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Message: 6985
Author: ian.rushforth
Date: 23/12/2016
Subject: Portal Patch Vector potential
I said:
> would it be possible to have a Portal Patch Vector which responds to Willy's Direction Flag, and sends him to different destinations if he's facing leftwards, or rightwards, as he enters the portal?
Having thought about the above, I believe that it would be possible! The Portal PV could select the destination cavern, based upon the current value of #806A (with an AND 01 gate applied so as to disregard the Movement flag in Bit 1).
Furthermore, the design of the Portal graphic could be split such that the left and right halves of the graphic give an indication as to the destination in each case (i.e. when Willy walks leftwards or rightwards into the Portal).
You could also have differential destinations if Willy falls down into or jumps up into the Portal, being determined by the value of the Airborne Status Indicator variable.
Such options could make for an interesting, non-linear layout in a MM game!
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