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delta
30-04-10, 11:07 PM
post here with all your ETD woes, and someone will probably have the exact same problem!

Mwahahaha!!!!!

:v2_dizzy_biggrin:

Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk
01-05-10, 12:29 PM
Your not kidding this is difficult, considering all the hazards and all the movement you have to make and very little chance to save in conjunction with where the items are and can only carry three. Never died as much and having to repeat play but great fun...

Anyway ive got to the 3rd save point and got the 1st coloured key, items of strong crowbar, a strange rod, large white egg & egyptian curse.

Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk
01-05-10, 02:12 PM
I love owt Egyptian related & ive played all the Tomb raider games except the latest one, was why was looking forward to this one.

Tombing good, 30 pieces of treasure, 8R, 7Y, 7G, 8B. :v2_dizzy_smile:

Now have, Tombraiders Bag, Strange Symbol, Green Key, Snake Bite Cure, strong crowbar & Strange Rod.

Little tip for everyone, when you reach a save game point, save the game, then reload and you can use the save point again. Do each time you save.

DizzyFanUK
01-05-10, 02:19 PM
Im not enjoying this game very much - hummph!!!
Keep dying at the moving platform from killer spikes - not sure if ive got the patience to restart from the beginning for the umpteenth time...:say_no:

delta
01-05-10, 02:20 PM
never said it was easy!

With the moving spike ride, you just have to remember which buttons to press - if you die, they stay pressed - and which side of the platform to move to at which points.

simples! :p

delta
01-05-10, 02:24 PM
I love owt Egyptian related & ive played all the Tomb raider games except the latest one, was why was looking forward to this one.

Tombing good, 30 pieces of treasure, 8R, 7Y, 7G, 8B. :v2_dizzy_smile:

Now have, Tombraiders Bag, Strange Symbol, Green Key, Snake Bite Cure, strong crowbar & Strange Rod.

who are you playing as, Dizzy?

Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk
01-05-10, 02:45 PM
Sorry yes playing as Dizzy.

That middle section with all the platforms and spikes is really devilish, you need to keep crossing, need a lot of patience as you need to wait for the right platforms and keep jumping up to avoid being carried by others.

Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk
02-05-10, 11:03 AM
Collected now, R9, Y9, G9, B10 Pieces of treasure.

A few items left, trying to get through the doors with all the symbols. Been painstakingly moving around (dying and retrying), using the Hieroglyphs translator visiting all the statues etc ... one symbol left to get...:v2_dizzy_happy:

Tip:- Everyone playing when you get the HIEROGLYPHS SCROLL write the translation out on some paper so can more quickly help with translating the statues etc to solve the puzzles.

Rindex
02-05-10, 02:37 PM
Excuse, I yet did not play, but having pressed the menu, have not seen a key "save". But see "load". It so should be?

Meph
02-05-10, 03:28 PM
Excuse, I yet did not play, but having pressed the menu, have not seen a key "save". But see "load". It so should be?

Yep you can not save the game, only at save points.

Rindex
02-05-10, 03:35 PM
Yep you can not save the game, only at save points.

Thanks.

delta
02-05-10, 05:44 PM
you'll need to download v1.2 as you cannot finish the game if you have an earlier version. :(

andy20066
03-05-10, 11:15 AM
any1 know how to get past the spikes that come out of the square blocks they are after u get past the rolling stones

delta
03-05-10, 11:27 AM
any1 know how to get past the spikes that come out of the square blocks they are after u get past the rolling stones

yes. jump over them :)

DizzyFanUK
03-05-10, 04:46 PM
Im stuck there too.

Please Jamie darling, can we try to be a little more helpful?

WhyNotSmile
03-05-10, 04:49 PM
I can't really get anywhere in this... it's getting a bit frustrating!

Do the coloured circles on the wall do anything? I keep clicking as I pass them, but it goes too fast to see what difference they've made.

Colin
03-05-10, 05:22 PM
you will spend a lot of time standing on the edge of the platform. yes, you need to press the coloured buttons as you pass to deactivate a set of spikes. BUT don't press all of them as some are booby traps. another thing, should you loose a life, the buttons don't reset until you lose all your lives, so don't press a button again that you got right, else the spikes will reactivate. there is a save after you complete this.

