An AI Called Wanda has some puzzles that are a bit different or a bit harder than the standard scenario. It tries to do some different things, while hopefully remaining fun. It's more fun if you can solve the puzzles yourself, but it's frustrating when you're stuck for a long time. This page was made to provide hints and solutions to the places that most frequently get people stuck. And if you've run into a dead end, don't worry, others have probably been stuck there too. So read on and have fun! As always, feel free to email me if you have any questions.

As a general hint for the entire scenario, I suggest that people use their map. Switches for locked doors, etc. are generally (though not always) very close to the doors themselves. Sometimes laterally, sometimes above or below. Personally, I don't like scenarios where switches are nowhere near to what they activate -- it doesn't make much sense from an architectural or practical point of view. Destructible wires, on the other hand, may affect things farther away.

Chapter 1: Revival

Level 1: Revival

No hints necessary.

Level 2: Seeds of Destruction

No hints necessary.

Level 3: Pfhorget About It!

General Hint: Pfhor security systems often require the presence of two Pfhor personnel to activate or deactivate safety-critical systems.

• Q: How do I get past the locked doors on the lowest level?
• A: You need to destroy all the wires in the engine rooms. If you're wondering, "what wires?", see the General Hint. The two switches in each engine room are in a master-slave configuration. Activate the master, and the slave switch is enabled briefly. You must hit the slave switch while it's enabled. (Use a weapon).
• Q: How do I release the engine coolant on the lowest level?
• A: The pillar switches are another master-slave configuration. It's easiest to stand near the unlit slave switch, shoot the master switch, and quickly hit the slave switch (ONLY ONCE!).
• Q: OK, I dumped the engine coolant, but I can't get out, and I die in the flood. What gives?
• A: A safety door comes down to prevent the remainder of the level from flooding. If you've destroyed the 3 safety circuits (wires) on the level, the door will reopen after a short period, allowing you to exit. Run to the elevator.

Chapter 2: The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall

Level 4: Freudian Slip

General Hint: You must repair all 4 plasma conduit circuits with the repair chips before you attempt to repair the reactor core. Otherwise, you'll be stuck on the level.

• Q: I'm having a hard time exiting the plasma (lava) conduits? I keep falling off the elevator and dying.
• A: Watch the wall textures as you near the elevator. Light from above lightens the walls next to the elevator. Just be sure you stay in that space once you reach it, so you don't fall off.

Level 5: One Damn Mess

General Hint: There aren't many tricky puzzles here. You just need to be persistent and observant. When you open the dam, there's a tube you can go up once the area has filled with water.

• Q: I can't seem to find the insertion slot to activate the pumping station. Where is it?
• A: The slot is behind a locked narrow blue door in the underground maintenance corridors. Downstairs from the door is a switch. Hit the switch and look behind you. Now look at the map. See the connection?
• Q: There's a pit which has some items in it, but there's no way out. Is it possible to get those items?
• A: There's a switch directly below the pit that you can activate once the dam has been opened. The switch will flood the pit, allowing you to get the items and get out.

Level 6: Napalm in the Morning

General Hint: Switches for the large doors on the main level are located near to the doors themselves (laterally, or perhaps a level down or up vertically). Kill everything to exit the level.

• Q: How do I get through the SE door on the main level.
• A: The switch is on a lower level, directly below the door. There is another switche on the lower level that needs to be thrown to have access to it.

Chapter 3: Into the Fire

Level 7: Hey, Whose Side Are You On?

• Q: This is hard! I can't tell who is on my side.
• A: That's the idea. Examine the shirt colors for regular BoBs and vacuBoBs. Of course, for the green BoBs, you'll have to listen to them or shoot them to tell whether they're assimilated.
• Q: I can't solve the platform puzzle in the east.
• A: You need to observe which platforms are affected by each switch. As Freud tries to tell you, you don't need to shoot any switches to solve the puzzle.

Level 8: Into the Fire

• Q: There's a room I can't get to over the lava.
• A: The answer lies in two small rooms, each with a switch that controls one section of platform needed to cross the lava. Observe the miniature replica of the puzzle when you hit the switch.

Level 9: Station Alpha

• Q: OK, I've drained the sludge, found the chip, and opened the bay doors. Why can't I exit the level?
• A: You need to find a security card also (which shows up in your inventory as a Spht Card Key). One of the terminals on the upper level near the pumping center (the faucets) gives a hint as to where the card is located. It's a good thing you drained the sludge, otherwise you would have had a hard time finding it...

Level 10: Station Alpha (The Sequel)

• Q: I can't get the last chip. How do I get to it?
• A: When the station was exposed to vacuum, many of the doors near the area shut permanently to try to contain the vacuum. So, you'll have to leap the gap in the station. And you'll need to give yourself some upward momentum. The double shotguns should do the trick -- point them at your feet and fire them both off as you run over the gap. Make sure you cross at the narrowest point.
• Q: OK, I have inserted all 4 chips, but I can't turn on the reactor because the darned switch hasn't activated.
• A: This is a rare bug that occurs in map version 1.0.5 (appeared on MacAddict CD-ROM) and earlier. The switch should activate almost immediately after inserting the 4th chip (and always did during testing). However, it can sometimes take a very looong time to activate. Try running around the reactor chamber a bit or around the station once and see if it activates. If it still hasn't activated, you can write down your ammo, and start at the next level (using command-option-Begin New Game). Start at level 11 and get to the save terminal in the west. Use a cheater program to give you your ammo back. Alternatively, I have released a patch to map version 1.0.6 which fixes the problem by changing the puzzle slightly. Get it as MacBinary or Binhex. If you don't have a save game from a previous level, you might also want to grab this saved game at the beginning of Level 10 with map version 1.0.6.

Chapter 4: In Deep S'pht

Level 11: All Pfhor One

This level is fairly straightforward. You just need to find those chips and plug them in to get access to the base.

Level 12: Showdown

This level places more emphasis on carnage than puzzles. It's reasonably straightforward. Destroy Wanda! There is one tricky part, however:

• Q: I can't get the chip in that cage. How do I get to it?
• A: The answer lies within Hobbes comments at the start of the level. The ship's propulsion system (the rift drive) folds space. Well, there is a bit of folded space inside the rift drive. You can teleport into the drive from the pad opposite the cage. Then you need to notice there are 2 sets of 3 spokes within the drive. These sets are disconnected but seem to overlap in the center in folded space. One spoke center teleports you back where you came from, the other teleports you into the cage.

Last modified: Sun Jan 3 09:51:06 EST 1999