!!!'s World of Chaos

[Princess Plushima]

OK, here we go.
1. Make the sector you want to be your door. Give it the same floor height as the celing height.
2. Create the sector you want to be the switch, do whatever you want with it. Give it the sector type: "Linedef executer (floor touch)" or "Linedef executer (no floor touch)"
3. Create one control sector, this is all you will need.
4. Set the proporties of one linedef in that sector to "trigger linedef exectuer (once)" Tag it the same tag as the button sector.
5. Set the proporties of another linedef in the control sector. Set it to "set floor height". Give it the same tag as the door sector.
6. Set the proporties of the control sector. Set the floor height to whatever you want the door to be at once it's opened.
7. Test the map, it should work. If not read through the guide a few more times to make sure you didn't mess up.

 

[Callum]

I got buttons working without Linedef Executors.

 

[!!!]

Door and Switch

How do you make the door and the switch move down?

 

[!!!]

Never mind...

Never mind about that. I know how to make a door now!!! IT's very easy now! The level layout is not as dumb as the first one. Sorry, the first layout was soooooo dumb I kind of thought noone would like it. There were too many thin stair sectors, it takes too long to get to the top! The layout now is even better. There are different rooms in chronological order and in order to get to the next room, you need to find a hidden switch or to break a hidden wall.

No links or screenshots yet... (not done with complete textures yet.)

Any ideas about this level? Thoughts?

 

[Lostgame]

Not until we see screenies or a WAD, sorry.

 

[!!!]

That's got to wait.

 

[Callum]

Re: Never mind...

Never mind about that. I know how to make a door now!!! IT's very easy now! The level layout is not as dumb as the first one. Sorry, the first layout was soooooo dumb I kind of thought noone would like it. There were too many thin stair sectors, it takes too long to get to the top! The layout now is even better. There are different rooms in chronological order and in order to get to the next room, you need to find a hidden switch or to break a hidden wall.

No links or screenshots yet... (not done with complete textures yet.)

Any ideas about this level? Thoughts?

Buttons? BAD!!!!!!

 

[Mystic]

http://sepwich.com/ssntails/mb/viewtopic.php?t=2328 - Read this.

Also, if you expect to get real feedback, try posting screenshots or a level. People aren't going to give you feedback on a description.

 

[Princess Plushima]

In response to that topic. I say you people are way to obsessed over keeping with the classics. On the actuall subject, though I can't give too much feedback, I rather like the idea of a puzzle level like that. I'm just annoyed that no one else does.

 

[clairebun]

I like the idea of a half-puzzle, half-action game. I can tell it won't be race compatible, but as long as it comes out fun, I'm okay with it.

 

[Mystic]

The classics had puzzles as well. The problem isn't the puzzles and the switches, it's the overuse of them, and frequently in a "hunt the switch" game type. Puzzles imply the usage of your brain. Castle Eggman isn't a puzzle as much of a "Scour the stage for the damn buttons and then exit". If you miss a button, you're going to run around lost until you find it, and that's not fun at all. I mean, after all, I did a button stage in Mystic Realm. It's called Aerial Garden 3, and you'll notice that I used teleporters to make sure the player wouldn't be confused and lost trying to find where the buttons are. I also made Labyrinth Woods, which remains one of the most popular maps despite having a layout associated less with Sonic and more with Saria's Song.

Puzzles are fine. Button hunting is not. I hated Knuckles stages in SA1/2, and I don't wanna play them in SRB2.

 

[TheDarkArchon]

Puzzles are fine. Button hunting is not. I hated Knuckles stages in SA1/2, and I don't wanna play them in SRB2.

I take it you haven't played HeXen, then? THAT's a switch hunt.

 

[Princess Plushima]

Well, you're right there Mystic. Labrinth woods was fun because of how you had to find some sort of clue in every step.
Try not to make it so much a hunt as a puzzle. Give some sort of clue as to where the button is.

 

[Callum]

I also made Labyrinth Woods, which remains one of the most popular maps despite having a layout associated less with Sonic and more with Saria's Song.

Hahah, Lost Woods was a tough one.

 

[!!!]

The First Public Release...

Ok. I'm almost done with the first zone, The Gate. The first release may be tomorrow. How do I post a link so people could download it?
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Extra Updates:
I made a floating platform!!! I used the Mystic Realm
(game) as a reference.
The small river is made. No Screenshots......................................How do you post a screenshot?
Added more scenery and enemies. (Differ in difficulty level!)

 

[Blitzzo]

Use the URL tags.

http://www.thisismysite.com

 

[!!!]

?

Use the URL tags.

http://www.thisismysite.com

Is this the download link, or the screenshot posting?

How come the website is not underlined like usual links? In other words, why can't I click on it?

 

[Mystic]

Because he disabled BBCode in that post so you could see the code. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to see the code for it, obviously.

 

[Blitzzo]

www.thisisforlinks.com

And yes, I disabled BBCode for this post. When you type the code in, as long as the URL is valid, it will turn into a link or image.

 

[Callum]

You can upload your pictures here:

http://www.imageshack.us/

You can upload your releases here:

http://srpgp.supersanctuary.com/ffh/


If you want to post screenshots that come out as thumbnails so you can click them to make them larger:

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