08-12-2011, 08:32 AM
Okay, you were right. I recorded myself messing about with falling platforms (the recorder has the side effect of making the game slow down, providing a lovely slow-motion effect). I was able to jump on them as they were falling into the lava. Skull platforms too.
I guess I must have just been screwing up on the timing before.
Attached is the recording of me and the platforms. If you don't want to see Jack jump in slow motion, you should probably play the movie at 2x speed or faster (under 'A/V controls' in QuickTime Player).
Also, I discovered a new item that seems slightly off: If Jack dies by falling past the boundary of the screen, and enters the next screen at such a trajectory that he falls into a lava pit, Jack simply falls straight in w/o splashing.
The same occurs if Jack is killed by a zapper beam and falls into a lava pit (on the same screen); he doesn't splash, he just... falls in.
I guess I must have just been screwing up on the timing before.
Attached is the recording of me and the platforms. If you don't want to see Jack jump in slow motion, you should probably play the movie at 2x speed or faster (under 'A/V controls' in QuickTime Player).
Also, I discovered a new item that seems slightly off: If Jack dies by falling past the boundary of the screen, and enters the next screen at such a trajectory that he falls into a lava pit, Jack simply falls straight in w/o splashing.
The same occurs if Jack is killed by a zapper beam and falls into a lava pit (on the same screen); he doesn't splash, he just... falls in.