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Myst III: Exile Hints
I know what the red ball weighs, but what good does this do me?
1 of 19: Head back to the room on the left side of the balance.
2 of 19: The weight in there is already half-completed.
3 of 19: The bottom half of the weight is a hemisphere made out of wood.
4 of 19: In other words, you start out with 4 wood pieces.
5 of 19: Remember what the red ball weighs. If you haven't figured that out yet, go back and do so.
6 of 19: The red ball weighs the equivalent of 11 wood pieces.
7 of 19: And you have to balance that weight of 11 against 4 wood pieces plus some combination of up to 2 wood pieces (weighing 1 each), 2 crystal pieces (weighing 4 each), and 2 stone pieces (weighing 16 each).
8 of 19: There's no way to put equal weights on both sides of the balance. One stone piece or two crystal pieces would be too much weight (a total of 20 or 12), and just one crystal piece with or without the 2 wood pieces isn't enough weight (a maximum total of 10).
9 of 19: But remember that there are three positions for the wheel under the balance.
10 of 19: Another one of the scales back on J'Nanin shows you what happens when you have a scale that's off-balance.
11 of 19: An off-center balance shows 2 men on the short side of the balance and 1 man on the long side.
12 of 19: This means you should double the weight of whatever's on the short side of this particular balance as well.
13 of 19: If the wheel is on the left side of the balance, that puts the red ball on the "long" side, so double its weight. If the wheel is on the right, double the weight of whatever you have on the left side.
14 of 19: Try the math, and you should see that only one combination of weights and wheel positions will work out. Read ahead if you want to know what the answer is.
15 of 19: Start with the wheel on the left side.
16 of 19: That makes the red ball effectively weigh 22 wood pieces (its actual weight of 11, doubled).
17 of 19: And you already have a weight of 4 with the bottom half of the sphere on the left side.
18 of 19: Add a stone piece for another 16, bringing you to 20.
19 of 19: Two wood pieces give you the total of 22.
