Thanks Guys!

[Nek'rahm]

Yo Andy... that gives me an idea.

When Zephyr Cove is done, you should make a Maintainer Age used as an obstacle course. Have tons of obstacles that take dynamic thinking to solve.

Would be interesting to see

[Dot]

What I SHOULD do, is make the avie disappear under the lava with one of those exploding pellet animations and some scripting that pops up a black screen with the burning words "LAVA = HOT, TOO HOT" and then it exits the game........with the save file erased....

More than likely do'able, but I'm not that mean......mostly......sometimes anyway......not that mean or cruel...........Hmmmm, but that DOES give me another idea.....

HELP!!!!

[Lontahv]

I know this isn't very fun but, what about not being able to get to the lava--invisible walls. This somehow makes it seem more dangerous. If it's a maintainer age, make sure that you have it unsafe and then make those maintainers put up cones.


~Lontahv

[Tsar Hoikas]

Meh, I've always hated invisible colliers. There are none in reality, why should there be any in Uru... If we're trying to explore places that seem real? I've always thought that we should be able to jump over any fence/barrier (within reason).

[Nek'rahm]

Well....

Either have colliders over fences, or according to Tsar, just make fences too big to feasably jump over (without fly mode, you understand)

This would mean you wouldn't NEED a Panic Relto in the lava. Even BETTER, you should have it so that if you fall into the lava (as I'm sure SOMEONE will figure out how to do) you swim

That'd pwn.

[Jishin]

Well....

Either have colliders over fences, or according to Tsar, just make fences too big to feasably jump over (without fly mode, you understand)

This would mean you wouldn't NEED a Panic Relto in the lava. Even BETTER, you should have it so that if you fall into the lava (as I'm sure SOMEONE will figure out how to do) you swim

That'd pwn.

Now, we probably can't do this, but .... wouldn't it be spiff if you panic-linked as normal when you jumped in the lava, unless you were wearing the full Maintainer suit? I mean, they're supposed to be able to withstand that kind of heat.

[Nek'rahm]

Hmmm.... that may be possible.

The Wall was specifically made to not allow you in unless you had a Maintainer Suit on. Maybe swimming in lava can be coded to the Suit as well?

[andylegate]

As it is it's not really that realistic.

Lava that is flowing like that, molten, has a surface temp of about 1200 C or 2000 F........

The bridge is far enough away to remain solid, but anyone crossing it would more than likely get at least 3rd degree burns running across.
If you slipped, you wouldn't fall 5 feet before bursting into flames...........(yes it's that hot).

Lava we see scientists scooping samples with has cooled quite a bit, and even then you see them wearing protective gear.

But I'm following Cyan precedence: Gira. you can slip off the bridge, and if you do you panic link out.

[Lontahv]

The wall isn't really clothing-sensing... it just suits you before you go in so there's no way you can't not have the suit on. A clothing sensing script hooked up to a warning signal would be quite easy. How do you like that idea Andy? We could have a door and a changing-room near by, the door will not budge until you've gone and changed into your suit. Oh, and we could have you change back into your old clothes when you're done with the lava-cave.

Hoikas, I know what you mean.

~Lontahv

[D'Lanor]

You could place a region near the PanicLinkRegion and hook it up to a Python script as shown here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1550

Make sure that in your Python script the PanicLinkRegion is disabled at link in. The clothing sensor region will detect the absense of the suit and enable the PanicLinkRegion.

Python code:

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from Plasma import *
from PlasmaTypes import *
actEnter = ptAttribActivator(1, 'Enter region activator')
actExit = ptAttribActivator(2, 'Exit region activator')
class <pythonfile>(ptModifier,):

    def OnServerInitComplete(self):
        PanicRgn = PtFindSceneobject(<name of paniclinkregion>, PtGetAgeName())
        PanicRgn.physics.suppress(true)



    def OnNotify(self, state, id, events):
        if (not PtWasLocallyNotified(self.key)):
            return
        if ((id == actEnter.id) and state):
            if (not self.IWearSuit()):
                PanicRgn = PtFindSceneobject(<name of paniclinkregion>, PtGetAgeName())
                PanicRgn.physics.suppress(false)
        elif ((id == actExit.id) and state):
            #we don't need this here
            pass


    def IWearSuit(self):
        avatar = PtGetLocalAvatar()
        gender = avatar.avatar.getAvatarClothingGroup()
        clothingList = avatar.avatar.getAvatarClothingList()
        wornItems = []
        for items in clothingList:
            wornItems.append(items[0])
        if (gender == kFemaleClothingGroup):
            genderPrefix = '03_FTorso_'
        else:
            genderPrefix = '03_MTorso_'
        clothingName = (genderPrefix + 'Suit')
        if (clothingName in wornItems):
            return 1
        return 0

#glue section here


Don't place the clothing sensor region too close upon the PanicLinkRegion if you want it to be ready for an online situation where there is lag (I mean true lag. That is what broke the fissure jump on laggy connections).