<![CDATA[Midnight Mansion Forums - Les Catacombes Rouges]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:47:44 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Platform issue in CATACOMBES ROUGES appearing out of nowhere (Room 16967)]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2031 Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:48 -0400 aquaMat]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2031 preparation for HD-conversion - process I discovered an issue with a moving platform in
LES CATACOMBES ROUGES (Room 16967)
that has certainly NOT been there before and is - as you can tell by the screenshot below - not programmed to happen as it does.

WHAT HAPPENS?
The moving platform (hidden behind the skeletons; see screenshot) is normally triggered by a footswitch when Jack arrives through the passage to the left. He can then take the platform to reach the vine.... then he's able to climb the vine into another room, and normally when he gets back to this room, the platform is still operating, allowing him to re-access the leftmost passage again.

Well, not anymore!
When I played it a few days ago - each time I had Jack leave and re-enter this room the moving platform was OFF again.... so Jack was kinda stuck on the vine... which is not very helpful as far as game progression is concerned.

On the screenshot you can see how the switch activating the platform is programmed, and
Switch can be used only once
is still unchecked, as it always has been - and as it is supposed to be, in order for the platform to keep moving.

Question:
I remember that Vern has made some
improvements
concerning platforms and that in the recent past there have been issues in other mansions caused by those
improvements
.... but I don't remember the details.
Could this have something to do with the situation here ??

Any ideas, anyone?

.png   CatacombesRouges_Room_19697_Issue_ScrSh.png (Size: 19.53 KB / Downloads: 1) ]]> preparation for HD-conversion - process I discovered an issue with a moving platform in
LES CATACOMBES ROUGES (Room 16967)
that has certainly NOT been there before and is - as you can tell by the screenshot below - not programmed to happen as it does.

WHAT HAPPENS?
The moving platform (hidden behind the skeletons; see screenshot) is normally triggered by a footswitch when Jack arrives through the passage to the left. He can then take the platform to reach the vine.... then he's able to climb the vine into another room, and normally when he gets back to this room, the platform is still operating, allowing him to re-access the leftmost passage again.

Well, not anymore!
When I played it a few days ago - each time I had Jack leave and re-enter this room the moving platform was OFF again.... so Jack was kinda stuck on the vine... which is not very helpful as far as game progression is concerned.

On the screenshot you can see how the switch activating the platform is programmed, and
Switch can be used only once
is still unchecked, as it always has been - and as it is supposed to be, in order for the platform to keep moving.

Question:
I remember that Vern has made some
improvements
concerning platforms and that in the recent past there have been issues in other mansions caused by those
improvements
.... but I don't remember the details.
Could this have something to do with the situation here ??

Any ideas, anyone?

.png   CatacombesRouges_Room_19697_Issue_ScrSh.png (Size: 19.53 KB / Downloads: 1) ]]> <![CDATA[Jack Stuck???]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1224 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:14:03 -0500 hawaii]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1224
I am missing something, or is Jack in fact stuck???]]>
I am missing something, or is Jack in fact stuck???]]> <![CDATA[Everybody busy playing "Les Catacombes Rouges]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1080 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:11:57 -0400 aquaMat]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1080
...is that because everyone's busy playing LCR ??   Wink    Big Grin

(In that case: you are all excused...   ;D)

As a general advice I'd like to remind y'all:

Don't forget the tips I have given in the accompanying ReadMe, especially the one about the Westside and Eastside, and - also very important - use your ears as well as your eyes !!

One more hint:  there are at least 2 completely secret rooms....whose entrances are not easy to find. But once you found them, it gives you that extra-satisfying feeling of being something like the first explorer to set foot on those grounds !!]]>
...is that because everyone's busy playing LCR ??   Wink    Big Grin

(In that case: you are all excused...   ;D)

As a general advice I'd like to remind y'all:

Don't forget the tips I have given in the accompanying ReadMe, especially the one about the Westside and Eastside, and - also very important - use your ears as well as your eyes !!

One more hint:  there are at least 2 completely secret rooms....whose entrances are not easy to find. But once you found them, it gives you that extra-satisfying feeling of being something like the first explorer to set foot on those grounds !!]]> <![CDATA[Yellow Door in Rm. 19499]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1079 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:14:24 -0400 Jackie]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1079 <![CDATA[New mansion by aquaMat]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1078 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:48:19 -0400 brell]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1078 <![CDATA[Shortcut to downoad]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1077 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:44:38 -0400 brell]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1077 here.]]> here.]]> <![CDATA["Les Catacombes Rouges" delayed.....]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1050 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:23:45 -0500 aquaMat]]> https://actionsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1050
my latest mansion, named
Les Catacombes Rouges
(I felt a bit francophile lately), is growing and growing. It has already become several
storeys
deeper down than orginally anticipated.....and is having already 127 rooms or so.

Therefore you'll understand, I hope, that its release will be delayed. (Also I'm having a hard time with a complicated remix at the moment....so I can't build as often as I'd love to. Usually I find at least 1 or 2 hours for MM-design late at night, though.)

So....don't lose faith.... LCR will come, eventually, and as soon as I can, I might make an overview screenshot to post here....   8-)    Wink
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my latest mansion, named
Les Catacombes Rouges
(I felt a bit francophile lately), is growing and growing. It has already become several
storeys
deeper down than orginally anticipated.....and is having already 127 rooms or so.

Therefore you'll understand, I hope, that its release will be delayed. (Also I'm having a hard time with a complicated remix at the moment....so I can't build as often as I'd love to. Usually I find at least 1 or 2 hours for MM-design late at night, though.)

So....don't lose faith.... LCR will come, eventually, and as soon as I can, I might make an overview screenshot to post here....   8-)    Wink
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