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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure Hints
How do I open the vent in Office 201?
1 of 8: Tex says it has heavily rusted screws. That means you need a screwdriver and something to derustify the screws.
2 of 8: The screwdriver is easy; you'll find one in a toolbox inside the one open elevator.
3 of 8: The other is harder; you'll find it in the VIP lounge.
4 of 8: Pick up the VIP card from Office 201 and use it on the door to VIP Lounge 1. Here you have a blind morlock and massive piles of noisy trash, and on the far side of the room is a vending machine.
5 of 8: If you picked up the coins from the first level administration office --
6 of 8: -- you can now slowly, carefully pick your way between the piles of trash to reach the vending machine. You also need to avoid the stacked crates with empty green beer bottles on top.
7 of 8: Use the coins to buy a can of Red Bolt (interesting that the morlock hears you brush against a ball of crumpled newspaper but doesn't hear the thunderous crash of a soda can falling out of a machine), then pick your way carefully back out again.
8 of 8: Now go back to Office 201. Use the Red Bolt on the vent, then use the screwdriver.
