[Enigma-devel] Changes Between 0.81 And 0.92

[Tarim]

  Recently, Tarim realised that some of the levels he's been playing, 
which seemed next to impossible to complete, were a lot easier under 
version 0.81 (though they are mostly part of the 0.92 release).  Tarim 
suspects a lot of them were actually written using the 0.81 engine - and 
were intended to be that way.  Some of the changes are definite bugs, 
others are more debatable.

1) Fire Extinguishers: Can no longer specify {load=x} where x is greater 
than 2.  (Actually loads up to 6 work - but show the wrong icons).  This 
makes Enigma 2 #51, Easily Inflammable (martin95) impossible.

2) Lasers and Mirrors: (Tarim mentioned this a while ago). Beams are not 
always relayed into objects which are directly next to a transparent mirror 
or prism.  This makes Enigma 3 #22, Automaton (duffy95) impossible.

3) Tops and Rotors: When the marble goes out of range of the top or rotor - 
the default is for it to return to its start position instead of staying 
where it is.  This makes Enigma 3 #50, Bad Nightmare (duffy117) slightly 
harder, Enigma 3 #28, Variety Pack (duffy101) and Enigma 2 #148, Bizarro 
World (duffy73) much harder and Enigma 3 #18, You Must Be Kidding (duffy91) 
almost impossible.

4) Switches: Initialising calls of SendMessage("switchx", "on") seem to 
have a different effect now.  This makes Enigma 2 #148, Bizarro World 
(duffy73) much easier (as the initial state for the white ball and charge 
stones puzzle is that you can go straight through without doing it).  Has 
the default changed from on to off or is there something more subtle going 
on here?

5) Umbrellas: The protection time is reduced to 5 seconds.  This makes 
Enigma 2 #148, Bizarro World (duffy73) much harder.

6) Boulders and Rotators: The scheduler seems to have changed - this is 
particularly noticeable on Enigma 2 #137, Rush Hour Traffic 
(duffy62).  Although the boulders are faster in 0.81 they are slightly more 
uneven in their spacing.  Under 0.92 the gaps between them even out so 
quickly it makes the level almost impossible.

7) Acceleration: Do things have higher acceleration?  Difficult to tell for 
sure - but Enigma 3 #53, Snowing (duffy120) is much, much harder. Tarim is 
still trying to decide if Enigma 3 #50, Bad Nightmare (duffy117) and Enigma 
3 #57, Worse Nightmare (duffy120) are harder or whether he just can't do 
them either way ;-)

  Can anyone confirm these observations (so Tarim knows he's not imagining 
things) and can any of the authors of these levels say how they intended 
the levels to be?

  Finally, although this message sounds like a lot of complaining, Tarim 
hopes it is constructive.  Tarim would like to thank all the people who 
have worked on Enigma and its levels, for everything they have put into it.

  Happy marbling,

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