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	Re: Eternally Amazed!
	Posted By: Steve Levinson	Date: 9/4/04 11:29 p.m.
	In Response To: Re: Eternally Amazed! (Forrest of B.org) : There is not an emoticon appropriately large to describe the smile on my : face. I guess I'll just use :-) How about 8-D : Nope, not supposed to happen. Though the circuits are all identical, at least : they're supposed to be, so I don't know why that would only happen with : one. I'm not saying it was that particular circuit - but it was with that circuit that that happened to me. It could be a problem with all of them, or just a fluke that will never happen again. : Right, that's not supposed to work like that. Either I forgot to check them : as "light dependant" or the lighting isn't dim enough on them. I : have no idea why Leela's terminal would become bright again. Adam, please : look into that when you get to bugfixing this level. The proper exit is : supposed to be via the third terminal, with the windows looking out on the : power cores. Hathor rants there earlier in the level, but Leela will take : you out from there if Tycho cuts in before you can finish your job. That's what I meant by the "back terminal", and I did read Hathor's rant. : Actually it is textured, but you're stuck so close that you can't turn around : properly enough for the engine to start texturing it. You stick exactly on : the side plane of that platform. Should maybe just make that side solid, : since there's no use in trying to go down into that doorway anyway. Also, : you're not really stuck, as the platform will come back down again. Maybe I should have said 'temproarily stuck' - I did indeed wait for the platform to come back down : I had initially though to have them all activate and ambush you, but then I : thought that that would either be REALLY HARD if the player stayed in the : room and fought, or really easy if the player backed out again and made : them all come down the hallway after him. Although I guess monster : impassibly polys could fix the latter problem. Do you think it would be a : reasonable difficulty to fight them all at once, if they all activate and : ambush you? A very good question. If they all acted at once, I think you're right, I'd be forced to retreat and it wouldn't take long to figure out that I could just wait for them in the hallway. Monster impassable polys would keep them inside, but then you'd find a bunch of them right inside the door. Perhaps if you had an explanation about them beginning the process of stasis, or something like that, it wouldn't seem so weird. I would also add some random monster trigger polys throughout the room so that you would never know which monsters would wake up next. : Yeah, Ooga had a real nice start on this level. He's built some other pretty : stuff for me before that isn't being used anymore. His life is in turmoil : right now but I'd like to get him onboard as a regular mapper if it all : settles down soon enough. Definitely use this map for something - it's terrific. : I think they are regenerating. Did they not regenerate for you? I didn't stick around long enough to find out, but when I later explored the level, I didn't notice any coming back. I checked in Forge and they are not regenerating. : Thanks a bunch, and thank you for all the feedback! I'm all jazzed to keep : working now. I'm really liking Ch3 a lot so far, I think it's some of my : better map work, and I rather like the lava textures too, so I hope you : guys will enjoy it as much as I am. :-) I'm sure we will. BTW, did you read my post a little ways down on the 3 AIs? It points to an older post by poena.dare - an essay on the nature of the 3 Marathon AIs and the warped mind of Bernard Strauss. It's up to you, but I'd appreciate it if you give some thought to my ideas on Durandal's core. If I didn't state it there, I'm not trying to justify using level 5 for his core - this is a separate issue that happens to support my idea. It's almost morning here, so I guess I'd better get to bed - or eat breakfast. Keep up the good work! G'night.

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	Eternally Amazed!	Steve Levinson	9/4/04 8:59 p.m.
	Re: Eternally Amazed!	Forrest of B.org	9/4/04 10:45 p.m.
	Re: Eternally Amazed!	Steve Levinson	9/4/04 11:29 p.m.
	Re: Eternally Amazed!	Dr. John Sumner	9/5/04 11:49 a.m.

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