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What do all of the switches along the ground do?

  • 1 of 8: You might want to try exploring the area a bit more.  Those switches might make a bit more sense once you've seen everything that you can get to.
  • 2 of 8: Did you notice that there are also pipes all over the place?
  • 3 of 8: All of the pipes lead to or from (depending on your perspective) the windmill on one of the far edges.
  • 4 of 8: If you turn the spigot inside the windmill, water will start flowing through the pipes.
  • 5 of 8: The switches direct the flow of water through the pipes.
  • 6 of 8: And that water is used to power all of the devices in the age.
  • 7 of 8: Specifically, water flows along the same path as the lever on the switches. The dotted lines in the background don't have any meaning that I could find.
  • 8 of 8: As a side note, you can power only one device at a time.