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Anachronox Hints
How do I open the doors to the next section?
1 of 11: First, switch to PAL and have him look around a bit.
2 of 11: Notice the two computers here?
3 of 11: Have PAL Comp Talk into them. The computer on the left has a menu where you can enter the access code, and the one on the right tells you what you need to know to find that access code.
4 of 11: If you read the info from the right computer, you'll learn that the code is given in numbers (1=A, 2=B, etc.) and that there are rules that tell you which numbers to use (e.g., "use every third number"). Both Sly and Stiletto each have to find part of this information.
5 of 11: Once you have those two pieces of info, it shouldn't be hard to learn the access code.
6 of 11: Sly learned that the code uses only odd-numbered entries, and Stiletto saw a string of numbers: 1 2 3 6 8 11 13 22. (Again, sometimes, Anachronox randomly chooses the solutions to certain puzzles, so you may have seen something different. I don't think that's the case here, but if it is, go with what you saw when you found the info.)
7 of 11: Using the odd-numbered entries in that list gives you 1 3 11 13.
8 of 11: So have PAL choose the 1st, 3rd, 11th, and 13th letters of the alphabet.
9 of 11: That gives you an access code of A, C, K, M (Astro, Cordica, Kepler, Mojo).
10 of 11: Once he enters that code, the doors from all three sections to the next part of this level will open.
11 of 11: Sly's door is in the same room as the security computer; PAL should wait on the elevator that lowered with the correct code; and Stiletto should look for the door in the wine storage room, past the room with the drunk guard.
