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2 Player - EHV23 - U.F.O. Earth Explorers

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2 Player - EHV23 - U.F.O. Earth ExplorersLuos_Desruc
By: Luos_Desruc & C_McKamey


http://lbp.me/v/w-qq4y

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Level info:
This level is part 2 of the EHV23 series,
In this part you will be send to some canyons on the planet earth to disrupt some satalites.
while that being your main goal and even granting you access to the scoreboard,
you can help some fellow ali?ns by exploring the surroundings and obtaining various samples.
Collect plants, ores and even abduct cows!
The whole level is focussed on two player Free-roaming fun with the EHV23 in a massive level filled with caves, a vulcano and even an Ali?n base!

Note: This level is locked untill you finish level 1,
This level will be published under C_McKamey his psn and is called 2player - EHV23 - U.F.O. Pilots license school.
The thread for this level can be found here (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=27193-2-player-EHV23-U.F.O.-pilots-license-school)
When you obtain your license you will be able to unlock this level which in return gives away the EHV23 as a prize when you collect everything in the level!

Ufo explanation:

the EHV23:
The Estrella Halley v.23 or "EHV23" is a U.F.O. like aircraft with about the same manoeuvrability as you would expect from a U.F.O.
(And yes, this really is version 23)


Ufo Controls:

The top player:
has more controll over steering/boosting/lifting power.
Has little room to walk left/right to tilt UFO for horizontal flight.
Just a small tab on the grab will allready move the UFO (if p2 activated hover).
So with a few tab's on the grab you will allready be able to move the UFO where you want it to go, as slow or as fast as you want, though you can also hold it down and move quite fast.
If p1 jumps while UFO is tilted it will reduce tiltedness (unless overabused)

The bottom player (directly under top player)
controlls the hover function of the UFO.
If done well, you can actually hover at any location, need top player to counter tilt/decrease height.
Can lower ufo by tab-releasing Hover-grabswitch.
Can boost up horizontal flight by releasing hover for a small second so UFO gets more speed as its "falling".
If UFO falls upside down, P2 will auto-activate UFO recovery, making ufo rotate into stable flying position.
If p2 Jumps when in flight, it will activate emergency speedbreak that will cancel out upward vertical movement. (more advanced difficulty to master though).

Tractor Beam:
Tractorbeam will probably be activated when near Cattle and satallites, does what you expect it to do.

Other UFO related things:
Players are not able to jump out while inflight.
You will phone home to recieve a new UFO when you die/lose it.




Difficulty: Medium/Hard depending on how well you work together
Build time of level: 3 weeks (Ufo has been 2 months of work)
Average playtime: Between 5 minutes and 30 minutes if you want to collect everything.

Warning.
It can occur that either one of the two players dies due to lag and a heavy crash,
in that case, if the bottom player survives he can manually fly to the nearest phonebooth and respawn his lost friend.
If bottom player dies, top player must commit suicide and both will be spawned at nearest EHV23 location.
You can play the level with 1 player only but it takes you much more time.
(Seems you can abuse stickerswitch )

Final thoughts
It was a blast creating these levels with C_M and I still love flying in the EHV23 and I hope other people will enjoy it as much as I did.
This is also the biggest level I have created, as it takes up the whole level bottom to top,
but not only that..
C_M created the coolest Scheckboard I have ever seen in lbp, taking RTM's Waterfall to a whole new level of epicness,
I cant believe how fast C_M is turning into a logic-master.
We had some serious problems with the max radious on switches, so we had to find another way to make the engine know how high our Sackboys where in the level and the solution was really simple, wont tell though.. try to find out


Special thanks go out to Fredrik for planting the seed,
He was flying by in a ufo like vehicle and that got us create our own version of the U.F.O.
Furthermore thanks to Ajnknox, Stimpy, Damaz, Verrot and others for testing the level.
(Sorry if i forgot any, Its 5:30 am)		2010-05-18 04:51:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

Just gave this an official play through and you know what, it's still just as fun now as it was before we even started the levels.