Meph
03-05-10, 06:15 PM
Argh, this could have been do much more fun if it wasn't quite so frustrating.
The problem with those colored buttons they don't click when you press them so theres no knowing what they do until I've died a dozen times, but once you know what your doing it's a good challenge.


It the moving platforms i hate because it takes so long for them to come back. i gotten to the other side, can't get any further so got to try and get back across. Used the curse, and found the green symbol.

delta
03-05-10, 06:17 PM
Im stuck there too.

Please Jamie darling, can we try to be a little more helpful?

If you're meaning the ones that rise out of the floor, in the same room as the bat, then yes, it really is that simple. Jump over them! :)

delta
03-05-10, 06:19 PM
Argh, this could have been do much more fun if it wasn't quite so frustrating.
The problem with those colored buttons they don't click when you press them so theres no knowing what they do until I've died a dozen times, but once you know what your doing it's a good challenge.


It the moving platforms i hate because it takes so long for them to come back. i gotten to the other side, can't get any further so got to try and get back across. Used the curse, and found the green symbol.

two things. Firstly, the next time i release an update, i'll add a click to the buttons, just for you!

secondly, once you're across the moving platforms, you shouldn't need to get back across, as you're able to get back another way. :) I'm not THAT mean :p

Meph
03-05-10, 06:33 PM
Well I've not found another way across.. everything leads me to a dead end with the exception of one root, theres the platform that only moves if your standing on it the others fade away, i guessing i need to drop something heavy on it so it will pass the spikes and i can jump back on it.

delta
03-05-10, 06:36 PM
Well I've not found another way across.. everything leads me to a dead end with the exception of one root, theres the platform that only moves if your standing on it the others fade away, i guessing i need to drop something heavy on it so it will pass the spikes and i can jump back on it.

aha i know where you mean. The idea there is that you jump from one platform up to the next before each one fades away and throws you down to the spikes :p

delta
03-05-10, 06:38 PM
Also, the good thing about this game is that if you get stuck playing as one character, you can try playing as the other character, and see how far you get with that :)

Meph
03-05-10, 06:45 PM
Yeah but you can't jump over the spikes mid away, after the 2nd fading block. But theres a platform that moves when your standing on underneath those spikes. Or something like that,
I dunno, have to keep plugging on. Enjoying it so far. lol

delta
03-05-10, 07:06 PM
the rising block moves you up far enough to jump onto the next fading block.

Meph
03-05-10, 08:30 PM
DUUUHHHH i didn't see any others to jump on... i tried to make that twice as difficult.

Anyway i can see some little people.

WhyNotSmile
04-05-10, 02:15 PM
Yay! :v2_dizzy_clapping:

Made it to the first save point, with all 3 lives intact! After a LOT of reattempts!

Haven't got too much further though - I have a heiroglyph scroll, so presumably I need to read some of the writing on the walls. Also I keep dying because I can't jump properly in the bit beyond the 2 disappearing/reappearing blocks.

Still, quite pleased to have got this far, and enjoying it more now that I can see there is, at least, a way to do things!

chlodnik229
04-05-10, 03:15 PM
I have just finished;d Yeah;d It's the hardest game ever;d Now I can show you image as proof;d Brilliant game delta as always;d :v2_dizzy_clapping: http://img688.imageshack.us/i/egyptiantombdizzyd.jpg/

WhyNotSmile
04-05-10, 03:24 PM
Yay! :v2_dizzy_clapping:

Made it to the first save point, with all 3 lives intact! After a LOT of reattempts!

Haven't got too much further though - I have a heiroglyph scroll, so presumably I need to read some of the writing on the walls. Also I keep dying because I can't jump properly in the bit beyond the 2 disappearing/reappearing blocks.

Still, quite pleased to have got this far, and enjoying it more now that I can see there is, at least, a way to do things!

Ah... just worked out that I can jump as much as ever if I do the right thing earlier on..!

Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk
04-05-10, 06:28 PM
v1.2 has been released and is up on Dizzy Stories.

Basically it fixes a map issue that means you can't get out of a room, and therefore can't finish the game.

