Wasteland notes
The coded notes are a series of notes found in a small underground shelter in Wasteland.
They are found taped all over a wall, arranged vaguely like a pair of wings. Below the table next to the wall is a white Mörkö mask model with a "dirty" skin.
- There is T.50=P which doesn't fit into the key table, but
0x50is the ASCII code forP.
Hints
Zuntti said we have to use everything we know already for this.
Solution
Main transcription (PLEASE use a widescreen application so the text doesn't get shoved to other lines) using the following 🔑 encoding table (unreferenced characters are marked bold or replaced with underscores, depending on whether they're known or not):
1 2 3 4
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890
A is "OTHERSIDE" | | (Answer)
R is "ALBERTHARTMAN" | | (Right person)
Q is "WHATCONNECTSALLTHESE" | (Question)
T is "IFYOUKNOWITJUSTSAYITTHENYOUGETI_REDRAVEN" (Truth)
- The "answer" probably either comes from the Wasteland radio morse or a texture used in the map
infra_ee_binary(binary_001), another possibility is the Reactor lights code, of which one of the solutions is "otherworld". - The "right person" probably comes from the Villa woodboxes.
- The "question" comes from the Bunker computer code.
Before decoding:
| A.1 Q.4 A.3 A.9 A.5 A.6 A.7 A.8 A.9 Q.7 Q.6 Q.16 A.1 Q.4 A.3 A.9 A.5 Q.1 Q.6 A.5 Q.14 A.8 |
YOU CAN R.7 R.4 R.8 R.9 R.6 R.7 R.4 R.11 R.3 R.5 R.4 R.8 R.6 R.7 A.7 R.13 T.28 WHERE THEY DIED |
R.5 R.12 T.38 R.4 R.13 T.2 A.1 T.13 T.24 A.8 A.7 A.2 |
Q.1 Q.17 T.3 Q.12 Q.6 R.11 R.12 R.13 T.18 Q.5 Q.13 Q.8 Q.16 T.2 T.31 T.7 A.8 Q.3 Q.1 Q.3 T.25 Q.6 T.13 Q.11 Q.4 Q.6 Q.11 Q.2 Q.9 SURFACE |
EVERYONE Q.2 Q.9 A.5 A.4 A.7 Q.7 A.6 A.2 Q.3 Q.14 R.3 T.27 R.5 T.28 T.28 T.23 T.30 R.7 A.4 A.5 A.4 |
T.19 T.15 T.9 T.17 R.13 T.20 T.14 T.20 T.4 T.6 T.29 T.23 T.50 T.18 T.26 T.5 T.13 T.24 A.8 T.23 R.36 T.28 R.5 T.8 T.5 T.7 A.8 |
| T.28 T.22 T.4 T.14 T.11 Q.1 Q.6 A.5 Q.14 A.8 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8 Q.9 Q.10 Q.11 Q.20 T.35 A.2 A.1 A.2 A.3 A.4 WRONG WORLD |
Q.1 Q.17 Q.20 Q.7 T.25 Q.6 T.13 A.8 A.7 A.9 YOU CAN'T GET OUT |
EVERY WORLD HAS OWN LAWS THEY JUST HAVE TO BE CORRECT ONES |
T.9 T.22 T.19 T.11 T.29 R.11 T.17 T.16 T.6 T.14 T.20 T.22 T.23 T.18 T.6 T.24 T.8 T.9 Q.4 A.3 A.7 A.6 PLACE |
GOD OF UNDERGROUND KEEPS EVERYONE HERE |
(symbol) |
| T.28 A.1 A.8 SUFFERS A.7 A.6 A.7 A.2 A.8 A.4 Q.3 A.8 |
WHAT HAPPENED IN A.1 A.2 A.3 A.9 A.5 A.6 A.7 A.8 A.9 WAS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS |
THEY ARE Q.13 Q.14 Q.15 Q.14 Q.6 Q.12 Q.11 STUCK IN THAT R.3 R.2 R.12 Q.5 T.6 Q.1 Q.6 A.5 A.8 |
A.8 A.7 A.8 R.6 R.7 R.1 R.10 R.3 A.1 R.11 R.3 A.8 R.4 A.6 R.10 R.5 A.1 T.18 EVERYTHING |
(symbol) | THE PLACE OUTSIDE THE WORLDS |
| THE BORDER OF THE CHAOS IT IS THIS WORLD |
A.3 A.1 Q.1 R.11 T.17 R.13 T.25 T.11 T.10 R.11 R.4 T.14 T.25 A.1 T.5 R.7 R.12 T.36 R.4 A.6 A.9 A.9 Q.7 A.2 A.3 A.7 A.6 R.3 R.2 R.12 Q.5 T.6 Q.1 Q.6 A.5 Q.14 A.8 |
(symbol) | WITHOUT THE CORRECT LAWS NOTHING STAYS TOGETHER |
THE MACHINE Q.5 Q.3 T.27 Q.12 Q.9 Q.19 A.7 A.2 A.2 A.3 A.9 T.3 A.8 A.1 Q.7 A.2 T.6 Q.7 Q.6 Q.1 A.7 A.2 |