Hope everyone enjoys it as well,
C_mckamey		2010-05-18 17:04:00

Author:
c_mckamey
Posts: 62

Those pics are awesome, I look forward to playing.2010-05-18 21:05:00

Author:
X-FROGBOY-X
Posts: 1800

A great level by Luos_Deruc and C_Mckamey! Me and cm completed it yesterday getting the max score! 3000 points. Everything collected, and aced it. This is one of the best free roam levels in LittleBigPlanet. Anyways, word can't describe how good the level it, so you just have to launch LBP and see it for yourself!
Heh, I can't belive this level got made because of something I created while Luos and C_M were working on the roller level. Guess I'm a great person that inspires alot I'll be sure to give you more ideas Luos, even though you got alot of levels planned out allready

- Fredrik, master of the sheep.		2010-05-19 07:16:00

Author:
Fredrik94
Posts: 342

Thanks fred,
I really appreciate your kind words
I would like to say that you could fly by in any machine anytime, but that would mean my levels will become like your personal highway 		2010-05-19 12:48:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

Uh.. Why the ******* haven't this level been moved to Cool levels section yet..?

People, stop looking for LBP2 info and check this level out NOW. It's possible to play it when alone as well!		2010-05-19 19:48:00

Author:
Fredrik94
Posts: 342

Updated some prox's that for some reason had a very small rad, making it hard to activate the flags,

Please let me know if you come across any mayor hickups..		2010-05-20 00:31:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

Woah! That looks great! Like the design a lot 2010-05-20 00:35:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

WOW this looks incredible luos you done it again lol XD

keep up the good work I have to play this level later 		2010-05-20 03:19:00

Author:
Arnald23
Posts: 1843

Hay-

I'm reviewing this as I play, to make things easier. First off, the scenery is really well made, I can tell you worked hard on this. All of the plant-life and cows are so pretty. I love how the scenery and materials change as you travel, and I would agree that this is one of the best free-roaming levels out. Collecting cows is a lot easier now that I've got the hang of it (I'm glad that you and c_mckamey made a tutorial level). It was a whole lot of fun collecting all of the secrets, I finished the level with 2,857 points on oneplayer, I would have got more but for some reason when I jumped on the UFO I got killed by some invisible gas, I still enjoyed. By the way, I absolutely adore the collected all gifts. Keep up the great work Luos and Clay!

I rated it :star::star::star::star::star: and <3ed the level, This level and the tutorial deserve a lot more plays and hearts.		2010-05-20 03:53:00

Author:
X-FROGBOY-X
Posts: 1800

Thanks a lot frogboy,
The killing strangely happens mostly when there is either a little lag, or you hit the UFO with great force,
for some reason it kills sack, even though the gas doesnt even come near the edges of the ufo.		2010-05-20 12:47:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

I loved the screenshots! I will play today later. Thank for sharing us!2010-05-21 18:08:00

Author:
felipevn
Posts: 6

This looks great, as soon as I can get my internet up and running at home, I'll be sure to give this one a play... Luos_Desruc your levels always amazes me!2010-05-21 19:10:00

