The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable

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The Raphael Parable: Full Official Guide [ALL SPOILERS]
By GiovanH
A full guide to the secrets hidden in the raphael parable and even the ARG update, written by the sole developer. To play for yourself, please read https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/221910/discussions/0/485622866453367258/
   
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ZOOMING
A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to read parts of the raphael parable, you need to use the following zoom console command:

cl_fov XX

Where XX is a number between 90 and 10.
Getting the 35 Secrets
  • Watch video at computer 433
  • Open the secret door at the back of the closet after tilting the painting
  • Input at computer behind locked door 417 after unlocking
  • Climb on the boxes in the blue room and activate the large screen
  • Crawl out the window in the blue room
  • Descend or ascend at least one flight of stairs in the stairwell through door 456
  • Open the left door before door 4B6 and activate 3 computers
  • Slip into the hole behind the fireplace door
  • Clamber around and dislodge the grate leading to the boss's office
  • Take an elevator ride
  • Before the adventure line, take a door to the right.
  • Input at comdputer in unlocked room 480
  • Input at computer in L-shaped blue hallway
  • Input at computer in unlocked room 012
  • Click locked door 157
  • Input at computer at desk 006
  • Pass through office 038 and open the green door
  • Push the button in room 888
  • Push the button in room 888 8 times
  • Follow the path required and click on the door for Employee 432's Peer Reviews
  • Look at the fern
  • Open door 428 from the inside
  • Open the cracked-open door to the right after the fern and put six magazines on the counter (There are seven total.)
  • Stand on the table in the break room.
  • Activate the computer in the bathroom
  • Get onto the warehouse lift.
  • Smash through a window in the warehouse in order to activate a computer.
  • Climb up some boxes to balance on the handrail of a catwalk, then fall off onto the top of a truck.
  • Activate the three coda dots near the broken window.
  • Go through the hallway behind door 215
  • Press the orange button in the boss's office to unlock the button in the green room. Then click the green copier in the green room. Then walk to freedom.
OK, I beat the game, now what?
Go through the double doors in the green room across from the boss's office for the ending.
I heard something about an arg?
The ARG update.



First, look behind the red door in the "Stanley went through the red door" room.



This reveals a panel that says the following, but rotated 90 degrees:

?s=4&
p=000552
gio please hide this
secret better in v.2

The first two lines should be easily recognized as setting URL variables. Fans of webcomics hosted on mspaintadventures.com will recognize this as a reference to a page, but those not in-the-know can just google it and find the following:

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000552

This reveals a code: Star - Heart - Horseshoe.

So far this is supremely unhelpful, but hang with me.
High-Concept Misc. Interactions
There is a secret room that's required for the arg. The first clue to its existance is this drawing on the back of a manilla folder at the secretary's desk:

This indicates a secret behind door 215, which is the door in the main area that impossibly overrides the stairwell.

Rarely, when opening this door, the hallway will change, as described by the drawing, to this, even more impossible hallway.

On the opposite side of the hallway is the door to the HCMI room. The door is locked and will only open after you've found every secret. (The door was first discovered (but not unlocked) Jan 28, 2016 by eskolae, and eventually unlocked by HStarGen May 27, 2016. )



The inside gives this keypad, but we don't know what to enter yet!
Don't touch anything if you're not sure, because you only get ONE CHANCE at this.
Scattered Notes
There are notes that can be found. The first is in the warehouse, in a spot where you may have noticed a mysterious figure.



The second is hidden in an inaccessable area. The following screen is idle in the main spawn area, and disappears if you activate it:



This shows that you need to check the area shown, which is the Peer Reviews room.



Open the door using the console hack of your choice.



The Google Search




Todo: narrative
The Green Door Room


To solve the green door room, look at the flagpole and use the console command "ent_teleport player; debug_fixmyposition" to teleport yourself up so you can fall into the class cube.



Turn on the computer to reveal a modified screenshot from UNDERTALE:



These wingdings translate to ASCII as "Horseshoes are my favorite color". This was first solvled by h8er2845 at Jun 1, 2016
The Catwalk
In the warehouse area, there is a catwalk that is completely inaccessable. The only way to get to it is using the elevator in the boss's office.




If you walk forward on this path, you can walk on air, for a short while. However, eventually, you will fall off if you don't have a map of the path.

Attached to the railing is the following note:


It's a hexadecimal string, 72 5F 64 72 61 77 63 6C 69 70 62 72 75 73 68 65 73. Converting that to ascii gives r_showclipbrushes, a console command that lets you see an invisible maze that lets you proceed safely.



Once you reach the end of this path, you can hear an SSTV broadcast that translates to the following image:

.png](Image courtesy of user Hamsteak)
Star - Heart - Horseshoe
At this point, we have the following information:

There is a code, Star - Heart - Horseshoe


A picture of a gray heart on a blue background
.png]
A picture of a google search for teal stars


A note that can be translated to a message about horseshoes, and scattered notes that reference something called Project Crimson.



This is enough information to use at the HCMI room.
Go to HCMI, and translate the code
Star - Heart - Horseshoe
to
Teal - Blue - Red
to
1 - 5 - 3
Input the code 1 - 5 - 3 and then leave HCMI to the left.

This code was first discovered by HStarGan and Hamsteak at Jun 6, 2016 (Possibly bruteforced.)

The Stanley Parable






This is a picture of Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies character Detective Fullbright. This is a hint to use the fullbright console command to see the floor.



Ascend using the same method as the glass box.


The Answer
Find a way to scan the QR code to get TheAnswer.bsp from my personal dropbox (for as long as that lasts, let me know if it ever fails). Hamsteak discovered this by July 16, 2016.

However, if you try to run the map in The Stanley Parable, it won't work.

Using a hexadecimal editor, you get TODO
This was solved by Catgroove July 21, 2016.
21 Comments
Doom Slayer 8 Dec, 2022 @ 12:40pm 
true
Lindylou 14 Jun, 2020 @ 5:02am 
Great map very enjoyable and creepy, but it's too bad the QR link is dead and no mirror can be found. Kinda bummer after all that.
movinonn 7 Dec, 2019 @ 11:03am 
nice homestuck reference on desk 413, i approve
Deucey_Dee 6 Feb, 2019 @ 10:05pm 
I've tried "r_showclipbrushes", but it says "Unknown command"...
Renegade 29 Sep, 2018 @ 1:58pm 
The link for your dropbpx file at the end is broken now
Blue_Link_34 19 May, 2018 @ 5:23am 
When will you finish it?
csticks 2 Jul, 2017 @ 10:13am 
I made a video version of this guide for anyone who is struggling to find any of the secrets listed in the guide. :2017stickycrab: https://youtu.be/NhLeTxOrzZM
陈雯馨 23 May, 2017 @ 11:24pm 
I meet the same problem with Vintage Blees-o-tron ,
I finished all of the 35 secrets in sequence,but double doors in the green room still closed,the HCMI room either。
Do I miss some secrets?
I tried to touch the computer in 429 and the door still closed.
Cherrybun ❀ 18 Apr, 2017 @ 3:44pm 
How do you do fullbright command?
Vintage Blees-o-tron 3 Apr, 2017 @ 8:00pm 
Sorry, I meant 429.