The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

[silfrus]

perhaps they are kidding? it is assumed that something was going to happen today because the counter reached 0 and so far nothing has happened, no videos, no trailer, nothing

[Chrysler]

By the way, I found something interesting in the qWxx.txt code. There are 8 bytes (C04D57B02B2B61C4) that appear twice in the data. Probably encrypted in ECB mode with a block size of 8 bytes. Maybe XOR?

[Kein]

4chan's /v/ did their homework:
"The shit in parenthesis are order in order of what the digit is likely meant to be. So in the second line, the character is more likely to be a U than a V."

Code: (Select All)

0fbL7J3Wzmw5soxPs(c)
2jxuV7Sm1Jv(uv)QHixJm3
oMXUPoExAsUK6U1B61s
(1Il)KysK5m(UV)3bnIVJVhaQy
mKWU2RAJ6XIACce2VD8
tpaWJmKQyG1H9zCDoAm
YISuGEXwrSodftm6Cbv
oMXUPoExAsUK6U1BG1s

Can you explain?

From this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aN52psDOXU

[Crypter]

At the very least, this time we don't have to guess pictures of very specific animals. That one was ridiculous.

[GhylTarvoke]

Prediction: when we reach 100%, another clip from Depth will be unlocked, and count.exe will restart.

[Crypter]

There is a lot of background noise in the sound files, other than the loud beep. Perhaps someone can listen to some frequencies and find out if the files contain anything interesting?

[Kein]

There is only 2 unique files, the rest are repeating

[Paddy™]

Not sure how useful this will be, but I did a frequency analysis of the qWxx.txt file and here are the results:

Spoiler below!

1456 chars

a : 91 ... 6.3 %
b : 123 ... 8.4 %
c : 89 ... 6.1 %
d : 92 ... 6.3 %
e : 87 ... 6.0 %
f : 87 ... 6.0 %
g : 0 ... 0.0 %
h : 0 ... 0.0 %
i : 0 ... 0.0 %
j : 0 ... 0.0 %
k : 0 ... 0.0 %
l : 0 ... 0.0 %
m : 0 ... 0.0 %
n : 0 ... 0.0 %
o : 0 ... 0.0 %
p : 0 ... 0.0 %
q : 0 ... 0.0 %
r : 0 ... 0.0 %
s : 0 ... 0.0 %
t : 0 ... 0.0 %
u : 0 ... 0.0 %
v : 0 ... 0.0 %
w : 0 ... 0.0 %
x : 0 ... 0.0 %
y : 0 ... 0.0 %
z : 0 ... 0.0 %

Letter frequencies

b : 123
d : 92
a : 91
c : 89
f : 87
e : 87
u : 0
t : 0
s : 0
r : 0
y : 0
z : 0
q : 0
x : 0
w : 0
v : 0
m : 0
i : 0
h : 0
g : 0
j : 0
k : 0
o : 0
n : 0
l : 0
p : 0