Author:
XOAcireXO
Posts: 57

I'll check it out ASAP!
I'll be back with comments		2010-05-21 22:13:00

Author:
Chump
Posts: 1712

Played this there 2 player, can safely say I put a few hours into that! lol Getting the other player to work with you can be tricky at times but we got there in the end. Missed 1 plant and a flag which broke my heart, we tried hard to find everything! There was a couple of deaths, I too got gassed underneath ufo which seemed a bit random, a few plummets here and there Sometimes if we found ourselves upside down it seemed to take a good while to get the ship back on its feet. I don't think either of us read the tutorial too well lol so we we never knew exactly what the controls were but we got a hang of it with time. Maybe there is a mechanism to getting off your back, seemed a bit random to me when the thrusters on top would shoot off, please enlighten me if there is a special place to grab, I was on top though btw so if it was the other persons job not much I could do grrr! Visually it was lovely, I really enjoyed collecting things and abducting cows, the beam could be tricky at times with the ship swooping from side to side, hover was a maneuver that seemed delicate, again I think we missed some part of the tutorial lol, it seemed the less we tried the easier it was to hover. Made for some laughs though! I really enjoyed the free roaming of it and I thought if in LBP2 sackbots can all go off screen from each other a ufo race would be a lot of fun or some sort of competitive collection battling it out to abduct the cow etc. Of course somehow programming a sackbot to control one end could allow for 4 different ufos. Ended up with 2000 something, too many deaths! Overall loved it, something different and very fun once you get the swing of it.

:star::star::star::star::star: + <3		2010-05-21 22:31:00

Author:
OneEyedBanshee
Posts: 1370

Congrats Luos & c_mckamey on a Fun and Fulfilling level! When I tested it I played alone so don't think you cant...cuz you can! This is very well done with a good sense of tongue n cheek humor! I loved 'beaming' up the cows! The atmosphere and decor are spot on 'as usual'! The gameplay is fun and challenging. I enjoyed trying to find all the goodies and then entering the base to find my alien brethren! The 'secrets' board, as Luos said, is phenomenal! I loved the look and marveled at the logic to do it. Another great Luos collaboration!


oops! EDIT: 5 stars and a Heart!		2010-05-21 22:39:00

Author:
AJnKnox
Posts: 518

Nice level indeed. Sabre_ and I had alot of fun trying to control ship. Scenery was very nice. The area I liked the most was the farm area. We was laughing when that ship crashed. Just seemed random but in a good way, lol. The base area was good too. Were still trying to figure out the logic to it lol. BTW we found everything accept 1 flag without knowing there was a secrets screen . Anyways nice work guys we enjoyed it alot.

We gave it :star::star::star::star::star: and a <3 .......Oh yea I think Sabre_ and I have the #1 spot on 2 players 		2010-05-22 01:59:00

Author:
L1GhTmArE
Posts: 519

@Banshee,
thanks for playing the level (and liking it!)
The bottom player actually activates the ufo by pressing a switch at the top of its cabin.
And yes, you could do so much with that ufo,
would be great to adjust the controller for it so you have optimal control.

@Ajnknox,
Thanks for playing and sorry for giving you a beta level with bad working ufo's

@ Lightmare,
Thanks for playing with sabre, I read his comment on my level.
I assume the flag you are missing is somewhere in the sky
so far most beta testers couldnt find it!		2010-05-22 02:53:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

Looks pretty cool. I would've liked to play it, but you left it locked (presumably you have to finish the training level first), and I didn't enjoy the training level enough to finish it.2010-05-23 03:00:00

Author:
Sehven
Posts: 2188

My sister and I just gave the U.F.O. a try,
and we had a pretty fun time playing the level, even though we
both couldn't seem to communicate well enough to fly it very well.


Lol, very fun experience.
:star::star::star::star::star: and <3
2010-05-23 09:01:00

Author:
Mastadom
Posts: 195

Looks pretty cool. I would've liked to play it, but you left it locked (presumably you have to finish the training level first), and I didn't enjoy the training level enough to finish it. Did you enjoy drivers license classes, reading and getting to know all the rules, how the car works and handles and to understand roadsigns?
Neither did I.
Sometimes you need to go trough the bitter before you get to the sweet part.


jpkiid
My sister and I just gave the U.F.O. a try,
and we had a pretty fun time playing the level, even though we
both couldn't seem to communicate well enough to fly it very well.


Lol, very fun experience.

Thanks, both you and your sister!		2010-05-24 17:11:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

Unlocked the level for a few days so spotlight people can look into it.
(morgana has key-issues, ans so have a few others).
So now is your chance!		2010-05-26 13:02:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136


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