Suggestion: Suicide Hot-key [Fixed: Beta4]

[RobSeegel]

Vern, could you create a

suicide

hot-key for this new game? As annoying as stucks are, and despite the fact that they *shouldn't* be present, they occasionally do happen.

It would be nice to have a way of voluntarily killing Jack so you can restart a room (so long as you haven't suspended/resumed). This way you don't have to go all the way back to the last save point.  It seems like a low-impact change.

I'm in favor of CMD-S

And... in case it comes up. I am in favor of this button costing a life to use, because there's a small potential for

speed run

abuse. Losing a life like this will probably still provoke someone to report the

stuck

scenario. Most stucks will then become half-stucks, which are a little less annoying.

[triforceguy1]

I suppose this could be a good addition to the game, however it may make the player think that the game wasn't beta tested well

[RobSeegel]

343229262F32232527353971400 wrote: I suppose this could be a good addition to the game, however it may make the player think that the game wasn't beta tested well

I suppose this is true, but let's face it - there are lots of custom mansions out there that probably don't get the scrutiny of a typical in-game mansion. Even with all the attention, it's still possible for occasional accidents to slip through. The mansions for MM2 got *lots* of testing, and you might be surprised at the detailed inspections I gave all the original mansions in MM HD before beta fixing lots of small things. Yet, small things still occasionally turn up.

I think the benefit outweighs any downside. It's not as though it would be prominently displayed on the dialog that is shown when the game is paused.

As an alternative, I suppose you could make it so that when you suspended/resumed the game, Jack would be moved back to the entrance of the room where he entered.

That would make me a little sad, though... I would lose a fantastic

speed-run

tool, and I'd miss it.



Update Another option: a new

cheat code

that can be entered when the game is paused. A bit more obscure to use. I'd probably use something like this the most while testing, when I'm deliberately doing my best to get Jack stuck. Arguably, this could be better since it would be more difficult to accidentally invoke it.

[triforceguy1]

I guess you got my vote, just as long as it isn't in a form of a dialogue box but as a hot-key

[VernJensen]

I would think you would want a dialog box to confirm that you do indeed want to suicide.

[VernJensen]

What if it were a cheat code? But didn't count as a cheat? (i.e. you can suicide but still post an online score.) You just pause and type

suicide

in the box. I like that a lot better than adding a new key command.

[RobSeegel]

Fine by me... you must not have read my entire post .

[VernJensen]

I already implemented it. It'll be in the next beta release. You just type

suicide

when paused.

[RobSeegel]

6A594E527659524F59523C0 wrote: I already implemented it. It'll be in the next beta release. You just type

suicide

when paused.

Thanks. it will definitely be more convenient than starting from the last save point. It happened to me again tonight while verifying fixes on Tomb of Princes Easy. Stuck situations end up costing a lot of time.

[Semi-Native]

That's a great addition, thanks!