That one puzzle

[anedra]

All the puzzles in this game are easy to moderate, but the one that unlocks Charles' door (24 squares with a star in the middle) seems way more difficult than the rest. Maybe it's just me, but I've played through the game many times over the years, and always had to resort to the walkthrough for that one.

[ZenDarkCloud]

im on it now.. any tips?

[Tanidar]

there are some video walktroughs on youtube helping to solve it. I also had problems with this puzzle.

[T-wRecks]

First, get the corners and the tiles horizontally next to them aligned, which should be easy enough. Then just start working your way to the middle a tile at a time. By using the edge rotation vs a rotation in the middle you can isolate rotation to 2 or 3 tiles, 1 of which you're aligning and the others you'll get later. You rotate the tiles you've already aligned 4 total times and include the one you're working on the number of times it needs to align. By this method you can work it down to the 4 center tiles.

To get a center tile, do the similar method using the 3x3 from a corner to the piece you want in the opposite corner to align it. This will leave the 2 tiles outside it unaligned, but you can use the previous methods to realign those 2 at the same time, since they're "in sync". Repeat for the other 3 center tiles and you're done.

I realize this isn't the clearest description, but hope someone can follow it and be helped. >.<

[PROMETHEUS]

If your still stuck this is what I did today.

To solve the puzzle, please click on the tiles in the following order:

Tiles numbered left to right
Line 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Line 2: 7 8 9 10 11 12
Line 3: 13 14 15 16 17 18
Line 4: 19 20 21 22 23 24

1 x2, 3 x1, 4 x1, 5 x1, 6 x2, 1 x2, 4 x2, 2 x2 .
5 x2, 16 x1, 13 x2, 16 x2, 14 x2, 17 x2, 19 x2 .
21 x3, 22 x3, 24 x3, 19 x2, 22 x2, 20 x2, 23 x2.
9 x2, 3 x2, 21 x2, 10 x3, 4 x1, 22 x1, 11 x3.
5 x1, 23 x1 -12 x1, 6 x3, 24 x3, 1 x3, 4 x3- 19 x3.
22 x3, 7 x1, 10 x1 , 8 x3, 11 x3, 2 x1, 5 x1, 20 x1, 23 x1.

[barondeghost]

Thank you so much, Prometheus.

[MakoSipper]

Thanks, PROMETHEUS. But since you can take 4's out and order doesn't matter, I've simplified your solution:

1 x 3 // 2 x 3 // 3 x 3 // 4 x 3 // 5 x 1 // 6 x 1
7 x 1 // 8 x 3 // 9 x 2 // 10 x 0 // 11 x 2 // 12 x 1
13 x 2 // 14 x 2 // 15 x 0 // 16 x 3 // 17 x 2 // 18 x 0
19 x 3 // 20 x 3 // 21 x 1 // 22 x 1 // 23 x 0 // 24 x 2

I've included tiles you don't have to move so you can be sure I didn't miss them.

[TH]

thank you!

[SaturdayXIII]

Duck this puzzle. *posted from phone*

[Banake]

Originally posted by MakoSipper:

Thanks, PROMETHEUS. But since you can take 4's out and order doesn't matter, I've simplified your solution:

1 x 3 // 2 x 3 // 3 x 3 // 4 x 3 // 5 x 1 // 6 x 1
7 x 1 // 8 x 3 // 9 x 2 // 10 x 0 // 11 x 2 // 12 x 1
13 x 2 // 14 x 2 // 15 x 0 // 16 x 3 // 17 x 2 // 18 x 0
19 x 3 // 20 x 3 // 21 x 1 // 22 x 1 // 23 x 0 // 24 x 2

I've included tiles you don't have to move so you can be sure I didn't miss them.

Thanks.

[Doppelganger4827]

Thanks! It has to do with planning your rotations, but nobody got time fo dat!

[Beulu]

Originally posted by MakoSipper:

Thanks, PROMETHEUS. But since you can take 4's out and order doesn't matter, I've simplified your solution:

1 x 3 // 2 x 3 // 3 x 3 // 4 x 3 // 5 x 1 // 6 x 1
7 x 1 // 8 x 3 // 9 x 2 // 10 x 0 // 11 x 2 // 12 x 1
13 x 2 // 14 x 2 // 15 x 0 // 16 x 3 // 17 x 2 // 18 x 0
19 x 3 // 20 x 3 // 21 x 1 // 22 x 1 // 23 x 0 // 24 x 2

I've included tiles you don't have to move so you can be sure I didn't miss them.

Simply perfect. :)

[Photiel]

Thank you! I spent a lot of time on this one...to no avail.

[mittens]

From someone who doesn't know how to solve Rubik's cubes, this one feels like Rubik's cube logic to me. slightly different of course but same idea. any perspective on this puzzle from Rubik's cube people? is it harder than a cube, or easier? or about the same? simply curious

[Angel]

Originally posted by MakoSipper:

Thanks, PROMETHEUS. But since you can take 4's out and order doesn't matter, I've simplified your solution:

1 x 3 // 2 x 3 // 3 x 3 // 4 x 3 // 5 x 1 // 6 x 1
7 x 1 // 8 x 3 // 9 x 2 // 10 x 0 // 11 x 2 // 12 x 1
13 x 2 // 14 x 2 // 15 x 0 // 16 x 3 // 17 x 2 // 18 x 0
19 x 3 // 20 x 3 // 21 x 1 // 22 x 1 // 23 x 0 // 24 x 2

I've included tiles you don't have to move so you can be sure I didn't miss them.

Thank you from a decade later!