Grizzly
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This looks like a "Perfection" kind of puzzle and I am very bad at them. Although there are clear roach movement rules, I can't see a way to manipulate it. I think I tried every possible movement I can do but I can't find out how to activate the orb AND evade the roach and still reach the starting platform in time.

Here are my assumptions so far:


The problem I have is that the roach always kills me after I strike the orb because it's waiting behind the bomb (I cannot move on the positions 1 or 2 of the following drawing:

  1
-0BR
  2

- = Orb/Stick
0 = Beethro
B = Bomb
R = Roach

rman
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Grizzly
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Well, that creates a new problem which still lets me die:

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boodog
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Grizzly
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Oh, now I've got it. Thank you very much!

dfoster
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I'm having the problem of getting the roach to its square. stepping NW twice from trap door push roach straight to I'm on red door step NW knock roach hit orb can get back to X but not able to postion roach

tempestadept
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dfoster wrote:
I'm having the problem of getting the roach to its square. stepping NW twice from trap door push roach straight to I'm on red door step NW knock roach hit orb can get back to X but not able to postion roach

Just read rman's answer.

deftriver
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My last room before I go back to that gentryii level...

But I just can't get the timing right, I know it seems pretty simple, but things just don't seem to line up correctly.

Emojk
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Once the bombs have exploded, stand at (29,21) with your stick pointed West and the roach at (27,21).
Then it's just a matter of stunning him at the right place and at the right time.

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deftriver wrote:
But I just can't get the timing right, I know it seems pretty simple, but things just don't seem to line up correctly.

This is one place where the new multiple undo feature really
helps: go and increase the undo level in the settings screen, then you can play about with flipping and stunning the roach till it works out.

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deftriver
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I'm really glad I posted, I didn't even realize about the multiple undo! Of course as soon as I upped the undo limit I didn't even need it once Onto the old ball and chain level...

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junglejane
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I am unable to find how to do multiple undos. Could you tell me where to get that info, please.

deftriver wrote:
I'm really glad I posted, I didn't even realize about the multiple undo! Of course as soon as I upped the undo limit I didn't even need it once Onto the old ball and chain level...

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disoriented
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junglejane wrote:
I am unable to find how to do multiple undos. Could you tell me where to get that info, please.

In-game press F2, click on the Commands tab, and look on the right side.

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Dragon Fogel
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It's in the Change Settings menu, under the "Commands" tab.

junglejane
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Thanks to both of you for the help. I had looked in this area
but studidly had not looked to the right of the undo command. OOPS

disoriented wrote:

junglejane wrote:
I am unable to find how to do multiple undos. Could you tell me where to get that info, please.

In-game press F2, click on the Commands tab, and look on the right side.

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rman wrote:

The first hint was enough. Thanks!
Really, I should have spotted...you know what.


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