LostWinds cannot get iphone version to work

barryhill

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Hi

I am using Iphone OS5 on 3gs, I can get so far in the first game, but CANNOT get the little blighter to jump the 3rd cliff face, I nearly dislocated my thumb last night attempting 3 million different combinations of puffs and huffs and taps, but the character WON'T scale the high cliff, and there seems no other way out of the cave?

Any suggestions before I destroy my other thumb, or ditch the game?

It is a lovely thing to play, so quite disappointed ...


barry
 

Michael Brookes

Game Director
You need to unlock powers throughout the game to get him to jump higher. Once in the air you have a limited number of gusts before you use all the wind power. You should also try making sure that you draw the gust through Toku, not start the gust at him.

If you look at the map, what location are you in?

Michael
 

barryhill

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Hi Michael

Appreciate your help here.

I am very near the beginning of the starting game... Toku has got the gust power, he fell down into the cave and walked on, and he ate a few of those dangly things, then jumped up a few low overhangs, but has met an overhang in the cave which is just too high? There is a message which says something like 'you should find a way out of the cave' but there seems no alternative route out?

I will try to draw the gust, but don't really know what that means? I have been continuously throwing gusts at Toku and it seems to lift him up, but not forward, so he doesn't seem to contact the edge of the overhang?

barry

Michael Brookes said:
You need to unlock powers throughout the game to get him to jump higher. Once in the air you have a limited number of gusts before you use all the wind power. You should also try making sure that you draw the gust through Toku, not start the gust at him.

If you look at the map, what location are you in?

Michael
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Michael Brookes

Game Director
Gust is when you draw a straight line through Toku, normally you would walk up to the edge of the ledge, Toku will jump off and then you gust through Toku to the next ledge. However, at the start of the game you will not have his full power, so not all areas can be reached.

Check the map to see which areas you have not been to yet. If I remember correctly based on your description, after you first meet Enril (when you first get the gust power) you need to head up and then left.

If you're still stuck then look at the map, and tell me the name of the location you are in and I'll give you more detailed instructions.

Michael
 

barryhill

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Just reinstalled the game to see if the same thing happens. Here is my sequence:

started game, drawing gusts on the screen
toku wakes up
can't go left, high ledge, no power
going right
clambers up several low grassy ledges
5 lovehearts on the screen (no idea what they are for!?)
screen goes blank, then a new scene
travelling right
reaches narrow ledge over precipice
ledge collapses and he falls in cave
can only move right as there is a high ledge to the left
waterfall in distance
instruction to pick up
picks up little orb ' at last you have found me'
story of enril
he gets the power of gust
if I go let a high ledge can't get up
5 love hearts on the screen
I can go right and jump several low ledges
there are some bubble things in the ceiling he can eat
he jumps up to eat a few
jumps down and up a few ledges and ditches
can gust him up the low ones
get stuck with a high ledge he cannot get up
can't get out!!!!!
I seem to be in the lost cavern

hope this helps


Barry

Michael Brookes said:
Gust is when you draw a straight line through Toku, normally you would walk up to the edge of the ledge, Toku will jump off and then you gust through Toku to the next ledge. However, at the start of the game you will not have his full power, so not all areas can be reached.

Check the map to see which areas you have not been to yet. If I remember correctly based on your description, after you first meet Enril (when you first get the gust power) you need to head up and then left.

If you're still stuck then look at the map, and tell me the name of the location you are in and I'll give you more detailed instructions.

Michael
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Michael Brookes

Game Director
Did you use the Poyak plant to launch you to the higher level after the Enril cutscene?

You are now able to use the wind to lift Toku higher and further. First go right, and climb upwards,
when you have reached as high as you can go head to to the left side of the cave being careful not to
fall along the way.
You will reach a Poyak plant. Stand Toku on the plant where it will swallow him. Gust the Poyak
plant to make it shoot you high up.
Keep climbing and heading towards the left.
After making it down safely proceed left.
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Michael
 

barryhill

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There were some globe things growing above and he jumped up to get one or two and ate them, then stamped on the remains. Are these the Poyak plant?

After eating, he didn't launch anywhere else, but I walked him on. Not sure what the enril cutscene is? He absorbed the gust and I got a message that he 'had the gust' and that was about it, he then walked on.

barry

Michael Brookes said:
Did you use the Poyak plant to launch you to the higher level after the Enril cutscene?



Michael
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Michael Brookes

Game Director
They're fruit that replenish Toku's health. The Poyak plant is in ground, it will swallow Toku when he walks into it, you then gust the plant and it will launch him into the air. It should be to the right of where you encountered Enril for the first time (and got the Gust power).

