AR2 A 058 DarkTower Results

[rob]

Time is up.

I was a little worried about this one but it turned into a nice battle with a lot of variety. We had 7 players wich for recent records is very good

Last place but very promising solution: DaveLloyd with 3180. Welcome

You guys sent me solutions using some pulley, rubber, rockets, double elastics and single elastics. But I created this level to make a point. To make it a little easier for you to find out I gave you a big hint in the title: DarkTower. Only the last day one of you found out, markmadrass send me a dark solution based on objectseperation. While you got very close to what I had in mind you lacked in height so your 4026 won't win you any medals.

In the end elastics won it from the rubbers and the rockets so scoring 6100 points the medal is for......................








Straubitude and Votart Silak





Votart used a dual elastics and Straubitude a single elastic, both very nice solutions Since Straubitude was first to submit his solution by a couple of hours I would like you to host the new contest. I'm sure votart won't mind.

Thank you all for playing

p.s. Please have a look at my 7200 POC

[markmadras]

What an excellent contest and nice to see so many players taking part again

Congratulations to Staubitude and Votart, I had completely dismissed using elastic as the nodes on the cloth when connected to rope or elastic don't go through bars got that wrong .

Well done to DaveLloyd180, you did well in your first contest wth a couple of very nice solutions which easily beat my first attempt . I am sure you will be working your way up to the top in no time.

Very nice POC Rob, and I was so close to the same idea just could not get the power

[rob]

My launcher is your two dark launchers combined

But to get to the point. What do you think? Should this be fixed? It is a small dillo but even with a normal size dillo you can shoot pretty high.

Here is another example using normal size dillo.

[markmadras]

Ummmmm, not sure. What would the option be I could be wrong but if Peter makes it so we can't cross the plates/bars/cloth etc, over each other that could rule out welding . May be you should post this question to Peter and find out what the options are. On reflection, it does concern me that this technique may get abused too often and I suspect it would be a programmers headache to fix it so it could be switched on or off during level creation.

[rob]

Crossing plates or bars is no problem, it is only the nodes that are problematic. If it is made so that you can overlap materials but not nodes things like this are not possible.
I also posted this in the bugs/features thread and I will shoot peter a pm about it. Just want some opinions first.

[markmadras]

I see what you mean, it is only the nodes that cause the seperation force, silly me I wasn't thinking straight

If Peter can do that, that would be the ideal solution. Some may want to keep it but I am sure it will get abused and get used to solve too many solutions, a problem we have had before

[rob]

I would also hate to lose the ability to give the dillo just a little nudge in the right direction but this is waaaay overpowered. The rockets and tension were pretty cheap and this still wins by a mile. By tomorrow we probably have some more opinions and then I'll explain the situation to peter and point him to this discussion.
I'll try to find some more abusive examples of this "feature"

[Votart Silak]

Two winners! Very good! I glad to see you return, straubitude!

Rob, nice POC, but this is dark. It's my opinion. It is one of jackhammers version, besides and the cheap.

[DaveLloyd180]

Horrah! - I got the wooden spoon!
Is there a Wooden Spoon Medal

Thanks to everyone involved for helping me FIND the compo and for the welcoming comments.
My congrats to the Winner(s) - everyone above me!
My apologies to Rob for getting ALL the file names wrong!

Dave
(I'll be a Newbie until the next guy comes along)
Lloyd180