2 letter sequences

b6 => 14
2b => 12
b5 => 12
d5 => 12
46 => 11
72 => 11
df => 11
b8 => 11
b4 => 11
5b => 11
a6 => 10
5e => 10
28 => 10
5d => 10
08 => 10
83 => 10
fa => 10
9f => 10
bc => 10
69 => 10
e5 => 10
c5 => 10
4f => 9
52 => 9
3e => 9
db => 9
19 => 9
4d => 9
eb => 9
31 => 9
4b => 9
3b => 9
6b => 9
ee => 9
87 => 9
1c => 9
c8 => 8
89 => 8
f9 => 8
8b => 8
53 => 8
bd => 8
73 => 8
96 => 8
74 => 8
7b => 8
e0 => 8
f8 => 8
fd => 8
7a => 8
b1 => 8
aa => 8
4c => 8
2c => 8
14 => 8
77 => 8
cd => 8
7f => 8
c6 => 8
f4 => 8
a0 => 8
9b => 8
61 => 7
62 => 7
8c => 7
23 => 7
38 => 7
8a => 7
0a => 7
a1 => 7
ad => 7
86 => 7
1b => 7
ba => 7
71 => 7
6a => 7
5c => 7
57 => 7
82 => 7
d2 => 7
60 => 7
b7 => 7
2f => 7
75 => 7
a2 => 6
7c => 6
a9 => 6
c7 => 6
c3 => 6
18 => 6
a8 => 6
fb => 6
e7 => 6
b3 => 6
95 => 6
de => 6
ab => 6
d8 => 6
9c => 6
c4 => 6
8e => 6
32 => 6
13 => 6
47 => 6
cf => 6
4a => 6
0e => 6
30 => 6
e4 => 6
bb => 6
55 => 6
97 => 6
1e => 6
65 => 6
21 => 6
59 => 6
66 => 6
6e => 6
fe => 6
90 => 6
c2 => 6
bf => 6
27 => 6
ed => 6
e3 => 6
81 => 6
17 => 5
85 => 5
9d => 5
2e => 5
88 => 5
54 => 5
06 => 5
15 => 5
8f => 5
f7 => 5
e9 => 5
26 => 5
a5 => 5
dc => 5
02 => 5
34 => 5
48 => 5
c0 => 5
dd => 5
a3 => 5
41 => 5
ea => 5
b9 => 5
05 => 5
a4 => 5
3a => 5
68 => 5
af => 5
cb => 5
67 => 5
33 => 5
3c => 5
03 => 5
6c => 5
d7 => 5
39 => 5
0d => 5
d9 => 5
b2 => 5
58 => 5
3d => 5
d4 => 4
ef => 4
d1 => 4
1a => 4
37 => 4
6f => 4
04 => 4
f2 => 4
e8 => 4
e2 => 4
9e => 4
44 => 4
50 => 4
76 => 4
f5 => 4
29 => 4
2d => 4
40 => 4
f1 => 4
fc => 4
00 => 4
5a => 4
a7 => 4
56 => 4
0c => 4
84 => 4
07 => 4
51 => 4
6d => 4
d6 => 4
64 => 4
da => 4
be => 4
7d => 4
c1 => 4
91 => 4
24 => 4
94 => 4
9a => 4

3 letter sequences

02b => 5
872 => 4
4d5 => 4
a69 => 4

http://s16.postimg.org/q2ronuzh1/Screengrab_28.jpg

You can do it yourself here:

http://www.richkni.co.uk/php/crypta/freq.php

Here's the text from the qWxx.txt file if you can't be bothered using the PathOS terminal:

Spoiler below!

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

There is a lot of background noise in the sound files, other than the loud beep. Perhaps someone can listen to some frequencies and find out if the files contain anything interesting?

A few hours ago I ran the audio through Sonic Visualizer (it reveals a visual spectrogram, useful for finding a specific kind of hidden message in audio) but didn't show anything for any of the audio so far, so if there are hidden messages in there they aren't spectrographic in nature, at least.

[Kein]

Spent ages trying to remember Simon's name then found this trying his name in the console:


Apparently someone did that before.

Not sure how useful this will be, but I did a frequency analysis of the qWxx.txt file and here are the results:

Spoiler below!

1456 chars

a : 91 ... 6.3 %
b : 123 ... 8.4 %
c : 89 ... 6.1 %
d : 92 ... 6.3 %
e : 87 ... 6.0 %
f : 87 ... 6.0 %
g : 0 ... 0.0 %
h : 0 ... 0.0 %
i : 0 ... 0.0 %
j : 0 ... 0.0 %
k : 0 ... 0.0 %
l : 0 ... 0.0 %
m : 0 ... 0.0 %
n : 0 ... 0.0 %
o : 0 ... 0.0 %
p : 0 ... 0.0 %
q : 0 ... 0.0 %
r : 0 ... 0.0 %
s : 0 ... 0.0 %
t : 0 ... 0.0 %
u : 0 ... 0.0 %
v : 0 ... 0.0 %
w : 0 ... 0.0 %
x : 0 ... 0.0 %
y : 0 ... 0.0 %
z : 0 ... 0.0 %

