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Jun-23-2005 09:31

this was new to me. I was doing an Almost Imp case (The Singular Case of the Exotic Sin), and with 4 points in the Smarts equipment I found nothing at the crime sence. Zippo. Nada.
Anyone else have an expereince like that?

Jun-23-2005 09:39

that sounds like a bug to me P.Rockwell, you should report it to Ben so he knows and he can fix it maybe.

Jun-23-2005 14:39

It might not be a bug. Remember that all skill are also chance based and equipment increases the chance. In AI cases the numbers are very low so with only 4 smart it might be possible to find nothing. I cant say for sure cause I always use max smart outfit, but it sounds logical to me.

Jun-23-2005 15:58

Well, it seems highly unlikely, when i work AI's I search using -3 smarts and I usually get 4 and occasionaly 3 pieces of PE so with +4 smarts you should be locked for at least 3 PE, but who knows.

Jun-23-2005 16:57

wow, makes me wonder why we have a smart set! Do you get the left/right etc info or rely on analyzing?

Jun-23-2005 17:17

Well, not always... It's not terribly consistent, but it increases the challenge a little if you dont have full information :)

Jun-24-2005 03:19

I have found this can happened if you click before the case is loaded. Example click case then clicked to crime scene before it has finished loading and no PE. It can also happen if you click to quickly to map when opening a case as well. It says interview suspects but there are none. Fortunately in that instance if you say go to the city hall then back to map they will suddenly be there to interview. Unfortunately if you have done the crime scene in this quick fashion it will not change and there is still no PE. I hope this makes sense P. Rockwell.

Jun-24-2005 03:34

Well I have had quite a few I shall say interesting things happen to me and no evidence is one of them though not at the AI level. I think reda could be correct but in my no evidence cases since I have no PE I worked over merchants and the suspects to get 2WE or WE+fake/no alibi to nail the guilty on Stupendously hard case was the highest level

Jun-24-2005 03:41

Good point cee cee that clicking thing if you are like me you tend to find that not only clicking early but multi-flash clicking (I sometimes have bad habit of clicking like3times being to anxious)instead of just a normal click can cause havoc in so many ways.

Jun-24-2005 04:30

Oooh, flashbacks to the locker fiasco. Yes, I have had the empty suspect list from going to the map before the case had finished loading. It seems a keyword to the game is patience...

Jun-28-2005 15:58

OUCH! This time the AI case was The Tortuous Legend of the Wayward Murder and with 11 smarts I got Zippo at the crime scene!