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No, really. I make levels really heavy on contraptions and aesthetics, but although I have plenty of cool ideas how to move sackboy "down", i can never figure out cool ways to make him move higher up. Stairs are boring, and bouncepads and elevators are getting old... Ideas? I like levels that flow with lots of moing cool things, and I'm tired of losing the feel of levels just because of an elevator...

2012-06-05 20:51:00 Author: hellfire Posts: 78

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I like the classic emitted sponge chain, where sponge pieces are emitted in a chain and drag you up, sometimes curving around. Perhaps add wheels with them all around and dangers so you must switch between chains. I'm thinking in Rikiriki-ita's style...

2012-06-06 03:01:00 Author: Unknown User

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See, i could never figure out how to make stuff emitt continuous so it carrys you upward. I can do conveyer belt style things if they are on the ground, with anti grav and movers, but i dont know how i get things to carry me upward, or my biggest problem, along the ceiling...

2012-06-06 03:08:00 Author: hellfire Posts: 78

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The good ol' grab chain is one idea, as pivottt gave. Another I've been thinking about playing with is the Attract-O-Tweaker. I think it could be used in quite the creative way for this very thing. Could have a jetpack portion: fly upwards while dodging stuff. Or grapple hook? The grappling hook is always fun. I'd suggest playing around with different ideas. There's tons of them, and I could go on for a long time with them. If you think it'd work, build it and test it. If it suits you, then write down what you did and save it for later.

2012-06-06 04:18:00 Author: SuddenEnigma Posts: 70

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Hi. Hmmm. What about FOLLOWERS. You could build a small block of wood with a follower on it set to detect a green tag and above, where you want it to lift you too, have a green tag. when you step on the block it fires a player sensor thats connected to the tag. the followers min radius is 0.0, its max is the distance of the green tag, so as the green tag goes on, the follower lifts the block up to meet it. Add me or loin me in game and I'll show you what i mean.... ...I'll even send you an object if you like

2012-06-07 13:05:00 Author: Sean88 Posts: 662

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Maybe some sort of conveyor belts in the old good LBP1 level, The Mines. But used to go up.

2012-06-07 13:11:00 Author: Unknown User

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Sean, he said he didn't want an elevator, so it doesn't fix the problem. Though you could use the follower platform in the Mario style : put enemies to dodge while one the platform, oblige the player to jump while changing the platform's direction, put score bubles in the air...So it's interactive while still being an elevator.

2012-06-07 23:24:00 Author: Unknown User

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I like those cool sponge thingies that pull you upward for less than a second, then stop right away, making you let go and launching you up high. A series of those would be neat.

2012-06-08 02:53:00 Author: Wolffy123 Posts: 406

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@hellfire: To make the sponge-moving-up chain (as no one else did for some reason), just do the same as you would on the ground: set an anti-gravity tweaker set to 100% anti-gravity and 0% dampening and zero-buoyancy. Then set a mover (not an advanced mover) set to move up at desired speed, with acceleration set to 100%! Then emit it behind a wall, making it destroy after a lifetime that makes it go behind another wall but not block up the chain. If you want to make this go along a curved path: make the path curved, round the edges of the emitted sponge (to minimize bad friction), and set the mover to Local Space: Yes. Hope I helped!

2012-06-08 13:53:00 Author: L1N3R1D3R Posts: 13447

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Lol....Your right Pivott :-), my bad....sorry Hellfire. I wasnt actually thinking of it in the conventional elevator style though....was thinking more of platforms that you could control....but yes.... i see what you mean. Sniff, and i had this really cool model done out....sniff.....(lip quivers).....Waaaaaa, Waaaaaa. :-)

2012-06-08 14:40:00 Author: Sean88 Posts: 662

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Well, if you own the Muppets DLC, (which I really recommend) you could use Attract-O-Gel. I'm sure there are still lots more interesting ways the Gel could be used that haven't been exploited yet. Maybe check out the story level 'Tower of Whoop'. That is based completely on going up!

2012-06-08 20:01:00 Author: bluesteel789 Posts: 159

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@L1N3R1D3R : Wouldn't the sponges be affected by player grabbing? If it does, you would need a sort of rail and a material tweaker to remove friction and sounds. You could also make two sponges and glue them to a holo block of the same size (sponge-holo-sponge), so they emit locked in place relative to each other... well, you would need some setup which extends endlessly with two different lenghts...

2012-06-09 02:12:00 Author: Unknown User

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Thanks guys i couldnt get the sponge chain to work, for some reason when my sackboy would grab on, the emitter chain would have a hiccup and nasty things would happen. Sadly i wont have online for PS3 until august, so i cant have someone see if im going wrong somewhere. So instead i have made a series of automated cannons and robotic arms that fire the player and then load him into the next cannon. For some reason though, im having misfire issues with the darn cannons, i think its how i have the sensors though.

2012-06-09 03:50:00 Author: hellfire Posts: 78

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@pivottt: A player shouldn't affect it with acceleration on the mover set to 100%.

2012-06-10 03:57:00 Author: L1N3R1D3R Posts: 13447

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Cannons are a good idea. You could use impact sensors so the cannons don't fire prematurely.

2012-06-10 05:55:00 Author: RickRock_777 Posts: 1567

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You know the classic "stairs" from LBP1? These are planks on alternating depth layers so that when sackboy jumps up, he automatically moves between them and essentially climbs a vertical ladder. You could stick bounce pads on them that take away the need for jumping. Maybe even make them come out of the wall with depth-movers, triggered by proximity...

2012-06-11 10:09:00 Author: Antikris Posts: 1340

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How about a series of small platforms with grabinator equipped sackbots who grab sackboy then jump and throw him to the next one?

2012-06-12 03:05:00 Author: TheBeardyMan Posts: 26

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Maybe grabbing to a sponge that moves whenever you want?

2012-06-12 13:25:00 Author: Patofan Posts: 1185

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I don't think catapults are utilised too often... that's a way up I'd like to experience.

2012-06-12 13:28:00 Author: Ironface Posts: 432

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Thanks guys!! I put a little bit of everyones suggestions in, except the sackbots, it doesnt fit for the theme currently.

2012-06-12 21:04:00 Author: hellfire Posts: 78

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