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The Law of Unintended Consequences
Posted By: Flawless CowboyDate: 2/11/02 11:37 a.m.

In Response To: . . . I Made it to the waterfall. . . . (FrogBlast)

Toward the end of the game's development cycle you try to fix problems that arise in ways that will have the least impact, so you don't end up creating more bugs than you fix. It looks like a late change in the vehicle physics for the Warthog, a poorly timed save point (that could trigger just before you were killed, creating an infinite cycle of death) a convenient beam-triggering looping script and a very quick fix have come together and created a brand new online multiplayer game for crazy forum posters.

My late night fixes seem to be prone to creating mini-games as I also inadvertently added the “Paint the Bridge with the Blood of Invincible Marines Game” and the “Land on the Overshield to Skip Most of the Shaft Game.” I guess experimenting with ways to horribly abuse the level scripting is one way to add replay value…

-Flawless Cowboy


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. . . I Made it to the waterfall. . . .FrogBlast 2/10/02 11:59 a.m.
     Pulse timing...Reidbo 2/10/02 12:27 p.m.
           Re: Pulse timing...FrogBlast 2/10/02 9:34 p.m.
                 Re: getting up the mountainsean rude 2/13/02 7:41 p.m.
                       Re: getting up the mountainFrogBlast 2/13/02 7:46 p.m.
           Re: Pulse timing... more like 14 secondsFrogBlast 2/10/02 10:59 p.m.
                 1 + 4 = 7 *NM*Andrew Nagy 2/17/02 7:12 p.m.
     Re: . . . I Made it to the waterfall. . . .Louis Wu 2/10/02 2:06 p.m.
           Re: . . . I Made it to the waterfall. . . .FrogBlast 2/10/02 4:58 p.m.
     The Law of Unintended ConsequencesFlawless Cowboy 2/11/02 11:37 a.m.
           Re: The Law of Unintended ConsequencesFrogBlast 2/11/02 12:59 p.m.
                 Hmm... I think you misunderstood his tone.Louis Wu 2/11/02 1:14 p.m.
                       Re: Hmm... I think you misunderstood his tone.FrogBlast 2/11/02 1:16 p.m.
                             Re: Hmm... I think you misunderstood his tone.Louis Wu 2/11/02 1:22 p.m.
                                   Re: Hmm... I think you misunderstood his tone.FrogBlast 2/12/02 10:35 a.m.
                                         Awww... ;) *NM*Louis Wu 2/12/02 11:24 a.m.
           Re: The Law of Unintended Consequencescarrim 2/11/02 2:09 p.m.
                 Re: The Law of Unintended ConsequencesFrogBlast 2/11/02 2:32 p.m.
                       Re: The Law of Unintended Consequencesda5id 2/11/02 3:10 p.m.
                             Re: The Law of Unintended ConsequencesFrogBlast 2/11/02 3:23 p.m.
           Re: The Law of Unintended ConsequencesKhaim 2/11/02 2:49 p.m.
                 Re: The Law of Unintended Consequencesmoopus 2/11/02 5:55 p.m.
                       Who, me?Louis Wu 2/11/02 6:12 p.m.
           One of Halo's "features"...*bungie mind control* *NM*Matt(Uh...#5) 2/11/02 5:54 p.m.
     Re: . . . I Made it to the waterfall. . . .VoOdOo 2/11/02 7:27 p.m.
           Re: . . . I Made it to the waterfall. . . .VoOdOo 2/11/02 8:21 p.m.
                 Nice job!Miguel Chavez 2/11/02 8:34 p.m.
                       Re: Nice job!VoOdOo 2/11/02 9:44 p.m.



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