RPD portable safes?

[Joe]

I know these are randomised but does anyone know how many randomised combinations there is? and what they are?. I am working on a S+ assisted run and i waste too much time messing around with these portable safes as the timer continues while trying to get it right i can get to the sewers in just over a hour which i think is good as i want to get ready for a Hardcore S+ run.

Thanks

[Blue]

skip that lol for S+

[DeadPhoenix]

Don't bother with them on S+ runs.

[Commander Hitman2b]

do not bother and they not random

[LifeWithoutHope]

I just finished Leon 2nd Hardcore S+ around 1h52 and only skip the hidden items so it's possible to get S+ with 2 unlocked portable safes. You just need to take note a little bit.

Here is how I solve the portable safes.

https://imgur.com/Qovl28o

[David]

They're random and LifeWithoutHope has the correct fastest solution. Match up the numbers with the lights going counter clockwise. You only need to press each number once to see which light pops up so you'll have the solution worked out in max 7 button presses then it's just a case of pressing them in the right order.

Just draw the circles, press a number, write that number in the circle that shows up. After just 7 presses you have the solution.

Or just write it like this, e.g.

7
1 4
3 6
5 2

So the solution is: 71352648
You can pretty much always start with 7

edit: as some others said though you should probably skip them if you're doing a speedrun, at least for S+ ranking.

[Shiroi Ren]

Originally posted by LifeWithoutHope:

Here is how I solve the portable safes.

My friend just presses all buttons and remember which button light up each light. It takes hime only ~20 seconds to solve this puzzle. I usually solve it in ~40 seconds. It is basically a memory test.

[LifeWithoutHope]

I have bad memory and slow brain so that is why I take note.

[bulldog0890]

you don't need them for S+ runs, you can make do without the 2 inventory slots

[TrialMacameau]

Originally posted by USG Hitman2b "ElectroShot":

do not bother and they not random

Yes they are random or else it would've been easy to do the same keys over and over again

[ageres]

I think lack of ammo and inventory space will delay you more than solving safes puzzles, so unlocking them is worth it. It takes only two minutes to unlock both safes, put buttons back and take all the items.

[Starman]

I have a sticky note next to me when I do them. Although as of recently I stopped doing them altogether. I don't end up hurting for the two extra slots. But when I "do" do them, I do it like this:

1 5
2 6
3 7
4 8

^These correspond to the buttons. I have this already pre written down, then I click the buttons, and put the light position counting from the top counter clockwise next to it. to give a random example:

1-7 5-6
2-3 6-2
3-1 7-4
4-8 8-5

Then, all you do is press the button corresponding to the second number next to it. So my random example solution would be the buttons in this order: 3-6-2-7-8-5-1-4.

It never takes me any longer than a minute each to do them by doing it like this.

Make sense?

[talgaby]

If you need more than a minute to crack a single one, you are doing something terribly wrong. It is a kindergarten memorisation game with 8 buttons.

The brute-force method is to press a button and try to find the next in sequence. Memorise the number sequence and work your way up. After the first three, it gets faster by elimination.

The worst case, when someone has a leaky brain, is to use a sheet of paper, draw the 8-point circle and write the number of buttons after each one, then do the sequence. That also needs a minute maximum.

You can get every single item, even kill every enemy under 2 hours on hardcore when you know what you are doing, so there is plenty of room for errors and stumbling around a few puzzles and still get under time limit.