Terminal Secret

Here's how you can relieve your curiosity and have a peek at the latest secret featured in Hippospace Download.

Back to the Bunker

Get into the bunker in Infinity Cool as per this guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952386429

Switch your view to the workbench, you will find an arrangement of dominoes. Take note of it.

Before leaving, make sure that you interact with the soda. If there isn't one, you already activated it.

If you already switched the map to Hippospace Download and forgot to take note of the arrangement, hover over the spoiler area below to reveal it:

The Terminal

In the Hippospace Download map, switch your view to the large robot that functions as a duck launcher. Other than the large button that is used to initiate a launch, you will find a terminal (which may be the reason you went ahead and opened this guide, anyway).

The terminal asks for a username.

Username:

We will return here later.

Red Dashboard

There is a large tunnel leading to a dome-shaped area with an arm that obstructs the path to the the large area, so wait until it retracts.

Once it is retracted, switch your view to a duck that is to enter the tunnel from the entrance (may not be necessary, please confirm!), enjoy the view, and once the duck enters the dome, switch your view to the large dashboard that is revealed.

On the very right side of the dashboard, you will find a hatch that can be opened with a button. Press the button and the monitor duck will be launched.

Monitor Duck

Astro Duck

Initially it has a duck face, but when it collides with the astro duck (please confirm!), the screen displays its name.

If you want to see the duck's other states, read this guide by John Travoltage:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2986626145

The name is written using the pigpen cipher, decipher it using this diagram by using the shapes surrounding the letters (key by Anomie[commons.wikimedia.org]):



That is the username to enter on the terminal. If you cannot figure it out, you may instead read astro duck's name tag that's written on its astro suit, since it's that name you will be using; g.toto.

As for the large arrangement of lights on the dashboard, refer to the domino arrangement from earlier, enter the combination (disregard the leftmost piece), and on successful entry, the lower screen on the left will reveal an alphanumeric string. It is the password (note: it is unique for each player).

The Long Code

Go back to the terminal and enter the username and password.

You will be presented with a command line interface. Since there is no help or ? command, refer to the provided manual.

Command line manual

CD             Changes the current directory.
DIR            Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
LS             DIR for Unix(-like) nerds, does the same thing.
OPEN           Displays the contents of a file.

Notes:

• Entering a file name as a command will execute it
  
• To go up a directory, use cd ..
  
• Commands are case-insensitive, but file names are not
  
• Change to a directory to be able to list it (cd first, dir or ls second)
  
• The path cannot be chained with .. like ../log

If you are having difficulties navigating through the file system, refer to the tree:

.
├── log
├── sounds
│   ├── 1.midi
│   ├── 2.midi
│   └── 3.midi
├── sys
└── forsaken folder
    └── Texture.db

If you need additional help, refer to the Getting parts of the code section. If the text is bold, it is the output from the last command.

Your task is to read the contents of all files relevant to the secret.

Getting parts of the code (power users only!)

1. List the sounds directory and read the contents of each file, take note
   
2. Try to read the contents of forsaken folder > Texture.db
   
3. Read the contents of the error log that appears in the log directory, take note
   
4. Skip to the Assembling the code section

Getting parts of the code

First, open the sounds directory and check its contents:

cd sounds
dir

Each sound file can be played by entering its file name, and (simplified) contents can be read by using the open command:

1.midi
2.midi
3.midi
open 1.midi
open 2.midi
open 3.midi

Note down the contents of the files according to the outputs obtained with the open command.

Then, open forsaken folder > Texture.db:

cd ..
cd forsaken folder
open Texture.db

It will result with an error.

The file is corrupted!

Go to the log directory and you will find that there is a new log file:

cd ..
cd log
dir

error.log

Now, read it with the open command (note: it is unique for each player):

open error.log

-error.log-
channel: GX...XGY...YGZ...Z###

Assembling the code

Now, refer to the contents of MIDI files. Using your preferred way of taking notes, use the position of G notes to fill in the channel string above.

The position refers to the order of notes, ex. in F-A-C-G-A#-F, it is the 4th note, so the number to fill is 4.

1.midi corresponds to X, 2.midi corresponds to Y, 3.midi corresponds to Z. The numbers are 2, 6 and 4, respectively.

Replace each X, Y and Z in this format (note: it is unique for each player):

• Original:
  

  GXXXXGYGZZ847

• New:
  

  G2222G6G44847

Use this alphanumeric string to name your monitor duck, and check on it. You will find that it now displays the path to a new file.

The Fun Part

Now you are ready to unleash The Secret!

Go back to the terminal. The new file was dropped into the sys directory. Check it out:

cd ..
cd sys
dir

spawner.exe

Ooh, interesting! Now, execute it:

spawner.exe

Congratulations! We have reached yet another cliffhanger.

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What now, you might wonder? Join us in the hunt for mysteries in any of these threads:

• username?
  
• [SPOILERS] Current Mysteries

[Magic Ball]

Because there is always one duck stuck in the wall, and one duck in the spaceship, two ducks are always stuck on the map. Once you have freed the duck that is there by default, you can then either watch the wall duck like a normal duck, or click the orbiting spaceship to sit next to whoever is stuck there

[Magic Ball]

To help those who come after me, if you release the monitor duck, he will move straight into the glowing light. That's a teleporter. Back in the main area, there's a big robot, and if you click it, you go inside. If there is no duck inside, the teleporter will send you here. If there is a duck inside, you can click the red button (the duck is probably hiding it from your sight) to eject the duck. They may get stuck in a wall - the only way out is for them to get hit by a different flying duck, who will then be the one stuck instead. If there is a duck in the robot, and then another duck goes into the teleporter, they go to the spaceship that circles the whole area, outside the dome. Whatever duck is inside there will then be freed (This is where Astro Duck is by default).

[DocZ3R0]

Have renames the monitor duck but i cant find it again. It´s gone?

[Mr. Buckaroo]

I like secrets in games, but having to calculate the velocity required to detect the escape velocity of a pancake, and then determine the time and date required for the launch in order to ensure it enters Mars' orbit is not fun or entertaining.

It's the CoD Easter Egg all over again...

[DasBaguettehuhn]

My forsaken folder is empty, there is no way for me to open Texture.db, it simply says invalid code...

[lightwo]

I understand the desire though, it would be more fun to add more steps to make it feel less like a checklist and more like giving hints to the player if they're lost.

[lightwo]

Nah, the procedure is pretty simple this time and I don't really write guides like this any more. Furthermore, that new wiki has already done a great job making textual guides themselves, so the work has already been done.

[SharkBait]

The Rooftop 1% dlc is now out. Are you going to make a guide for the secret there too?
if it helps, heres a link to the wiki about the secret:
https://fandom.placid-plastic-duck-simulator.com/game-secrets/rooftop-one-percent-the-phone/

[Ofiir]

followup to my last comment about my string being too long to enter
started a new save and it didn't change anything so i'm just stuck

[lightwo]

Disappeared? Didn't know that could happen... has it gone to outer space somehow?

You should report the bug here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1999360/discussions/1/