From: bwanga@cats.ucsc.edu (Tim Seufert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games,alt.games.marathon Subject: CoolFusion.sit [00/01] Marathon Vidmaster Challenge Physics Model Date: 6 Feb 1995 03:36:14 GMT Organization: University of California at Santa Cruz Lines: 23 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: tsb-51.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b19.1+ Xref: apple.com comp.sys.mac.games:100034 alt.games.marathon:892 The Marathon Vidmaster Challenge is cool. But there are some levels you can't play, because you need to use a grenade or fusion blast to flip switches. To get around this problem, I just created a physics model that implements only one change: pistol bullets are given the ability to toggle switches. This should not affect game balance in any way, shape, or form, so all Vidmasters out there will now be able to test their skills on any level at all. I have attached a binhexed Stuffit file containing the physics model and a film of how far I got on Cool Fusion (anybody who's played Cool Fusion can guess just where I got greased). Just remember to put the Physics Model into the same folder as Marathon, or I'll never be able leave the first room. I'd really like to see somebody post a film of getting past Cool Fusion with the Vidmaster rules. Anyone up for it? +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | *UselessWastedSpace*(tm) Tim Seufert, bwanga@cats.ucsc.edu | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Do the environment a favor. Use goat-flavored floppy disks. | | Think about it, won't you? Thank you. | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ From: bwanga@cats.ucsc.edu (Tim Seufert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games,alt.games.marathon Subject: CoolFusion.sit [01/01] Marathon Vidmaster Challenge Physics Model Date: 6 Feb 1995 03:36:28 GMT Organization: University of California at Santa Cruz Lines: 135 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: tsb-51.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b19.1+ Xref: apple.com comp.sys.mac.games:100035 alt.games.marathon:893 BEGIN -- Cut Here -- cut here begin 644 CoolFusion.sit M4TE4(0`"```6O7),874"[````!8!8``-%4-O;VP@1G5S:6]N(%9I9&UAR*9LDV0L,F`D^-D MQ#NV)3P)"CCY?63`"1HV&>PCSPD_,MQDD\$^@H9--IEQ,MI/-IDS8$\`KV=R MDVR"Q+T^P'N.UF5=+L7O$K_W/W@]SOME_\;OX[PLM^/1]N7=[;N/% MS75[ZU.WWQWKT?O_#-L>-;[/C!LWV*!@FG M.V_F];O/KV?_^"-OOG9Z]DJ.;[_M\]>_:,)Z_V__7'^Y_S!V>N_.;[[SGM]L M_[,78K6WD(O/G=^]_M5X>Z[?Y?:_O(OFO_'0/'AG6?Y[L.R$^O*! M%E-CWL%R-T[;..V6=6VGV$^G0-3;"(^8%*=-X*$]KGB;=2":>.IV/[:,-['? 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