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How does the tower rotation device in the library work?
1 of 11: If you press the dot towards the right of the picture, a beam will sweep out over the picture of the island.
2 of 11: It would be nice if there were something for the beam to lock on to.
3 of 11: Have you seen anything that might help mark important locations?
4 of 11: Flip all of the marker switches on the island to the on position. By default, all of them are turned off.
5 of 11: Now, when you rotate the beam so that it hits one of four targets, it will turn red to tell you've rotated the tower to the proper location.
6 of 11: All you need to do now is find the tower.
7 of 11: It's accessible from the library.
8 of 11: Look at the two paintings next to the bookcase.
9 of 11: Click on the one that shows the bookcase. When you do, the bookcase will slide down, and you can reach an elevator to the tower.
10 of 11: If you've selected the proper target, you should be able to do two things from the tower: view the target and get an access code (look for the key icon to tell you where the codes are stored).
11 of 11: These codes will help you get to the various ages of Myst -- see the section of the file called "Finding the Books" for more help.
