Could we not have "file groups" with instructions
upon reaching certain squares on any one level to send the tank to another
level? This would not use up lots of space, but it would give the effect of
having different floors...
----- Original Message -----From: [email protected]Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 7:13 PMSubject: Re: Layers in Lasertank?--- In Lasertank@y..., eschmidt@s... wrote:
> It would be a very nice feature, and it HAS, in fact, been brought
up
> numerous times before. There are two things I would like to point
out:
>
> 1. Compatability. The new LaserTank could not understand the levels
> in their old format. Level files have no information to indicate
> version. Of course, you could always write a "change utility" to
> change a file to the new version.
>
> 2. Space. Let's say you add 1 more layer to LaserTank. Then the
> LaserTank.lvl file has 256*2030 = 519,600 bytes of rather useless
> space. And if you want 3 layers, that's another 519,600 bytes. Now
> we've almost reached a megabyte. Just about 18K left to go and
we're
> there! And if you want more layers, each level takes more space.....
> And don't forgot the over 1000 levels in temp.lvl. If the level
count
> grows exponentially as it had been doing, we'll have plenty.
> --MrDoomMaster
Another way to do this is to give the editor a default of 1 layer per
level (with an "Add New Layer Feature"). In this case 1 layer levels
won't take up a lot of extra space (probably a few bytes
indicating "it has 1 layer").
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