Stuck at the cave puzzle

[raytamer]

I've been loving the game so far, but I got stuck at the cave puzzle with the wall inscriptions.
Since they all have the same meaning, the answer should be highlighting them according to their expected ages and then pressing the button, right? I already tried everything I could think of that could fit that logic though. =/
They would have to end with Latin and start with either the graffito or the neolitic paintings, correct? I also expect hieroglyphs to come before runes.

[jensco]

same here... nevermind, we got it. you are close.

[raytamer]

Originally posted by jensco:

same here... nevermind, we got it. you are close.

Well, I'm really stuck. I've already tried at least 20 different combinations and no dice. =/

[Jehane]

Stuck at that puzzle as well. I thought the correct order might be neolitic paintings, Egyption, runes, Latin and Graffito but that didn't work out. Gretchen said that it's impossible to tell from which time period(s) the inscriptions are but that's not really helpful - or only insofar as the order is probably messed up and doesn't necessarily correspond to the time in which you'd usually place the symbol.

Edit: Figured it out. You're on the right track with the assumption that the symbols have to be highlighted according to their assumed age. The order is just not quite as expected. Try the one I posted in the first spoiler but switch the runes and the Latin.

[raytamer]

Originally posted by Jehane:

Stuck at that puzzle as well. I thought the correct order might be neolitic paintings, Egyption, runes, Latin and Graffito but that didn't work out. Gretchen said that it's impossible to tell from which time period(s) the inscriptions are but that's not really helpful - or only insofar as the order is probably messed up and doesn't necessarily correspond to the time in which you'd usually place the symbol.

Edit: Figured it out. You're on the right track with the assumption that the symbols have to be highlighted according to their assumed age. The order is just not quite as expected. Try the one I posted in the first spoiler but switch the runes and the Latin.

Lol, best part is I had tried both things individually (leaving the graffito as the last one and switching Latin and runes), but I had not done that specific combination (and likely thought I did). xD Thanks. ;)

[Jehane]

You're welcome :)

[smonkey]

I also assumed that the symbols have to be ordered by there assumend age. But i haven't excpected, that those "proto germanen" runes should be after the latin one.

[Hassie]

Yeah, that was weird I was not sure about the runes and the Latin too, so I switched them, no luck, then I went from new to old , no luck, could not find any other logic, so I tried again, with first Latin and then runes and suddenly it worked!

[-==Kinderstock==-]

sadly this puzzle is not logic...

[Hassie]

Interesting Zombus, but I cannot remember that.
The greatest lack of this game is no manual save,
so you can play a part again,
because sometimes the information after a dialog or checking something
is gone and you can't repeat it...
And there is no diary.

[smonkey]

Zombus, i watched the scene again in a let´s play video and i can't see any direction indicated.

[TheDropkickMan]

Originally posted by Zombus:

It is about the triangle/trapezoid shapes.
Neolithic: Arrow (don't mistake it for a skirt) 'worn' by one of the figures points to ->
Hieroglyphs: Two small flag-like shapes indicating to the right. Also, there is a guy literally pointing in a direction of ->
Roman: The "A" of INTENTANT is pointing upwards to ->
Runes: Last rune of the first row is pointing to the right towards ->
Grafitto

Not bad, Zombus! This is actually another way to solve the puzzle, but most players easily overlook the triangles. :)

[Adam Millard]

this puzzle if you can call it that is very badly designed im sorry but it is I would love to know how many poeple actually solved it without any help at all?

[hurikhan77]

Originally posted by smonkey:

I also assumed that the symbols have to be ordered by there assumend age. But i haven't excpected, that those "proto germanen" runes should be after the latin one.

Yeah I came across the same problem. But actually I found a youtube video about the origins of runes, and (the best accepted theory says) runes actually only appeared after nordic warriors came in contact with Romans and their latin letters, they first started to decorate their weapons with names, later developing it into an actual alphabet to write words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qthq5D6a0mo (German)

[smonkey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qthq5D6a0mo (German)

Interessant, da ist diese Frage nun auch geklärt. :)