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[[File:Central_video_1.png|alt=|thumb|300x300px|This texture extracted from effects/central_video_1.vtf. This version is not animated.]] | |||
This page is about the projector in [[Central]], in the control room. | This page is about the projector in [[Central]], in the control room. | ||
When the VHS tape is inserted into the projector and turned on, this animated texture appears on the screen and a faint morse message plays in the background. | When the VHS tape is inserted into the projector and turned on, this animated texture appears on the screen and a faint morse message plays in the background. | ||
The video is of the shadow of a fan projected onto a concrete wall, and what may either be two written L characters, or two doors with light projected through them in the background. | The video is of the shadow of a fan projected onto a concrete wall, and what may either be two written L characters, or two doors with light projected through them in the background. | ||
==Cracking the code== | |||
== Cracking the code == | |||
Note that the morse code is audible in game and the spectrogram is only used here to help decode, and not required to discover the code. | |||
[[File:Central_spectogram.png|alt=|thumb|316x316px|Spectrogram of the audio used for decoding the Morse Signal, as the signal is clearly audible in the audio.]] | |||
This is the raw morse, transcribed manually: | This is the raw morse, transcribed manually: | ||
-.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. -. --- - ..-. .. -. -.. .-. .. --. .... - .- -. ... .-- . .-. --- .-. - .... . --.- ..- . ... - .. --- -. -... ..- - .. ..-. -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. ..-. .. -. -.. .... .. -- -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. .- ... -.- -- .- -.-- -... . .... . --. .. ...- . ... -.-- --- ..- - .... .. ... .--. .-.. .- -.-. . .. ... -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. ... . . .- .... | <code>-.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. -. --- - ..-. .. -. -.. .-. .. --. .... - .- -. ... .-- . .-. --- .-. - .... . --.- ..- . ... - .. --- -. -... ..- - .. ..-. -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. ..-. .. -. -.. .... .. -- -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. .- ... -.- -- .- -.-- -... . .... . --. .. ...- . ... -.-- --- ..- - .... .. ... .--. .-.. .- -.-. . .. ... -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. ... . . .- ....</code> | ||
Including long and short pauses (with short pause considered as simple spaces between words), the transcription is | |||
YOU CAN NOT FIND RIGHT ANSWEROR THE QUESTIONBUT IF YOU CAN FIND HIMYOU CAN ASK | |||
[long pause] | |||
MAYBE HE GIVES YOU | |||
[long pause] | |||
THIS PLACE ISYOU CAN SEE AH | |||
Taking the missing spaces between words as line breaks, this becomes | |||
YOU CAN NOT FIND RIGHT ANSWER | |||
OR THE QUESTION | |||
BUT IF YOU CAN FIND HIM | |||
YOU CAN ASK | |||
[long pause] | |||
MAYBE HE GIVES YOU | |||
[long pause] | |||
THIS PLACE IS | |||
YOU CAN SEE AH | |||
==What does it mean?== | |||
This seems to link in with the "right answer, right question, right person" problem. | |||
*{{Needs-investigation}} Who is "him?" It could be [[Andrew Herts]]; another possibility of mentioning not finding the "question" or the "answer" but maybe "him" (a person) might connect this to the [[Wasteland notes]], of which the "right person" is [[Albert Hartman]]. | |||
*{{Encryption-key}} Is it possibly used as an encryption key? | |||
*{{Needs-investigation}} AH could mean [[Andrew Herts]], [[Albert Hartman]] or [[Alex Hartman]]. | |||
[[Category:ARG]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:03, 1 March 2022
This page is about the projector in Central, in the control room.
When the VHS tape is inserted into the projector and turned on, this animated texture appears on the screen and a faint morse message plays in the background.
The video is of the shadow of a fan projected onto a concrete wall, and what may either be two written L characters, or two doors with light projected through them in the background.
Cracking the code[edit | edit source]
Note that the morse code is audible in game and the spectrogram is only used here to help decode, and not required to discover the code.
This is the raw morse, transcribed manually:
-.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. -. --- - ..-. .. -. -.. .-. .. --. .... - .- -. ... .-- . .-. --- .-. - .... . --.- ..- . ... - .. --- -. -... ..- - .. ..-. -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. ..-. .. -. -.. .... .. -- -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. .- ... -.- -- .- -.-- -... . .... . --. .. ...- . ... -.-- --- ..- - .... .. ... .--. .-.. .- -.-. . .. ... -.-- --- ..- -.-. .- -. ... . . .- ....
Including long and short pauses (with short pause considered as simple spaces between words), the transcription is
YOU CAN NOT FIND RIGHT ANSWEROR THE QUESTIONBUT IF YOU CAN FIND HIMYOU CAN ASK [long pause] MAYBE HE GIVES YOU [long pause] THIS PLACE ISYOU CAN SEE AH
Taking the missing spaces between words as line breaks, this becomes
YOU CAN NOT FIND RIGHT ANSWER OR THE QUESTION BUT IF YOU CAN FIND HIM YOU CAN ASK [long pause] MAYBE HE GIVES YOU [long pause] THIS PLACE IS YOU CAN SEE AH
What does it mean?[edit | edit source]
This seems to link in with the "right answer, right question, right person" problem.
Who is "him?" It could be Andrew Herts; another possibility of mentioning not finding the "question" or the "answer" but maybe "him" (a person) might connect this to the Wasteland notes, of which the "right person" is Albert Hartman.- 🔑 Is it possibly used as an encryption key?
- AH could mean Andrew Herts, Albert Hartman or Alex Hartman.