Control Room (PQ2)

Sewer Control Room

Room ID#(s):	133
Bugs & Glitches:	Yes
Odd Coding:	Yes

Slow Computers

• The control panel lights do not blink/animate.

Commands

• wear mask

• remove mask

• smell

• listen

• push button

• use control

• look gauge

• loon control panel

• *anything marie, cheeks

• up close

Draw Gun Glitch

Bugs and Glitches

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Excuse me! Coming Through! Credit: Kuro-chan 1.001.000 1.006.011 J1.000.062 1.024 1.002.011 Yes No No Yes Yes Bains will clip through the player to enter the room, then fire at Sonny, regardless of which direction he would have to face to shoot him. Starting with the Amiga version, Bains will fire as soon as the Bains sprite appears on the screen.

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HALT! Credit: Kuro-chan Additional Research: SantaClaus 1.001.000 1.006.011 J1.000.062 1.024 1.002.011 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ordering Bains to "HALT" will cause him to stop and shoot wherever he stands, forcing the player to shoot at him immediately to prevent him from killing Sonny. The player can start firing back and kill Bains. The cutscene will start to play, but without Bains in the proper spot for Sonny to walk over to the body, the game can lock up. By ordering Bains to "HALT", the check for "Is Sonny behind cover" is skipped, meaning Sonny can fire at Bains from any point in the room. Because the game will treat the shootout as part of the ambush, Bains will fire towards the left as though Sonny is hiding behind cover. For Sonny to defeat Bains, the player must have Sonny face right while shooting, or else the game will treat this as a game over. Repeatedly typing in "HALT" will reset the number of shots Bains has fired. This can be used to allow Sonny to move around the room at his leisure. This also has the comedic consequence of demonstrating that Bains has a bottomless clip in his handgun. Sonny can leave the room while using the "HALT" glitch, but since the script outside the room is not updated with Bains being inside the room, a second Bains will show up and gun Sonny down. After Bains has been killed, the game auto-moves Sonny to Bains position before auto-moving him to Marie's position. If any sort of wall or path blocker (including Marie) is in the way between Sonny and Bains, the game will lock up. If Sonny manages to halt Bains within the frame of him entering the room, the player can gun him down and auto-move out of the room, where the other Bains will kill him. This marks an instance in Sierra gaming where a player can die after winning the game. If the player waits until Bains start shooting to tell him to "HALT" (assuming Sonny has taken a proper hiding position), this will not affect the game ending cutscene.

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Okay, My Left or Your Left? Credit: Kuro-chan 1.001.000 1.006.011 J1.000.062 1.024 1.002.011 No Yes Yes No No Placing Sonny in front of Bains will prevent him from entering the room. This remains in place until the player either moves out of the way or fires his gun, which allows Bains to clip through the player and keep walking. Typing in 'halt' will cause Bains to start firing at the player.

i	Sonny's Love Goes Right Through Her! Credit: Kuro-chan 1.001.000 1.006.011 J1.000.062 1.024 1.002.011 Yes No No No No After untying Marie, Sonny can clip through her.

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The New Pipecleaner! Credit: Gage Holston 1.001.000 1.006.011 J1.000.062 1.024 1.002.011 Yes No No No No Sonny can clip through the far-left side of the pipe if the x-position is perfectly aligned to do so. The best way is to watch the 2nd left-most brick along the 2nd layer be 1 light grey pixel away from Sonny's left shoulder. That will allow the player to 'just' clip through the pipe, but go all the way around.

Odd Coding

i	I Did Not Fire! You Cannot Prove It! Credit: Kuro-chan 1.001.000 1.006.011 J1.000.062 1.024 1.002.011 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes So long as the gun is drawn, Jim Walls will lecture you about firing while standing out in the open, even if you did not fire.

i	Yes I Can See Him! He's Right There! Credit: Kuro-chan 1.001.000 1.006.011 J1.000.062 1.024 1.002.011 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes If the player types in 'look bains', the player will be told he is not there (especially when he IS there).