A Yliakum Passtime...

[Icefalcon]

Who cares, it would be cool anyway lol

[SaintNuclear]

Karakth, that map doesn\'t help understanding how jumping from a certain level to the bottom level is possible, because, well, it\'s a 2d cut-through, and the world is kinda 3d.

I still think that if you jump from one level down, you\'ll end up flat on the level below the one you jumped from, or flat on the inner walls of the stalagtite.

[XpYtZ]

Holy crazy metaphors batman! ?The problem with bungee jumping is that the ropes are non-springy. Meaning you\'d burst like a paper sack full of ketchup.?
Did anyone else think that would be funny to see?

Onward! >> Terminal velocity, if it exists IG than it would not matter what level you jumped off the bridge at you would still be hitting the water at the same speed. If the developers chose to say, ?If the character falls more than 15 meters they are dead no matter what surface they land on.? than the jump doesn?t work. But if they chose to allow us to fall as far as we like without being injured by a water impact than alls well. Though I don?t quite see how you could restrict jumping in that case.

As for the hole that everyone else sees. I kinda have to agree with Saint. I doubt that it is there.

[karakth]

The hole is there. Along the cliffs you have staircases so people can move from one level to the next. You also have the pulley systems, which are faster than walking.

What about spider silk bungee rope? Should decelerate you at a gradual enough speed.

[SaintNuclear]

Originally posted by karakth
Along the cliffs

If \'along the cliffs\' means along the inner wall of the stalagtite, you can jump through it, but you\'ll bump your head in the stalagtite walls.

Originally posted by karakth
What about spider silk bungee rope? Should decelerate you at a gradual enough speed.

Bungee doesn\'t make you fall slower, it just stops you before the impact.

[karakth]

Yes I know, but the aim here is to slow down sufficiently to avoid breaking any bones.

[SaintNuclear]

But when you bungee jump you don\'t slow down...
You fall fast, and then bounce up (a bit or alot, depends on the rope). And then fall again, and reach a full stop.

If the rope is a bit shorter than the distance to the water, you\'ll have to untie yourself to jump into the water.
If the rope is a bit longer, so you can reach the water, you die.


How about some magical machine that creates HUGE magical soap bubbles. You step into one of those bubble, and decend slowly into the water.

[karakth]

Yes yes, that\'s a normal bungee.

I\'m talking about a PS bungee.

You jump, you fall fast, then the rope stretches slowly and you lose speed gradually until you sink into the water gracefully.