Unfortunately it also means that previous saved games won't work. again. Sorry!

Thanks with informing us on this as it's saved me many hours trying to figure out how to do a non existent puzzle (I know which room it is, the one with where the blue treasure coin is located, I couldn't get out).

Been busy replaying on v1.2 and getting close to where I was again so nearing the end again now...my scraps of paper have come in very handy as I couldn't remember all the puzzles with the translating....

delta
04-05-10, 08:08 PM
I have just finished;d Yeah;d It's the hardest game ever;d Now I can show you image as proof;d Brilliant game delta as always;d :v2_dizzy_clapping: http://img688.imageshack.us/i/egyptiantombdizzyd.jpg/

excellent, well done!

now go back and play as Grand Dizzy, for a slightly different game! :p

chlodnik229
04-05-10, 10:19 PM
OK;d I have just started as Grand Dizzy;d I will see what changed;d Good luck everyone;d You can do that;d Relax, concentration and patience;d


EDIT: Delta, I have a problem with this part of game. I can't jump out. I don't know maybe there's another entrance, which I didn"t find. I hope, it' s a bug;d The gameplay as Grand Dizzy is harder than gameplay as Dizzy. It's an image: http://img576.imageshack.us/i/withoutexitd.jpg/;d Please help me, because I' m stuck;d

Meph
05-05-10, 05:58 PM
How come when i press the down arrow the room coordinates appear on the HUD is there a reason for is or just an extra featuer?

Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk
05-05-10, 06:55 PM
Completed ETD playing as Dizzy, the most challenging part of the game was that middle section crossing it with the platforms and spikes, and I will own up to losing more lives on this game than any other lol...

delta
05-05-10, 07:21 PM
How come when i press the down arrow the room coordinates appear on the HUD is there a reason for is or just an extra featuer?

aha! someone noticed :p

basically there are no room names in the game, so if someone finds a bug, they're reduced to saying 'it's in that section after the lifts, you know, the one with all the blocks' which clearly is of no use at all.

So it was the work of a moment (well, 10) to code a little feature showing the room co-ords, as a handy way of quickly identifying where exactly you are. :)

delta
05-05-10, 07:39 PM
EDIT: Delta, I have a problem with this part of game. I can't jump out. I don't know maybe there's another entrance, which I didn"t find. I hope, it' s a bug;d The gameplay as Grand Dizzy is harder than gameplay as Dizzy. It's an image: http://img576.imageshack.us/i/withoutexitd.jpg/;d Please help me, because I' m stuck;d

d'oh!

v1.3 is now up on Dizzy Stories, fixing that bug. Saved games will not work unfortunately, as it's a change to the map. You only need v1.3 for playing as Grand Dizzy.

Sorrieee!

Meph
05-05-10, 08:56 PM
Ah yeah it's a clever little featuer, I was half expect it to be part of a puzzle or sorts.

chlodnik229
06-05-10, 09:45 AM
Delta, you're kidding me;d OK! I hope, that it's last bug;d I have to play on new again;d

quiggie
06-05-10, 04:38 PM
oh i still can't even reach the first save point :v2_dizzy_frown:

WhyNotSmile
06-05-10, 06:11 PM
oh i still can't even reach the first save point :v2_dizzy_frown:

Keep trying. You need to take note of which buttons to press on the moving platform bit. The first save point is just after that... you'll have a real sense of achievement!

Meph
06-05-10, 09:12 PM
:v2_dizzy_frown: i killed the Oompa loompas..

Anyway im not walking around in circles..
there must be a tomb or a shrine I've i forgot about.

WhyNotSmile
06-05-10, 10:25 PM
I'm stuck :(

I'm in the rooms with the disappearing ledges (the ones that disappear when you jump on them - rooms 04-08/09 I think). I can't get anywhere - am I supposed to be able to get up to the top of that sequence of blocks? I can get to the top of the second room, but then there's nowhere to go from that block. I can't jump high enough to reach the blocks in the room above.

Also, sometimes the platforms don't disappear when I restart after I die the first time. Which is fine :)

Any hints appreciated!

