So, really, there are two puzzles in chasm, and an unfortunate series of one-way elements that disallows you from re-configuring the first puzzle arbitrarily after doing the second puzzle.
(note this secret basically gives away the whole first puzzle and thus half the game. caveat clickor).
Click here to view the secret text
×in order to get access to the dam you need to fiddle with the redirection-doors so that they turn the second wheel so you can go "up" it. it is important to make sure that before you leave the redirection-doors area for the dam, however, that the doors on the 3-door side are set to down-down-up. in order to do this, you first need to set them to up-up-down, cross the chasm and set the other doors to down-up. then cross to the first side, set down-down-up, then back across to the 2-door side and open the first door. this now turns the wheel that gives you access to the dam and also puts the water in the correct configuration for after.
the point of doing the dam is that it turns the first wheel, which gives you access to a one-way route back to town, provided you set the water redirection-doors correctly originally
[Edited by silver at
Local Time:02-12-2005 at 01:46 PM]
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