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There are quite a lot of things in that room:

1: The roach queen that escapes, if done at the earliest cannot reach the safe zone before spawning 7 roaches

2: The queen that escapes and the queen that lets the other escape are both on black squares so they'll never be on the middle of that safe zone

3: Managing both roaches and queens in that environment is asking to lose

So then come the questions:

1: Any way to manage the queens without them spawning roaches?

2: Any way to make the queen change floor colors so as to lead her in the safe zone (without using a roach)?

3: Are the four corners used?

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I haven't opened the room up in TSS, so I may be forgetting something, but
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Also, it looks like the queen that lets out the second will die on a hot tile, so you should still only have to manage one, right?

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Edit: Yeah, that's all I was missing. MOAR finished!

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blorx1 wrote:
I haven't opened the room up in TSS, so I may be forgetting something, but
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Also, it looks like the queen that lets out the second will die on a hot tile, so you should still only have to manage one, right?

How does one do this?

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For the secret question... see Fang's response and the follow ups. For the other question, that's more a statement of fact.

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It's the secret question.

I've read Fang's post first, and then posted a question.

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It's just that it can't be said much better:

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bwross wrote:
It's just that it can't be said much better:

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my apollogies, I understand it now,

First queen is going according plan,
but the second queen, I'm one move short for the safe-spot.

And waiting a turn at the start of the room, will make my first queen fail.


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I had the same problem.

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If I switch to the first white field, then I can shove it in a safe place, but the second, too, need to switch and get an odd number of moves that can not be done through the loop.
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McLaren0109 wrote:
If I switch to the first white field, then I can shove it in a safe place, but the second, too, need to switch and get an odd number of moves that can not be done through the loop.

First queen may need to hover, so it 30 th move left on the pressure plate.

EDIT: No, it's wrong.

One turn is not enough...

EDIT: Plugged the second in the south-western corner!

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:huh:huh:huh? Won't PREVENT the queen from moving anywhere other than along the border?

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When the queen hits the center TD, which direction should she be facing?

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First or second? In my solution the first queen faced
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when she hit the central trapdoor, and the second
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demo please

EDIT: H&S effect. nvm.

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I can't change the diagonal of the first queen , I'm trying to use the wall that she has around her but can't do anything ( tried also with the northern walls )
When I change the diagonal of the queen , I need one more turn to take the portal so the queen come back to her first diagonal .
What am I missing ?

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Move the queen a bit further away from her starting block before getting her on a diagonal that will bump her against the force arrow where she starts. That gives you enough time to move from one tunnel to the other.

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Got it , thanks !

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This doesn't add up somewhow. I have to change the 1st queen to white to get her into the middle of the safe area, then because there's no way to get into the corridor from a white square as far as I can see, back to black immediately before going on to the pressure plate. But stepping onto the pressure plate changes the colour again, doesn't it?

Whatever, the 2nd queen always comes out black and must be changed to white in order to make it to the safe area which always places it on the wrong parity, ie. with an even number of moves to the next spawn and a path to the centre square which is an odd number of moves.

So, given that the 1st queen lands perfectly on the safe area on the correct move and therefore isn't being released either one move early or one move late, the only viable solutions appear to be direct entry to the corridor for the 1st queen from a white square, exit of the 2nd queen onto a white square, or a delay of one move in releasing the 2nd queen, none of which appear to be possible. I'm sorry if I've missed something obvious in the hints above but I just can't see how I'm not already doing what they appear to suggest.
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The approach you want is

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Ah right. If I'd known it was just a question of doing the impossible ... :throw

To get the 1st queen into the corridor I am positioning it at 11,27 and sending Beethro down from the top to the bottom right corner. To delay the 2nd being released I need to get from there to the bottom right on the next move which is plainly impossible because a move is needed to transfer to the lower tunnel. Returning to the top right corner which is the only possible transfer on this move inevitably results in the queen crossing into the direction arrows from which there is no escape.

Edit: no scrap that. As the queen is released immediately the pressure plate is pressed even the impossible move wouldn't delay the release but send the 1st queen out of the corridor again. Doubly impossible!

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Oh, I see. I think I misunderstood you.

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I'm sorry but is there some part of "I don't know how to do that" that I've failed to convey? The demo shows the only method of transferring Queen 1 from the safety area to the pressure plate that I know to work without losing Queen 2 in the force arrows. Of the alternative routes to the change over to black I can find none that add just one or an odd number of moves to the process.

If, for some reason, you wish me to be unable to complete this room and therefore have no choice but to abandon the game, that's fine by me. I'm sure I can find more pleasant ways of banging my head against a wall!
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Okay, after reviewing your demo I think I can explain this more clearly.

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Edit: Didn't notice a demo had been supplied. Well, my post will explain where your problem was coming in, at least.

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Ok, with an apology for my slightly intemperate posting I am happy to announce the completion of this room using only the advice and not the demo (well it enables me to cling onto a little pride!)

I had tried the colour change at the position indicated but had somehow convinced myself that it wasn't possible to get round from there in time to save the 2nd queen from blundering into the force arrows. Once I'd unthunk that it all became a lot clearer!
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tumtitum wrote:
Ok, with an apology for my slightly intemperate posting I am happy to announce the completion of this room using only the advice and not the demo (well it enables me to cling onto a little pride!)/quote]

Very good!

I have removed the demo.

Keep on with your good work :)

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I get the basic idea, my troubles are all in getting the second roach out with no spawns. From what I can tell, the moment the pressure plate is hit, it MUST be moving northwest. Easy enough, but then the additional point is that I must ALSO have it be delayed from exiting for one turn is what gets me; it seems impossible without using spawn; and then if any spawn is involved, it's immediately a lost cause and I gotta redo everything. What exactly is the timing on this?

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