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Teleporters |
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'Updated 11/5/95 to include full documentation on teleporters (mwedel)' |
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Teleporters operate in a manner similar to exits - when something is on a |
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teleporter, and the teleporter gets its movement, the object is then |
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teleported. The main difference between that and normal exits is that normal exits |
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transport the person either when they step on it (auto_apply), or when they |
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apply it. Teleporters operate without user control - you will get |
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teleported whether or not you want to. Also, teleporters have speed associated |
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with them - the way speed works. |
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with teleporters is the same as with other objects - when the teleporter |
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gets its chance to move, it teleports at that time. Thus, if a teleporter |
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has a speed of 0.05, it would teleport something once very 20 ticks. |
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Teleporters can be set to operate in three ways: |
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1. Slaying (new map) with destination coordinates. In this case, it |
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will teleport the player to the new map. |
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2. Destination coordinates, but no maps supplied. In this case, it will |
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teleport the object to the same map, new coordinates. |
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3. No coordinates or map supplied. |
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Note that there is a difference between #1 and #2 above even if the map |
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supplied is the map you are on. If a map is provided, even if it is the |
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same map, only players will be teleported. In the case of #2, all objects |
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will be teleported. Thus, in most cases, if you are doing a same map |
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teleport, you want to leave the slaying field blank, so it will teleport all |
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objects. In the case of #3, it will teleport you to any teleporter that is with 5 |
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spaces of the source teleporter. Note that for this to work, the destinatin |
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teleporter must either be the first or second object on the space (ie, if a |
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teleporter has 2 objects beneath it, it will not work). Which teleporter |
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you go to is randomly determined. |
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Now for special teleporters: |
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By default, teleporters teleport anything which steps |
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on them to x,y,map (see map editor) If you'd like to make |
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teleporters trigger off of something, you must: |
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* make sure that the teleporter object has a speed of 0. |
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pentagrams have a speed of zero by default, other |
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teleporters must be modified using the map editor |
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* give the teleporter a connected value. You may use |
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any object to trigger the teleporter. This includes |
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magic ears, which recognize words, buttons, levers, |
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altars, pedestals, perhaps even monsters. |
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When the connected object is triggered, the teleporter |
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will trigger also, teleporting whomever is on it |
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someplace. |
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NOTE: In order to teleport items other than players, the teleporter can not |
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have an exit path set. This means that it must be moving the objects |
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between the same map. Even if the exit path is set to this same map, the |
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teleporter will not work properly for transporting objects. |
