In DB, is there a way to create pop-up spikes?
Pop up spikes
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Darn it. Those always come as a surprise.
We can still do spikes. You just need to use solid intangible FOFs to create damage sectors on the tip of spikes, and solid sectors on the non-damaging parts for ceiling and sideways spikes, and you can SOC some noclip spikes, I suppose... Of course, it wont make the spike sound, which is a bit of a problem...
Kyasarin
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I don't think you understood what I meant.
I was referring to the fact that Thing Spikes can't move up and down like they were able to in v1.09.4. You can make an FOF that quickly moves up and down according at a certain time pattern, with Thing Spikes on top of it. It's under the ground, with a platform, so the Spikes can go up through the ground, but the player can't fall through.
Kyasarin
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You really mustn't be paying attention.
We know that we can do Sector Spikes, but it won't work for this scenario.
I figured it out to a point. This wad shows a set of spikes poping up after touching the green floor. http://torgo.vactual.net/Files/PopUpSpike.wad. Feel free to modify it to what you need it for.
Today, I noticed this happens with Grenade Rings as well. they aren't effected by the ground moving. Well, FOFs moving anyways.
There is another way of making spikes that would allow you to do what you want. You can create several rows and columns of identical hexagonal sectors, raise their floor height a bit, make smaller sectors inside them, raise their floor height more, and repeat a third time. These spikes look a lot different from traditional spikes, but they are really cool and can move up and down, not just in and out of the floor, but in and out of the ceiling, too.
But there's a downside. These spikes will increase the lag and file size of your WAD.
To get a good example of this kind of spike, check out my 1.09.4 level Marble Zone. The spikes I'm describing are on the undersides of the falling chandeliers in the second half of the level. This method should work just the same in 2.0.
But there's a downside. These spikes will increase the lag and file size of your WAD.
To get a good example of this kind of spike, check out my 1.09.4 level Marble Zone. The spikes I'm describing are on the undersides of the falling chandeliers in the second half of the level. This method should work just the same in 2.0.
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Way to 1-Up me. :P Well that's useful for me to know as well, so...
I think I'm going to incorporate this into Mystical Heavens. But is there a way to do it without using line and sector spikes(using thing spikes), cause that baffles me. And is there a way to make them so that when you run over them they pop up instead of before(for the surprise part)?
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