Hi,

I'm stuck in Part III. Poirot keeps telling me there's more to discover before we move on, but I've done everything it says in the walkthrough: I've talked to everyone (until they won't talk to me anymore), radioed all the information until I can't radio any more, found the kimono, and been kidnapped! There's nothing left to do but it won't end!

Any suggestions? I'm not sure I'm enjoying the game enough to reload an old save to test to see if it's just a bug -- this game's gameplay is exceptionally tedious!!! I just want it over!

Thanks,
William

If you are sure about having talked with everyone - read the scrapbook, passport, check all inventory items to identify them further and also the fingerprint part. and keep us posted.

William, a few questions:

After you escaped from the hut, did you pick up the broken padlock?

When you got back to the train, talked to Poirot and he told you to use the radio, did you look in his suitcase and take and read the letter from his friend?

You say you got all the information from the radio. But after you got the answers to the long list of questions, did you ask Barnaby one more question, turn off the radio, turn it back on and get the answer about Toby Armstrong?



Jema

Thanks, Jema.

WRMW

Hi,

I've done both of the above with the radio, but I don't know if I picked up the padlock again. I had already finger-printed it and matched it to... Matteo? Anyways I'll give it a shot and see if that does the trick.

Thanks guys!

Alright: progress but I'm not there yet.

I hadn't picked up the padlock, so I went back to get it, but I'm not sure if that will advance anything. I examined eveything in the inventory and must have missed Hardman's card, because it allowed me to ask another question on the radio. I now have radio crossed off in the objectives.

Unfortunately it still says I have evidence to find on the train to prove that passengers are lying... but I have no idea what that is! Is there a list of all the things I need to find still?

Thanks so far!

WRMW,

Have you checked MaG's WT, here?

If you need to add more info and no one has posted behind you, please use the edit button instead of stacking your posts. Thank you.

I understand your frustration. I was in the same boat. I thought I had talked to everyone until I noticed a character in one of the cars that I hadn't seen, less obvious than the others. I suggest going car by car, taking time to make sure you're not missing something that might make you slap your forehead afterwards.

I have combed the entire train multiple times and I cannot find anyone else to talk to. I have done everything exactly in the walkthrough but it still isn't good enough! This game is terribly frustrating -- I just want to watch the ending I've suffered through the gameplay to see!

Is it possible it's not working because I left the train (and got kidnapped) before I saw my kidnapper leave the train, so I never got to see that cutscene?
Any more suggestions out there? Or possibly any saved-games just before the finale?

Thanks
(Bawdy: who was it you missed talking to?)

WRMW,

I checked my saves and don't have any for this game. We'll have to wait for someone who has some.

Hi WRMW,

I have a save at the very end of the game that you can use, but you will need to either add your e-mail address to the public e-mail box in your profile, or send it to me in a PM.

Profile updated.

Thanks, MaG.

WRMW, the save is on its way, hope it's what you need. Let us know how you get on.

I can't quite remember. It may have been the dining car. There were other characters sitting there who were more obvious. The one I missed was more off to the periphery, by himself.

I vaguely remember that one of them is hidden: maybe the doctor or Masterman or Schmidt.

Ok this is getting quite rediculous!

Thanks so much for your help so far -- it just hasn't worked yet!
Rushes: Thank you for the saved game. It works just fine, but I have the exact same problem again... I load up your game and it looks surprisingly like mine (both were even saved in poirot's room). I am sure it is yours however because of the save date on the file (2 years ago). In any case I have the same unfinished task in poirot's instructions! I went through talking to everyone again in your game (everyone the walkthrough says I should be able to find), checked all the inventory items to see if I could trigger anything to no avail.

Do you remember if your game had a task unfinished? Or was it ready to trigger the ending? If it was then it's a problem with my program itself -- and I'm not sure what I can do about that!!!

Thanks for everything so far though -- you have all been so helpful!
(Bawdy: I suspect the character you missed was doctor constantine, who is not obvious sitting behind the count and countess in the restaurant car)

WRMW,

I sent you my last saved game. Maybe that is close to where you want to be. Double check and talk to Poirot now and see.

WRMW, I don't recall having any problems at this point, but possibly there were one or two things that I still needed to do at that point before Poirot gave his conclusion. As that was my last saved game it was likely just a small thing I had missed. How frustrating - I hope MaG's save is a little further forward and helps you to finish the game.

SUCCESS!

Thanks everyone for all the help. Unfortunately, I didn't have much success with MaG's savegame (it was right before Part III and wouldn't trigger and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why). In one last act of desperation, I went back to my original save and walked through everything step by step.
Apparently I had missed finding a postcard in greta ohlsson's suitcase (which I found odd, because I have memory of having found the postcard before) but it was enough to trigger the ending.

But thanks for all your support -- you guys are a gift to the adventuregaming community. I love the helpful atmosphere here.
I can now finally finish this bloody game (unfortunately one of my least favorite in ages) and move on to further adventures!

Thanks again
William

Wonderful that you did it yourself and finished!

So glad that you managed to get through, WRMW! Hope you enjoy your next game better.

Awesome. Way to persevere!