What's up everyone
I haven't seen a tutorial for the oil puzzle (garage puzzle) anywhere, so i thought i'd solve it properly and record the data for new runners. Like i said, i haven't seen a guide/solution anywhere, so i hope i haven't wasted my time. Feel free to take the info and incorporate it into your own walk through.
Please Read: I spent probably an hour learning the variety of solutions and recording them. There is a slim chance i have missed a combination, but these were definitely the regulars. Also, they might not be the quickest methods, but i wanted to start somewhere.
Key for puzzle:
Letter in brackets = Highlighted letter (the goal essentially)
Letters following the brackets = Dials that are red (highlighted)
The final set of letters are the solution to that particular puzzle.
(A) a+c = b,a (A) a+c+d = c,a (A) a+b+d = c,b,a (A) a+d = b,d,a (B) a+b+c = d,c,b (B) b+d = d,a,b (C) a+c+d = b,c (C) b+c = c,d (D) a+b = b,d (D) b+c+d = d,b,a,c
Cheers JayBoneElite
Brute Force Method Press B C D C B A B C D C B C D A C and it gets solved every time. (BCDCBABCDCB CDAC) <- how I remember it
If you can remember the list of solutions, it'd be better on average I suppose. It's true this list contains the only possible initial configurations.
Also, the order you push the buttons doesn't matter in any solution.
In any Lights Out game, you never have to press the same button more than twice, because all it does is cancel out the last time you pressed the button, which is effectively the same as having not pressed it at all.
If you want to solve it logically, this is an easier chart to follow.
A = A _ C D B = _ _ C D C = A B _ _ D = A B _ D
Basically, if you want to toggle only "A" you press the buttons A C D in any order. (1100) -> (0100) So, you can figure out which lights you need to toggle, and follow the chart. If you have to press a button an even number of times, you don't need to press it at all.For example, if you want to toggle lights A and D, you only need to press BC. (1010) -> (0011)
You can also choose to remember certain combo toggles. I suppose through the practice, the solution would become second nature.