Meph
06-05-10, 11:28 PM
If it's the room im thinking of you can get to the top it's very easy,
you can access all the blocks needed to climb it, i think one f them is at the very top of the screen so you might have not notice you can jump on top of it.

WhyNotSmile
07-05-10, 01:25 PM
If it's the room im thinking of you can get to the top it's very easy,
you can access all the blocks needed to climb it, i think one f them is at the very top of the screen so you might have not notice you can jump on top of it.

Thanks Meph! Yeah, I just hadn't noticed that block at the top. Got a bit further now. I'm really enjoying this game, now that I've got into it!

Meph
07-05-10, 06:13 PM
One you get used to the format it's very clever.
I like it, however i don't like not being able to save and puts me off.
But im persevering with it.

DizzyFanUK
08-05-10, 02:48 PM
Any chance of a new version with a save at anytime option?

delta
08-05-10, 03:08 PM
in a word, no.

what is the point of making the game hard and putting all the dangers in if you can save at any time? I may as well just remove all the dangers and release that, because if I put a 'save any time' option in, you could save before every single danger and just reload if you died. There would be no tension, no 'I must get this right' feeling if I did that. Therefore rather than having a large pit you have to jump across and get yourself in the right place to get across safely, I may as well just put a flat walkway in rather than a save option.

Yes it's difficult, but it's meant to be! You're rewarded by a save point after each major danger anyway (and a hidden extra life too after some), so it's arguably less difficult than TTD.

I really think that people have become spoilt with the save option these days. Either that or attention span is lower, so people only want to play for 5 mins and then go back to it later.

So I make no apologies for not including a 'save any time' option, indeed I said from the very start that it wouldn't have one. I don't care if people score the game lower because of this, because quite frankly it wouldn't be the game it is if it had a 'save any time' option.

Meph
08-05-10, 04:04 PM
Saving doesn't make it any easier, you still die and and to keep re starting.
Doesn't help when you walk into a room and die because a bat on in the edge of the screen. It's much more fun to keep trying, other wise it becomes boring.

Meph
08-05-10, 05:55 PM
Might be a bug in room 10 08 i keep falling though the fall and apparently get crushed by a boulder. can't see whats killing me?

WhyNotSmile
08-05-10, 08:04 PM
in a word, no.

what is the point of making the game hard and putting all the dangers in if you can save at any time? I may as well just remove all the dangers and release that, because if I put a 'save any time' option in, you could save before every single danger and just reload if you died. There would be no tension, no 'I must get this right' feeling if I did that. Therefore rather than having a large pit you have to jump across and get yourself in the right place to get across safely, I may as well just put a flat walkway in rather than a save option.

Yes it's difficult, but it's meant to be! You're rewarded by a save point after each major danger anyway (and a hidden extra life too after some), so it's arguably less difficult than TTD.

I really think that people have become spoilt with the save option these days. Either that or attention span is lower, so people only want to play for 5 mins and then go back to it later.

So I make no apologies for not including a 'save any time' option, indeed I said from the very start that it wouldn't have one. I don't care if people score the game lower because of this, because quite frankly it wouldn't be the game it is if it had a 'save any time' option.

At first I thought this game really needed a save anytime option, but now that I've got more into it, I think it's better without. I think the save anytime option is good for long games with lots of puzzles where you just need to take a break from playing every now and then, but for this type of game, with dangers, it'd remove a lot of the fun, I think.

Meph
08-05-10, 08:16 PM
Im stuck.

I got
Blue treasure coin
spanner
Translation scroll
Pogie in a bag
Crowbar

:umm:

WhyNotSmile
08-05-10, 08:18 PM
Im stuck.

I got
Blue treasure coin
spanner
Translation scroll
Pogie in a bag
Crowbar

:umm:

You can use the snake bite cure. Think of your ancient Egyptian stories, and who might be able to use that. You will have encountered a place where this person was... referred to.

Meph
08-05-10, 08:29 PM
You can use the snake bite cure. Think of your ancient Egyptian stories, and who might be able to use that. You will have encountered a place where this person was... referred to.

