geyser manipulation

[verifiaman]

I am having a bit of a problem. a few seconds a go while i was working on my newest level, I noticed something: if you have a platform in the middle of a geyser sector nd you time your jump, you catapult real high. Is there any way i can do that without the platform?

 

[Scarbo the Black Sheep]

I've been able to time high jumps with the fluctuating tide in Nuclear Sunset Zone Act 2. Is that what you mean?

 

[verifiaman]

yes exactly!

 

[Scarbo the Black Sheep]

Yeah, I waited for the tide to rise at just the right point. It needed no platforms.

I highly suggest you do not make the player use this technique to complete the level. Hide a secret with this instead.

 

[verifiaman]

thats what im trying to do. make that part needed to get through the level, but at the same time use that timing thin to get a bonus.

 

[Scarbo the Black Sheep]

You can't make the player do that, because I doubt many people even know this technique. It's a brilliant idea, but the gimmick basically is Carnival Night Syndrome. But anyway, just put a Continuous Ceiling Mover (linedef type 4) on a water FOF.

 

[verifiaman]

i know theyd never excpect it! its the perfect surprise!!

 

[Scarbo the Black Sheep]

You'll make a lot of players frustrated. They'll be stuck and say it's unplayable as Sonic.

 

[verifiaman]

im talking about using the technique to get the bonus.