Lasers and Color Changeing Lasers

[Studley]

So I noticed while I was playing the game that once you found all the secrets in an area (environmental, triangle puzzles, and audio logs) that the laser for that area would start color changing.
Always thought it was neat, never saw anyone mention it anywhere. Though one laser remains a static color, the laser on the Symmetry Panel Peninsula (between start and Desert).
Just curious if anyone else noticed this?

[Catgirl Jessica]

Are you sure that the color changing is triggered by finding all of the secrets in an area? How did you determine that is indeed the condition? And what defines an 'area'? There isn't an equal number of environmental puzzle obelisks and lasers, so how do the environmental puzzles get split among the 11 lasers?

[Studley]

Originally posted by Catgirl Jessica:

Are you sure that the color changing is triggered by finding all of the secrets in an area? How did you determine that is indeed the condition? And what defines an 'area'? There isn't an equal number of environmental puzzle obelisks and lasers, so how do the environmental puzzles get split among the 11 lasers?

Honestly, I don't know just know that in a few cases as soon as I played final audio log, or finished the last non-main course puzzel, the laser started color changing. That is assuming I had the laser active aleardy. The Town laser was color changing before I finished the Challenge and could do the Eclipes environmental puzzle.

As far as 'area' I just use that loosely, I just figured if the extra stuff was causing the lasers to color change it would kust go to the closest laser.

{edit} After loading a save file with just the panels solved, I can rule out environmental and audio logs. The lasers were color changing, and in the same way mine were. That said in order to get ALL the panels you have to "solve" in the video panels, and play through the endings/

Maybe, I'll try a play through just activating the lasers and see what happens.

[Catgirl Jessica]

I don't think you're right about this. I just started a new game and got the laser in The Keep by only completing the 5 hedge maze puzzles necessary to get the laser. The laser pulsates between blue and red just like the laser on my completed game. I think the lasers always change colors, you just didn't notice until now. Try loading any of your old save games and you will see that the lasers have always changed color.

As for the laser coming from the Symmetry area, I think it too changes color, but it's a more subtle change between blue and green and since you can't view that laser up close like some of the others, it's harder to see and appears like it's a static color.