[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15225: SCI: PEPPER: Franklin's puzzle box doesn't appear to be solvable (bug or feature?)

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#15225: SCI: PEPPER: Franklin's puzzle box doesn't appear to be solvable (bug or
feature?)
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Reporter:  eriktorbjorn  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect        |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal        |   Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:                |  Resolution:
Keywords:                |        Game:  Pepper's Adventures in Time
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Comment (by eriktorbjorn):

 > Why is it not solvable?

 You can easily get this far:

 [[Image(scummvm-pepper-00023.png)]]

 But you still need to swap two tiles. And while I don't know how to prove
 it, according to https://kociemba.org/themen/fifteen/fifteensolver.html
 swapping any two tiles of a solvable position makes it unsolvable. So this
 would be an unsolvable position.

 Now, I thought maybe it was supposed to be impossible to solve, and I had
 to ask Franklin for help. But he was too worried about his missing wife to
 give me the time of day, and you need the contents of the puzzle box to
 get her back. The gambler seemed like another possibility, but he didn't
 have anything to say about it.

 Given the target audience, it seems unlikely that they would make this a
 convoluted puzzle. The walkthroughs I've seen just said that you have to
 solve the puzzle box. One did note that he was never able to do so without
 the Help button, because he always ended up with two pieces swapped. I
 haven't been able to locate any official hint book.
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