05-21-2010, 04:08 AM
Okay, so I have a question. In the screenshot attached, Jack can walk over to the ladder and climb it. Technically, this does not make any sense. The ladder should be
I propose that Jack should only be able to *get on* a ladder at the same places where he can *get off* the ladder. He can't get off the ladder on the middle ledge in this scenario, and so he shouldn't be able to get on it here, either.
But, this is rather late in the testing process to make such a major change to basic gameplay. So the question is, would this break anything?
It's too late for this to really benefit existing mansions much, but future designer could take advantage of this change to allow ladders to cross areas Jack can walk, without allowing Jack to get on them -- providing for a lot more creativity in building than was possible before. (Jack can, for instance, move from the top of the room to the bottom, whiel passing over a middle section, but he has not access to the middle section, and likewise, while in the middle section, he has no access to the top or bottom areas.)
abovejack -- he can't suddenly go from
underto it to
aboveit and start climbing. yet, the current incarnation of the game allows Jack to walk over and climb it.
I propose that Jack should only be able to *get on* a ladder at the same places where he can *get off* the ladder. He can't get off the ladder on the middle ledge in this scenario, and so he shouldn't be able to get on it here, either.
But, this is rather late in the testing process to make such a major change to basic gameplay. So the question is, would this break anything?
It's too late for this to really benefit existing mansions much, but future designer could take advantage of this change to allow ladders to cross areas Jack can walk, without allowing Jack to get on them -- providing for a lot more creativity in building than was possible before. (Jack can, for instance, move from the top of the room to the bottom, whiel passing over a middle section, but he has not access to the middle section, and likewise, while in the middle section, he has no access to the top or bottom areas.)