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Weird!

g00seg00se
edited August 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island - Game Hints
Finished episode 1 the other day. My wife got her own version a few days after I did and wasn't ready to finish until today. But when she went to the idols to finish one of them didn't work, even though she did the same thing I did.

So I went back to my finished game and loaded it to see if perhaps her inventory needed work. I was surprised to discovered I suddenly hadn't finished! I was back in town. If you finished a day or two ago, you may need to go back, too. (Spoiler follows)
It involved the cheesehead. When I went through the first time, the cheese head was accepted in the Strange Idol with no problem. I inserted the cheese, dialed to the correct mouth and nose, and triggered the clam. I then went to the Messed Up Idol and finished the game.

This time it didn't work. It took me an hour to realize I had to first do something else with the cheesehead before the idol would trigger. Something I didn't have to do the other day

Comments

  • Fester ShinetopFester Shinetop
    edited July 2009
    I've just reloaded two saved games (one before the idol bit, and one from after, and both work the same as before. What's the new thing you have to do with the cheese?
  • kruadorkruador
    edited July 2009
    Note that save game 1 is the auto-save slot, and it gets overwritten by whatever save game you loaded (as you play, the game autosaves at certain points). I can't remember if you get prompted to save when you select Quit, or if it auto-saves at that point, but from memory Sam & Max Season 1 episodes did not auto-save on quit.
    I don't recall having to do anything with the cheese wheel other than making sure it has eyes, and rotating it to the correct place.
  • g00seg00se
    edited July 2009
    I understand how to save, but the other part....
    That's my point. I didn't have to put eyes on the cheese the first time. I finished the episode with NO eyes on the cheese. But when I reloaded the finished episode, I started in a place where I had to redo the idols and put eyes on the cheese
  • Zachspyfox033Zachspyfox033
    edited July 2009
    You need to go to the jail and run the cheese wheel over the carvings.
  • Astro GnocciAstro Gnocci
    edited July 2009
    Zachspyfox033 wrote: »
    You need to go to the jail and run the cheese wheel over the carvings.

    He ain't asking how to do that.
    He says he didn't have to do that on his firts play through.
    Which sounds like either a weird bug, or drunk playing :D
  • skankityspenceskankityspence
    edited July 2009
    Oh yeah! I remember, I didn't have to put eyes on it either! I finished the the episode the second day it came out.

    After reading the forums, I saw people were talking about putting eyes on the cheese and I was like.. "eehhh... Did I? Did I not?" And now I know I definitely did not. lol

    Bug I guess?
  • g00seg00se
    edited July 2009
    Astro Gnocci wrote: »
    He ain't asking how to do that.
    He says he didn't have to do that on his firts play through.
    Which sounds like either a weird bug, or drunk playing :D

    Always drunk but I'm pretty sure it's a bug.:o
  • smashingsmashing
    edited July 2009
    skankityspence wrote: »
    Oh yeah! I remember, I didn't have to put eyes on it either! I finished the the episode the second day it came out.

    After reading the forums, I saw people were talking about putting eyes on the cheese and I was like.. "eehhh... Did I? Did I not?" And now I know I definitely did not. lol

    Bug I guess?

    Strange. I played it on the second day of release as well, and it requires the eye.
  • JackadsaJackadsa
    edited July 2009
    I was stuck for some time there - I put the cheese in without eyes and it wouldn't work. I didn't think of using the eyes at the jail, so I just went back and tried the plain cheese again whenever I got exasperated - after several attempts it worked without any eyes. Sounds like a bug.
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited July 2009
    Hmm I imagine that Telltale makes the puzzle work when the cheesewheel is the right position... perhaps the game code simply doesn't require the eyes to be there? I did put the wheel on myself but removed it because I immediately realised it was missing eyes...
  • oc325oc325
    edited July 2009
    Bug indeed, I just finished it without doing anything to the cheese wheel. I thought something was weird since it was obvious there had to be eyes on it. But I just put it on the idol and tried using the clamshell again because I couldn't figure out to use the eyes on the jail.
  • Super BoscoSuper Bosco
    edited July 2009
    I think I know why. Aren't there two cheese wheels that are broken/messed up? Maybe you used the cheese wheel on a different one.
  • g00seg00se
    edited July 2009
    Only one Idol needs a head. The cheesewheel won't fit into the messed up Idiot. It requires something else
  • Wicked MouseWicked Mouse
    edited July 2009
    g00se wrote: »
    Only one Idol needs a head. The cheesewheel won't fit into the messed up Idiot. It requires something else
    Heheheh yes :D
  • remaxremax
    edited July 2009
    I had to put the eyes on the cheese, but my girlfriend didn't have to do that.

    Definitively a bug, and i think it's better to have to put the eyes. Hope it'll be fixed
  • Crasher86Crasher86
    edited July 2009
    It's one of the mystics in Monkey Island. Its like the unbrakable Glass braker. Some got it some used it without having it. VODOO.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2009
    Super Bosco wrote: »
    I think I know why. Aren't there two cheese wheels that are broken/messed up? Maybe you used the cheese wheel on a different one.

    What do you mean by 2 cheesewheels there is only one cheesewheel in the game, but there are
    4 idols. 3 of which are messed up
    if that is what you meant
  • g00seg00se
    edited August 2009
    g00se wrote: »
    Only one Idol needs a head. The cheesewheel won't fit into the messed up Idiot. It requires something else

    My apologies for this. I never intended to write "Idiot". I meant to write "Idol". I am sorry for this error and any feeling of ridicule I may have caused.
  • hansschmuckerhansschmucker
    edited August 2009
    Well you made me smile for a second, so I guess that's alright.

    I'd agree that probably if the position is correct it will work even if you don't have the eyes on it yet. It didn't work for me, but I didn't try to turn the non-eyed cheese.

    Small logic bug. Maybe you could send in a support ticket so that they can add it to the tracker?
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