Yes sorry i already used that, thats how i got one of the other items.. lol

WhyNotSmile
10-05-10, 09:49 PM
Sorry Meph, I'm out of ideas! I think I'm a bit behind you anyway.

I have: scroll, green key, crowbar, sunshade, spanner and a white egg.

Any tips?

Meph
11-05-10, 03:30 PM
I think you need to try using the key.. usually the doors with the dizzy pic above them I dunno if you can use the other items as i don't know how far you've gotten.

delta
11-05-10, 03:42 PM
you should be able to use the spanner, and the hieroglyphs scroll is just used for translating.

WhyNotSmile
11-05-10, 04:14 PM
Thanks! Will tackle it again this evening.... Meph, if I have any useful tips after that, I shall pass them on... wouldn't hold your breath though!

Meph
12-05-10, 04:40 PM
It's alright i found were to use the spanner.. i kept walking past it thinking i had already 'done it' lol

WhyNotSmile
12-05-10, 10:06 PM
Might be a bug in room 10 08 i keep falling though the fall and apparently get crushed by a boulder. can't see whats killing me?

I'm having a similar problem... going from right to left on the screen, after I jump the boulder gap, I then seem to fall through a solid block, and it says I got crushed by a block. Is this right?

Meph
13-05-10, 05:17 PM
yeah.. i dunno if thats meant to happen.
But if you stand on the edge and time the jump you can get past.. but if


you kinda have to work out the correct spot to jump and when, to late and you'll not have enough time to pass it, to early and you either hit it or hit the top of it.

delta
13-05-10, 08:34 PM
v1.31 fixes that issue...

WhyNotSmile
15-05-10, 08:03 PM
Since I had to download a new version, I decided to play as Granddizzy this time, but I'm a bit confused. I assume Granddizzy is supposed to be able to use the hoop things rather than the platforms, but I can't get him to use them... what do I need to do? I've tried jumping up to them, but he doesn't grab hold of them! Do I need to do something else as well? Or am I wrong to think this should be working?

Thanks!

delta
15-05-10, 11:16 PM
Hmm he should! Try jumping to them and releasing the keys, because if you jump when he's on them, he'll let go.

If you still have no joy, let me know the room numbers, and I'll see if there's an issue. I do think it's unlikely though.

WhyNotSmile
16-05-10, 11:42 AM
Hmm he should! Try jumping to them and releasing the keys, because if you jump when he's on them, he'll let go.

If you still have no joy, let me know the room numbers, and I'll see if there's an issue. I do think it's unlikely though.

Ah, yes, that's done it! Thanks! I must have been jumping straight back off again.

Thanks for your help. LOVING this game!!

DizzyFanUK
16-05-10, 02:09 PM
Is there a bug in 10 14? jumping from left to right gets crushed by an invisible kill (3rd block from the left)- soz if this has already been reported.

Also bug in 10, 13: I can jump through the wall and walk on the blocks on rhs (4 blocks up) to 11 13 and beyond

Is there a way up and out from 08 12? - just seem to be going round in circles here?

Im quite enjoyin this so far - playin as Grand Dizzy is more fun i think.:tup:

Thanks to the mystery helper for modding my game - adding a save function - i wouldnt have given this game another chance without it.....

delta
16-05-10, 02:49 PM
Is there a bug in 10 14? jumping from left to right gets crushed by an invisible kill (3rd block from the left)- soz if this has already been reported.bug :(


Also bug in 10, 13: I can jump through the wall and walk on the blocks on rhs (4 blocks up) to 11 13 and beyondbug! :O left over from something I removed...


Is there a way up and out from 08 12? - just seem to be going round in circles here?yes, go up. but there's not in earlier versions.


Im quite enjoyin this so far - playin as Grand Dizzy is more fun i think.:tup:

Thanks to the mystery helper for modding my game - adding a save function - i wouldnt have given this game another chance without it.....
:O cheating!

WhyNotSmile
20-05-10, 10:56 AM
Thanks to the mystery helper for modding my game - adding a save function - i wouldnt have given this game another chance without it.....

Oooh, I would have loved a save function, but I do think the game has an extra dimension without it! You should try again once you finish, try to do it without the save function!