Letter frequencies

b : 123
d : 92
a : 91
c : 89
f : 87
e : 87
u : 0
t : 0
s : 0
r : 0
y : 0
z : 0
q : 0
x : 0
w : 0
v : 0
m : 0
i : 0
h : 0
g : 0
j : 0
k : 0
o : 0
n : 0
l : 0
p : 0

2 letter sequences

b6 => 14
2b => 12
b5 => 12
d5 => 12
46 => 11
72 => 11
df => 11
b8 => 11
b4 => 11
5b => 11
a6 => 10
5e => 10
28 => 10
5d => 10
08 => 10
83 => 10
fa => 10
9f => 10
bc => 10
69 => 10
e5 => 10
c5 => 10
4f => 9
52 => 9
3e => 9
db => 9
19 => 9
4d => 9
eb => 9
31 => 9
4b => 9
3b => 9
6b => 9
ee => 9
87 => 9
1c => 9
c8 => 8
89 => 8
f9 => 8
8b => 8
53 => 8
bd => 8
73 => 8
96 => 8
74 => 8
7b => 8
e0 => 8
f8 => 8
fd => 8
7a => 8
b1 => 8
aa => 8
4c => 8
2c => 8
14 => 8
77 => 8
cd => 8
7f => 8
c6 => 8
f4 => 8
a0 => 8
9b => 8
61 => 7
62 => 7
8c => 7
23 => 7
38 => 7
8a => 7
0a => 7
a1 => 7
ad => 7
86 => 7
1b => 7
ba => 7
71 => 7
6a => 7
5c => 7
57 => 7
82 => 7
d2 => 7
60 => 7
b7 => 7
2f => 7
75 => 7
a2 => 6
7c => 6
a9 => 6
c7 => 6
c3 => 6
18 => 6
a8 => 6
fb => 6
e7 => 6
b3 => 6
95 => 6
de => 6
ab => 6
d8 => 6
9c => 6
c4 => 6
8e => 6
32 => 6
13 => 6
47 => 6
cf => 6
4a => 6
0e => 6
30 => 6
e4 => 6
bb => 6
55 => 6
97 => 6
1e => 6
65 => 6
21 => 6
59 => 6
66 => 6
6e => 6
fe => 6
90 => 6
c2 => 6
bf => 6
27 => 6
ed => 6
e3 => 6
81 => 6
17 => 5
85 => 5
9d => 5
2e => 5
88 => 5
54 => 5
06 => 5
15 => 5
8f => 5
f7 => 5
e9 => 5
26 => 5
a5 => 5
dc => 5
02 => 5
34 => 5
48 => 5
c0 => 5
dd => 5
a3 => 5
41 => 5
ea => 5
b9 => 5
05 => 5
a4 => 5
3a => 5
68 => 5
af => 5
cb => 5
67 => 5
33 => 5
3c => 5
03 => 5
6c => 5
d7 => 5
39 => 5
0d => 5
d9 => 5
b2 => 5
58 => 5
3d => 5
d4 => 4
ef => 4
d1 => 4
1a => 4
37 => 4
6f => 4
04 => 4
f2 => 4
e8 => 4
e2 => 4
9e => 4
44 => 4
50 => 4
76 => 4
f5 => 4
29 => 4
2d => 4
40 => 4
f1 => 4
fc => 4
00 => 4
5a => 4
a7 => 4
56 => 4
0c => 4
84 => 4
07 => 4
51 => 4
6d => 4
d6 => 4
64 => 4
da => 4
be => 4
7d => 4
c1 => 4
91 => 4
24 => 4
94 => 4
9a => 4

3 letter sequences

02b => 5
872 => 4
4d5 => 4
a69 => 4

http://s16.postimg.org/q2ronuzh1/Screengrab_28.jpg

Well, it just confirms yet again what we already knew: it is a HEX code.

The question is how to use it.

[Paddy™]

Well, it just confirms yet again what we already knew: it is a HEX code.

The question is how to use it.

I ran it through a hex interpreter, and it spat out the following:

Spoiler below!

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Pretty useless, but it looked just like the garbled shit you see when you open a binary file in Notepad, so I tried saving it as a JPG, a GIF and an MP3 but none of them worked haha. Oh well, I'm at the limit of my h4x0r skillz