Big Energy-Form Battle

[Jonas]

I tried it, I liked it, but couldn't finish it due to the aformentioned bug with Nautilus Prime escaping at break-neck velocity to the upper left corner. The process was made easier by exploiting that if you look with the middle mouse button you can fire at enemies far away without them taking any form of action against you.

Still; good fun!

[silverflagon]

I've tried it once so far and I got killed very quickly lol

[Dolphin's Cry]

Nice mod, I had some time to check it out at the weekend. It's been so long since I had played some Aquaria...

Regarding Nautilus Prime: Her script needs a node called "NAUTILUSPRIME_LEAVEAREA". See the copy of nautilusprime.lua in guert_mod/scripts for details, especially lines 139 to 150:

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if leaveDelay== 0 and not node_isEntityIn(leaveArea, getNaija()) then
updateMusic()
overrideZoom(0, 1)
bone_alpha(eye, 0)
entity_setPosition(me, node_x(leaveArea), node_y(leaveArea), 2) -- IMPORTANT PART
entity_setTarget(me, 0)
entity_rotate(me, 0, 10)
entity_clearVel(me)
entity_heal(me, 10)
debugLog("nautilusPrime heals 10")
return
endCan you guess what happens when leaveArea is 0 (zero, i.e. not present)?

[Hiro]

Eheheh.. So I'd have to change that somehow...
I have a tiny bit of understanding for some of this script stuff but I don't actually understand all of whats there..
It seems to be whats called when you get near NP I think.
I think...I have to make a node of type "NAUTILUSPRIME_LEAVEAREA" and make it the size of the area I want her to stay in is that right? xD I'll try it. Thanks for that very much Dolphin. 

And DM, I didn't actually make that script for forcing a form, I just found it posted on these forums. xD But thanks all the same. I'd love to play someone else's arenas.

And Jonas, wow good idea man. I didn't even think of that. xD

[EDIT]
WOOHOO!!! I got it working. I was confused at first, and I didn't know what was going on. I thought that the leave area was the place where NP could go. Its actually the place where if Naija leaves, NP goes back to her start place (the co-ordinates of the leaveArea node) and heals. So I've made an empty node with the right name filling the entire area of the map and now its working properly!
I've stopped NP overriding the music, now I just need to keep the music playing after she dies (she stops the music when she dies).
Thank you very much Dolphin and everyone else!

[Dolphin's Cry]

Sorry for not spelling out what the leaveArea was for. I was in a bit of a hurry and hoped you'd be able to work it by yourself. And you did.

[Alec]

This is really cool! (finally played it today)

Looking forward to the improved version as well. Once its done, we'll have to feature it on the main page. 

[Hiro]

Oooo.. never thought I'd make the front page. 

I'll have to make a better picture for it.. and maybe tone it down a bit. At the moment its really a bit too hard.
I might try making a door too..

[EDIT]
Ok, scratched the door idea. Its pretty cool just being thrown in there.  Although I did make the immediate area a bit more accomodating so you shouldn't be struggling straight off.
I also put in some circulating currents to make it more interesting.

Have a go. It might need more tweeks but it should at least be possible. I put in quite a bit extra health plants to use.
See first post for more details and the new download link. (Is box.net ok with everyone?)

[Chibi]

Box.net is ok if it doesn't require signing up and is free  Too much of the media on this forum is off access because it requires a pricy signup.

[Hiro]

Ow. I havn't seen anything like that here...
Box.net is free, and seems to have quite a good, fairly easy to use system so its a good choice if you need hosting I think.
And you certainly don't have to sign up to download the file. 

[Chibi]

Great to hear.  I've seen more sign up download websites than costly ones.

[EDIT]: Hiro, you are a born and raised sadist. Your mod is the work of the devil! *crosses self*  That is a really smooth mod - I really enjoyed it even though I died in thirty seconds. My kudos to you and whoever is dexterous enough to finish your mod. Great job man! [flash=200,200]

[Hiro]

Haha, thanks man. Glad to know you liked it.

Yeah I didn't make it easy since the whole point of the mod is that its an epic battle arena, so it'd be boring if you could do it first try right? *Evil laughter*
I'm sure you can do it, if you try a few times. Heh, it even took me a few tries to be able to do it legitamately, and I made the stupid thing. >.>
My only advice is, try to take it slow. If you charge in and speed past everything shooting madly you'll only end up with a massive hoard chasing you. Better to consolidate territory...or something like that. xD
Good luck.

[Edwards]

Nice little challenge, particularly on my second run-through when I lured the entire bottom half of the map into that little room on the right (now that's a lesson in evasion and careful use of health plants!).  I really like the currents- they make it just enough harder to maneuver that you need to think about directions, but it's still possible to outrun something by going upstream.  My personal opinion is that the current version has way too many health recharges, but judging from the other comments here, I'm in the minority (I rather like the health density in the old version ).

Overall, great job!  I really enjoyed the mod.

- Edwards

[Hiro]

Thanks man. 
Yeah, I figured that this one was a bit too easy too. But then I made it so I thought others might not think the same. xD
Nice going getting all those melee dudes in one spot too. That would be so hardcore.   
If you want a real challenge try: loading the mod, pressing tab to get the editor menu, going into entity edit mode and deleting all the health plants.
Muahahahahahaa! 

[Danger Mouse]

                                                                                                                            

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[Hiro]

Hah, maybe maybe. Although I wouldn't mind if someone else had a go at making one of those, surely some of the new guys have some ideas?