Grrrr!! Quack!!! Stuck...
Have now restarted and not sure if I'm coming to a dead end again... see end of post
Will first explain my difficulties in my first attempt.
I have found and read the following books to Gillian (listed in the order read below)
Knightmare, Phantom Court, Royal Dinner,
The Gypsy Wagon, The Boot House, Incredible Machine, Jack N' Spiro.
This is where I believe I'm stuck...
Where is the next book ?? / Or what have I not done as I seem to be at a dead end.
have used the Harp but need 2 more coins in the lock and I suspect a
fourth musical instrument to complete the east wing of the dream palace.
Have been to Silvis mine but its a dead end but I suspect
I must enter through the Haunted House to complete.
and need something for the wall carvings.
I cannot cross the river or enter the midsummer garden or the Haunted House
or pass the thorns that guard the dragon shrine.
Have explored the bottom of the bottomless pit. A second Dragon eggs hummm...
I suspect I will need to read some more books as that seem to be the norm
on how to enter the closed off area's of the game...
Hence my question as to where the next book is?
Or what have I missed??
Possible solutions:
I see a book by Toril but when I return with the scroll
from Dr. Adamski nothing happens...
(The scroll is blank) Am I not suppost to look at it / try to read it... (or must I give it to Toril unread)
Did killing all the mosquito's behind the amber cubes have an effect on this issue. (i.e was that a no no)
Also did not bring telescope with me to the Boot House. (is that a problem?)
Difficult Snorri Riddle:
Could not solve the Snorri riddle.
"Did you know some creatures are attracted to the light"
Which I assume once solved open's the door near Snorri.
Is the solution to this riddle somehow connected to getting the book from Toril?
as its on the same level as Toril.
Observations and difficulties in the Cloud Castle
The riddle in the cloud castle "Omit Two"
I only solved this by reading these forums
Adamski if I may be so bold. The clue is too difficult or obscure
for a part of the game that the user MUST solve.
Omit what?? I kept thinking it was the combination of directions you threw objects
thru the teleport to the floor switches in the same room.
Even tried throwing sleeping cats and let them press the two remaining switches.
Exceptionally difficult riddles are OK when going for some treasure
but not something that must be solved to complete the game.
May I suggest that you change the riddle from "Omit two" to
"Four Up and Two Down"
that should be a bit more obvious as the alcove in the wall points to the room with six switches
Another issue is that some players are having difficulties with (having read some of the forums)
is the issue about losing some of the players statistics when you touch the mirror
and finally return to your original players.
Adamski there is a BUG or possibly George had a programming issue or never tried this.
When you put a players back into a mirror
which is what I believe you did to the players then you change them for the elderly players.
Your statistics when the players exits the mirrors are what they currently where
(when you entered the mirror) and not the players full potential statistics.
See your characters statistics.
See the numbers on the left and not the numbers on the right.
I first noticed this in TOC when Alexei leaves the party on the second level
of the Tower of Champions and is then returned to the party later on.
The solution to this issue is quite simple fully rest
or sleep first before entering a mirror seems to solves this BUG.
Other observations / Problems:
Can you ride the dragons to get to areas not other wise passable?
There is a green diamond switch at the bottom of the amber tower
behind the door with the clue "Keep Pressing the Pad" does it do anything?
Finally to my second attempt I have yet to read the Boot House Book
but am concerned that I have earlier disarmed the trap the releases the mosquito's (the great Tree level 3)
but I have left the mosquito's alone this time. do I need to backup up in my game again and not disarm the trap?
Also I did not use the third * key in the great tree
so I currently have access to the upper library and can read the diary
but seems to be a dead end again as i cannot yet enter the Dragon Shrine
Sorry for the long post but hopefully somebody has some answers to my questions...
as I love the game and would like a chance to complete the game.
Darth Mouse