ins_apw@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Philip Wong) (06/16/89)
To James Kin Wah Lee and anyone else who needs help: I'll tell you whatever I remember. James, involving the child which is in a one way room and the lift suit (yes the suit lifts the caskets up for you to carry to your ship--you have to get them off planet--there are two ways to get them to the ship), you must find a secret elevator. I beieve that there is an elevator from floors 1-3 or four. The next level lower has a secret passage that allows you to travel from 4-5 (or 5-6). There is a special mode of transport that you need to discover before you can get the 'trapped' child out of the trap room. (have you noticed any large dodecahedrons? You need to find these before continuing). The best armor and weapons I found to be light/light. The higher settings seemed to make little or no difference. Once you get above half full (power), you are unstoppable. So what if the drones hit you a lot, it doesn't do much damage. (at least that was what I found). Using the higher levels hurts more than helps since the energy drain is faster. I don't think that wearing the suit did anything to prevent damage (it made me feel damn helpless). To kill the drones, just keep shooting till they are dead--sometimes if you hit them just right, they seem to blow up quickly (like a soft spot or something). With light armor and weapons, the damage is made up by having slower drain (more than made up for it i think). If you need more help, ask...
ins_apw@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Philip Wong) (06/16/89)
The reactor code is in either the desk drawer in your room (on the ship) or on the first floor (in a desk). I believe it is the former (you need the docs for this--the triangle, circle, square translate to the code). About getting the children back to the ship, I remember having no prob going through the airlock with the suit on. Well, anyway, there is an alternative and that has to do with the large dodecahedrons I mentioned in the previous article (oops I forgot to mention that this is adressed to Jim Collymore). These are found on one of the bottom most levels (be careful down there--there are bottomless pits and other traps). Oh, I just saw that you found the teleporters--yeah, You have to be able to leave the colony in the suit in order to carry the teleporter into your ship--you might have a messed up copy if you can't carry stuff out the airlock. About boosting the power, I always used light/light and never needed any more. I do have access to a colony editor that allows you to increase the power levels to whatever you want. I also had the problem of never being able to boost the levels too much beyond the midline . I guess you peak out around there (a got to half way between 3/4 and 1/2). For anyone who has won, I found a few weird stuff on the bottommost level-- I think a secret room can be accessed by going to the bottom level with the suit on (down the stairs.) then by slowly going backwords (toward the stairs) you wind up in a different room. Some wierd stuff happens there--seems like the program is buggy. For anyone who hasn't played colony, it is one of the best games I have played. Your palms get sweaty -- very real-life like--the three-d environs are great.
lehotsky@osf.org (Alan Lehotsky) (08/16/89)
I bought a copy of Colony at MacWorld last weekend. It looks like an okay game, although I hate the stupid decoder-card! [It makes me want to write a DA that would automate the decoding...] I've sent away for the color version. Okay, I'm ready for some hints or advice on the following... - I got the reactor-core back in place. But there still doesn't seem to be anything but emergency power. What do I have to do in order to really get the reactor going? I found the Reactor Manual - I can't find any way to read it. - There's a room on the lower level that seems to kill me after about 2-3 steps into it. Any explanations? - Am I expected to kill or avoid the robot-tanks (or whatever they are) when I get out of the ship. I remember seeing someone talking about the "optimal" settings for ARMOR and WEAPONS. I seem to drain my life-force before I can either eliminate or outrun all the tanks. - The instructions claim that if you hold-down the COMMAND key while you navigate that the 2-D stuff won't get activated (making it easier to manuever around airlocks, etc. This doesn't work for me. You might want to direct mail to me instead of flooding the net with this stuff. [If there's demand for pooling knowledge, I can summarize]
phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt) (08/16/89)
In article <395@paperboy.OSF.ORG>, lehotsky@osf.org (Alan Lehotsky) writes... }I bought a copy of Colony at MacWorld last weekend. It looks like an }okay game, although I hate the stupid decoder-card! [It makes me want }to write a DA that would automate the decoding...] I've sent away for }the color version. ================== Don't hold your BREATH!!! I sent for my color version IN JANUARY after the last SF, CA Macworld!!!!!! I got a card a while back saying backordered....I called them 4 weeks ago and was told it would be out next week.....Haven't gotten it yet though.... ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil
David.Bolduc@f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG (David Bolduc) (08/17/89)
Avoid the robot tanks and run like hell - find the entrance to the Colony (hint-it's big - you'll notice it). You need access to the Colony to get the reactor core up and running. -- David Bolduc via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!382!54!David.Bolduc INET: David.Bolduc@f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG