One shady tree riddle doesnt make any sense to me

[RinoTT]

Hey, I just spend almost one hour figuring out one shady tree from monitor unitl I gave up. After that I went to see a solution

http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/the-witness/thumb/8/81/Gate_2_-_Shadow_Trees_4.jpg/468px-Gate_2_-_Shadow_Trees_4.jpg

and it doesnt make any sense to me. Logical explanation? I have no idea why I have to start from shadow area then go to light area to go back again to shadow and straight forward to the end. I saw tip on the red metal. I did previous puzzles with this conception without any problem but this one...

I would never suspect to mark that kind of route and it doesnt make any SENSE to me. Im so pissed off because I dont like random unlogical puzzles :(

[RinoTT]

from solution:

"When the maze has two start points, think about moving the light path over a block or two to match it up with a new start point."


but why? Why, where's some tip or explanation. It seems total random.

[eys]

Originally posted by AzoriuS:

from solution:

"When the maze has two start points, think about moving the light path over a block or two to match it up with a new start point."


but why? Why, where's some tip or explanation. It seems total random.

Look at the sign post itself, notice something different about it?

Answer:

The sign post is bent/in the ground at an angle. You are solving the puzzle as if it were standing up strait like all of the others. See how if it was strait, the solution would match up with the path.

[Pckables]

You have to assume based on the path shown. If you were to try to follow it from the left starting point, you don't have the room to follow the path. You can only move left twice, but the solution requires at least three. (You can even see the light go off and back on to the panel)
Because of that, you have to make the assumption that the light has shifted over slightly and that you must start from the other position. It's a mix of logic and environmental aspects.

This type of puzzle has happened once before, assuming you started the game on the typical path. One of the transparent puzzle panels on the symmetry island requires a similar solution.

[G.S.90s]

Or to put it very simply, the shadows had been moved slightly to the left.