Isle of the Blessed - second Sphynx stones.

[masterofp]

I've been looking for the second set of stones for too long now, I have checked what I thought be under structures or bridges, going by the hint on the plaque.

I have solved the ones on the island behind blue lighthouse.

Help, I am going mental running around the map for the ♾️ time...

[Προμηθεύς]

it is on a line of such islands. If u stand near the blue tower u may see it. There is only one way to walk into the island chains. The stone is bigger than the robot.

[masterofp]

Originally posted by Προμηθεύς:

it is on a line of such islands. If u stand near the blue tower u may see it. There is only one way to walk into the island chains. The stone is bigger than the robot.

Do you mean this Island?
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2483253134846198114/AF75339543A71FE991E4E4D94099838D14C2FF3A/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
That one I had solved.

[xaerock [RVR-42]]

For the red area sphinx: There is one big structure with narrow beams similar to the image that is the area for a numbered puzzle. The stones are here. Requires some platforming..

[kablahrz]

Originally posted by xaerock:

For the red area sphinx:

There is also an add’l hint in the Sphinx puzzle plaque, though I don’t know if it was intentional:
How many of the squares are filled?

[masterofp]

Finally found them using camera mode... now to get up there :) didn't expect them to be that size.

Solved, thanks!

[Nick]

Seems a bit unfair, given that you can't see that the area has that shape until you get up there. There would be no difference if they only put the square stones in the hint.

[Alcator]

Originally posted by Nick:

Seems a bit unfair, given that you can't see that the area has that shape until you get up there. There would be no difference if they only put the square stones in the hint.

But look how it made all of us get together as a community and help each other! Yay!

[kablahrz]

Originally posted by Nick:

Seems a bit unfair, given that you can't see that the area has that shape until you get up there. There would be no difference if they only put the square stones in the hint.

There are two hints in the sphinx plaque in question: The rectangle of pillars outlining the plaque is a pretty clear match to the unique architecture style of the building sought; plus the puzzle number for the building is indicated by the number of filled squares depicted on the plaque.

But I definitely feel your pain/angst, as a sphinx puzzle in TP2 was the lone item for which I sought outside help, having been fixated in my interpretation of how skin that particular C-A-T.

[Nick]

Originally posted by kablahrz:

The rectangle of pillars outlining the plaque is a pretty clear match to the unique architecture style of the building sought

I agree, i visited that building at least three times when looking for the star due to the horizontal beams you can see from outside. However once inside there's nothing that actually matches the picture. By the time you find the area the picture is representing, you've already found the stones.

Originally posted by kablahrz:

; plus the puzzle number for the building is indicated by the number of filled squares depicted on the plaque.

I think that's just a coincidence.

[kablahrz]

Originally posted by Nick:

Originally posted by kablahrz:

The rectangle of pillars outlining the plaque is a pretty clear match to the unique architecture style of the building sought

I agree, i visited that building at least three times when looking for the star due to the horizontal beams you can see from outside. However once inside there's nothing that actually matches the picture. By the time you find the area the picture is representing, you've already found the stones.

Originally posted by kablahrz:

; plus the puzzle number for the building is indicated by the number of filled squares depicted on the plaque.

I think that's just a coincidence.

We all have different experiences in the game, it seems. Once I focused on the plaque fully, the building seemed obvious; and once I started spinning around and looking at the building details, the stone location was the only possibility and *did* appear to match the plaque hint, if you assumed the perspective of someone looking towards the stones from the opening.

For comparison...
* plaque: screenshot
* actual: screenshot


And, yeah, quite possibly a coincidence Re: the # of filled squares, but the devs seem to like being detailed.

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by kablahrz:

Originally posted by Nick:

I agree, i visited that building at least three times when looking for the star due to the horizontal beams you can see from outside. However once inside there's nothing that actually matches the picture. By the time you find the area the picture is representing, you've already found the stones.



I think that's just a coincidence.

We all have different experiences in the game, it seems. Once I focused on the plaque fully, the building seemed obvious; and once I started spinning around and looking at the building details, the stone location was the only possibility and *did* appear to match the plaque hint, if you assumed the perspective of someone looking towards the stones from the opening.

For comparison...
* plaque: screenshot
* actual: screenshot


And, yeah, quite possibly a coincidence Re: the # of filled squares, but the devs seem to like being detailed.

Screenshots to prove a point that is impossible too see or even know before you see the actual place of the buttons.

This puzzle is poorly designed.

[kablahrz]

Ok. I’m just saying that I *did* visualize that as the obvious location for the buttons, from the ground, based on it appearing to match what was depicted on the plaque. (Big rectangular box with square beams on the left and right.) The screenshot was just to demo that the plaque pretty accurately depicts the actual, aside from the button scale.

[Thanos]

Originally posted by joridiculous:

Screenshots to prove a point that is impossible too see or even know before you see the actual place of the buttons.

This puzzle is poorly designed.

Not if you focus on the stripe patern, if you are just in front of the sphinx and you look around, this is the only building with this patern. And when you go there it's obvious where the buttons are located since all other parts of the puzzle are visible.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3272199700

[Nick]

Originally posted by Thanos:

Originally posted by joridiculous:

Screenshots to prove a point that is impossible too see or even know before you see the actual place of the buttons.

This puzzle is poorly designed.

Not if you focus on the stripe patern, if you are just in front of the sphinx and you look around, this is the only building with this patern. And when you go there it's obvious where the buttons are located since all other parts of the puzzle are visible.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3272199700

When you go in there, it's obvious the buttons aren't there because no visible part matches the hint. Why would I assume an apparently out of bounds region would match the hint once i get there?

The problem here is that you can't see the pattern the hint is representing before seeing the buttons themselves.

[Thanos]

I'm talking about the stripes not the actual image, there is no other puzzle with stripes, so you know it's there somewhere. To add to that, the image of the sphinx show some perspective with the stripes, so you know it s some kind of room. But it's not obvious, i found it after i finished all puzzle, and i knew there was no other puzzle with these stripes.