I feel sort of sad because I have been here since March 2000 and I still don't have any Karma. Oh well. Guess I should help a lot more people.
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Originally posted by PCheese:
You know how the rock barrier, when retracted, causes an invisible wall above it
Well, if it wouldn't it would be a little unrealistic... Where else could it go?
And if someone is going to make a level with 2-tile rock barriers (info (1) set to 1) remember that it doesn't make the rock barrier shorter, it just makes 1 tile invisible. In other worlds, the barrier stays at the same length.
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Anyone know how to get the Rock Barriers to work right with more than one boss?
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Originally posted by Bob the Mediocre:
**Anyone know how to get the Rock Barriers to work right with more than one boss?
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Dual -1 set barriers obviously won't function. You'll have to use clever means via conversation actions, or buttons, or perm flags.
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Hmmm...Dr Tall swoops to the rescue:
You want double boss doors to force you to kill both bosses before you can leave? Well first off, the FW auto-block will stop after the first boss is killed so Ferazel needs to go over a locking door before he enteres the boss arena. (A door with a switch right next to it, enabling Ferazel to open to the door but then it closes behind him).
OK, now to lock Ferazel in after the bosses. Hmmm....I know. Ok now pay attention:
Design a dual exit thing so that the boss chamber (the FG tiles) go like this:
(a * stands for filled rock space since ambrosia UBB doens't reconginze spaces)
(a ~ stands for empty space)
***********___________________________
/B3~B4
***************/.______________________~~~~|
**************/
--------------~.----------------------~CZ
< BossB1B2~~~~~~~~~
\--------------------------------------------
OK now for the key:
CZ= Cut off zone, Ferazel will not pass this point before one boss is killed.
S1= A switch, no info adjust.
B1= A rock barrier, set to open by S1
B2= Set to open by -1 (opens when the boss dies. This barrier is technically optional but just in case something goes wrong it makes a good backup.)
S2= A switch, set info (0) to 1
Exit #1= Set info (0) to -1
B3= Barrier, set to open by S2
B4= Set to open by -1 (opens when the boss dies. This barrier is technically optional but just in case something goes wrong it makes a good backup.)
Exit #2= set info (0) to 1
What happens (in English):
1\. Ferazel kills boss #1
2\. Ferazel passes CZ point
3\. Ferazel depresses S1
4\. Ferazel passes B1
(B1 closes behind Ferazel)
5\. Ferazel passes B2
6\. Ferazel deperesses S2
7\. Ferazel leaves using exit #1
8\. Ferazel returns to level
9\. Ferazel passes lock-door again
10\. Ferazel kills boss #2
11\. Ferazel passes CZ point again (since Ferazel is re-entering the level, the CZ point becomes active again)
12\. Ferazel passes B3
13\. Ferazel passes B4
14\. Ferazel leaves using exit #2
There you go, a double boss level :D
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Trap...ish idea:
C=Speakable character
*=Filled ground
Ba=Barrier
Bu=Button
- - -
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Ba1________________C|Ba2
|******************|*Bu1
The Speakable Charcter is you - the creator of your World. Ferazel comes up to you and you ask him what he thinks of your World. If he gives an answer you arn't happy with, the conversation opens Ba2 (action 6, arg = number in info(0) of Ba2 arg2 = 1...I think) and Ba2 releases Bu1. Ba1 is held open by Bu1 and so when pressure is released from Bu1 Ba1 is closed. This wold lock the player in the room and you could put Retracting Spikes in the room that stayed down for a l o n g time then came up. You could also put them on the walls to prevent the player from escaping that way. If the player has an Escape Ring, he/she will be able to escape, but they won't be able to talk to the creator again, and if you give the creator an answer he/she likes, the creator could give you somthing!
P.S. Sorry for the rubbish diagram. I have ever done 1 - that one. Also, it was AVN who came up with the idea of the Barriors closing.
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Originally posted by Dr Tall:
There you go, a double boss level:D
Thanks. Should only take a little editing to make it an 8 boss level. Don't worry, it's not too hard.
And thanks again, Tall. 
You may have just saved OBW!
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Originally posted by Dr Tall:
**WHAT??:eek:
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Not really. It was more of an annoyance. I just wanted to see your reaction.
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We're doing pretty well, besides the fact that over half our members are MIA.... You weren't serious about sending assassins, were you? I haven't seen any... Ack. What are you doing? Ohh. My head hurts. Poison! <Bob collapses>
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Anyone figure out how PixMids work? I think it has something to do with Level infos (8)-(10), but Purple Haze has 0 in those fields and has a PixMid.
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Originally posted by Bob the Mediocre:
About enemy pipes, the third and fourth fields do control the enemy's toughness, like the info fields do, but for some reason they don't change the color.
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Uhh... I tested this a bit with Shield Goblins and knife goblins, but they had the same toughness. How did you make it work?
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Originally posted by PCheese:
**Uhh... I tested this a bit with Shield Goblins and knife goblins, but they had the same toughness. How did you make it work?
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I think you just need to use higher numbers. Either that or I'm completely wrong.
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How do you make treacure chests give you something?
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Quoteing the Mascot guide I always keep handy:
"TREASURE CHESTS
info field (0): ID of item you need to open it (such as what type of key, or 0 for none)
info field (1): ID of item that's inside the chest
info field (2): quantity of items inside"
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This is sorta off topic but...
The mascot guide which every 3-4 months gets remade is a mess, :frown: I am saying this because I have four different copys and none of them have everything I need. Because I don't want to type something like that from scratch I am going to try to combine all of the guides into one monster guide (probably in simple text format because it is already like that but I guess i could change it.) In this guide I will try to put in some features that are missing including:
- Tile IDs 200 = water and so on
- Examples or pictures for hard to understand concepts
- anything else people post here to tell me to add
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