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underdog · Newbie Joined: Jun 02 2005 Posts: 6 Offline

Hi guys

According to the settings description the 'Gravity' setting works according to the formula

R = 1.325 * (G^.507)

Where R is in tiles and G is the setting..

So I'm trying to make the most powerful wormhole allowed and therefore if it's in the center I assume the radius must be 512 tiles (half the arena). But when I solve it for 512 and get 126669 and plug that value in, the wormhole is fairly weak and also REPELS instead of attracts.

I realize this probably has something to do with value-cycling or even an overflow of some sort.. but you guys have tons of experience and could hopefully save me the trip to hassle-ville by giving me what you know on wormholes.

Thanks in advance,
underdog
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Dr Brain · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:19 am Post subject:

It's an overflow.

Max value is 32767. Solve the equation and you'll find that the max pull distance is 257 tiles. No way around this. Sorry.
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underdog · Newbie Joined: Jun 02 2005 Posts: 6 Offline

Thank you Dr. Brain,

Another question then:

If two wormholes are next to each other, is the gravity in the space affected by both doubled?

underdog

Dr Brain · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject:

I think the laws of subspace gravity obey the principal of superposition, so yes, the gravity would be nearly doubled at distances where the space between the wormholes is insignificant.

Muskrat · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject:

It would be nice to let different wormholes have different strengths, might this be possible with regions somehow/someday?

newb · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject:

Probably in the version SOS and co. are working on.

underdog

Dr Brain · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject:

No. Wormhole settings are 100% client side. Regions are 100% server side.

underdog · Newbie Joined: Jun 02 2005 Posts: 6 Offline

Another question..

Can bots turn wormholes on/off ? All/none/some?

underdog

D1st0rt · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject:

The only way to remove a wormhole is to take it off of the map. If you had a bot that dropped bricks (tricky) around the wormhole, it might keep people from falling in, but the gravity would still be there.
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Solo Ace · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject:

A bot would be able to change settings and control the gravity of the wormhole, though.

Bak · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

and you could override the graphic so it's completely black and put an animated lvz over the wormhole which you can toggle. Players that fly into it will still be warped though.
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Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

Unless you have walls to block them.
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