Schik
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To reproduce:

1. Fill an area with tar.
2. Attempt to place a serpent on top of it.

The corners turn into straight segments, and only the used-to-be-corners and the head remain.

Don't ask why I even tried to put a serpent on some tar.


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key-smiter
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Interesting indeed. I'll enter it as a bug although there probably needs to be some discussion on whether this should prompt an error or if amphibious snakes are a useful game element.

Either way, 'taint right just yet.

mrimer
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It'll be fixed in build 21. (It's nice that these bugs are so easy. Sorting out those import/export bugs are hard!)

For those that can make out the code, most of these placement errors are due to the CRoomWidget::IsSafePlacement() method. This method determines what can be placed with what. Have a look if you're interested. If there are any ideas on how to clean it up, I'd be interested to hear them.

[Edited by mrimer on 06-19-2003 at 05:01 AM]

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