Crossfire maps /test/anthony
These maps were created for the purposes of studys into controlling various
timed events and actions in crossfire. The specific goal in this case was a
sort of conveyor belt to deliver a sequence of items in order, one item at a
time. The items could be anything from apartment room keys, passports, scrolls
of remove curse, or an increasing bonus of special items for completing a set
of quests in any order they like (assuming the map does not reset :-)
The resulting conveyor belt could also be used to create a ``select a prize''
device, Eg: turn handle until prize wanted is visible, then make
the `once only' selection of that prize to eject it from the conveyor.
It could also be used to create a rotating display of items this quest
will also you to find. :-)
The maps were created in the following order.
raffles_cascade A study version of the raffles prize selector.
connected_objects Study of gates/buttons/handles/triggers/altars/etc..
special_objects More complex study of special devices.
roller_cades Studies into very tight loops for rolling boulders around.
cascades A look (and timing) for different types of cascades
conveyor Using a straight forward cascade to create an
conveyor belt of items.
The result of all these can be seen in the ``Office of Passes'' in Scorn
which unfortunatally requires a fix to get ``gold floors'' to work again.
A Cascade can also be used for other traps! Like a squeezing wall trap :-)
or timed events, EG: open this, teleport item, create fog, close that.
I have provided these maps as examples and `help' for other people wanting
to create special maps and tricks for their adventure.
Anthony Thyssen, Christmas 1998.
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