Floing Orb in South of Kaboom! Village

dsw · Post by **dsw** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:10 am

Desmond (age eight) asks:

When you're in Kaboom! village, if you have a spy eye, go south and look around really far down. You'll find an island. On it is a floing orb. How do I get to it?

Loirae · Post by **Loirae** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:47 am

Demond, here are three hints that are not spoilers.

Look for a button that seems to do nothing.
Spy-eye around and see what it is doing.
What you are looking for is hidden really well and takes a lot of practice to get to.

If you still can't find what you need, check back.

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:36 am

Huh! I wondered what that button was for. I shall have to go a wandering and see what it does.

EDIT.
Ok, been for a wander. I've seen what it does but can't get to it in time before it runs out. Am I supposed to have someone/thing to help me, and if so do I have to have done certain things first because I can't find anyone/thing to help me apart from a crab sitting on a bit of beach I can't reach.

Salin · Post by **Salin** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:25 am

All you need is speed!

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:15 am

Well it's not working. I stand on the button and immediately click on the thing I'm aiming for so he walks the quickest way but it disappears as he gets to it. And even if I did make it in time, how do I get back?

Salin · Post by **Salin** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:17 am

I know Popo, I had to use both mouse and keyboard, you really don't have much time. It took me a gazillion tries!!!
As for the return, you see when you get there

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:27 pm

Easier than I thought. I clicked to move off the timer just before he stood on it so he did a u-turn after briefly stepping on it and made it to the 'thing' in time. I did think I was stuck there till I had a walk round.

I'm walking around looking for levels I've missed now. Having a spot of trouble in Flipping Hot in the volcano. Have managed to get to every bit except the one with the gems and buttons. Shouldn't be talking about it here though should I? I'd better shut up.

Erwin042 · Post by **Erwin042** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:52 pm

Getting this one is really a combination of mouse and keyboard.
Just try over and over again, like I did.

Loirae · Post by **Loirae** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:51 pm

popo, don't know if you've noticed but when you stand on certain kinds of timer buttons, the timer doesn't start unwinding until AFTER you step off, so the U-turn was a coincidence. You can actually stand on the buttton forever and it would've stayed turned on.

(Comes in handy when you need to keep a gate open and have an extra helper around, too.

)

My experience was it was easier to make the run when a certain someone was not sitting in front of his door. But, once you've followed him away and he returns, there's no way to get him to move again, so that's just a one time thing. If he's already returned, your shot at that method is over.

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:03 pm

Loirae wrote:popo, don't know if you've noticed but when you stand on certain kinds of timer buttons, the timer doesn't start unwinding until AFTER you step off, so the U-turn was a coincidence. You can actually stand on the buttton forever and it would've stayed turned on.

Strange thing is, I had already being trying that and I was always too late, but when I tried the u-turn it worked. Might have just been a fluke though.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:19 pm

I've been going insane from this one too - I kept on making it there while the portal was still up, but nothing was happening!

At first I actually thought that the teleporters were broken (one was SubColour 0, other wasn't or something). I'll go try it again.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:18 pm

I found this quite easy.

You don't need the keyboard, but clicking the mouse to the location wouldn't immediately take you there, because the game has to find the fastest way to actually get there, and it doesn't have as much intelligence as we have. The U-turn works perfectly, of course.

I also noticed that strange thing with the timer button. Is it a bug, or is it intended? I don't think it's intended, because now it's a super button (circle + timer).

Now, I found it easy to get back as well, but that's because I have a lot of knowledge about the editor, and so, like to try stepping on any square that might seem interesting, because there could be a command button hidden there.

Loirae · Post by **Loirae** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:56 pm

Don't know if it's a bug, but I've mentioned it to Patrick before and it's still there. Maybe it's a Christmas pressent. "All I want for Christmas is a superbutton."

popo · Post by **popo** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:21 am

All the timer buttons I've stood on are like that, they don't start moving till you get off them. So if it's a bug, or unintentional, then it's all over the place not just at that spot.

That brings up another question. Why won't pop magic work on timer buttons?

dsg · Post by **dsg** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:14 am

I have tried doing the u-turn but must be doing something wrong since I always get to the 'thing" a fraction of a second late. Can someone please explain in more detail.

Thanks for all the help

Guinevere · Post by **Guinevere** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:18 am

I did it with the keyboard, using the landmarks to work out when to change direction. It did take practice, but didn't take too long.

dsg · Post by **dsg** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:26 am

Thanks Guinevere but for some reason I am having a really hard time with this one. No matter whether I use the mouse/keyboard or both I seem to arrive a bit late. I'm thinking that Popo's u-turn would do the trick but I must not be doing it right since I still get there late. I think this game if frying my brain!!

popo · Post by **popo** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:52 am

Sorry I can't tell you exactly how to do the u-turn because I only had to do it once. All I can say is I clicked on the timer and just as he was about to step on it I clicked to the left of the house, so he momentarily stepped on the timer and walked straight off it again. Then as he was walking to the left of the house I clicked behind the house where the teleporter is, and he went straight round and entered it.

It may have been the subsequent movements from the timer that did the trick and not the u-turn at all, because as Loirae pointed out, the timer doesn't start until you get off it.

I used the mouse to move and didn't wait for him to stop before clicking further round, that way there's no delay and he automatically goes the shortest distance.

Sorry I can't be more help.

Guinevere · Post by **Guinevere** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:38 pm

Sorry, dsg, if this sounds patronising, but do you know how to move diagonally with the keyboard? That's how I cracked it.

Start from the right of the button - then you don't need to u-turn, as you're already moving in the right direction.

dsg · Post by **dsg** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:40 pm

Thanks to everyone for all the help--have not gotten to try yet since I have to work today

I do know how to move diagonal with the keyboard but thought it would be easier to use mouse since it should only be 2 clicks (I think??). I have also tried combo of mouse first and then keyboard with the same lack of success!! I think I am just seriously finger challenged but I will keep at it since this is my last floing orb and I need a serious break from those levels on Sundog

dsg · Post by **dsg** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:50 pm

I finally got it

I have no idea what I did different than the other gazillion times I tried but I somehow made it to the island and got the orb.

Thanks to everyone for their help!

Deb

myst · Post by **myst** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:58 am

I don't know what to do. I have tried and tried and just can't make it in time. I have spent so much time on this

edited to say....I finally did it

how frustrating. I don't even know how I did it. Ok, so now what do I do.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:41 am

About those orbs, what's their purpose? Is it wise to collect them, for I have two of them yet, the one on that island and one somewhere in the mountains, and Ka Ching has one for sale, but I've no idea what to do with it.

Loirae · Post by **Loirae** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:20 am

yes, collect them - or at least just remember where they are. You will them at some point - it will be obvious when to use them.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:58 am

Thanks