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on my video, what happens if the guards falls about 3 floors? also look that I made, that he didn't die

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yaqxsw wrote:on my video, what happens if the guards falls about 3 floors? also look that I made, that he didn't die

time 2:23
That's falling and surviving:
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You're being nice to the guard. ;)
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A new bug I discovered recently:

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Explained by Moscow Tracer here:

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By the way...
David wrote:I guess the most used trick is: if you press down when a loose floor lands on you, it won't hurt you. (But only if you won't bump into a wall.)
Some players can bump into walls while doing it. :)
But then the timing has to be more precise, I think.
See, for example, here.
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Very similar to this one, but with two empty spots (and doesn't require a gate), as mentioned here and shown here.

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Here some tricks
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The first trick is similar to this, and the second is similar to this.
Looks like the game has problems with collision detection if two adjacent objects need checking.

I found the following trick in mk's The Princess in Danger, level 2. (Although it doesn't have to be used there.)
The following tiles are needed:
wall-empty-floor-floor
floor-button-wall-wall
If you want to go from the top right to the bottom left without touching the button (for example, because it's a close button), walk to the edge, turn around, run forward once, turn around, and jump.
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David wrote:[...] If you want to go from the top right to the bottom left without touching the button (for example, because it's a close button), walk to the edge, turn around, run forward once, turn around, and jump.
Probably a bit more well-known trick, but you're right, it wasn't mentioned in this thread yet.
Here's a video of the trick:

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As seen in, for example, level 1 of Into the Dungeons:

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You can use that too. As Mirages of persia level 11 beginning (by Bap)
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Another trick with chompers:
If you grab a ledge after falling, and there is a chomper in the row below the ledge, it won't start chomping after you release the ledge. This trick can be used on the original level 9 (in the room where an open button is behind the chomper).
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David wrote:If you grab a ledge after falling, and there is a chomper in the row below the ledge, it won't start chomping after you release the ledge.
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Looks like Khushal is uploading the tricks to YouTube. :P

Another well-known trick:

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As kinda shown by yaqxsw here and mentioned by MoonlightShadow here:



Not an easy trick, but can be useful.
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