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This post pretty from way back when pretty much sums up what you are talking about here , with different worlds and such, excepting the 'nuke' part.  I think it would add variety to a game that can otherwise become quite stale.

As has been mentioned here, a simple work-around for windows wouldn't be enough.  It is too easily exploited with dead animals in pits.

What I was thinking of was a 'cardboard box' tools, ala Metal Gear Solid.  However, this box would be static and thus you would have to throw a bunch down to traverse a passage without being seen by pets.  Perhaps immune to the family?  "Hey mom, why is there a man in a that cardboard box over there?"

Sleep is Death.  I shed a tear for thee.  Another one of Jasons multiplayer games,  It has since shrivelled into obscurity due to the dwindling player base (and a lack of a lobby server).

If you are struggling for an idea for your next project Jason, then please spend a few precious months polishing up and re-releasing Sleep is Death as a Steam game, and add a lobby server!  It was such a masterpiece that it deserves a wide audience.  Don't do it for the money, do it for the stories!

Dog+Drugs+Gun=Good

Dog+Drugs+Club=Bad

A couple of things...

This would even out the distribution of rob attempts between all houses.  If sorting is based on attempts/deaths stat would it mean that a house jumps to the bottom of the list each time it is edited?  It would make it interesting, as wealthy houses would be no better off than beginners at being 'ranked' on the list, and houses at the top would be truly established.  If someone can create a house which withstands robbery attempts without any edits it would remain right at the top and everyone would know that while it may not be a wealthy residence, it certainly must be a tough maze.  Which is thumbs up in my book.

Could rumors be simply "John Lee McGreggor has died!" or "Mark James Spicer has murdered two innocents!" or "Patrick Wayne Little has committed robbery!".  Then the players can put the pieces together.  Perhaps just do an ongoing rolling update of what has happened since you last ran the game with 5 seconds between messages?

Whatever happened to the second server?

Not a bad idea.  Easy to implement too.

Nice.  I do think it is a large stretch of the imagination to consider this cheating, seeing as this doesn't give you any sort of advantage or effect any other players.

I suspected something like this, but I thought it would require copying the settings files over between building and robbing.  I didn't realise the game has different settings for robbing and building.

Thank you for sharing

I have often thought this would be an extremely versatile additional.  I *think* it has been suggested in the past, but it must have been very long ago...

Including four direction voltage switches would make electronic designs much more diverse, ie. more friendly to alternative trap positions.

Just edit the tile images and make them whatever you want!  For example, changing the panic button into a pot plant, the red and green lights into a couch and tv, etc.  Then upload the files as 'Furniture Mod' and share them with users that can also see them.

It's odd there isn't a a mod scene for the game yet.

Ahhh.. good old ghost town.  The was something endearing about making your way through the mangled remains of all these broken houses for some quick cash.

This.

Although the way family-members bodies just lay there is morbid, I think the chalk outlines would be more respectful and sadder.

Hmm.. What about a gravestone?  Or is that too cliche?

Yeah this issue of 'getting the ball rolling' has been in my mind since I have tried this new version.  It is great, but I think the economy lacks that much needed 'push' to get you off to a decent start.  It used to be salary, or before that, empty starter houses, and before that, the vast ghost-town of living-dead houses, which was kind of cool actually.

Anyways, I had a left-of-field concept for a way for the game to give out small sums of money: The Hit List.  This would kind of be the mirror side of the bounty system, The player could enter the hit list just like the house list, but it will display a family member and the sum to be earned.  Houses will only be listed if that owner has ever robbed or murdered, with an appropriate sum of money awarded accordingly, perhaps increasing per failed attempt by players.

Once a hit has been complete, that house is removed from the list until that owner again robs or murders, and another family member will now be the target.