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Sorry if this has been asked before, but I was just wondering, will holds created in 1.6 be compatable with the editor in 1.7?

I'd hate to spend weeks on a new hold only to find it won't work in the new version.

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I'm pretty sure they will. I'm confident Erik & co. would never miss a thing like that.

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In some other thread I explicitly asked this question, and they explicitly said they would indeed be compatible with 1.7.

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I need to check my sources. From what I've heard, 1.7 would have differently sized rooms, and would thus not be compatible with older holds.

But if 1.6 holds are compatible, then they cannot remove spiders, as some holds would be broken that way. Unless they replace them with roaches or some such silliness.

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Nillo wrote:
I need to check my sources. From what I've heard, 1.7 would have differently sized rooms, and would thus not be compatible with older holds.

I'm curious as to where you've heard this - I don't remember anyone even suggesting this.

But if 1.6 holds are compatible, then they cannot remove spiders, as some holds would be broken that way. Unless they replace them with roaches or some such silliness.

True - but didn't someone (Matt?) just say a short while ago that we'll be pleased with how they handle spiders in 1.7? Presumably if they handle spiders somehow, then they're in (unless he meant that we'll be pleased that they're gone, but that didn't seem right in context).

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eytanz wrote:
I'm curious as to where you've heard this - I don't remember anyone even suggesting this.

I have no idea, apparently I'm just imagining things. Ignore me.

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eytanz wrote:

Nillo wrote:
I need to check my sources. From what I've heard, 1.7 would have differently sized rooms, and would thus not be compatible with older holds.

I'm curious as to where you've heard this - I don't remember anyone even suggesting this.

I don't remember the exact thread, but some time ago, a member of the dev team mentioned that the tile size, that is, the size of the graphics for each tile, would be different. (14x14 pixels changed to 22x22, I think.) Unfortunately, the post was somewhat ambiguous, and could also be understood as stating that the size of the rooms would change. I think this is where the confusion comes from.

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In a previous thread, someone from the dev team said tilesets would be bigger. In the given thread, I asked if that meant old holds would no longer be compatible, and the dev team member said "no no, we're talking about the pixel size of each tile, not the room dimensions. Old holds will still work"

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Not that I don't believe you, but what thread was it?

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The_Red_Hawk wrote:
Not that I don't believe you, but what thread was it?

http://www.drod.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=1777&page=1#16182


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Thanks.

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