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What do I do with the fans?
1 of 29: Walk around the area to see if you can determine what your goal will be.
2 of 29: There is a path being blocked by some of the fans. You will need to figure out how to move all the fans away from the path in order to walk past.
3 of 29: You cannot interact with the fans directly. You'll need to locate two other places nearby where you can interact with something attached to the fans.
4 of 29: One of the things you can interact with is a machine on the opposite side of the area from the fans. Have you tried to turn the dial and press the buttons?
5 of 29: Have you turned the dial clockwise, until it points to one of the spots on the far right side? What happens when you press the button in the center of the dial?
6 of 29: By setting the dial on the machine to different settings, you should notice that some of the fans will move forward when you press the button.
7 of 29: There are the same number of settings on the dial as there are fans. Each setting, from left to right (clockwise), corresponds to one fan, also from left to right.
8 of 29: In order to figure out about the fans -- and why they move the way they do -- you'll need to learn more about the machine. See all those pipes running between the controls of the machine and the fans?
9 of 29: You can interact with the pipes, if you climb down the slope just to the left of the machine.
10 of 29: You'll find some sliders on the underside of the pipes. When you first approach the machine, they should be on the far right side, although they can be moved into any position by clicking on them.
11 of 29: Each slider connects to a pipe at each end. So, if the slider spans four pipes, it will connect to the left-most pipe, and the right-most pipe -- leaving the two pipes in the center unaffected.
12 of 29: Using the machine on the top of the hill, have you tried to turn the dial on the machine, so that it points to the spot corresponding to one of the pipes with a slider on it? What happens when you push the button in the center of the dial?
13 of 29: Since each slider will affect two pipes, then pressing the appropriate button on the machine will move two fans -- one at each edge of the slider.
14 of 29: Have you noticed the two lights on the front of the machine? Each press of the button (located in the center of the dial) turns off one light.
15 of 29: When both lights are off, the machine will stop working. It's possible to reset the machine (by pressing the button at the bottom right). However, resetting the machine also resets the fan blades. This indicates that you can only press the button two times to move all the fans that are blocking the path.
16 of 29: Make careful note of exactly which fans are blocking the path. It's difficult to tell when standing close up -- you may need to move further away.
17 of 29: There are ten fan blades that need to be moved out. So in order to move all ten fans away out -- you'll need to move five fan blades with each press of the button.
18 of 29: A fan without a slider will only move itself. A fan with a slider attached to its corresponding pipe will move a second fan. Can you think of a way to move any more fans at once?
19 of 29: Experiment with the other sliders. Move them into different positions and see how the fan movement is affected.
20 of 29: If one pipe has two sliders attached to it, then pressing the corresponding button on the machine will cause three fans to move.
21 of 29: It's possible to put all the sliders on one pipe. It's also possible to stretch it out a little and create a "daisy-chain" affect by connecting a row of pipes. For example, the first pipe could have the three-wide slider on it; the third pipe could have the four-wide slider on it; the seventh pipe could have the five-wide slider on it -- and a single press of the button could move all the connected pipes -- and their associated fans -- at the same time.
22 of 29: Your goal will be to figure out a way to move half of the ten fans that are blocking your path, by using all the sliders; then moving the sliders again in order to move the other half of the fans.
23 of 29: It is possible to divide the pipes into two groups and work out a pattern for each half.
24 of 29: What is the longest "span" that you can cover, using all pipes in a "daisy chain"?
25 of 29: You cannot make the pipes span the entire array of fans; so you will need to work the left end and right end separately, in the two moves that you have.
26 of 29: For the first group, figure out a pattern to move fans number 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 (counting from the left side, and counting all the fans, even the ones not blocking the path at the start).
27 of 29: Once the first group of sliders is moved into position, go back to the machine and position the dial to the far left side (counter-clockwise), so that it points to any of the buttons corresponding to the fans in the first group (1, 2, 4, 5, or 7). The easiest one, of course, is the setting on the far left (which corresponds to the first fan). Press the button.
28 of 29: For the second group, figure out a pattern to move fans number 8, 11, 12, 13, and 16 (again, counting from the left).
29 of 29: After the second set of sliders is in position, go back to the machine and position the dial so that it points to any of the fans in the second group (8, 11, 12, 13, or 16). The 8th setting is the closest (counted clockwise, from the bottom left of the controls). Press the button. The fans will no longer be interactive. They will move away from the wall, freeing access to the path behind the fans.
