Library Tower Bug

[swervyjack]

Hi,

I just started playing Myst for the first time, and got stuck near the beginning when I couldn't solve the spaceship puzzle. On finally looking for hints online, I discovered that my version of the game is bugged, because when I go to the tower above the library I cannot see out of the window to the spaceship, and on the other side of the tower there is no plaque saying 59 volts. In both cases, all I see is a grey texture.

Is there a way to fix this problem? It's annoying because it makes me concerned that there might be other bugs like this later in the game that make the puzzles essentially impossible.

Thanks,

Jack

[✨Bearnwyn✨]

Does the tower show the correct plaques for the other ages?
Is the beam correctly positioned on the map in the library as the tower may not be fully rotated.

When I wrote the guide I start and restarted the game many times and didn't come across any game breaking bugs. There maybe an issue getting one of the achievements when setting up to go to Channelwood Age, this has been referenced in the guide.

Can you post some screenshots?

[Ghidrah1]

A drag yes but you don't need to see out the tower window,
As Bearnwyn says the picture on the ground floor has a pointer that tells you the direction and item it's facing. All you need to do is locate and note the clue for said age.

[swervyjack]

I pointed the tower in the right direction and the plaque appeared. A little confusing at first but now it all makes sense, and it's not a bug after all!
Hopefully I can go through the rest of the game unguided.

[✨Bearnwyn✨]

I'm glad you have been able to resolve the issue and now able to continue.

[Ghidrah1]

Unless you say, "I'm as as dumb as a stick and just want the answer" there'll always be somebody here that can provide a clever clue to get you on the right track.

[✨Bearnwyn✨]

Also, have a look at my guide if you like, it's got lots of screenshots to explain the puzzles.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2444832836

[Lady Ice]

I had the same problem, I did not see anything from the viewer slot. Although I was able to see the info on the plaques.

[Ghidrah1]

As far as I can remember this issue was null from win 98 thru win 7. Assuming Cyan wasn't willing to adapt the Myst games to win 10, so I bought the Steam and GOG versions. 1st couple times I played the Steam version of RM the image out the opening was normal, think sometime in late 2019 early 2020 it changed. Thinking it may have been from a Steam/game update

[LouisaB75]

As someone who has played Myst many times before and knows what is supposed to happen, I am thinking this is a bug too as I can see nothing out of the tower in any direction, though I can see the plaques with the clues with no problem. Obviously it won't stop me completing the game since you can use the map, but there is definitely nothing showing outside of the tower for me either. Pretty sure it was okay last time I played this particular version of it.

[Halloween Jack]

Originally posted by LouisaB75:

As someone who has played Myst many times before and knows what is supposed to happen, I am thinking this is a bug too as I can see nothing out of the tower in any direction, though I can see the plaques with the clues with no problem. Obviously it won't stop me completing the game since you can use the map, but there is definitely nothing showing outside of the tower for me either. Pretty sure it was okay last time I played this particular version of it.

Did you enable all the switches around the island before moving the tower and trying to look out its windows?

[LouisaB75]

Yes I activated them all (though I had to move the tower to get the clock time before activating that one) and tested looking in every direction. I go up the ladder and it is just black texture in the gap for all of them.

[Halloween Jack]

LouisaB75, please email [e-mail] detailing this issue, and attach your computer's dxdiag report for reference. Thank you.

[LouisaB75]

Since I hadn't been into the game since last week when I posted the above message, I went into the game just now to run it and check the tower view before getting the dxdiag report. Now I can see through the window with no problem at all. So at least I am able to confirm that my tower was pointing in the right direction etc.

Not sure it is worth running the report since it is now working, but I would say that I have done nothing in the game at all since the 13th and today. Though I did get alerted for a graphics card driver update this weekend, so it might be that has fixed whatever it was.

[Halloween Jack]

Originally posted by LouisaB75:

Not sure it is worth running the report since it is now working, but I would say that I have done nothing in the game at all since the 13th and today. Though I did get alerted for a graphics card driver update this weekend, so it might be that has fixed whatever it was.

Correct. With a game this old it's most often not the game that's the issue as much as it is a computer update that's missing.

A driver update would've been what support would've suggested, too.

Glad to see you got it working.

[Lightkeeper]

Does the beam on the map in the library indicating the tower direction change color? If so, when?