> i've tried all the combinations i can think of to jump back on the second mine cart and i CANT DO IT!!! i'm also rubbish at maps so can someone please help?!
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> You're Carrying:
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> 2 Nanoxite Stones
> ISO Accident Report
> Business Card
> Fire Extinguisher
> Military Uniform
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> 2 Peryolitium Shards
> Scrap of Paper
> Iron Key
> Crank
> ISO Officer's Cap
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> Leather Briefcase
> I.D. Card
> Silver Key
> Metal Rod
> Pet Snacks
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> Metal Briefcase
> Passcard (CQ20024)
> Gold Key
> Pickaxe
> Matches
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> Employment Papers
> Passcard (CQ30021)
> Peryolitium Key
> Sledge Hammer
> Washcloth
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> ISO Access Form
> Passcard (CQ60537)
> Vault Key
> Wrench
> Round Pot
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> Violations Report
> Supply Room Card
> Dragon Key
> Noise Filter Headset
> Small Mirror
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> Experimental Results Papers
> Mine Access Card
> Crowbar
> Knife
> Sleeping Pills
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> Beetle Analysis Papers
> OSA Card
> Light Tube
> ISO Energy Pulse Gun
> Rock
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> Peryolitium Shell Diagrams
> Izacladia Access Card
> Radio Receiver
> Tranquilizer Gun
> Tranquilizer Spray
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First off, make sure you got the barrier past the sandstone cavern entrance down. It'll require turning the crank on one of the floors in the caverns, and THEN ramming the cart into the barrier. If you don't get that barrier down, the cart won't make it down to the black level for you to catch it at all. I wasted two days because I didn't get the barrier down.

As for a combination, the key to getting down in time is this: the only way to get to the western black level involves going west from a red room (not southwest or northwest, just west). Don't drop through the floor at all.

If you're desperate, I have a fairly good map of the caverns I drew up a while ago. E-mail me at weird_web @ yahoo.com (without spaces) and I'll send you the link.

(I'd post it here, but that would seriously violate the "no spoilers" rule, I think.)

-Mandi "3-D maps are a pain" aka Chaos