Gumdrops wrote:
jrtinker wrote:
I haven't seen this tip posted, but for folks stuck on the water puzzle - there are three rooms in the plant. Make sure all the wheels are oriented with the cross bars vertical and horizontal - not diagonal. All the levers should point down except for the middle one in the third room. That seems to be consistently solving the puzzle for lots of folks.
Thanks, but it didn't help me. Urgh, I'm about ready to just give up.
Don't give up, if all else fails, do it systematically.
Room 1: SS
Room 2: SSU
Room 3: UUU, UUD, UDU, UDD, DUU, DUD, DDU, DDD
Room 1: SS
Room 2: SCU
Room 3: UUU, UUD, UDU, UDD, DUU, DUD, DDU, DDD
Room 1: SS
Room 2: CSU
Room 3: UUU, UUD, UDU, UDD, DUU, DUD, DDU, DDD
Room 1: SS
Room 2: CCU
Room 3: UUU, UUD, UDU, UDD, DUU, DUD, DDU, DDD
Room 1: SS
Room 2: SSD
Room 3: UUU, UUD, UDU, UDD, DUU, DUD, DDU, DDD
Room 1: SS
Room 2: SCD
Room 3: UUU, UUD, UDU, UDD, DUU, DUD, DDU, DDD
Room 1: SS
Room 2: CSD
Room 3: UUU, UUD, UDU, UDD, DUU, DUD, DDU, DDD
Room 1: SS
Room 2: CCD
Room 3: UUU, UUD, UDU, UDD, DUU, DUD, DDU, DDD
Those are the first 64 combinations. After that, you'll want to set the first room to SC, then CS, then CC, for the other 192 combinations. Hopefully you'll get the right combinations before then! You can also rule out some of the combinations that would cause a flood...algorithm is time-consuming, but works every time.
EDIT: S means straight, C means crooked, U means up, and D means down. S and C are for wheels and U and D are for levers.