A.7 A.6 A.2 T.22 A.7 A.6 Q.3 Q.14 Q.15 T.12 T.5 Q.12 Q.11 Q.3 Q.14 A.7 A.4 |
| R.5 R.8 T.38 R.4 T.40 Q.1 Q.13 Q.19 Q.17 Q.9 A.5 T.29 THEY TRIED TO HELP |
(symbol) | A.8 A.7 T.38 A.7 T.7 T.28 A.6 T.27 A.7 A.2 PROTECTION |
T.28 T.26 T.35 T.4 T.2 R.11 T.1 R.13 R.4 R.5 T.14 T.14 R.6 R.12 R.6 T.13 T.39 T.14 T.31 R.13 R.11 T.10 R.13 R.4 T.14 |
WHEN EVERYTHING IS CORRECT THE NEW WORLD IS BORN |
A.2 T.22 A.4 T.18 T.6 Q.7 A.1 T.9 A.3 A.1 Q.1 A.2 A.1 T.28 A.4 A.2 A.3 A.4 A.5 A.9 |
| Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 A.7 Q.19 Q.4 Q.2 T.34 A.2 T.33 T.27 A.2 A.3 |
WHERE EVERYTHING IS BORN THERE ARE NO LAWS |
T.21 R.7 R.4 T.18 R.11 T.37 T.35 R.4 A.1 Q.7 T.23 R.11 A.7 T.16 R.6 R.8 T.6 R.4 |
T.5 R.13 T.35 R.4 R.9 T.28 R.5 T.4 T.27 R.13 T.35 Q.5 T.19 R.6 T.3 TRYING TO GET THEM OUT |
(symbol) | YOU CAN GET THERE IF YOU KNOW HOW |
After decoding (encoded letters are emphasized):
| OTHER SIDE NOT OTHER WORLD |
YOU CAN HEAR THEM BREATHING WHERE THEY DIED |
RAVEN FOUND IT |
WHY SO MANY CANT FIND A WAY OUT TO THE SURFACE |
EVERYONE HERE IN STALBURG GET HERE |
IT WANTS TO KEEP YOU UNDERGROUND |
| GHOST WORLD CONNECTED TO THE WRONG WORLD |
WHEN YOU DIE YOU CAN'T GET OUT |
EVERY WORLD HAS OWN LAWS THEY JUST HAVE TO BE CORRECT ONES |
WHITE MASKS THEY KNOW THIS PLACE |
GOD OF UNDERGROUND KEEPS EVERYONE HERE |
(symbol) |
| GOD SUFFERS IS IT DEAD |
WHAT HAPPENED IN OTHERSIDE WAS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS |
THEY ARE ALL LOST STUCK IN THAT BLACK WORD |
DID THAT BOMB DESTROY EVERYTHING |
(symbol) Possibly related to the Painting in the Bunker Computer Room |
THE PLACE OUTSIDE THE WORLDS |
| THE BORDER OF THE CHAOS IT IS THIS WORLD |
HOW MANY TIMES YOU HARE SEEN THIS BLACK WORLD |
(symbol) Possibly related to the second painting in Villa  |
WITHOUT THE CORRECT LAWS NOTHING STAYS TOGETHER |
THE MACHINE CAUSES IT THEY DONT KNOW IT |
IS THIS ALL JUST A LIE |
| RAVEN WAS HERE THEY TRIED TO HELP |
(symbol) | DIVING SUIT PROTECTION |
GOD OF MINERS STATUES IN MINES |
WHEN EVERYTHING IS CORRECT THE NEW WORLD IS BORN |
THEY KNOW HOW TO GET HERE |
| WHAT IS THE TRUTH |
WHERE EVERYTHING IS BORN THERE ARE NO LAWS |
THEY MADE ONE MISTAKE |
UNDERGROUND CITY TRYING TO GET THEM OUT |
(symbol) | YOU CAN GET THERE IF YOU KNOW HOW |
Note the typo in the note in column 2, row 4, where T.36 resolves to "R", but should be T.38=V. Also, the note in column 3, row 3 contains the words "black word", which might be another typo of "black world". The note column 6, row 1 contains R.36, while it only properly resolves to T.36=R.
This is an image of the raw, extracted texture.
This is an image of the model.
Additional Symbols
The map itself has several symbols on the terrain that it that can be seen on the wasteland notes and possibly Elo hideout symbols.
The 'mushroom world' in Open Sewer has a symbol on the ground that is similar to the markings on the notes and the map.
This is an image of the wasteland notes model. Note how they're arranged similar to the "Raven" logo.
The same model with only the decrypted texts.
