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Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST

We did it!

Your hidden room find just needed one more discovery to start making some sense of this stuff: it's about the glyphs, not the corpses.

Here's my preliminary report.

It seems that you just have to look at the correct glyph and/or make contact with it.

You guys rock for figuring that door out! I'd been trying to get in there for days and probably had it open several times without even knowing it! I think more unlocked doors must be on the horizon!

  • 10.04.2009 4:43 AM PDT
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Posted by: Tepec Harkness
andymac0909 said :

Knowing bungie something would be in district 7.
I repeat the 7.


It sounds plausible, but this district is unexplorable yet.
Why ? I explored 3 black areas at present, in sector 9, sector 0 and sector 5 ; those black areas didn't need any loading sequence, and they're not totally blocked by these huge doors saying "Lane Closed" (there is some other way to get in).
This is different with the Sectors 2, 1 (except during the mission "Coastal Highway", because you are in a part of sector 1 during this mission) and Sector 7 : they are totally blocked by these doors, and that means they need a loading sequence to be "actives" .
I tried to get in sector 7 and 2 by the black area in district 5, but the doors are still there, so it's, with the little knowledge i have, impossible at present.
The "Mongoose way" someone told here, and i used to go in many "secrets rooms" like i said before, doesn't work, because of the width of these doors, and because, again, of the loading sequence these districts require to be activated.
Moreover, the invisible ceiling doesn't allow us to go above these doors.
One of the only possibilities i see now to get in these 3 black areas in Mombasa Streets is to find a secret room that allow us to go from sector 8 to sector 7 (it could be possible, but i'm very sceptic about that).
The other possibility could be to find a way to go above this invisible ceiling ; but i tried with other glitchers, but, we just succeeded to go on some high zone, but not above the ceiling.

A sword could be in another mission, that's a theory we have to explore.
The Elites mystery looks a part of a mystery (this one or another).

Tepec, still working on it.


Garunteed it's through a door. . . .that is, if it was meant to be accessed. I think there are doors by a lot of those huge doors. Maybe there is one to get into district 7? I mean come on, it's Bungie. The number 7 is their thing.

  • 10.04.2009 5:06 AM PDT

Posted by: Cold Glider
We did it!

Your hidden room find just needed one more discovery to start making some sense of this stuff: it's about the glyphs, not the corpses.

Here's my preliminary report.

It seems that you just have to look at the correct glyph and/or make contact with it.

You guys rock for figuring that door out! I'd been trying to get in there for days and probably had it open several times without even knowing it! I think more unlocked doors must be on the horizon!

YES!

That is an AWESOME find.

  • 10.04.2009 5:06 AM PDT

Wait...I saw something on the forums before, about a zone marked as green on the map. It has ONE door that can't be opened. I think some other glyphs might open this. Maybe were the sword is?

  • 10.04.2009 5:09 AM PDT

"We did it!

Your hidden room find just needed one more discovery to start making some sense of this stuff: it's about the glyphs, not the corpses.

Here's my preliminary report.

It seems that you just have to look at the correct glyph and/or make contact with it.

You guys rock for figuring that door out! I'd been trying to get in there for days and probably had it open several times without even knowing it! I think more unlocked doors must be on the horizon!"

damn i gotta try this!
wait where in district 6 and 8?
can some1 tell me so I can get into this hunt

I WANT THE SWORD TO BE FOUND
its almost grunt choppin time

  • 10.04.2009 5:19 AM PDT

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Posted by: Cold Glider
We did it!

Your hidden room find just needed one more discovery to start making some sense of this stuff: it's about the glyphs, not the corpses.

Here's my preliminary report.

It seems that you just have to look at the correct glyph and/or make contact with it.

You guys rock for figuring that door out! I'd been trying to get in there for days and probably had it open several times without even knowing it! I think more unlocked doors must be on the horizon!
You have to explain slowly to some of the stupider users. Now if I heard you right you have to look at these glyphs and doors will open? Are they the Security doors, Shieled doors or the Huge District doors?

edit: and where are the glyphes you looked at

[Edited on 10.04.2009 5:29 AM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 5:27 AM PDT
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where the hell is district 8 and that i can`t find this secret room D= but i got out of windward and TP

  • 10.04.2009 5:35 AM PDT

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This is fairly interesting but a video to open the hidden door would help alot.

  • 10.04.2009 5:40 AM PDT

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Nice work man. This is a good find. I still don't think this will unlock a sword as there is no room for any sword spree medals (those black ones are merely for aesthetic purposes) but this will open up a whole new range of areas we can get into, I hope. And it makes sense that District 7 can be unlocked or reached, Bungie just wouldn't seal of that district... But wow. Something that simple, if you're looking for it...

  • 10.04.2009 5:45 AM PDT

Anyone have a map explaining these districts to me?Or does it say what district it is on the in-game map?

This is very interesting to me.I want to go into the other locked areas.I don't think there is a sword though.

  • 10.04.2009 5:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: Cold Glider
We did it!

Your hidden room find just needed one more discovery to start making some sense of this stuff: it's about the glyphs, not the corpses.

Here's my preliminary report.

It seems that you just have to look at the correct glyph and/or make contact with it.

You guys rock for figuring that door out! I'd been trying to get in there for days and probably had it open several times without even knowing it! I think more unlocked doors must be on the horizon!


Vid or pics for proof, this is too hard to believe

  • 10.04.2009 5:58 AM PDT

In case u didnt know actually there are elites in HALO 3 ODST i found a dead one on the NEW MOMBASA streets and right close there where hunters and lots of covenant so now the existance of the sword might be real...

