Happy New Year, Mister Lambert! by Gaëtane

[Lothar]

Here's a list of all the secrets I have managed to find so far:

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1. Upstairs, in the "library" there is a trigger on the right side of the fireplace base, just by the floor. It opens the metal grate in the fireplace. (Thanks to ShadowWolf421 and Dino; I was wondering why there was blood under the grate :-))

2. In the guard shack outside the entrance. The trigger is behind the bunk to the left of the fireplace, by the floor. (Thanks, Dafydd!)

3. In one of the servants' rooms (two bunks, two lockers), frob a crayman's head trophy on the wall. It opens a secret door in the opposite wall.

4. In the bathroom there is a very small lever under the table, on the left side of its support. This opens a hidden compartment behind the potted plant.

5. In Hendersen's room (the one with the blood-stained carpet) there is a hidden switch somewhere in the table. I couldn't find its exact location but I managed to frob it: Get as close to the table as possible and face the golden thingie on it. Then look down (about 45°) and click. It's tricky but it can be done.

6. The last secret is in a small basement room. It's the one with the letter from Larson lying on a table and

a painting of a skull hanging directly above it. The trigger is somewhere behind the left window curtain. I didn't see it but "using" the bottom right corner of that curtain did the trick. I was very lucky indeed to discover that one!

7. In the hall with the Christmas tree, use the statue near the huge banner to make it move aside and reveal something very useful.

Some of these apparently don't count as secrets as there are only five of them. (Probably 1. & 5. as they are plot-related).

Enjoy this great mission!
LOTHAR

[prjames]

OK, I've got All the three M-guy safe codes, but not Sir Lambert's code.

I managed to get the lady to come out, and BJed her, and found the secret place in her bathroom (all it had was some more loot, though). I assume, though, that the "Balcony key" she was carrying is the same door I previously managed to bash open with my sword. The important thing for me was finding the invisibility potion near the Christmas Tree; that allowed me to kill the haunt in the Lambert quarters. So, I have access to the Lambert quarters and have read his journal explaining the safe system, I have the three other guys codes, so WHERE THE HECK IS SIR LAMBERT'S CODE so I can open the safe?

Thanks in advance. And if I was not supposed to BJ that woman taking the bath, sigh...

- prjames

[Lady Jo]

spoiler:

To look behind the door of the bathroom.

[Abert]

[QUOTE=ShadowWolf421]ok I'm 110 short of the loot requirement on expert,

I am 10 loot short of the minimum on Expert from completing this one.
The search goes on.
Albert

[Nightwalker]

I have a loot list for this one. If anyone wants it, just email me.

[L84WORK]

Dafydd[/QUOTE]
Is there something else up high?

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Look up on the ledge above the postal buliding for a couple of gems

[SirFreddieM]

I found the Mazarin key

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in the fireplace. Decided to take his body out to see if he had something else in his pockets worth a farthing. Put his body on the floor next to the table. Locked the grate and then reopened it only to find that the body was up in the chimney again.!! Looked behind, and sure enough he was gone from the floor.

Other than that I am truly entertained. Thanks a lot.

[Dafydd]

Okay, finished with a clean ghost and all the secrets, thanks to Lothar!

Hint for ghosters:

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To ghost Jack the Haunt (which seems to be everyone's sticking point), stay on the small balcony after he appears, get in some shadow, crouch, open the door, and wait until he calms down. Once he's no longer alerted -- not a ghost bust, a scripted event -- you can sneak in and around him and he won't notice you if you're careful.

Dafydd

[shadows]

has anyone worked out the safe combination? i've played around with the numbers but can't seem to get it. even worse, because the safe has no screen for the combination, i am not sure if the safe is reseting itself to the beginning so i can try again. grrh.

[ShadowWolf421]

thanks to Dino for adding the info about the switch for the fireplace, i completely forgot


In Lambert's Diary, he tells you how to work the safe code:

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1+2 = A

and 3+4=B, with A-B = safe code. each code has 1, 2, 3, or 4 then a - then four digits.

EDIT: added spoilers

[UndeadGunslingr]

I just started this one (in fact it's sitting in the background sucking up all my system resources as I type), but I just had to say that Gaëtane did a damn fine job texturing this. It looks terrific.

[mxleader]

Ok I have

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codes 1,2, and 4. I can't get the woman to leave the bathroom. I have been all over the room next to and found the secret room and walked all over it as well. What am I missing?

So far I am enjoying the mission. Nice graphics.

[ShadowWolf421]

you're missing Mazarin's code. look around for a room thats a small library and check by the fire place

[nickie]

This was a lovely surprise yesterday - cheered me up enormously to find a new fm by Gaëtane. I've finished it now but want to go back for more loot and secrets.

I had the same problem as Dafydd with the tiara but managed it in the end by bumping myself against the wall which makes me dip lower briefly and it then highlighted for a second.

Roll on the next one.

[mxleader]

Ok, I found

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Mazarin up in the chimney but all he had was a key. I figured out what it opens but I can't find his code. HELP! Just a small hint would do.

Never mind I figured it out.

[JacekA]

Got 5 secrets, 3632 loot, 3 codes but don't have the safe code.
Where is Sir Lambert's code? Is it necessary to work out the combination?

[Dafydd]

JaceKA, you have to get into Lambert's room. The door is locked. Think of another way in....

(If you're already in his room, go into the bathroom and take a good look around.)

Dafydd

[Chuckg]

About Mazarin's code -- ok, I'm stumped.

Found the key, but dunno what it opens or where to look once inside.

[mxleader]

Chuckg the key opens something

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in a room upstairs. check all of the walls in the rooms upstairs and the key belongs to both mrs. and mr. mazarin. She is in a room upstairs.

It took me a while to figure that one out.

[Chuckg]

Thanks.

[Lady Jo]

Got 5 secrets, 3632 loot, 3 codes but don't have the safe code.
Where is Sir Lambert's code? Is it necessary to work out the combination?

spoiler:

To look behind the door of the bathroom.

[Calibrator]

... I just had to say that Gaëtane did a damn fine job texturing this. It looks terrific.

Seconded!

[coreyb2]

Gaetane thanks for the great FM.

Nightwalker thanks for the loot list.

coreyb2

[mazzortock]

Outstanding FM!!

Gaetane, after the great Korrigans, and then this incredible little FM, you are one of my favourite FMcreator!

The story-line that you create is always fascinating, with complexity, a little horror, but also playable, not frustrating with innatural actions and deductions. Very very cool, i like your style!

Merci beaucoup, t'es vraiment fort :-)

--
Andrea

from Rome (Italy)

[Lightningline]

How to make the lady leave the bath.

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She wont leave untill all the 4 codes are found