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	Message: : On Shake Before Using, the "Max Payne Bridge" room now has water in : it, possibly a coolant tank. This also has the amusing feature of a : waterfall sound being placed by the pit's escape teleporter and no water : in its polygon. You teleport... and end up underwater as all the water : flowing into the teleporter flooded the secret room with the trooper in : it. That's a nice touch. : At first, I thought it was stupid and weird that FIREx5 is now a vacuum level : but after reading the development logs and to-do list on the Pfhorums, it : all makes sense now: the lava and flames from such are producing so much : smoke, it's clouded the whole map. Since you can't crouch, you are forced : to breath in the smoke and choke. That's very clever; that area is quite : cramped after all and the air scrubbers may have broken down. The alpha I : was playing simply doesn't have the fog effect for the smoke yet, but : later ones do. (I saw a screenshot of it, including with the new lava : texture) : I noticed a minor bug on Habe Quiddam other than the extra converter where : Bobs would accidentally run into the hole above the lava after lowering : the lift. They've been stuck on the lift when it's lowered in Classic and : M1A1 but they haven't deliberately run over the edge before. At least I : think they did, as my hint was they made their fire death scream in the : distance. : Simulacrums now use all of their lines from all three games, not just their : M1 line. Just like the other Bobs. :) : I wondered if the alien energy converter would be now shown to provide a way : to show ammo clips and crosshairs on the staff and havok rifle, but it : still does nothing so far. I can only assume it's meant to allow you to : use the Pfhor terminal types, as well as provide the pfhoric and s'pht : language translators we use in the sequels. I know terminals for the pfhor : levels are planned according to the project thread. I'm only guessing. : Neither High or Low is also now in vacuum and actually still doesn't make : sense as it's an interior area and there isn't any obvious reason so far. : My guess as to why it's in vacuum is that it might be located in one of : the very areas you and Leela depressurise earlier in the game. : Pfhor levels: Pfhor your eyes only has some extra geometry outside some of : the windows, like with on the Marathon, including an upper hallway I have : no idea how to reach. I also noticed a secret door in the pattern buffer : room that doesn't open which can only be the coolant vent to the new : section in Sorry Don't Make It So that is blown open in Marathon 2, : flooding the room. : I found what looks like a pfhor terminal at the top of the second winding : staircase, but it isn't working yet if it is one. The empty hunter armour : that you see charging can now be picked up and used to give you level one : shields (i.e. the yellow 2x health). : The radioactive green slime now uses the pink coolant sound from the sequels, : just like how the lava uses its sounds. The swimmable waterfall traps from : early M1A1 builds/ios version are back. Interestingly, the goo is : transparent and has the M1A1 shimmer effect in this alpha while the lava : doesn't. (no longer the case in later builds, as lava can now support : transparency) In M1A1, it's the other way around. : Two Times Two Equals now has little hatches to space disguised with slime to : serve as pfhor defense drone dispersal vents. The ios/early M1A1 passage : hides one such vent and the rest of the passage is blocked off. Low Flying : Defense Drones does a similar thing regarding the out of bounds weapons : room, but without the drone vents. : The pfhor cyborg seems to be immune to rockets now so you have to shoot him. : After some damage. he starts moving around a bit from side to side to : evade your shots until you kill him. Impressive. It looks a little more : like a boss fight now. He still doesn't actually attack yet as far I can : see. : Enforcers now come in yellow and red and both attack other Pfhor as Leela : advertises. : The pfhor eggs (The artificial pupae on Ain't got time Pfhor this, not their : actual eggs which are never seen) can now be destroyed. They smash like : glass and vanish though. I would have thought they'd smash, but the : half-metamorphed pfhor inside it would crawl out and collapse. : Try Again not only brings back the deep lava pools from M1A1, but has stepped : "underwater" hotplate lava in the fusion vent, like tiers on an : early pyramid. It looks cool. You also get a Spec Ops hunter (black) with : homing shots near the end, similar to the Commander hunter (blue) : introduced in G4 Sunbathing. : Ingue Ferroque has the overshield chip (invincibility) from M1A1 by : Durandal's terminal and the pattern buffer is now the early M1A1/ios : exclusive second credits terminal room, which also has a pattern buffer. : (the terminal with the M1A1 credits as opposed to the Marathon credits. : The Rocket Launcher no longer looks like the metal potato it was in M1 : Classic and M1A1. It's shape and official name (SPNKR X17 SSM) printed on : the side make me think of the SPNKR from Halo, which looked similar to the : M2 one and shared a nickname. (though I know of Halo's one first) : Let's not forget the rocking new Marathon 1 main theme (a fan remix of : Splash) which makes it even more awesome. : The later game levels which are more unchanged than the early game I don't : mind as i know it's just an alpha. I've read up on some of the plans for : changes in the to-do list and they sound cool. : The Tycho plank idea sounds unique too. It means we'd get to see his side of : the story. Would this also have implications regarding the ending and : aftermath depending which AI you chose to follow? : I also love the new HUD design idea: : It makes me think of the original Magnadoodle HUD below given a modern : facelift. : : I wonder though, what is the new bar above the motion tracker? Is it just : decorative?
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