  • 10.04.2009 6:00 AM PDT

"What they don't knw Can't hurt Them

Still waiting for my copy of ODST to arrive from the states but you guys are doing an awesome job finding stuff
just a thought, somewhere before, someone said something about a sequence of sounds coming from a screen, if the sequence can stand for numbers, can they mean something if you shoot the pillars in order or enter districts in order, or unlock secret rooms/doors in that order, just a thought, can't wait to get started =)

Edit: Posted by: spartan4191
I finally got all 30 audio files, in the room where you retrieve last file (don't want to give away anything but you know where I'm talking about) there is a screen on the wall with an image of the superintendent / Virgil.
If you stand in front of this screen for some time you begin to hear a sequence of beeps, after a while they begin to repeat themselves.

The beeps do not sound random and sound like some sort of sequence.
The sequence goes like this: Four Three Three (then a significant pause) Six Three Three (long pause) Six Three Three (then the sequence of six three three repeated indefinitely, i stopped listening after five minutes).

At first i though this was merely distressed sounds produced by the now corrupt Virgil.
I then noticed that the image on the screen had the text "Access Denied" printed across it, i recognized this same text from the control panel that appears on the door behind dares crash site only on the level MOMBASA STREETS.

I read somewhere (on this thread i think) that the this control panel had blue lines surrounding it which indicates that it can be used somehow.
I checked and sure enough the control panel had blue around it.

The thing i found really strange was the fact that this control panel doesn't appear on the level where Buck finds dares pod.

I have not tried entering the sequence into the control panel (as i have NO idea how i would do that).

I don't know if this has anything to do with the current conspiracy but it definitely seems odd to me.

Edit: Just read the thing about staying on the topic of elites/swords etc...

[Edited on 10.03.2009 4:41 PM PDT]



[Edited on 10.04.2009 6:16 AM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 6:01 AM PDT

Posted by: jckinter06
Still waiting for my copy of ODST to arrive from the states but you guys are doing an awesome job finding stuff
just a thought, somewhere before, someone said something about a sequence of sounds coming from a screen, if the sequence can stand for numbers, can they mean something if you shoot the pillars in order or enter districts in order, or unlock secret rooms/doors in that order, just a thought, can't wait to get started =)


Great idea!Very IWHBYD Skull from H3.Damn rings.

  • 10.04.2009 6:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: PSYCHORAFAL 008
In case u didnt know actually there are elites in HALO 3 ODST i found a dead one on the NEW MOMBASA streets and right close there where hunters and lots of covenant so now the existance of the sword might be real...
All this discussion...and we finally got our answer!

*Rolls eyes*

  • 10.04.2009 6:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: Cold Glider
We did it!

Your hidden room find just needed one more discovery to start making some sense of this stuff: it's about the glyphs, not the corpses.

Here's my preliminary report.

It seems that you just have to look at the correct glyph and/or make contact with it.

You guys rock for figuring that door out! I'd been trying to get in there for days and probably had it open several times without even knowing it! I think more unlocked doors must be on the horizon!



Where in the city is this room? Can you point me to a map or something as I would like to see and unlock this door. And is there difficulty requirement?

  • 10.04.2009 6:09 AM PDT

I tried the IWHBYD approach with the pillars last night. I tried two different combos: The column with the sad SI=1 then clockwise to 6, or SI=6 clockwise to 5. Sorry to say, nothing. But there is a varying number of glyphs on each pillar. Many had 7. But a few had 8 or 9.

  • 10.04.2009 6:19 AM PDT

Video footage recorded, video produced, rendered, uploaded, and ready for viewing on YouTube here.

Now lets all find more!!!

  • 10.04.2009 6:20 AM PDT

I love it when cryptic stuff like this goes into a game! Cannot WAIT for a video!

  • 10.04.2009 6:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: blstu08
I tried the IWHBYD approach with the pillars last night. I tried two different combos: The column with the sad SI=1 then clockwise to 6, or SI=6 clockwise to 5. Sorry to say, nothing. But there is a varying number of glyphs on each pillar. Many had 7. But a few had 8 or 9.

10.04.2009 6:19 AM PDT


aite...well scratch that off the list of things to try. i wouldn't know how many pillars and where they are yet, or how the music sounds.

does anyone know if the sounds are the same every time? or just by chance that they played a pattern?

  • 10.04.2009 6:24 AM PDT

Posted by: Cold Glider
Video footage recorded, video produced, rendered, uploaded, and ready for viewing on YouTube here.

Now lets all find more!!!


WHOA!What was in there?

  • 10.04.2009 6:25 AM PDT
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i watched the video, very interesting. (i would suggest uploading a better quality version now cause its hard to make anything out)

i have a feeling this may be like the hidden love message from halo:ce, a bunch of triggers to unlock a simple message :)

  • 10.04.2009 6:30 AM PDT

Posted by: xianoa
i watched the video, very interesting. (i would suggest uploading a better quality version now cause its hard to make anything out)

i have a feeling this may be like the hidden love message from halo:ce, a bunch of triggers to unlock a simple message :)


Makes sense.Like the Megg in the Pillar of Autumn.That thing was INSANE to get.

  • 10.04.2009 6:32 AM PDT

That's the best video I can personally produce at the moment, so you'll have to be thankful for what you have. :) Reproducing the unlock should be a simple matter, so I encourage anyone with higher-quality video capture equipment to show me up.

A previous poster asked what was in there. I found this.



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  • 10.04.2009 6:37 AM PDT

cold glider that is awesome

i have to try that

later

maybe...

  • 10.04.2009 6:37 AM PDT