                  /
    \                /
    (-6)---(-1)---(-8)
      \   /    \   /
       \ /      \ /
      (-2)-(-9)-(-7)
         \      /
          \    /
           \  /
           (10)
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Here's the solution:
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CaptainD

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Ah nuts I was so close to working this out, but I never once tried missing out the top row completely!  Just did the alternate easier puzzle instead.  :-[
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Mati256

How do you stop the leak at the lab?
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piperhcombs

Have you noticed
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the sprinkler valve?
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Perhaps you should turn it off.

There's a
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vent
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somewhere. Someone should be able to fit in it.
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Mati256

Thank you piperchombs.
Actually, what I was missing was
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Asking the janitor about his story with the LTM  :-[
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selmiak

I'M in the vault past the magnets and
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have 2 fuses and a conFusing puzzle. (well, actually I have 3 fuses but the 3rd one doesn\'t fit and it works with 2 fuses as well but with a bit of fiddeling.)
Which touchpad equals which number? The lines and fuses are in another order than the touchpads.
And in which order do the numbers have to be entered, as the lights start to light up from the right.
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Tramponline

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Left click on each fuse (while in inventory). That should solve all of your questions.
And LOL for the "conFuse"!! :cheesy:

david

Quote from: selmiak on Sun 24/06/2012 22:23:15
I'M in the vault past the magnets and
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have 2 fuses and a conFusing puzzle. (well, actually I have 3 fuses but the 3rd one doesn\'t fit and it works with 2 fuses as well but with a bit of fiddeling.)
Which touchpad equals which number? The lines and fuses are in another order than the touchpads.
And in which order do the numbers have to be entered, as the lights start to light up from the right.
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look at each fuse with the number, put the fuses into the slots, look at the touch pads closely, especially the lines that are connected from the lights above them.

selmiak

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looking at the fuses did the trick, there was something I needed to do before using all 3 ;)
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CoolGuy


Beat the game a few days ago (no hints -- like a boss), but feels like there should be alternate paths/endings, based upon the way events played out. Can anyone confirm or deny?


david

Quote from: CoolGuy on Wed 27/06/2012 19:31:25

Beat the game a few days ago (no hints -- like a boss), but feels like there should be alternate paths/endings, based upon the way events played out. Can anyone confirm or deny?



Yes, there are :)

CaptainD

Beat the ornate safe puzzle - yay!

Stuck now though...

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I've moved the arm over to the correct box to get the blueprints, but I think I need to get rid of Johnson for a while so for Bennett to use the archive - perhaps something about telling him Samantha is down in the basement?
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Tramponline

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Quote from: CaptainD on Fri 29/06/2012 21:47:37
Beat the ornate safe puzzle - yay!

Stuck now though...

I'd recommend to leave the blueprints for now, and follow up on Ray's contact. It'll become apparent later on why.

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The city archive's *system* is more 'elaborate' than it might appear at first glance! :smiley:
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CaptainD

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I've got the drug Ozzie wants and am pretty sure I can get the FTTN from the Antevorta computer (I have a swab of Morales' DNA), but I can't find a way to distract the receptionist.  Or somehow become an authorised user.  I've tried everything I can think of right now, a subtle hint would be appreciated!
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Stupot

Quote from: CaptainD on Sun 08/07/2012 22:48:18
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I've got the drug Ozzie wants and am pretty sure I can get the FTTN from the Antevorta computer (I have a swab of Morales' DNA), but I can't find a way to distract the receptionist.  Or somehow become an authorised user.  I've tried everything I can think of right now, a subtle hint would be appreciated!
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Have you tried getting Ray to talk to the receptionist again?
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CaptainD

Gah I hadn't!  Well, I had, just not about the
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mainframe
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- it must be the only thing I forgot to talk about!  Duh...

Took a while to work out the magnets puzzle, but now in the vault itself.  Seeing what secrets are in store
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and whether it's really Bennett or actually Ray who's the bad guy here
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will definitely have to wait until I've had some sleep now though - curse you Vince!
 

CoolGuy

Quote from: david on Wed 27/06/2012 20:49:00
Quote from: CoolGuy on Wed 27/06/2012 19:31:25

Beat the game a few days ago (no hints -- like a boss), but feels like there should be alternate paths/endings, based upon the way events played out. Can anyone confirm or deny?



