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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick ObscuraFlow Spectrometer Doesn't Work?(6 posts)(6 posts)
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Posted August 22, 2016
I've played through Arcanum multiple times since being a kid (strangely, I've never once completed it) but I'm trying out being a technologist kind of guy and it seems to me the flow spectrometer is bugged. I have it equipped as my shield, I have charges in my inventory, but I have yet to detect a trap in the black mountain mines. I'm running the usual assortment of mods you would expect - the unofficial patch, high res, and high quality town maps, but nothing else. What the dickens is going on here? How do I get the damn thing to work?
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Posted August 22, 2016
Heyo,

it work just fine for me i guess, i found every trap there with the Spectrometer

/dore
Posted September 04, 2016
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no_cabbage: I've played through Arcanum multiple times since being a kid (strangely, I've never once completed it) but I'm trying out being a technologist kind of guy and it seems to me the flow spectrometer is bugged. I have it equipped as my shield, I have charges in my inventory, but I have yet to detect a trap in the black mountain mines. I'm running the usual assortment of mods you would expect - the unofficial patch, high res, and high quality town maps, but nothing else. What the dickens is going on here? How do I get the damn thing to work?
Do you have a supply of batteries? I'm pretty sure that I've read that it runs off of charges.
Posted September 05, 2016
Flow Spectrometer has always worked for me, too. It's possible you're doing something wrong, but I can't guess what that might be.

Does it have an On and Off switch? I don't remember.
Posted October 02, 2016
I did indeed have charges (I forgot about this thread and ended up just playing through anyway - finished it this time!) but still nothing. Alas. Such is life. Thanks anyway!
Posted October 19, 2016
I've used the FS extensively and always found it to work. Remember to walk, not run, while detecting traps.

The last playthrough, though, I dispensed with it in favor of Spot Traps skill, because the Spot Traps master quest will get you a truly stupendous magic item that will work for a tech character so long as you keep your tech aptitude below 70 or so.
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