A good job finding the "undocumented feature"!!
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--- Secret Squirrel <[email protected]>
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> Hi All__________________________________________________
>
> I found another interesting "undocumented feature"
> of the game. Unfortunately it can't be used as a
> trick to solve a level with LPB as proof because it
> requires you to die before undoing the last shot. I
> have attached a level with hint that demonstrates
> the trick.
>
> I think the hint is reasonably self explanatory but
> basically you have to position your tank so that
> when you shoot an AT to cause it to slide on ice
> (either type) it stops on a ground tile immediately
> next to you and shoots you. In my level that means
> standing on H8 and shooting down.
>
> You will, of course, die. Select "Undo Last Move"
> and repeat the shot. The AT will now only slide to
> I11 and the thin ice does not break! This only works
> once each time. If you shoot the AT again it will
> slide up and kill you (see below for an interesting
> variation).
>
> This phenomenon does not apply to you. If you drive
> your tank over I11, you "skip" it and it turns to
> water, just like normal. However, ALL objects that
> can be moved by shooting are affected in the same
> way and it works with ANY piece of ice - try the
> block or mirror.
>
> It does not matter how much you move or shoot after
> the UNDO, before the object is shot over the ice. It
> also does not matter how much the object is moved
> before it moves onto ice - the AT at I5 is moved 3
> times before it moves onto and stops on the thin
> ice.
>
> You can repeat this trick ad infinitum as long as
> you fulfil the initial conditions each time. This
> allows you to creep the I12 AT up the thin ice one
> space at a time: Move to H8 and shoot down. UNDO and
> shoot down TWICE. UNDO, shoot down twice. UNDO and
> shoot ONCE. The AT should now be sitting quite
> happily on the thin ice at I9.
>
> Wicked hey?
>
> Secret Squïrrel (Mark)
>
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