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Descent 3: MERCENARY - level 3

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:13 pm
by Alley7
Hello

I have a very big trouble with level 3. My guidebot is stuck in those wind tunnels. How to get him back? Please help me!

Thanks

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:29 pm
by QuestionableChaos
Its been a little while since ive played mercenary... level 3 is the space station one right?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:43 pm
by AceCombat
im thinking that it is, and which wind tunnels are you refering to?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:39 pm
by QuestionableChaos
AceCombat, i assume hes referring to the two extremely long ones that tie together the two poles of the station.

If it these wind tunnels, I believe its possible to go back and forth between the two station poles. If this is the case, and say the guidebot is stuck in the North bound tunnel, the player can take the Southbound tunnel to arrive at the entrance of the Northbound tunnel, and take Northbound to find the stuck guidebot (in guidebot menu select return to ship, and just try to ram into him)

hope this helps!

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:19 pm
by AceCombat
yeah thats what im thinking aswell, unless he is in the very large main shaft where the magnetic things push you back and forth.

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:24 pm
by QuestionableChaos
oh hm. yeah actually IIRC i had a similar issue with a confused guidebot in that very shaft

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:28 am
by Alley7
Nope, my guidebot was sucked by one of huge ventilators. However, I managed to complete level without it.

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:50 am
by QuestionableChaos
Dravis wrote:Nope, my guidebot was sucked by one of huge ventilators. However, I managed to complete level without it.
was it one of the huge cone shaped cooling fans?

those things are notorious for eating guidebots :P

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:55 am
by Alley7
Yes. This is a serious mistake in level design beacuse some of those fans are indestructible, so there is no way of retrieving guidebot... :x

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:50 pm
by Duper
Could just finish the level. Most levels aren't so complex that you need one anyways.

For me the guide bot either gets in the way, or there's no path for him to get where i want him to go. Scripting for GB's can be rather involved in large mines and it's not always possible to account for areas they may be needed in.

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:35 pm
by AceCombat
two of them are destroyable, one of them is not.