CHAOS - The Fantasy Adventure Game - Part 1
         -The Game by Harper Collins Interactive -

                  Solution by Mary Collins

STARTING IN THE TRAILER

You begin in your trailer, listening to a radio station that is
running a contest. You'll be involved in this contest later.

Back up from the radio (click on down arrow on bottom of screen to
back up.) Then go forward to turn off radio (play with the buttons
to do this) and then click on the lower right corner to turn.

Click on upper right corner to approach broken clock. Open
pendulum door.  Click on center bottom arrow to open drawer
beneath the door. Remove the three magnets (just put them on the
rug). Now the clock is fixed. Go "up" 2 times, and then pull back
from clock. Turn right to Phone/TV mechanism.  Approach it.

The phone should ring. Note incoming time is 2:59 (same time that
is now on the clock). You can't understand this message.  When it
stops, click on the SAVED orange button and see that another
message came in at 11:25. Click on the circle on the screen to
play this message. Listen to the whole message from this
collection agency guy. You owe 10,075 credits. He *will* collect,
eventually.

Click on the NEW button and notice that the blue circle, on the
screen, for the 2:59 message is empty (compared to the 11:25
message). This is why you are having the technical difficulties
with your Uncle's message.

Back up from this Phone/TV twice, this turns you around to the
fractal picture over the couch. Approach the picture. Examine the
picture frame. Click on the bottom panel to open the controls.

Click on the green button to turn on the power. Move spots around
until the time shown on the digital panel is 2:59. Click on the
top metal button to "use" this time setting.. You should hear the
"message unlocked" verbal confirmation.  Back up, turn left and
approach kitchen sink. Turn right. Find computer in Cracker Jack
box. Click on it to take it. Turn back left to the sink. Then back
up 2 times (facing other end of trailer). Go forward 2 times and
then right to approach Phone/TV again.

Click on the NEW button. The 2:59 message should now have a
pattern in the blue circle. Click on the circle to hear the
message. When Uncle Prospero is through talking, click on the open
"plug" on the lower right corner of the Phone/TV to download the
stuff he mentioned sending you.

Phone message indicator should now light up on your personal
computer. Click on it. "Transferring data" bar appears. When this
disappears, click on "Downloads" triangle on panel on left.  You
need to examine the map (which, once you have visited a location
and it is purple, is one way by which you can transport yourself
between locations) and then read all of your Uncle's notes on his
discoveries about the chaos theory. These give clues and hints to
later puzzles.

Also select "Personal Finances" button on control panel. Move
cursor over fingerprint pad and click. Note that you are 37 debits
in the hole. Make a note of your 4669 PIN number. You use it quite
a bit later on. Of course, you can always refer back to your
computer to check it.

No messages yet -- but all future phone calls will come in on your
computer from now on. Always answer the phone when you see the
phone icon on your computer.

Use brown button in lower right to close computer.

Move toggle switch to TV. Click on the white vertical button on
left top of the beige panel. This moves you down the TV stations.
You can see this on the horizontal bars on the right of this
panel. Go to the 4th bar down.  Toggle should automatically go to
Play. Watch all of chaos lesson. Then click on open "plug" on the
machine to download the lesson, as offered on the TV.  Message
indicator on the computer should light up. Click on computer to
open it. Select "Downloads". You should now have all 3
transmissions.  Close the computer.

As you back up from the Phone/TV, a butterfly should fly across
the screen. You are now done with the trailer. So explore, if you
want, and then exit out the door.  Travel straight ahead to the
lakeside area. Remember, if phone rings, always answer it - just
click on computer and the click on the "messages" button on the
display panel.

THE LAKESIDE AND THE WEATHER STATION

In this series of puzzles, you are trying to discover the settings
in the weather station that will allow you to control the weather
-- changing the weather is the only way you can continue your
journey toward your Uncle's place. But before you can use the
settings, you need to get the necessary data.

