level 3 pillars of light:SOMETHING NEW

[madgamer2]

i got the trap door locked by placing a rock on the east plate (NOTE no rock on the west plate)
I finished the stuff and got to the room and opened the iron door but because there was no rock placed om the west plate. Is there anyway to get into the iron door to finish thje quest,

[Dr.Disaster]

Actually you can see what will open the iron door but you can't get there yet. You need to pass the gate first.

[madgamer2]

What gate All I see is a lever on the wall that opens the steel door and a pit that is open in front of the now open steel door. So I am not sure what you are saying about t "pass the gate first"
I apologize for being so dense.
If your reffering to the gate in the pillars of light then I am screwed because everytime I try to put a stone onto the west plate I end up at the starting spot. I tried facing west on the pit strafing left and placing a rock on the west plate and I here the gate go up but it oonly opens about 1/4 of the way and closes again. I keep thinking that if I wait a second it will open all the way but then the pillar of light take me back to the startinbg spot again

[Dr.Disaster]

Originally posted by madgamer2:

I tried facing west ..

Face south towards the gate.

Originally posted by madgamer2:

..on the pit strafing left ..

Strafe right when the teleporter moves onto the plate.
Place a rock when the teleporter moves away from the plate.
Strafe left.
Press and HOLD(!) W

Waiting for the door to open further is pointless. It won't.

[madgamer2]

I am not doubting what you are saying and thanks for the help but consider:
1. I took a shortcut by using the east plate to reach the next part of the level (spiders and
all. There was one room in the NW corner in the spider area that I could not get into.
2. I opened the secret passage and pulled the lever down. I redid this part twice with the
secret door open and not open before I tried to do the gate passage as you first
said.
3. I did get through the gate b ut remewmber there was no rock on the West plate. I did
get the rock on it and through the gate but the steel door was open with the lever down
and the pit stayed open.
4. This leads me to think that the quest is broken because you had to have a rock on
the plate BEFORE you got the gate open them first time. By doing what I did in using the
east plate to go on with the quest and compleating that part in the spider area except for the
one room mentioned and NEVER putting a rock on tt means to me that you can't put a rock
on the west plate nnow and expect thhe quest to finish right.
5 The only thing would be to place a rock on the west plate now return to the room in the spider room and reactivate the secret panel then return to the pit and remove the stone

Now if you tell me can contionue by doing the gat by the pit having alreasdy done the remainder of the secret panel and solve everything without having placed a rock on the west plate and not used the east plate as I did will solve things I think you might be wrong because I did get the rock on the west plate the first time after reading your OP and it did not work. I might consider starting again but If I copuld not do this problem with the moving teleporter now it might stopo me if I start again.
I really am frustrtated because of this abd would love to go on but if each level gets harder
then perhaps I am waisting my time (S-I-G-H)

[Dr.Disaster]

When you got through the gate then you did fine. Now you can venture onward, solve the rest of the level and also the iron door. Don't worry, the iron door is absolutely fine and not bugged. All the plate near it does is open/close the pits to reach the iron door and nothing else, so don't worry too much about them.

To actually open this iron door you have to do something else. I won't tell you what that is since all iron doors offer optional treasure. All i'll say is that you can see the mechanism that opens the iron door when you stand right before the door. Reaching this mechanism is the real trick to pull off here.

Regarding timed puzzles:
this teleporter puzzle belongs to the tougher or more precise tighter timed ones. IMO there are only two other timed puzzles which are harder and one of them is optional too.

[madgamer2]

Well I just can't get the hang of strafing R drop rock strafe L. I just drop the rock and Strafe L and end up back at the starting place. Even if the God of Games grants me a second shot there are two other puzzles that I would have to do to finish the game. HAY what if I droped everthing I am carring would I move faster :-)
I was looking forward to playing the subscription game of DM if I ever figure out how to download it. I could just play the first three levels.....
It is really sad because my party has a mage who read the tome of healthj and who is the first one to go upo a level.

[Dr.Disaster]

hmm .. maybe it just takes too long to pick and place that rock? You can evade this by holding your rock already on your mouse cursor before you start to Strafe.

Try this:
- stand on the closed pit in the middle
- face south towards the gate
- put a rock onto your mouse cursor and hold it rather low so a click places the rock in front of you
- hit F5 to quick save
- hit D when the teleporter passes your right
- click to place the rock on the plate and hit A quickly
- hit and hold W
- if you do not make it through the door hit F9 to quick load and retry

Here's a nice little video how it's done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDW2GG5Lmxw

One more thing you need to make sure is that none(!) of your characters carries too much. Double-Check that all characters show a white "Load" value!

Originally posted by madgamer2:

I was looking forward to playing the subscription game of DM if I ever figure out how to download it.

That's really simple.

1. Click the "subscribe" button in here:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=104308534&searchtext=
2. Start the game
3. Click "Custom Dungeon" in the main menu
4. Click on "Back into the Dungeon" and then click "Choose".
5. Pick difficulty, create a party if you want to and then click "Apply"

Happy DM :-)

[madgamer2]

Uh I feel really stupid but I clicked on subscribe but UH where is the main menu?

I am not up to any more LoG for today will give it a try to morrow

[madgamer2]

WELL THE GAME GODS SMILED ONCE AGAIN. Now do I just go on with my exploring even though I am not sure I know how to proceed.