Easy mansion feedback requested

[VernJensen]

There are some situations where a better solution might be to replace the elevators with slightly less-wide platforms, so the gaps can be only 3 spaces.

I think, for instance, that the top-left platform in room 14899 would be a good candidate for this.

This would requite a bit more work though, as you'd have to:

1) Erase the old platform, but first open it up and memorize all checkboxes, starting direction, speed, etc.
2) Put a new (smaller one) in its place, and put back all the data the same as before.
3) Make the lever affect the new sprite's objectID.
4) Change all gaps to be more narrow, that are in this platform's path.
5) Push Command-G (turn off

align to grid

) and use the hand tool to move the lever over a tiny bit, so it's again in the center of the new platform.

There are other situations, however, where I'd feel

clausterphobic

being on a 3-tile-wide platform. For instance when sandwiched between zapper beams. Check out the platform in 14298 for instance, or 14497. These shouldn't have their sizes changed. (Besides, the one in 14497 has trap doors for the gaps anyway, so there is no danger of Jack falling through those gaps anyway.)

So... use whichever

fix-it

method you feel is best. Maybe all it needs, in those places where you add triggers, is to spawn not a falling platform in the middle of the gap, but rather a 0-speed moving platform (identical in design to the bricks used for the floor) on the side of the gap, so it reduces the gap from 4 tiles to 3 wide, or maybe in some cases 2 tiles wide if the tiles really don't mesh well the other way. And... maybe if the trigger activated as soon as Jack entered the room, it wouldn't be weird. (Versus having it activate close to when he jumps over the gap?)

I've not tried what you're talking about in the windy area, so maybe you've already done what I'm describing.