First, turn right at the weather station. Approach it. At the
door, look toward the upper left. Butterfly wings have now started
the wind machine (which can record the wind speed on the recorder
inside the weather station). Turn back to the door and click on
the red button to enter. Turn left to talk to the ditzy assistant.
Turn right and then back left to her again. Then right again.
After you step on her contact lens, go "up" to weather station
controls. Approach main computer -- this is forward arrow (at top
of screen) NOT down arrow at bottom of screen. You can't do
anything with the desk computer yet, but notice 3 symbols on
panel. These match the 3 data collection mechanisms outside...the
windmill (working) the balloon and the rocket. You will need to
get these other two mechanisms working.  Back up and turn right.
this is upper/lower atmosphere temperature recorder (note rocket
ship). No data yet. Turn left. This records current wind speed.
Note that it is working and it is at 10. Pushing buttons moves the
value of 10 to more accurate decimal places. Move value back to 10
for the moment. Turn left again. This device measures the
East/West temperature variances (note balloon). Turn left again.
Approach computer and try to work buttons for data. Back up from
computer. Go forward (upper arrow) to descend down to ground
floor.

[Phone call from Uncle: you can't examine data that hasn't been
gathered]

Turn right and talk to assistant until she repeats herself. Then
turn back to door and exit by clicking on red button.

Balloon: Go forward to the balloon. Click on loose yellow hose
ending to put it on nozzle. Click on purple control above dial to
turn it sideways to open air passage. Click on circular valve on
gas tank until needle is just ahead of red zone then click on
valve again to shut it off. Then click on purple lever above gauge
to light the flame. Balloon launches. You will now get East/West
temperature variances.

Rocket: Turn left. Go forward toward tunnel entrance and then
through tunnel. Go forward & then turn left toward mechanism.  Go
forward. Turn valve on pipe to start water. Click on needle-like
device to lock bridge section into "straight ahead" position. Go
forward to get back on bridge and then go forward to get to rocket
panel. (You can go to upper right to get a better view of rocket,
then return to panel). Enter wind speed of 10. Then click on
launch button. You will now get Upper/Lower temperature variation
data.

[Message: One from Uncle and another from collection guy.  Listen
to them both]

Return to weather station. If you want to take a ride on the Red
Herring boat, feel free but it won't get you anywhere. You're
going to have to figure out some other way to cross the lake.

Go back to computer on 2nd floor. You can now set values at each
of the side recording devices.

You have to do this wrong once, so set any value you want.  Then
return to computer and click on each device symbol button on the
panel. Select "yes" on the right screen to see if you have entered
the right settings to control the weather.. Computer should tell
you that settings are incorrect (unless you guessed right).

[Message: resolution/ablution. Go down and talk to assistant, she
suggests that the right values may be written down somewhere. Read
your uncle's notes about his bath. A time of 2:37 was mentioned.
These are the three digits of interest -- remember, in chaos
theory, the way you round numbers make a difference.]

Set Balloon device at 2

Set Wind device with 3 as the last decimal value = 10.063

Set Rocket device at 7

Return to the main computer. Approach and select all 3 buttons.
Select "yes" on right screen.  After the attractor has formed on
the left screen, you can grab it anytime and insert it (click and
drag )in the diskette slot on the computer.  Whatever weather
pattern is showing on the right screen when you click on the
attractor, will be the weather created outside.

Any wrong selection won't let you out the door, but assistant will
try to help with hints. When you get the correct one, you will
automatically be sent to the assistant. Then you can turn left and
exit.

The correct weather is cold/icy.

As you exit, you will automatically cross the icy lake to arrive
at the KAOS radio station.

THE KAOS RADIO CONTEST

Just before you enter the door, you might want to turn to the
right and see the car you can win in the contest. You need the
transportation.

