Requesting someone to code a puzzle

[Aeroblyctos]

Hello.

I'm creating the ninth chapter of The Chosen Ones campaign. I got so much job to do I decided to lighten my burden by letting someone to create a puzzle I've invented.

Picture of the puzzle

Few things first:

• I have created the terrain and regions already. You simply need to code the whole thing.
• I would like the puzzle be created from GUI so that I can modify it later.

Mechanics:

• Player has 3 heroes under control.
• 12 buttons(6 at each side) and 6 elevators at the middle.
• All elevators are at stage 1 at the beginning(not walkable).
• When a unit enters a button, it rises an elevator to stage 2(not walkable yet).
• When correct buttons at the left and at the right are pressed, an elevator rises to stage 3 for 10 seconds(walkable now). After 10 seconds, the elevator goes down and all units that are standing in it will be teleported at the beginning(make the teleport after it has landed down, not immediately).
  • At this time player must know what two other buttons should be activate so that the unit player has chosen at the middle can move to next elevator before the elevator it's standing on goes down.
• Only 2 elevator can be activated. If a third is activated all elevators goes down and all units at the elevators will be teleported to the beginning.
• I have created a pattern already to win the puzzle so you just need to follow it(look the picture).
• To win the puzzle, a unit must enter the victory region at the end of the puzzle. Also then all the elevators rise.

Questions are welcome! And if crucial questions comes I'll update this post.

(2 pictures + map attached)

As a reward I'll give you rep and credits at the campaign.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Damn troll! Elevator heights start at 1, not 0 T_T

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Ah, okay. Changed.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Anyway, I'm almost done. Was just testing what I thought was the final product when I realised I forgot to leave the elevator at height 3 for 10 seconds.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Hmm. Sounds lovely.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Wow, this is taking much longer than expected.
These two are really annoying conditions:

• After 10 seconds, the elevator goes down and all units that are standing in it will be teleported at the beginning(make the teleport after it has landed down, not immediately).
• Only 2 elevator can be activated. If a third is activated all elevators goes down and all units at the elevators will be teleported to the beginning.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Yeah, well...

 

[rulerofiron99]

This is taking too much time. I might get back to it later on, but don't count on it.

It works as you want, except for one bug:
the last elevator doesn't decrease its height properly.
Not such a big deal really, since by that time you reach the end to finish and probably teleport away?

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Have you tried the puzzle? Because I don't seem to get past the first elevator. :<

 

[rulerofiron99]

Yep, got my Paladin all the way to the end.

EDIT: Just tried again, got him to green and back down to yellow before the green elevator's bug activated the auto teleport.

Guess I'll give it a few more minutes, don't like leaving things unfinished I guess..

EDIT2: Found the bug! One switch had 2 events associated with it.

Works as intended now.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

My friend also tested and couldn't finish the puzzle.

You should check it out.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Seriously?

I'll make a replay.

EDIT: Attached.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Hmm. I see.

Well, what happened at the end of this replay? A bug perhaps?

 

[rulerofiron99]

I can't view your "LastReplay", you need to explicitly save the replay and send me that file.

EDIT: And here we go again. What exactly happens that bugs?

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Hey,

Okay now. When I started my third elevator, the paladin is teleported at the beginning. I changed the timer from 10 to 20 seconds so that even retarded as I am can actually finish the thing. Either I'm one or there's something wrong. I wonder what is it?

 

[Chaosy]

I tried to code this but did not succed, someday when im bored I will finish it no matter what. you brought me challange

 

[Maestros]

the way the concept is right now, its way to hard to figure it out... if each elevator stays at walkable high for 10 seconds, and you require both heroes, specific switch one at each side to get 1 elevator walkable and then you have 10 seconds only to order to heroes to two specific switches, which is virtually impossible you remember by heart.. i find this... disturbing.. maybe increase time limit, make a timer appear near the elevator..

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Yes, ideas and suggestions are always welcome. The puzzle is not yet ready.

I changed from 10 to 20 seconds and still wasn't able to finish the puzzle. :/

 

[rulerofiron99]

You are probably being transported back because you are activating more than 2 elevators at a time. Watching your replay now.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Please play the map directly through warcraft instead of the editor.

 

[watermelon_1234]

The puzzle is rather nerve-wracking, mostly due to its size and the timing needed to turn on the switches. I would suggest decreasing the number of elevators to reduce having to scroll to the places where the heroes need to move and/or keeping the camera distance far away. Making the puzzle horizontal might also help with the size issue.

For the timing, making the period longer would be good but it would also be nice to deactivate an elevator after the hero left it to prevent the no 3 elevator rule from resetting the puzzle.

@rulerofiron99: You forgot to add the victory stuff though that should be easier than the puzzle to implement.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Hey,

Okay let's try again this replay thing.

Does it work now?

 

[rulerofiron99]

• Only 2 elevator can be activated. If a third is activated all elevators goes down and all units at the elevators will be teleported to the beginning.

my tears

• Only 2 elevator can be activated. If a third is activated all elevators goes down and all units at the elevators will be teleported to the beginning.

• Only 2 elevator can be activated. If a third is activated all elevators goes down and all units at the elevators will be teleported to the beginning.

• Only 2 elevator can be activated. If a third is activated all elevators goes down and all units at the elevators will be teleported to the beginning.

• Only 2 elevator can be activated. If a third is activated all elevators goes down and all units at the elevators will be teleported to the beginning.

In the replay, you activated the third elevator before the first elevator went down, hence, as per the specifications, all units at the elevators were teleported back.

Retested myself to confirm this.

Here, because I'm so kind I've changed the "max elevators" into a configurable integer variable, which is currently set to 3.

PS: Almost forgot,

Does it work now?

Yes. It works as intended.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Oh, I see. Well in that case... Can we remove the max two elevators at once? It even confused me who created the idea!

 

[rulerofiron99]

Can we remove the max two elevators at once?

Here, because I'm so kind I've changed the "max elevators" into a configurable integer variable, which is currently set to 3.

:/

Just set the EP_configmaxactive to a high number.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Ok, good.

Now what's left is that when you go to the end, all elevators go up, puzzle is disabled and everyone can walk at anytime.

I think then the puzzle is done.