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Yeah I didn't understand what to do lol. I was going to go back and read the description more thoroughly, but I couldn't figure it out. I grabbed the ball and shot it around for a while, and I was just basing my opinion off of that. As in the logic behind it and the fluidity of how everything worked. I do like the arms idea though, as it is now the grab button really feels like a 'stick to whatever is in your vicinity' button hehe.
I am going to try it again and read it more carefully though :P
I added another note that should help you out. (My other guy trying it out had the same problem as you, but my new note made it more clear for him as well.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dietomaha
Sweet, I've got it queued up again. I also plan to attempt to implement your suggestion tonight as well :)
I don't see why you placed the Single Player tag on this. It can be played mutliplayer. We did have one issue, though and that was at the cheese. If there was supposed to be cheese there, there wasn't and we were stuck. Right after where you grapple and swing upwards and the three lights are there and music plays. The one magic mouth went off that said CHEESE! (or w/e) but there was one more above it that would NOT go off and wherever we went it would do the CHEESE one or the twin underneath us.
Wait what? I don't quite understand that, are you saying the cheese wasn't there and whereever you went the magic mouth went off? I'll...look into that. Never heard of that, might have happened because of something I changed on the most recent publish...?
As for single player, there are key areas that are difficult to juggle multiple players. Such as the donut, and the grab thing through the gas.
Alright, I just checked the video of it. A player went up on the cheese while others were down. Make the grabber require all players to be up there and this should be fixed. And afix a game camera on the cheese to sense its area. Or, put logic so the cheese comes back if it senses all players where the cheese is supposed to be.
Video here: http://www.justin.tv/rsqviper/b/279713008 Skip to 1:20:00
It's a multiplayer problem or if someone lets go at the wrong time, I would guess. Still stinks to get there and get stuck, lol.
If someone lets go of the cheese you are taken to the top teleport regardless. That's another reason I labeled the level Single Player hehe. Thanks for the tips though :)
Also thanks for showing a nice lil 'bug' at the beginning of my level where you guys dragged down the sponge thing lol
The stuff that happened in that video is pretty much why it's single player only :P Your guy's issue was that someone went down and re-activated the previous checkpoint so you couldn't move on. Thanks for the video mention though, even though it makes the level look awful :D
Hey, did you ever get around to making your own vehicle? If so were you happy with the results?
I'm in the process of making it still hehe. My mind just flies to all these different ideas constantly, but it's far up on the list of things to do lol :)
Luke, I finished the donut :) I added a few things of my own, such as an emitter boost-circle-thing and various other tweaks, but to be honest it is just not working like I would want it to. Don't get me wrong, the boost works perfectly (which is definitely the main thing I needed help on), it's just I can't quite get it to be as fluid as the 'hamster donut.' It tends to stick to everything (even when using a material changer with non-stick and low friction), and just doesn't feel as well-controlled as the hamster :(
It's definitely a good start, and I do plan on keeping it going and trying to tweak / implement it eventually, just not quite yet!
I can't thank you enough for taking the time to help me out though :)
Stick to everything? What exactly do you mean, like rub against it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dietomaha
Something I the hamster may have that your does not (I have not looked at the hamster logic so cannot say) is when the hamster boosts, it may not only activate a second mover, but also may activate an anti gravity switch along with. This would probably help it seem more 'smooth'. You'll want to take the on output from the counter and connect it to an antigravity switch with the settings you'd like on it. Make sure you have a 'default' anti grav. switch too.
Though that may not be the problem you're having I'm not sure.
Well the main problem I have with the 'custom' one is that it's too....wiggly, I suppose. When it is in the air, for instance, you can move left and right with no resistance and it just does not look natural. Also, whereas the hamster donut follows the path pretty well, if you boost the custom donut into a curve, it has trouble actually following the curve and likes to slow down drastically, which messes with the flow of that section I think. I'm still working on it though and it's getting better slowly, so hopefully I'll still implement it.
Also I did a minor update to the level. I removed the cake from the beginning of the cheese course, some people had said they threw their cheese up there and couldn't get it down :P
You could tweak the acceleration/deceleration values to add in a feeling of resistance?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dietomaha
Played the level. I enjoyed it overall, but a couple things. 1)It borrows a lot from MM, perhaps a bit too much. Maybe change up a couple of obstacles. 2)I got stuck at the part where the teacup ends up (I liked that part by the way). Getting stuck was an issue. I snagged an in-game photo to show you.
Nice job.
Thanks for playing! It wasn't my intention to copy ideas from MM, I didn't have a plan going into the level and just made obstacles as they came out of my head :P