Enter the front doors to the station and talk to the DJ in the
booth (go forward and then turn to the left 2 times and then use
upper right corner arrow.). After he explains contest, click on
him again 2 more times, then back up twice (turn around) and go
toward the gold jukebox-like panel. Click on the right side arrow
which will turn the panel around to the back side.  You want to
determine the relationship between the colored plugs and the
instruments. Put a plug (click and drag)in any IN hole and see the
picture of the corresponding instrument appear. You want to "lay
down 4 tracks" for your hit record contest. So you need to select
4 instruments. You can select these now, or later after you see
which ones you can tune correctly to get a chaos hit.

The blue plug is the horn
The brown plug is the drum
The red plug is the "base fiddle"
The purple plug is the harp
The green plug is the snowflakes
The gold plug is the picture frame.

The 4 red plugs also need to be put in place. Click & drag one end
to the OUT hole and other end, to the RECORD IN hole. Then turn
left and then back-up from the jukebox.

You first need to "tune" each instrument and then for the four
that you are going to record, you need to make sure the panel next
to each instrument is on the same color. So you might as well set
all the panels to the same color as you approach each instrument
for the first time, then you don't have to worry about the colors
any more. Just click on the colored bar to rotate through the
colors.

Each instrument starts with sort of harmonic sounds, you want to
re-tune four of them to off-tune sounds. And this is done an
entirely different way for each instrument.

Picture Frame: Click on the 2 circular decorations on each side of
the frame so that they are pulled down. When you click on the
surface inside the frame, you should now see blue waves. You play
this instrument by just clicking on the surface inside the frame.

Harp: This one is the hardest (I think). You want to click and
drag the strings out, to get a strong twang. Do this for the short
strings that are in the upper corner of the harp, just play around
in this tiny corner. When you twang the right one, the right way,
the strings disappear and a leaf pattern appears.  You still play
the harp by just clicking on the leaves.

Drum. Click on the cream-colored ring that is near the top of the
pole that the twin drum is setting on. It should turn. Then, when
you play the drum (clicking around on it's surface), you should
see waves on the surface.

Horn. Click on the mouthpiece. It moves up and down. There is no
other visual change to the instrument (that I could tell) .

Base. Click and drag the strings out to the left (left string) and
right (right string) of the actual instrument. Notice the smaller,
cream-colored fractal shapes that surround the large base fractal
shape. These are like spindles. You want to drag each string out
and *hook* it on the very tip of the top two spindles on each
side. Success depends on where you touch the string and the angle
against the top of the spindle. When you get the two on each side
right, the instruments automatically hooks the strings on each of
the other spindles. Now it is re-tuned and can be played by
clicking on it.

Snowflakes: You want to "break" each flake. As they light on and
off, click on each flake -- when the light is off -- and you will
hear a breaking sound. And the flake will stop lighting up. It's
permanently turned off.  Turn off each of them. Then you can play
this instrument, by just clicking on the flakes.  Go back to the
back panel of the gold jukebox and put in the plug for the 4
instruments you have selected to record and put in the red in/out
plugs for that instrument (remember to have the panels near the
actual instruments all the same color).

Return to each instrument that you just plugged in and play it for
a few seconds. Then return to the back panel and play each
individual track to make sure it was recorded (nothing appears on
the music score lines). Then click on the triangular play button
along the bottom. This will play the tracks together. Then hit the
circular record button. If you did this correctly, a CD disc
should come out of the slot and into your inventory and you will
be automatically turned around to the DJ. . Notice that if you
click on the CD in your inventory, it turns and your hit tune
plays. You now have your prize money (check finances button on
your computer) and you can take the car. Notice that the DJ said.
"don't come back unless you're really broke."

There should be a phone call from Uncle P. He tells you he is a
short drive up the coast (his map that you downloaded doesn't show
you this part of the trip). Exit the radio station. If you haven't
moved away from the DJ, just go toward the upper left corner. (If
you have moved away from him, go back to his booth and then select
the upper left corner arrow.) Go forward through the doors and
turn left to the car. Click on the door and enter the car. You
will automatically drive out onto the Highway where you promptly
run out of gas.

To be concluded next issue


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