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Secret Walls

Post by xyz123abc » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:23 pm

I dont know if there is a guide about this, or a guide that covers this topic. But i have been asked about secret walls three times, and I didn't have anywhere to point the questioners to

Then, I am posting here the secret walls I find. It seems to me that there is a pattern for secret walls. As items, all the possibilities have been deviced already.

You dont need anything to enter a secret wall, just to spot it. Sometimes, the item objective, or the elevator, is behind a secret wall. So, beware!

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Building Style: Incomplete Square room

Post by xyz123abc » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:29 pm

First, This is how the secret wall looks from the outside. The most important pointer is that the room in the map is bigger than what it seems in your screen

[img]http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4019 ... quare1.png[/img]

Second, You dont need anything to enter the wall, it is just an ilussion

[img]http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/5167 ... quare2.png[/img]

Finally, you get behind the secret wall. Big time! a hidden treasure chest!

[img]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1551 ... quare3.png[/img]


ONE MORE EXAMPLE
First, nothing looks wrong in this room.... But the map tells me otherwise. Always pay attention to rooms that exist in map but have no doors!
[img]http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9719/image2wp.png[/img]

Second, I approach the potential entrance
[img]http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6613/image3ce.png[/img]

Finally, go through!
[img]http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/1026/image4wt.png[/img]


YET ANOTHER!
Did you think that corridors were safe to rush through? Think again!
[img]http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/838/image5mm.png[/img]

Next, I open my map and see that there is space beyond the wall
[img]http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7858/image6yw.png[/img]

Last, go through the wall, you will be surprised!
[img]http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/9895/image7n.png[/img]
Last edited by xyz123abc on Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:22 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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Post by Snakebite » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:37 am

You also get secret walls in caves where the wall just looks like any other cave wall.

Moral of the story?
Never neglect your PlayField map! :D
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Post by Demoder » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:35 pm

This is one of the things I love with AO; Using storyline tech in such a way.
I always figured these walls were holograms, much like the agents holographic items.

It would be really neat if holograms had an ever so slight distortion effect applied to them, though; I doubt holographic technology would be able to make perfect illusions? :)
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Post by Krishina » Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:44 pm

I dunno, it can be pretty hard picking up on an agent's holograms. Unless they do something like hide as a bush in the middle of Rome. :lol:
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Post by xyz123abc » Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:35 pm

Ill add more as I come across (and detect) them. I know of three more: the fire chamber and two in caves... Ill peel my eyes :P

At the time being, when a new player asks me about the mission not having an elevator, ill redirect him to
http://www.ao-universe.com/viewtopic.php?p=23419#23419

;)

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2 more cases

Post by xyz123abc » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:23 pm

Updated the second post with two more possibilities

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Post by Tazerman » Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:34 pm

to bad no secret walls in subway :(
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Post by Silvana » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:41 pm

There are secret walls in subway style missions, but not the actual Subway instance.
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