How Do you Make Spikes that do not retract?

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I think you use the FG Tiles.

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Place retracting spikes onto the level and don´t edit the info fields.
The spikes will never retract.

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Sparkaly Spikes?

Take a look at this (url="http://"http://homepage.mac.com/burnum/spike1.gif")screenshot(/url). See how the spikes are sparkally? Does anyone know why? They are just normal FG tiles (set to 203 in the info fields).

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I don't know why the spikes sparkle. That happens on my level too. Try setting info (0) to 5. It worked on mine. How did you get that picture of the freaky-looking habnabit in there?

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Spikes fom the FG tiles also have static. The other kind are okay. You can't chage level info (0) to 5 with FG tiles, so how do you fix it? What should be the correct # in the FG info box?

You need to change the LEVEL info, not the SPRITE info!

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What # do I need to change in the level info?

I think that FG spikes, besides the floor spikes, were taken out of the game, and that's why you don't see spikes sparkle in Ben's levels. I challenge you to find a level in Ben's levels in which he bothered to define ceiling or wall spike FG tiles; in most levels, he omitted those entirely. He always uses retracting spikes sprites, with all infos = 0.

For retracting spikes:
INFO(0): Dunno. It always seems to = 0 in those I've seen.
INFO(1): How long spikes stay up, in ticks.
INFO(2): How long spikes stay down, in ticks.

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Sometimes the spikes aren't solid. (Ferazel can go through them)
How do I fix this?

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You're # in the FG tie window is probabally set to -1. Change it to the level #'s in Ben's Levels. I think it is 200, 201, and 203.

By the way, what's a tick?

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Yes, I know about the FG definitions. The point I was making was that, in most post-cavern levels, ceiling and wall FG spikes are not even in the tileset at all , and that spike sprites should be used as an alternative. I think Ben dropped using FG spikes and went to retracting spike sprites (say that five thousand, six hundred and twenty-three times!).

A tick, I think, is a frame. A frame is 1/30 of a second.

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Originally posted by spamguy:
**A tick, I think, is a frame. A frame is 1/30 of a second.
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Maybe in MASCOT.
In programming, it's 1/60th of a second.

BTW, the full name for a second is "second minute".
A minute in a minute part of an hour.
A second is an hour to the second order of minuteness.
Hence "second minute"

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Pretty sure Ben said 1/30.

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Originally posted by spamguy:
**I think Ben dropped using FG spikes and went to retracting spike sprites
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In the Labyrinth(sp?) there are FG spikes. I think this is because the retracting spikes were too big and you would notice them if they were hidden(I hated that level!) Otherwise, use retracting spikes.

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