Beef Row wrote:
This would be a) good, but b) at least as dangerous as test warping, since an architect could
1.) unintentionally mark scripts as ended which through design or an error would never really end.
True, but this danger is no worse than what could happen with test warping, where the ending conditions are actually too strict to be met without warping.
2.) place the room in impossible states by ending one script but not another when in reality the scripts are linked so that one would end simultaneously with another.
Same thing again, and also you're constrained to either "
done"
or "
not done"
states. With test warping, you could enter parts of a script you can't actually get into.
3.) mark green doors as open but leave a script running which normally would be ended if green doors are down.
Sure, I'll concede this one. How often do you think it would cause a problem?
4.) drop blue doors with green doors still up.
Not so. I would implement dropping blue doors as marking all required rooms cleared. If the current room isn't required, well then dropped blue doors with raised green doors is actually possible.
The two things I like about setting the beginning room state are:
1) You set it up at the beginning of the room, so it's less likely to be used as a shortcut-crutch halfway through.
2) I believe it would be much easier to implement.
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. But well, you know, even this will make people create crappy holds... That's the worst thing in this situation. NO matter what features you have, Lamers still can use them in a bad way to create... Very crappy stuff... Ehh, anyway I think this is good idea what you say. Not the same, have lesser possibilities, but it is better than nothing hehe 
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