i have the same problem ;/

*Spoiler-lite*
One floor up, you should have found a scroll which helps you.

Never rush through the floors or you will be missing out hints or tips left by the prisoners who was here before XP....

LOL...

I never rush through these games XP,,,,

*spoiler-lite 2*

You know those cloth thingys you see on the wall? You can cut those down.

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After cutting them down I got a scroll (and a button which opened metal door with 2 scrolls. One of them tells me how to press those plates. The problem is there are not enough plates to do this combination. Where should I start?

hope this isnt a repeat - thx, your hint got me past that part.
had the scroll, didnt apply it to that area.

i also found this hint scroll but i can not understand how to use it
"two times left she slithers" - and what does it mean? how i am supposed to use this?

=SPOILER=


The 'left' and 'right' on the scroll refer to the left and right sides of the hallway (hallway is 2 tiles wide).

it worked now...thanx

=SPOILER SOLUTION SPOILER=

There's a scroll in the scriptures room near the checkered room puzzle which gives a clue that is actually for the pillared hallway. You enter the pillared hallway on the LEFT side of it. So you go forward, on the left side, however many times that riddle says. Then when it says to slither right, you side-step into the RIGHT side of the hallway and go from there with the directions, see?

I'm also stuck here. I slither left and right through one sequence and get half way across, but cannot progress. repeating the pattern does not work. Once I'm at the start again I can go straight to where I was without moving left and right but I can't go beyond a certain point on either side. Any Ideas?

you don't move left and right left and right
you move forward on left side and right side :)

Thanks, but I had to move left and right to swap sides then move forward
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my moves are on left side move forward 2 squares, move sideways to right side, move forward 1 square, move left, move forward 1 square, move right, move forward 3 squares, then it doesn't matter on which side I'm on, I cannot advance down the corridor any further.

Then your starting point is bad maybe?