Contraption Maker

Contraption Maker

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davidalangay 3 Jan, 2024 @ 12:11pm
Bug in 16-Blastoff, DLC 100 New Inventions.
I was able to get the second rocket to launch with just a flashlight and a magnifying glass but was not credited a Puzzle Solved modal popup.

Maybe I was supposed to use ALL of the items in the toolbox?
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Kevin Ryan  [developer] 3 Jan, 2024 @ 12:19pm 
Thanks. I'll look into it.
davidalangay 3 Jan, 2024 @ 12:27pm 
Originally posted by Kevin Ryan:
Thanks. I'll look into it.

Thank you. I can provide a video or share the puzzle if it helps.
Ronald Brain 4 Jan, 2024 @ 8:17am 
Originally posted by davidalangay:
I was able to get the second rocket to launch with just a flashlight and a magnifying glass but was not credited a Puzzle Solved modal popup.

Maybe I was supposed to use ALL of the items in the toolbox?

The goal of this puzzle is to light the candle to the right. Original cheese still works (Put a seasaw underneath the left bucket, connect to a light + magnify glass next to the candle)
davidalangay 4 Jan, 2024 @ 9:09am 
Originally posted by Ronald Brain:
Originally posted by davidalangay:
I was able to get the second rocket to launch with just a flashlight and a magnifying glass but was not credited a Puzzle Solved modal popup.

Maybe I was supposed to use ALL of the items in the toolbox?

The goal of this puzzle is to light the candle to the right. Original cheese still works (Put a seasaw underneath the left bucket, connect to a light + magnify glass next to the candle)

Oh okay. I don't have the game open in front of me right now (I'm at a working gig :P), but I was sure the objective was to launch the second rocket to the right of the first one that is launched at startup.

When I get home in an hour I will try to light the second candle WITHOUT launching the second rocket and observe what happens.

EDIT/UPDATE: to my astonishment, all I had to do was place one flashlight and one magnifying glass to light the candle to the right without launching the rocket. I let the ball bounce on top of the flashlight to turn it on.

Maybe calling that puzzle Blastoff is a bit misleading?
Last edited by davidalangay; 4 Jan, 2024 @ 12:46pm
Ronald Brain 4 Jan, 2024 @ 6:31pm 
Originally posted by davidalangay:
Originally posted by Ronald Brain:

The goal of this puzzle is to light the candle to the right. Original cheese still works (Put a seasaw underneath the left bucket, connect to a light + magnify glass next to the candle)

Oh okay. I don't have the game open in front of me right now (I'm at a working gig :P), but I was sure the objective was to launch the second rocket to the right of the first one that is launched at startup.

When I get home in an hour I will try to light the second candle WITHOUT launching the second rocket and observe what happens.

EDIT/UPDATE: to my astonishment, all I had to do was place one flashlight and one magnifying glass to light the candle to the right without launching the rocket. I let the ball bounce on top of the flashlight to turn it on.

Maybe calling that puzzle Blastoff is a bit misleading?

This is because in the original T.I.M, this puzzle teaches you how to use rockets. The intended solution was to use both rockets in succession to hit a seesaw to flip the switch to lit the candle, but you could cheese by either placing the seesaw on top of the first rocket then pulley down, or place the seesaw below the bucket (no pulley required) and it works.

Now, due to Contraption Maker's different physic engine, the intended solution didn't work out of the box as the bowling ball bounced too high to land next to the 2nd rocket. By carefully placing the seesaw, you could redirect it down to the 2nd rocket to hit the flashlight and light the 2nd rocket, which then hit the seesaw and lit the candle. I already put my feedback on this puzzle to another thread, but yeah, this puzzle is a bit broken :D
Last edited by Ronald Brain; 4 Jan, 2024 @ 6:34pm
Kevin Ryan  [developer] 9 Jan, 2024 @ 3:29pm 
Made some changes to this puzzle so it more closely follows the Blastoff theme.
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