I find I can only play for so long before this game slows my computer way down and I have to close the game... :rolleyes: I think my processor is a bit slow!

delta
20-05-10, 11:26 AM
I find I can only play for so long before this game slows my computer way down and I have to close the game... :rolleyes: I think my processor is a bit slow!

hmmm that's odd. do you have a similar problem with any other games? I'm gonna try having it running in the background for a while. The memory usage is 20,500 at the moment, we'll see what it goes up to.

I'm thinking it could be to do with it being v2.4 of DizzyAGE. the only other games running v2.4 atm are IID v1.15 and the two demo games.

WhyNotSmile
20-05-10, 11:36 AM
hmmm that's odd. do you have a similar problem with any other games? I'm gonna try having it running in the background for a while. The memory usage is 20,500 at the moment, we'll see what it goes up to.

I'm thinking it could be to do with it being v2.4 of DizzyAGE. the only other games running v2.4 atm are IID v1.15 and the two demo games.

My computer generally isn't the fastest, and would sometimes do the same when I'm playing games online. I've never noticed it with other DizzyAGE games, but then I probably tend to play them for shorter bursts. I'll try another game later and see if it happens then too - and will also try out IID for comparison.

I'll let you know what happens!

Meph
20-05-10, 05:23 PM
I've never experience anything like that, ad i tend to leave dizzy games running in the background all the time as im on and off lol

WhyNotSmile
22-05-10, 07:25 PM
I tried out a few games and it's happening on all of them, so I think it's just my laptop. I think the particular problem with ETD is that there's a gap between saves, so I tend to play it for longer than I would play others.

Anyway, I've ordered a laptop cooler, so hopefully that'll help!

WhyNotSmile
30-05-10, 01:24 PM
I'm nearly finished (I think...). Have red, blue and green treasure coins, and just need the yellow one. I have 8 yellow coins, and can see another, near the door, which I'll pick up on the way over! But there's another I can't find... is it out in the open somewhere, or do I have to solve a puzzle to find it?

The only bit I can't seem to get to is after the mummy, when you go left a few screens and jump over the boulders, there is what looks like a lift, but I can't get up to it... should I be able to get up there?

I only have the crowbar unused.

Thanks!

delta
30-05-10, 07:10 PM
If you're playing as Dizzy, then if i remember rightly the last yellow coin is behind a falling block. You may have missed it if you were too quick getting over.

and yes there is a lift. you can activate it from below. :)

WhyNotSmile
30-05-10, 07:23 PM
If you're playing as Dizzy, then if i remember rightly the last yellow coin is behind a falling block. You may have missed it if you were too quick getting over.

and yes there is a lift. you can activate it from below. :)

I think you know the one you mean, and I got that one... I'll go and check anyway.

I'm guessing I need to be GrandDizzy to use the lift...

delta
30-05-10, 07:35 PM
I think you know the one you mean, and I got that one... I'll go and check anyway.If you have that one, then all the rest are out in the open.


I'm guessing I need to be GrandDizzy to use the lift...

nope. just be brave with getting down there :p

EDIT:: actually, I just realised, the last yellow coin is down there!

WhyNotSmile
30-05-10, 07:37 PM
If you have that one, then all the rest are out in the open.



nope. just be brave with getting down there :p

EDIT:: actually, I just realised, the last yellow coin is down there!

Just as you typed that, I realised where I was and thought it might be worth seeing what was 'down there'... now just need to explore!

WhyNotSmile
31-05-10, 04:05 PM
Finished!! :v2_dizzy_yahoo:

This is such a great game - I found it so frustrating at first, but once you get to the first save point, you realise how clever it is - absolutely brilliant!

Now to play again, this time as Grand Dizzy...

WhyNotSmile
09-06-10, 08:37 PM
I'm playing this again, this time as Grand Dizzy (which I think is slightly easier in terms of dangers you have to negotiate). Am now stuck, though!

I have: subdued Pogie, telescope, empty bucket, blue treasure coin and a couple of strange symbols.

I need to solve: water statue, and I guess I need to fill the bucket with water, but I can't find anything that would go in it!

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

delta
09-06-10, 09:00 PM
I guess I need to fill the bucket with water, but I can't find anything that would go in it!


water? :p

WhyNotSmile
09-06-10, 09:10 PM
D'oh! Got it now, thanks!

WhyNotSmile
11-06-10, 08:54 PM
Yay, finished as Grand Dizzy now! It's great how different the game is, depending on the character. I think playing as Grand Dizzy is easier - especially because you don't have to negotiate the moving platforms bit so often.

That last bit where you get the yellow treasure coin is really fiendish though!

Thanks for a great game Delta!

delta
11-06-10, 09:55 PM
you don't have to negotiate the moving platforms bit so often.

:v2_dizzy_blink: you only have to negotiate it once with each character. I think...



That last bit where you get the yellow treasure coin is really fiendish though!oh yeah, I really liked that bit :v2_dizzy_happy:

WhyNotSmile
12-06-10, 08:00 AM
:v2_dizzy_blink: you only have to negotiate it once with each character. I think...


Well, yes, but as Dizzy the alternative route is the fading platforms, which is just as hard! Whereas with Grand Dizzy there's a less hazardous alternative route!

delta
12-06-10, 08:15 AM
ahh I see. Yeah I guess it is tricky, but I wouldn't have said as tricky as the moving platforms.

WhyNotSmile
12-06-10, 08:19 AM
ahh I see. Yeah I guess it is tricky, but I wouldn't have said as tricky as the moving platforms.

Oh, I think the moving platforms are easier... partly because you can save just before starting, so there isn't the frustration of spending ages getting there and then dying - you can just die straight away and be done with it!

delta
12-06-10, 08:29 AM
partly because you can save just before starting

ah but not if you've saved just after getting over the first time (like most people will do)

WhyNotSmile
19-06-10, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyNotSmile View Post
partly because you can save just before starting
ah but not if you've saved just after getting over the first time (like most people will do)

But if you reload after saving, you can use the save points again.

delta
19-06-10, 11:09 AM
But if you reload after saving, you can use the save points again.

:v2_dizzy_confused3: shouldn't be able to...

EDIT:: oooh bug! question is, should I fix it? Or would that just make the game even harder?

Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk
19-06-10, 12:50 PM
:v2_dizzy_confused3: shouldn't be able to...

EDIT:: oooh bug! question is, should I fix it? Or would that just make the game even harder?


I mentioned this as a tip earlier in the thread, it was the way I managed to complete it, and yes I believe without would probably make the game very hard to play.

delta
19-06-10, 01:01 PM
hmm ok I'll leave it. Wasn't meant to be like that tho!

delta
19-06-10, 01:19 PM
I just uploaded the walkthrough for ETD. If anyone needs help getting past the 'switch' puzzles, let me know.

WhyNotSmile
19-06-10, 02:19 PM
:v2_dizzy_confused3: shouldn't be able to...

EDIT:: oooh bug! question is, should I fix it? Or would that just make the game even harder?

I agree with Lord Dizzy; I think it would make the game just that bit too difficult to be fun.

delta
27-08-10, 05:51 PM
which one? I do have 'solutions' to them, but didn't include them in the game solution as people seemed to get past them fairly easily

delta
27-08-10, 06:25 PM
oh you mean the moving platform? I've never really counted that as a puzzle tbh.

that's just simply a case of noting what changes when you action each button, noting whether it's a good or bad change, and then acting accordingly each time. The colours have nothing to do with it :p

delta
27-08-10, 06:50 PM
Oh boy, if I'm puzzling over non-puzzles then I'm in serious trouble with this one! I shall persevere but answer me one more question, if it's not the colour then does it matter how many times each button is pressed or is it a matter of pushing it or not?

pushing it once will change whatever it is that changes. pushing it again will change it back.

therefore you only need to push it once. Some, of course, you shouldn't push at all ;)

delta
27-08-10, 06:58 PM
these are the buttons you should push (in this order):

RED
YELLOW
GREEN
RED
YELLOW
GREEN
YELLOW
GREEN
RED

as an easy guide, don't push any of the blue ones, or the third red one.

plus you need to learn which side of the platform to move to at various points. If you're still dying after pushing the above buttons, you're probably at the wrong side of the platform.