Gameplay Elements 04 - Multiple Teleporters... more than 3
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:53 am
TELEPORTING
Just something else that might be of interest...
Sharon's latest & greatest Tic-Tac-Toe level & her use of 3 teleporters really got me thinking (for a change I hear you say).
The following is a little level with no particular purpose other than to look at what happens when you have more than 2 teleporters of the same colour & how they can be utilized in level creation.
And you can see what happens for yourself.
1. Entering into a teleporter will take you to the far-most teleporter to the right side of the level.
2. If there is more than 1 teleporter on the same vertical line on the far right, the lowest teleporter will be chosen.
3. Going back into that teleporter will take you to the next - either above if 2 above is true or otherwise the next teleporter to the left (and again the lowest if there is more than 1 teleporter on that vertical line).
4. Only these 2 teleporters are linked to each other. All other teleporters of the same colour will link as per (1) above.
And as per usual, multiple teleporters of a different colour act all in the same manner independantly of the other colours.
Interesting
? Useful 
? Confused 
?
Robbie
Just a quick ammendment esp. for those who have already downloaded the level. The second level is basically the same thing but arranged a whole heap clearer with a nice layout... you know, some trees, some mushrooms, fish, tic-tocs and the like
Also included are 5 messages covering the 4 points above - just so you don't have to look back to this posting to know what's going on.
1. is top left
2. is top right
3. is bottom left (split into 2)
4. is bottom right
For those of you here for the first time, download the GAMEELEMENTS04A.LEV & ignore the other - I posted it in haste - basically my doodling to see how things worked.
Just something else that might be of interest...
Sharon's latest & greatest Tic-Tac-Toe level & her use of 3 teleporters really got me thinking (for a change I hear you say).
The following is a little level with no particular purpose other than to look at what happens when you have more than 2 teleporters of the same colour & how they can be utilized in level creation.
And you can see what happens for yourself.
1. Entering into a teleporter will take you to the far-most teleporter to the right side of the level.
2. If there is more than 1 teleporter on the same vertical line on the far right, the lowest teleporter will be chosen.
3. Going back into that teleporter will take you to the next - either above if 2 above is true or otherwise the next teleporter to the left (and again the lowest if there is more than 1 teleporter on that vertical line).
4. Only these 2 teleporters are linked to each other. All other teleporters of the same colour will link as per (1) above.
And as per usual, multiple teleporters of a different colour act all in the same manner independantly of the other colours.
Interesting
? Useful ? Confused ?Robbie
Just a quick ammendment esp. for those who have already downloaded the level. The second level is basically the same thing but arranged a whole heap clearer with a nice layout... you know, some trees, some mushrooms, fish, tic-tocs and the like
Also included are 5 messages covering the 4 points above - just so you don't have to look back to this posting to know what's going on.
1. is top left
2. is top right
3. is bottom left (split into 2)
4. is bottom right
For those of you here for the first time, download the GAMEELEMENTS04A.LEV & ignore the other - I posted it in haste - basically my doodling to see how things worked.
I just couldn't get mine to work the way those did. This should help clear it up!