After finding the plant and going upwards, just keep heading up and left as far as you can go, you should then find a new Shrine (Shrine of Gale) and get a new power which allows you to gust further.

Michael
 

barryhill

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Just after he gets the gust, he can walk left or right, I have tried both and can't see any sign of a Poyak plant for him to walk into, the only thing around is far over to the right, some globes dangling from the air, which he can jump up and get and eat. But they don't swallow him? What does the Poyak plant look like?

Are you following this on the Iphone version Michael, I suspect it may be quite different to the other Ipad and PC games versions of this?



Michael Brookes said:
They're fruit that replenish Toku's health. The Poyak plant is in ground, it will swallow Toku when he walks into it, you then gust the plant and it will launch him into the air. It should be to the right of where you encountered Enril for the first time (and got the Gust power).

After finding the plant and going upwards, just keep heading up and left as far as you can go, you should then find a new Shrine (Shrine of Gale) and get a new power which allows you to gust further.

Michael
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Michael Brookes

Game Director
The layouts are the same for all platforms, but I thought you were further along than you are :) In the area you first speak to Enril, head right, under the fruit that you can collect. Jump up a couple of ledges to the right until you can go no further and then go up and left. You will then be moving over the area you met Enril. Keep heading left until you reach a new area.

Michael
 

barryhill

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Hi Michael

Mmmm I go right, past the fruit that can be collected, there are a couple of ledges he can jump up (just!), then he gets to a 3rd ledge which is high and he cannot jump up. I can't make him go 'up and left' he will only face left or right and walk that way, so I can't get him into the area you mention? Is there a secret move to get him to go up and left? Up doesn't seem to be an option here?


barry

Michael Brookes said:
The layouts are the same for all platforms, but I thought you were further along than you are :) In the area you first speak to Enril, head right, under the fruit that you can collect. Jump up a couple of ledges to the right until you can go no further and then go up and left. You will then be moving over the area you met Enril. Keep heading left until you reach a new area.

Michael
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Michael Brookes

Game Director
Go as far as you can right, until you reach the ledge you cannot reach, then tap on the ledge up and to the left, Toku will walk towards the ledge and jump when he reaches the end, as he jumps quickly gust him to the ledge. For long jumps you need to let Toku jump and then gust hinm to get the extra distance.

Michael
 

barryhill

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Hi again

I have tried what you suggest, but when I tap on the ledge up and to the left toku walks toward it but does not jump up. He has to be gusted to jump, he goes up quite near the lip of the edge, but I just cannot get him to clamber onto it, I have tried to gust him from everywhere and every way, he won't go! If he is supposed to jump up unaided, then this may be the problem?

nearly giving up, unless there is a magic way of getting him up that vertical ledge!

I notice in the iphone app reviews that a lot of folk are getting frustrated with similar issues, so I may not be alone. It's a real shame as it is a lovely game. There we go. (or not ...)


barry

Michael Brookes said:
Go as far as you can right, until you reach the ledge you cannot reach, then tap on the ledge up and to the left, Toku will walk towards the ledge and jump when he reaches the end, as he jumps quickly gust him to the ledge. For long jumps you need to let Toku jump and then gust hinm to get the extra distance.

Michael
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barryhill

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Tried that, but he doesn't run, or keep running, he stands at the base of the high ledge and will only jump if I gust him upward. Here is a screenshot of where he is standing (take out the " marks):

"http://db.tt/BNYUbvZk"

I think this is an iphone version thing, the controls don't seem to be functioning in the way yours do? What platform are you using?


Barry



Michael Brookes said:
Try tapping and holding on the left of the screen until the arrow appears, he will then try to keep running in that direction.

Michael
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barryhill

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Here is something from the web mentioning control key issues:

"http://is.gd/2dbcoW"

barry

barryhill said:
Tried that, but he doesn't run, or keep running, he stands at the base of the high ledge and will only jump if I gust him upward. Here is a screenshot of where he is standing (take out the " marks):

"http://db.tt/BNYUbvZk"

I think this is an iphone version thing, the controls don't seem to be functioning in the way yours do? What platform are you using?


Barry
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barryhill

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did you take out the " marks? I just tried it without the " marks and it works ok?


barry

barryhill said:
Tried that, but he doesn't run, or keep running, he stands at the base of the high ledge and will only jump if I gust him upward. Here is a screenshot of where he is standing (take out the " marks):

"http://db.tt/BNYUbvZk"

I think this is an iphone version thing, the controls don't seem to be functioning in the way yours do? What platform are you using?


Barry
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Michael Brookes said:
I've completed the game on the iPhone a few times :) The link you have posted does not seem to work.

Michael
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