@Devs: Will the dungeon editor allow us to...

[Lyverbe]

I'm starting to throw down ideas on paper while waiting for the editor. One of those ideas requires a door opening on a level due to a lever on another level. I don't remember seeing such a thing in the current maps. Can the editor/LUA/engine handle this?

[pulpum]

evil trick! not very nice for the player

[Ixnatifual]

evil trick! not very nice for the player

That depends on how the author goes about it.

[petri]

Yes, it's possible but requires some trickery because you can't send messages or add connectors between levels. However, you can teleport items on a pressure plate on another level. The plate can then open a door, for example.

[Lyverbe]

Yes, it's possible but requires some trickery because you can't send messages or add connectors between levels. However, you can teleport items on a pressure plate on another level. The plate can then open a door, for example.

Hmm... My goal was for the player to create a 'X" with the levers

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1st floor:   [ up ][down][ up ]
2nd floor:   [down][ up ][down]
3rd floor:   [ up ][down][ up ]

Once done, this would have opened a door/wall/whatever. Ah well, I'll scratch this one off my list.

[antti]

Yes, it's possible but requires some trickery because you can't send messages or add connectors between levels. However, you can teleport items on a pressure plate on another level. The plate can then open a door, for example.

Hmm... My goal was for the player to create a 'X" with the levers

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1st floor:   [ up ][down][ up ]
2nd floor:   [down][ up ][down]
3rd floor:   [ up ][down][ up ]

Once done, this would have opened a door/wall/whatever. Ah well, I'll scratch this one off my list.

That should still be entirely doable with the teleporting items -workaround that Petri described. It is indeed just a little trickier but getting around limitations is part of the fun in level scripting!

[Disasterrific]

I put together a quick list of "map oddities" which should give an idea of some of the ways the puzzles are coded here:

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2277

[Lyverbe]

I know transporters can move objects around including the player, but can they transport map elements such as walls, doors, etc.? I really don't believe it can, but I'm asking. I thought of a good puzzle but it would require walls to be moved.

I have 7 puzzles ready to be integrated

[glyn_ie]

I know transporters can move objects around including the player, but can they transport map elements such as walls, doors, etc.? I really don't believe it can, but I'm asking. I thought of a good puzzle but it would require walls to be moved.

I have 7 puzzles ready to be integrated

- Associate an lua script with each of the tiles you stand on after entering a level.
- Then, program the script to check for the presence of the appropriate objects being teleported between levels.
- Based on the state of these objects, instruct the script to either generate or remove walls, doors or whatever else is needed for your puzzles.

I imagine this approach would work.

[Treybor]

This is extremely helpful information.
I have a quick question about books. Can you script a book to have a set of pages of texts? Like having multiple notes in one item?