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Sometimes it is hard to know what squares a bomb will hit before it explodes because of walls and stuff. So like orbs and evil eyes, you click on the bomb and it shows you which squares it will explode on.

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[Last edited by rowrow at 09-03-2005 02:29 AM]

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I'd also like to see a feature where you can click on a bomb and see how many turns from now it will explode.

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Would it be possible to somehow let us see what squares will be affected by bombs in the editor? In a room I've been testing I thought I had the blast area completely covered, but in testing, it was found there were a few squares not affected by the bombs. In the game the blast is shown for just a split second so it's impossible to see what happens on each and every square if they're near wall formations and such.

I finally had to hit printscreen just as the bombs went off and paste it into MSPaint to see exactly where the 5 problem squares were (see attached). While this works as a workaround, it'd be nice if I could see something similar in game.

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Similarly, left-clicking on bombs should bring up the blast radius in-game.

[Edited by Mattcrampy at Local Time:05-28-2005 at 11:50 PM: You can't prove anything.]

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Mattcrampy wrote:
Similarly, right-clicking on bombs should bring up the blast radius in-game.

No, left-clicking on bombs should bring up their radius. Just like left-clicking on orbs shows the associated doors, and left-clicking on tunnels shows their exits, and left-clicking eyes... You get the point.

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The blast radius of the bomb you click on and the bombs it would set off if it exploded. It'd be a bit useless to show only the blast radius of the bomb you click on, and too much information if it were all bombs on the screen.


(perhaps this implied in the discussion anyway *shrug*)

[Edited by StuartK at Local Time:05-28-2005 at 04:38 PM]

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One issue to having this in actual gameplay would be some puzzles based on searching for the safe spot would be rendered trivial. Not a big loss I think.

If it were to be implemented, it would also make sense to be able to click on fuses which may lead to multiple bombs. There's a small downside, in that bombs may interact with other room elements (e.g. orbs closing doors) rendering the prediction somewhat inaccurate. You could always click again after each bomb goes off to get an update though.

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One issue to having this in actual gameplay would be some puzzles based on searching for the safe spot would be rendered trivial. Not a big loss I think.

Noone's really hurt that we know where orbs go before hitting them now, so.

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Tscott wrote:
Would it be possible to somehow let us see what squares will be affected by bombs in the editor?

I'll add this to DROD 3.0.

StuartK wrote:
The blast radius of the bomb you click on and the bombs it would set off if it exploded.

This way.

Mattcrampy wrote:
Similarly, left-clicking on bombs should bring up the blast radius in-game.

I'll add this. It will not show chain-reactions like in the room editor.

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eytanz wrote:

Mattcrampy wrote:
Similarly, right-clicking on bombs should bring up the blast radius in-game.

No, left-clicking on bombs should bring up their radius. Just like left-clicking on orbs shows the associated doors, and left-clicking on tunnels shows their exits, and left-clicking eyes... You get the point.

Shows their exits?

For me it doesnt work (i have jtrh)

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That's why it doesn't work.