Messages posted by: malebirthmaniac

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I just found out how to do this from here, so this is my first.
I thought the Grox would be fitting.

Animates terribly, but looks awesome in the editor when its standing still

I tell the Grox to get off my planet, whilst brandishing a cane.

HP:371

That's completely normal.
Just a visual shortcoming of the system.

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I uploaded a "beta" verion of it, to test my system. If anyone is interested, please test it, and comment eiher on it, or here to tell me of any problems.

http://www.spore.com/sporepedia#qry=sast-500422733882

Thank you!

I AGREE.
Something similar to the Sims 3 would work nicely.

Thats terrible!
But rather humorous...

But yeah, slowing stuff down makes a HUGE difference. Like creepy music in a misty lake. slowing it down often makes it creepier, along with adding ambience like howling wolves and cold wind.

Yes, when I'm making a boat that is meant to be ridden, I usually make it as flat as possible. The "ramp" is only as steep as the vehicle is tall, so a flatter boat means a flatter surface for your captain to stand on.

But the nonsense with the key really does make no sense to me. I put a key on the front of the boat, but when my captain picked it up, or if it fell off, the boat just started to fly... I suppose I could use that in an adventure somehow, to make a bicycle fly like in ET or something...

Hmmm.... I'll give that a try. Right now I just enjoy slowing down happy music and making it creepy.

And as for the censor, the third R-e-i-c-h has to do with WWII, I wont go into it now, but EA censors that along with H-i-t-l-e-r and probably a few more.

Yes, NuggetandSkull, your captain can ride on moving vehicles after patch 5. But after trial and error, it seems to me that there is - not exactly a bounding "box", but more of a triangle. The ship is essentialy circumscribed by a shape, and the Capptain is really riding on that.... Sorry I'm not good with explanations.
Example: You have a ship with a giant mast, and a little flat platform at the back. Your captain will not be able to stand ON the platform, instead, he will float above it, and the closer he is to the mast, the higher he will float. It's hard to explain, and if you managed to decipher that, congratulations.

I dont know if this qualifies as a glitch, but I find it EXTREMEMLY annoying that your captain sinks into buildings. Like, if you have a giant bridge and a small captain, when he walks across it, he's always sunk down the the hips. It's only aesthetics, but it's really annoying.

Well, Thanks to you, I've solved the problem. I mixed some ideas, and ended up putting in a timer, and then laying a line of invisible, inverted teleporters that bring you back to the original island. The boat carries the Captain right over them, but if the captain swims into them, he's teleported, and even with lvl 5 speed and sprinting, theres no way they can make it to the dock in time.
I don't really think it will require a warning, as the quest giver informs you that the lake is acidic and your flesh will be eaten off in twenty seconds

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So thank you for all the ideas, if anybody else has this situation, perhaps you could try my solution.

I'm trying to make an adventure in which the first couple acts involve the captain getting on a boat, which takes him to a dock. But, as it is, the captain could just swim there instead. I dont want that, getting on the boat is important to the story. Having lava oceans also does not fit the story, and the boat cant pull all the way up to the dock, so with lava, he wouldnt be able to get on to the shore. I've tryed puting a key on the boat and invisible gates across the ocean, but, forsome reason, that makes the boat go flying into the air, and then the captain dies, out of nowhere.
Any ideas?

purple spice is rare and really really valuable.
Get it.
before someone else does.

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