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Just noticed it too, it's upside-down? Looks like it
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**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:32 pm

jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

I think I can see you're seeing by turning it upside down- maybe the "Pruvo" part? but when the cropped picture is upside down it appears to have an illustration on the page under the code, and that doesn't fir the pattern we've seen so far.

When looking at it right side up, it appears to have 5 sections, like our typical code.

Either way, it hurts the eyes!

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Re: [ARTIFACT] Hong Kong

**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:03 pm

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joeyhess · Boot Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 60

FWIW, I'm fairly sure that the provo codes are checksums. I haven't tried to figure out exactly which checksum is used because knowing wouldn't help find new PDF files.

I applied a sharpening filter to the picture, and got the attachment. Not sure if it really helped, I think I can see a G, maybe some M's and A's.

Need to get ahold of the picture enhancement tools that they use in the movies. Wink

**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:39 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:07 pm

jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

If it helps, here are some general things I've noticed looking at codes on codex pages:
the letters will be caps, so they're slightly higher than the numbers in the line. The slashes start even with the top of the letters and drop lower than the bottom of the numbers. The bottom half of the numbers tend to be faded out.

**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:18 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:20 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:24 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:45 pm

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that's just crazy... I like that the PMs are running with it though; except for the fact that it is kind of a personal matter...
How/when did you get the photos? Are there any clearer shots, or is the one posted the clearest crop of the code?
and it's actually been made into the latest sofia mission...

I guess now that we know what happened, we just need to figure out the code.

clearly, as per previous missions, the missions posted to the strength pages aren't entirely made or planned in the game... so it adds a little more 'realism' to the entire mission, which is pretty cool

**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:54 pm

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jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

I'm sorry your friend had such an unsettling experience. Don't feel too bad yourself, please! And don't give up hope. I think posting it to her forum and suspecting Theo is the very natural reaction of Ariadne the character. It still could be fixed through Kai or any other deux a machina if the PM's see fit. Meanwhile, we can squint at the available photo and maybe the others when you get the chance.

I don't think you need to explain things any differently in-game.

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decoding the recovery code

**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:12 pm

gjamesgang · Greenhorn Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 5

let's bring 'em all together, and work on the pattern matching

**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:22 pm