Quick Answer
Return to the size-changing machine, grow, use the outside controls, then shrink again. In We Were Here Tomorrow, the Research and Development floppy disc size problem brings you back to that machine through a transport shortcut after you find the numbered barriers. Keep the disc you collected earlier; once you return inside, the previously inaccessible dial station is available.
The Research and Development tiny floppy disc, Research and Development enlarge floppy disc, and Research and Development floppy disc barriers searches refer to the same stretch of the puzzle. You reach it during Research and Development, carrying the disc collected beyond the component sockets puzzle.
How do you get past the Research and Development tiny floppy disc problem?
Take the return shortcut to the size-changing machine when the computer needs a regular-sized disc and yours is too small.
Inside the machine, you can see floppy-disc barriers marked with numbers. Outside, your partner has a computer screen asking for a disc in its slot. Those two views explain the snag: you have the disc, but you are still tiny.
Keep the disc and return
Carry the disc onward from the component puzzle. When you reach the numbered floppy-disc barriers, head back through the small transport shortcut to the size-changing machine.
Grow at the size-changing machine
Have your partner operate the machine to restore your size.
The size-changing chamber glows red while a player changes size.
Shown at 80:29 in ZedaphPlays’s video.Returning here is part of the route, even though you still have work to do while small.
Operate the outside controls
The outside player presses the two buttons at the outside station, the one with the camera. Do this before sending a small player back inside: those buttons open the floppy doors inside and make the window with the lever and the four dials reachable.
Shrink again and go back inside
Shrink a player, send them into the little tube, and follow the route up the books. Back inside the machine, go to the window that was not open before: it has a lever, four lights, and four direction dials.
The tiny disc is too small for the outside computer's slot. Head back to the size-changing machine rather than searching outside for a second disc or trying to jump the gap before activating the computer.
How do you move through the Research and Development floppy disc barriers?
Reach the dial station after operating the outside controls, then work with your partner on the direction dials to open the way forward.
Getting back inside is the next checkpoint, rather than the end of the barrier puzzle. The newly accessible station has lights above direction dials. Completing the first dial sequence turns its lights blue and opens the floppy-disc door marked one.
The numbered floppy-disc barriers lead into the Research and Development direction dials puzzle. Returning to the size-changing machine gives you access to that stage; you still need the dial work to open the first numbered door.
Why is this called the tiny floppy disc, enlarge floppy disc, or floppy disc barriers puzzle?
These names describe the item, the size problem, and the obstacles you encounter along the same route.
- Research and Development tiny floppy disc: you are carrying a disc that is too small for the outside computer's slot.
- Research and Development enlarge floppy disc: the computer needs a regular-sized disc, sending you back to the machine that changes your size.
- Research and Development floppy disc barriers: you see numbered floppy-disc walls blocking the small player's route inside the machine.
After the return trip and outside controls, you can reach the dial station that was inaccessible before. Continue with the direction dials to open the numbered route onward.