Windmill: jankiness or am I doing this wrong?

[genoforprez]

Spoiler tags since it involves solving a particular puzzle. I DO NOT WANT THE SOLUTION. It's just that in this situation I can't tell if I'm doing it wrong or if the game cursor is just being kind of a d*ck. So all I really want is:

A) You're doing it wrong.

B) What you're doing *should* work.

Here's the situation:



I'm at the windmill. You can start drawing a line from the center of the windmill blades. I was able to get the line on the first blade by drawing off onto the corner of the windmill and waiting for it to come around. My problem is then getting to the NEXT blade.

The way the first blade is set up, there is an orange line all the way across at around the middle, so it LOOKS like I should be able to draw onto the corner of the windmill, SKIP that blade by drawing across the middle, then move onto the next blade.

However, every time I do this, the cursor gets stuck on that middle horizontal line so that I can't get back onto the corner of the windmill. However I *can* draw onto the NEXT corner of the windmill. I don't understand why I can't just draw across the blade and back onto the same corner. I've done it about six times and am getting sick of waiting on the windmill blades.

So: am I doing it wrong or is there some cursor jankiness going on here?

Thanks.

[.Meliante]

I've suffered this same problem, and I can assure you, you're doing it wrong. Try a different way.

[genoforprez]

Okay thanks. That saves me trying the same thing over and over for three hours in an attempt to determine whether the cursor is effing me.

Cheers!

[kafka]

I am having this problem too, looking at the Obelisk, it appears that it should be possible but I have yet to be successful past the first turn after trying several times.

Edit: Looks like genofroprez answered us, cool.

[genoforprez]

Well look at that. Just got all three blades.

I had the basic idea of the solution right, but apparently the reason for that behavior is that you can't redraw over lines you've already drawn (same as when you're drawing on one of the grids) so the windmill doesn't let you back onto the same corner because technically you've already drawn a line there. (It seems fine to move the cursor back and forth over the same area as long as you don't leave that area, but as soon as you leave that strip and then try to come back, it will no longer let you.)

Found another way of doing it with the same basic idea. Thanks again.

[MPO]

Was just stuck on this. Many thanks - makes sense! Back to it...

[BihtSift]

That makes sense now, but what's funny is I ended up glitching it and completing the exact same blade you are describing (now knowing that I had the wrong facing or whatever). Good to know since I haven't complete the third blade yet.

[ChaosLord316]

This puzzle made me permanently remove this game from my Steam account, and that was almost harder to figure out than that stupid f***ing windmill BS. I love puzzle games and cleverness, but seriously, f*** this game. It's not worth it.