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hilf

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Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« on: July 28, 2019, 02:52:31 pm »
I've made a program that can decode text from Music Cipher in Nexus of Technology and give information about the process.
It was made with Hard difficulty in mind but may also work if you're playing on Normal or DOMINATING. Starting at version 0.5 should work on Easy difficulty.

The program can outright decode the puzzle but I encourage You to try decoding yourself.
After decoding all you need to do is to find your numbers in the text.

It's also for players who already know how to solve the puzzle and don't want to do the busywork.

Demonstration video.

Decipher 0.6

previous versions:
Decipher 0.5.1
Decipher 0.5
Decipher 0.4

It's a 32 bit Qt application compiled for Windows 7.
Some numbers have colours - currently they don't mean much but i have plans to make them more meaningful.

If you don't want to / can't use the program but want the code you can post your data, in text format (copy it from game with Ctrl+C), here and i (or someone else) will decode it.
There's a file with example data you can use for learning purposes.

Let me know of any bugs and issues. And have fun deciphering puzzles!


Hint: on the Easy difficulty level encoded keypad code is separated from the rest of the text like in the picture below:
« Last Edit: January 22, 2022, 10:42:33 am by hilf »

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2019, 08:42:24 pm »
After decoding all you need to do is to find your numbers in text.

Probably I am missing something, but where is the numbers in this text?

THE RITE OF SPRING TIDE
CLAUSTROPHILIC DESTINY
RIME OF THE SECURITY MARINE
SERVANT DANCE
« Last Edit: August 04, 2019, 01:12:43 am by fire_lizard »

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2019, 12:44:45 am »
Glorious Hilf-sempai! All Hail!

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2019, 05:21:56 am »
After decoding all you need to do is to find your numbers in text.

Probably I am missing something, but where is the numbers in this text?

THE RITE OF SPRING TIDE
CLAUSTROPHILIC DESTINY
RIME OF THE SECURITY MARINE
SERVANT DANCE

That's strange. Could you post e-mails to Mickey with relevent data here?

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2019, 07:32:49 am »
::Mickey,

Here's your text:

D#AGb C#BbD#Gb BbG DBC#BbAG# D#BbFGb
EC#DEDD#C#BbBABbC#BbE FGbDD#BbAC
C#BbG#Gb BbG D#AGb DGbEEC#BbD#C G#DC#BbAGb
DGbC#FDAD# FDAEGb

::Mickey

Interval key: major second, diminished fifth, minor seventh.

Octave keys:

Key 1: 3061331313031013031333
Key *: 306343111100334333311307
Key *: 30613030313313311317031303
Key *: 306131130133033::

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2019, 08:04:14 am »
The only explanation i have is your numbers were sent separately. I've heard this happens on Easy difficulty.

Does your e-mail look like this?


If that's the case then you can decode your 4 semitones with this part of octave III:


My program was made to solve puzzle on Hard and it may or may not work for other difficulties. I've just noticed i didn't inform of that in my post. I'll correct it.
« Last Edit: August 04, 2019, 08:31:32 am by hilf »

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2019, 08:33:11 am »

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2019, 08:47:00 am »
According to what you said, is my code 9565?

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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2019, 09:25:45 am »
From music theory we learn that Bb == A# and Gb == F#. So the code would be 8464.

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2019, 10:55:01 am »

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2019, 08:13:45 pm »
I got this - Mucho appriciato for the help

« Last Edit: August 11, 2019, 08:15:46 pm by Arclight »

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2019, 03:51:22 am »
Thanks for this. Not a fan of puzzles outside adventure games.

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2019, 09:41:58 am »
That link doesn't work for me, it says ".exe files can't be previewed" ???

Maybe someone would help me with mine:

::Mickey,

Here's your text:

FD#C FCAbCD#EBD D EFAbD#E
C#D#EEBbAbFEBb B ECCF
FD#C G D#D#EFD#Bb CC# CAFEBBbFECB
D#CEFGCEE BEBC AbAbGCE BbAbC#D#EBbC

::Mickey

Interval key: minor sixth, major second, minor sixth.

Octave keys:

Key 1: 03641144414131844044
Key *: 03644143041074444
Key *: 0364117417413411441304143
Key *: 036414411443131404140044101::
« Last Edit: August 12, 2019, 09:44:29 am by Hangagod »

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2019, 10:25:09 am »
@Hangagod:

the towering 8 stars
prismatic 5 soot
the 1 rhythm of extinction
restless nine waves caprice

by http://poligon.hekko24.pl/underrail/ ;)

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Re: Need help with Expedition music puzzle? Try my Decipher.
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2019, 10:36:49 am »
@BFG10K Thanks a lot mate!