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	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?
	Posted By: Steve Levinson	Date: 4/20/04 5:09 p.m.
	In Response To: Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can? (Dr. John Sumner) : Actually, I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I didn't know it : was possible to push through the wall. Did both of you know about this? If : not, then how did you ever discover that? I think that I probably was the only one to discover it on my own. How did I find it? Simple - I saw the room in Forge and heard the sounds from within, and had to find a way in. I tried tabbing on the wall. I tried various combinations of switch-on-switch-off. Finally, I thought that perhaps the room wasn't level with the floor. Using the reaver missle launcher, I pulled myself up as high and forcefully as I could, and found myself inside. John, it's possible to pass through a number of thin walls and partially open doors in Marathon if you cheat - not that I've ever done that ;^) . Just try giving yourself invincibility and a rocket launcher - almost any door can be breached. The reaver glove is so powerful that it can supply enough energy to tunnel through walls without the need for invincibility. : Anyway, here was my idea as to : how to "take a break and recharge" when the player wishes. As : soon as you teleport in, look straight ahead at the pink wall in the : center. Immediately run to it and drop down in the hole. The floor at the : bottom is at -9 WU, so it's pretty far down. At the bottom there are no : enemies, and except for a couple of teleport polys, the floor is made up : of Monster Impassable polys. So as long as you stay off the teleport : polys, you are safe from any enemy fire. You can sit down there and : recharge as much as you wish. When you are recharged, you use the teleport : poly to return to the main floor. The hole in the floor is large enough : that it is easy to return again and again to that safe area. That is what : I had in mind for recharging at will. Depending upon what we do, that : technique could still come in handy. That's exactly where I assumed you were going to recharge. We could always put a shield recharger or even a pattern buffer down there, but I vote for an interim room, as Mark suggested. : I assume we will wish to prevent access to the room that Steve was referring to? Why would we want to do that? : Mark, that's a pretty extensive list. It's really too much for me to take in : all at once. Is it possible that we could take things slow and review each : level one at a time. We could discuss each using a "volunteers" : approach, decide on what changes to be made, have Mark make them, and then : move on to the next level. Would that work for everyone? Mark, I assume : you would be making the actual map changes? Since I am going to be very busy during the coming month and could use a break from the next volunteers series (do I hear a vote from Trojan?), a volunteers redo of Red could work well for me.

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	RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Mark Levin	4/20/04 11:16 a.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Dr. John Sumner	4/20/04 1:35 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Mark Levin	4/20/04 2:17 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Dr. John Sumner	4/20/04 2:21 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Steve Levinson	4/20/04 5:09 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: Questions, and questions...	Ernie	4/20/04 6:57 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Dr. John Sumner	4/21/04 4:06 a.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Steve Levinson	4/21/04 5:30 a.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Dr. John Sumner	4/21/04 6:08 a.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Steve Levinson	4/20/04 6:54 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Mark Levin	4/20/04 9:31 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Steve Levinson	4/20/04 7:12 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Mark Levin	4/20/04 9:35 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	goran	4/20/04 9:45 p.m.
	Re: RED Volunteers: How big's your can?	Callie21V	4/21/04 5:43 p.m.

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