Drawing the Hourglass, Bellum

[KathiM5]

I am having a terrible time figuring out how to draw the hourglass in the final boss battle. No luck. I try figure eights of all kinds to no avail. Aghhhh!!!! I have not frozen time.

[linkman8]

You can't really draw a figure eight because it's not pointed enough. You have to draw a kind of Z figure, with the two ends connected, but you have to do it fast.

[KathiM5]

Thanks! I was being WAY too round. It worked when I got mad and fast.

[Peregrine]

I find that if you're having trouble drawing something, that trouble goes away once you nail it the first time. After that, it works perfectly almost every time.

The figure eight worked perfectly for me. I never had a problem with it. (I know I said I was going to stretch out the last leg of the game until Christmas, but I just couldn't stand it anymore, so I beat it Sunday night.)

I completely screwed up the triforce in the Temple of the Ocean king last week, and it worked anyway. I have honestly know idea why it recognized it, because what I drew didn't even look like much of a triforce.

Meanwhile, I had trouble with one of the wind slate symbols for the longest time, until finally I nailed it, and haven't had a problem since.

Lots of people have had these problems, and sometimes they even come to a complete standstill because of them. I'd like to track down the cause, or maybe even a solution. I mentioned calibrating the touch screen in another thread, but I haven't gotten any feedback to try to verify it.

For anyone having trouble drawing symbols, the best advice I have right now is recalibrate your touch screen, and keep trying until you kick the game in the teeth enough for it to recognize it.

[KathiM5]

Thanks! Once I got it, it was easy every time. I had to get mad and scribble. That worked. I always had trouble with one of my wind slate symbols, also. I had to keep drawing it and drawing it and drawing it.

[linkman8]

Right, some of the shapes have to be rather precise, and can't be very curved, like the hourglass.
If you ever need help again, just ask. ^^

[powerofdatriforce]

You can't really draw a figure eight because it's not pointed enough. You have to draw a kind of Z figure, with the two ends connected, but you have to do it fast.

Actually on My game all i did was draw the quickest eight I could and it worked 4/5 times. I dont know though maybe He was going just to round

[Mases]

This was rediculously annoying in my game. Sinec I was drawing a huge hourglass because it gave you like the full screen to draw it, but it had to be much smaller and not use the whole screen.

I absolutely hated this annoying crap. Although once you get it, you get it for good.

[El Bagu]

Annoying it was!!! We love challenges but maybe not this kind of.................