Possible minor bug in Jigsaw (spoilers)


Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:25:05 -0500


I'm posting this to r.a.i.f. as well as emailing it to Mr. Nelson, so
that other folks can play it and see if this happens with them, too.

Okay, I was playing the barge chapter, and this is what happened:

SPOILER SPACE

I get on the barge. The first thing I did (since I'd mucked about in
there before) was "x deck." This gets me a response about
finding the fuse and grabbing the first thing to hand "which turns out
to be the piece of paper Black was trying to show you."

The next thing I did was "x cans" to find the strongbox. I find it,
and I also get the disgusted response from Black, "So much for the
deal" etc.

Oh well, at least I solved the temporal crisis. So I put the gadget
on the strongbox to open it. This gets me the response about Black
being fascinated with the gadget and keeping it, followed by Black
saying, "Oh, I got what I came for, by the way..." and he hands me the
signed paper which, a couple of turns ago, got turned to ash putting
out the fire!

I thought that was really weird. I can finish up the chapter and get
back to the monument, and it's listed as solved. And I still have the
signed paper! Strange.

Also, just a complaint. Earlier in that chapter, I pick up the comic.
If I try "swat mosquito," I get the usual response about being a
Westerner and equal fight and all. The first time I got that message,
I got a gleam in my eye and tried "swat mosquito with comic." All I
got was the message about not being able to see any such thing. That
was a little frustrating. If I can't swat the mosquito with the comic
or the papers or whatever, it would make more sense to get a message
like: "You wildly swing the comic at the mosquito, which neatly zigs
out of the way."

Hope I'm not being too forward or anything.

cheers,
bonni

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