Yes, there are :)

I guess maybe I should have been more specific. I've gone through the entire game again looking for new paths, but I haven't found any. In particular...

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I thought for sure that if I had Anna save the research instead of destroying it that Ed wouldn't turn out to be the bad guy but instead someone else. But, maybe I was thinking too much into it. I did find a couple different endings at the very end depending on how you handle Ed, of course, but that's at the very end of the game. Are there other paths that I missed?
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CaptainD

CoolGuy - as I haven't quite completed the game this is only a guess, but
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quite early in the game, didn't you have a choice whether to trust Bennett or not?  I wonder if that's a game changer.
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Crimson Wizard

Not really a hint request, I just wonder,
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when is player normally supposed to decode the cypher in Javi's journal?
I did without any clues as soon as I got control over characters at the baseball field after Anna's escape from apartment. Was it too early? ;) heh, just curious.
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david

Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Mon 16/07/2012 23:17:38
Not really a hint request, I just wonder,
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when is player normally supposed to decode the cypher in Javi's journal?
I did without any clues as soon as I got control over characters at the baseball field after Anna's escape from apartment. Was it too early? ;) heh, just curious.
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There is no special time to decode the journal as far as I am concerned, however you can use Anna's LTM to get a hint

CoolGuy

Quote from: CaptainD on Mon 09/07/2012 08:31:22
CoolGuy - as I haven't quite completed the game this is only a guess, but
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quite early in the game, didn't you have a choice whether to trust Bennett or not?  I wonder if that's a game changer.
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Been through the game twice now trying completely different approaches at several seemingly crucial points, but I'm still getting the same ending. Maybe all the choices are just a red herring? LOL

david

No, there are actually more endings, depending on how you response to Ed's questions and what you do...especially in the final battle

CoolGuy

Quote from: david on Mon 23/07/2012 07:16:43
No, there are actually more endings, depending on how you response to Ed's questions and what you do...especially in the final battle

Okay, well I definitely got "good" and "bad" endings in the final battle, but I didn't mean those. I meant that it seemed like there were large branches of the plot which would change direction if you chose differently halfway through the game. Maybe not -- it just felt like that was the case. :)

Snarky

Well, there's a third possible outcome to the end-battle:

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If you make certain dialogue choices, Ray will become convinced that Ed is right, and you can make an alliance with him.
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I don't think there are any significant branching points prior to that, though.

Shadow1000

I'm stuck trying to:

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turn off the leak
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I assume that I need
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Saul's wrench. But it's not in the maintenance closet and he insists that it is. I've gotten into the access vent but don't see what I can do there.

What's odd is that according to Saul's story, he broke the window with the wrench and then jumped out the window. So I would not expect it to be in the closet despite his insisting that it is. But I don't see it anywhere...
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Thanks!

SHADOW

CaptainD

I'm not sure if I've remembered this right, but have you tried
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speaking to Saul again?
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Shadow1000

Quote from: CaptainD on Mon 30/07/2012 11:01:01
I'm not sure if I've remembered this right, but have you tried
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speaking to Saul again?
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Yes, many times, both characters. Unless there's a topic I missed discussing.

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if it's any help, he gave me the keys and insists that the wrench is in the closet but it's not. He still insists it's there
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david

STM is a very useful thing here.
Put there an info you would like to ask Saul about, use it wisely :)

Shadow1000

Quote from: david on Mon 30/07/2012 15:07:28
STM is a very useful thing here.
Put there an info you would like to ask Saul about, use it wisely :)

I think I've put every item with a hotspot in there to ask him about...that's how I got the keys. What am I missing...?

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Vince Twelve

You've got it figured out.  You've noticed the contradiction in what he's telling you, but you haven't called him out on it yet!  This is where your LTM comes in handy.

Shadow1000

Quote from: Vince Twelve on Mon 30/07/2012 15:23:43
You've got it figured out.  You've noticed the contradiction in what he's telling you, but you haven't called him out on it yet!  This is where your LTM comes in handy.

Ahhh...got it, and
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shut the leak and back in business
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Thanks very much...loving the game.

I'm just wondering if it's me or if Ed's voice sounds a LOT like Ben Jordan...?

SHADOW

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Please don't let on much, but I can't figure out what do do at archives, I have the device, gotta get rid of the guard??

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