Telescope puzzle

[heart-of-ice]

I've got the necessary item to interact with the telescope, for some reason I can't get it to focus and get the desired solution. At first I thought it was a DOF related bug, but seems to be something else. Anyone else experiencing issues with this?

[FoundNotes]

stick to the left and right side also works. The game doesn't say anything about it

[DreamDecker]

Originally posted by FoundNotes:

stick to the left and right side also works. The game doesn't say anything about it

This. Also, you're not meant to be focusing on the constellation; you're meant to find a single bright light besides it.

[Lanani]

There are two settings to change there, focus and zoom basically. Takes a bit of fiddling, but get both of the right and the puzzle will be solved.

[heart-of-ice]

I discovered that when playing with a controller, the game doesn't zoom in properly. I switched to mouse and was able to get a higher zoom & focus range than with a controller.

[WallaWalla09]

Originally posted by heart-of-ice:

I discovered that when playing with a controller, the game doesn't zoom in properly. I switched to mouse and was able to get a higher zoom & focus range than with a controller.

It does work properly on controller (I just did it on Xbox today) but the the problem is that the controls are vague, on console at least.

I was only using up/down on the right stick for a good 15 minutes, and then finally realized that there are two lens settings to adjust - one of them horizontally, and the other vertically. Once you figure that out, it's easy, but the UI for this section doesn't make it very obvious that's how it works, because it just says "Adjust Zoom & Focus" and shows the Right stick. It should probably say "Adjust Zoom" (Up/Down) and "Adjust Focus ("Left/Right") or something more descriptive.

[Arduous Wolf]

Originally posted by WallaWalla09:

Originally posted by heart-of-ice:

I discovered that when playing with a controller, the game doesn't zoom in properly. I switched to mouse and was able to get a higher zoom & focus range than with a controller.

It does work properly on controller (I just did it on Xbox today) but the the problem is that the controls are vague, on console at least.

I was only using up/down on the right stick for a good 15 minutes, and then finally realized that there are two lens settings to adjust - one of them horizontally, and the other vertically. Once you figure that out, it's easy, but the UI for this section doesn't make it very obvious that's how it works, because it just says "Adjust Zoom & Focus" and shows the Right stick. It should probably say "Adjust Zoom" (Up/Down) and "Adjust Focus ("Left/Right") or something more descriptive.

I have just done this on PC and the controller does not work with this puzzle. As soon as I touched the mouse as suggested by heart-of-ice, the picture jumped almost into the proper focus. Tried again with the controller and it completely lost focus again and would not become any clearer. No matter what I tried. Switched back to mouse and completed the puzzle in seconds. There is definitely a problem with the PC controller for this.

[Weston]

Originally posted by Arduous Wolf:

Originally posted by WallaWalla09:

It does work properly on controller (I just did it on Xbox today) but the the problem is that the controls are vague, on console at least.

I was only using up/down on the right stick for a good 15 minutes, and then finally realized that there are two lens settings to adjust - one of them horizontally, and the other vertically. Once you figure that out, it's easy, but the UI for this section doesn't make it very obvious that's how it works, because it just says "Adjust Zoom & Focus" and shows the Right stick. It should probably say "Adjust Zoom" (Up/Down) and "Adjust Focus ("Left/Right") or something more descriptive.

I have just done this on PC and the controller does not work with this puzzle. As soon as I touched the mouse as suggested by heart-of-ice, the picture jumped almost into the proper focus. Tried again with the controller and it completely lost focus again and would not become any clearer. No matter what I tried. Switched back to mouse and completed the puzzle in seconds. There is definitely a problem with the PC controller for this.

It absolutely does work with controller. I play exclusively with a controller and I've played through this game three times. It has worked every single time. I use big picture mode with steam controller overlay. This may be why it works?

[heart-of-ice]

Originally posted by Arduous Wolf:

Originally posted by WallaWalla09:

It does work properly on controller (I just did it on Xbox today) but the the problem is that the controls are vague, on console at least.

I was only using up/down on the right stick for a good 15 minutes, and then finally realized that there are two lens settings to adjust - one of them horizontally, and the other vertically. Once you figure that out, it's easy, but the UI for this section doesn't make it very obvious that's how it works, because it just says "Adjust Zoom & Focus" and shows the Right stick. It should probably say "Adjust Zoom" (Up/Down) and "Adjust Focus ("Left/Right") or something more descriptive.

I have just done this on PC and the controller does not work with this puzzle. As soon as I touched the mouse as suggested by heart-of-ice, the picture jumped almost into the proper focus. Tried again with the controller and it completely lost focus again and would not become any clearer. No matter what I tried. Switched back to mouse and completed the puzzle in seconds. There is definitely a problem with the PC controller for this.

Alright, good to see I'm not the only one with this issue. I'm playing the GOG version, was on my 2nd play through with Emily and ran into the same problem. Switched to mouse and solved it in no time.

[Stoibs]

I had to throw the towel in and come here looking for a solution after being stumped on ths for ~10 minutes last night.

I dunno if it's a specific Character thing or a controller thing or what; but yeah playing as Hartwood on Steamdeck - absolutely no direction about the extra controls and was just fruitlessly zooming in and out with the R stick since that's all the game was showing me.

Booted it up here on PC today using M+K controls and have the UI showing all the arrows and it immediately made 10x more sense. Managed to solve it now.

This is definitely a UI problem that is going to trip up people playing on controllers.

[Lanani]

Hm... I never had any problems using controller for this on PC either, so it seems to be an inconsistent issue. If those of you who have this issue could report it via the link in the following thread, with your dxdiag attached (instructions in the thread), that could help the developers narrow down the cause of the issue.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1310410/discussions/1/7204143288004690808/

[Luciff]

Use your mouse, it's a bug.