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DeltaYankee
DeltaYankee

Dec-23-2005 16:59

I have the basic footprint thing. When I talked to the barber, she said that it didn't match the suspect I asked about. However, the killer was the suspect I asked about.

This is the second time this has happened with footprints. Is there a bug with them? Thanks!

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AZN Cinderella
AZN Cinderella

Dec-23-2005 17:03

No, there's no bug. A piece of evidence doesn't always belong to the killer. I thought that you were supposed to ask the shoe maker about footprints.

Colonel Shanty
Colonel Shanty

Dec-23-2005 17:04

THE BARBER?!

The Barber analyses Hair, the Tailor/Silk Merchant Thread, the Banker/Librarian/Calligraphist/Postal Clerk Handwriting, and the Shoe Maker/Podiatrist Footprints.

That part you said -- how could the Barber analyse Footprints?

If you mean that you asked the Shoe Maker/Podiatrist about the guilty suspect, and he/she said "No," then it isn't a bug. You can't count on the analysation to be accurate 100% of the time.

Get more Smart gear for your detective, and the percentage of this being accurate will be boosted.

But the BARBER?!

I didn't know they worked with footprints. :)

Colonel Shanty
Colonel Shanty

Dec-23-2005 17:08

Oh, and if what I did is meant to confuse you, here is the list of PE Witnesses for each city:

NEW YORK
Banker - Hand Writing
Barber - Hair
Tailor - Thread
Shoe Maker - Footprint

LONDON
Librarian - Hand Writing
Barber - Hair
Tailor - Thread
Podiatrist - Footprint

SHANGHAI
Calligraphist - Hand Writing
Barber - Hair
Silk Merchant - Thread
Shoe Maker - Footprint

DELHI
Postal Clerk - Hand Writing
Barber - Hair
Tailor - Thread
Podiatrist - Footprint

You can use this list if you are subscribed and travelling. ;)

cfm
cfm
Nomad

Dec-23-2005 17:49

I think what Cinderella is trying to say it that it is possible that you didn't find all the evidence. If you don't have basic hair and thread it is very easy to miss a piece or two, and it may just be the one piece that belongs to the guilty party.

reda
reda
Well-Connected

Dec-24-2005 08:57

Shanty - you say: "You can't count on the analysation to be accurate 100% of the time."

thats not true. The townies dont lie to you about the evidence. If they say the FP doesnt belong to suspect x, then it simply does not belong to suspect x!
Other evidence might belong to him/her. If you dont have basic hair and thread then you might not get all evidence.
In that case you'll have to rely on finding two witnesses against the suspect.


Colonel Shanty
Colonel Shanty

Dec-24-2005 10:26

Yes, that, and something else I've looked into.

There should always be two pieces of evidence at crime scenes. One analysation will not incriminate the guilty party, but one analysation will.

Example (Suspect X is the guilty one):

Hand writing - Suspect X? No.
Hair - Suspect X? Yes.

Usually the PE Witness that has the incriminating evidence will clam up more quickly than the other Witness that doesn't have the incriminating evidence.

I've checked that loads of times.

Anything else needed to be squeezed in?



reda
reda
Well-Connected

Dec-25-2005 10:21

That is exactly my point lol. the townies dont lie about evidence. They will always tell you the truth.


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