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Yeah, I should have attacked Bond earlier myself, I was planning to today only to find him already robbed.

The odd thing was that you, Mr Clark, were still in the neighbourhood with only a small amount of money in your vault. I was wondering where you suddenly got $50,000 worth of tools from. Still, it is always nice to survive a $50k run .

And yes, my entrance hall is very much designed to deter people from attempting the dance even if they've had a good look at the mechanics. I might have to shift them around a bit if you think you have it (and I'd be impressed if you actually did figure it out).

Thanks mala,

Yeah, it has been a while. I'm not sure I'll dedicate enough time to develop any new house designs but it has been fun running an old proven design and dominating the neighbourhood .

It looks like you've made a few interesting houses since I've been gone . Are you thinking of starting a new house anytime soon?

Henson here.

Oh, wow... RIP Gordon Aaron Bushnell.

That was one big bounty.

I've actually completed my (very expensive) house and can't think of any ways of spending money to improve it. So I guess the money will just go towards me eventually making $1Million... .

Did someone get your wife? Or did you just decide to start afresh? If the latter, why not use your $7000 and remaining dogs and wipe everything else? I guess a new name can be nice.

I could have easily spent the money to take out your wife, and from a self-preservation point of view it was probably the best action, but I have a strict policy on not killing family members.

Once I saw you going for my wife I felt I needed to teach you a lesson, hence killing all those dogs and smashing up your house. And after that I got a bit paranoid about you building up a fortune and coming in with 100 guns.

You seemed to have a remarkable ability to bounce back. Not long after I trashed your house it was repaired and had thousands of dollars in the bank.

Anyway, it has been fun and I can see the need for a new house. I look forward to seeing your new one.

I think Jason's decision never to go on sale was a mistake given the nature of the game. Sales would allow for regular injections into the player base with the advantage that a whole bunch would come at once, giving the new players more (and easier) houses to rob and so increasing the chances of them sticking around.

I've been at the top of the list for a few weeks now and I haven't seen any sign of map hacking in my tapes. Possibly the entrance of my house is difficult to figure out even with a map? But I'd say it is more likely that either someone peaked your combination and then timed out, not leaving a full tape or that someone just got lucky (1/256 isn't that low a chance). Do you have any tapes of people suiciding on the welcome mat?

Thanks! It is still slightly buggy - there was just a blank space after "Your email is:".

Edit: Hmm, looks like it hasn't registered properly - it won't log in.
Also, why isn't SDL.dll packed with the zip? I had to copy it over from TCD.

Well, you could even do it with two, just leave out acc 1, have acc 2 die in 3 and build your dream house.

This one wouldn't be too hard to fix though - Jason could add a bounty timeout every time you rob a place so that you don't get a vault bounty off a house that you robbed within X hours. Perhaps we should email him about this one or do you think he frequents the forums enough now to catch it?

I'm concerned that these kinds of exploits are starting to become a big part of the game and I'm not sure Blip that this shouldn't be "frowned upon". Advantages that are only available to those who have paid more money for another account is starting to become "pay to win" which is not so cool. I don't think there is much single account activity that should be frowned upon though (besides blatant cheating). People will be nasty but that is part of the game. Being nasty does not have to be though, you can play as nice or as nasty as you want. Intentionally exploiting 2 accounts is going too far though in my opinion.

I tend to always aim to have 4 paintings that I like to stick on my wall so I don't have to care about the rest. I imagine to newer players who struggle to get even one painting they like this might not be such a good strategy. Still, I like the fact that bad art gives incentives to steal more good art.

Something like this should do the job:
http://castledraft.com/editor/NmKALQ

This is why you should always exit out the front door during self tests until you know the house is done.

For the first question - the best way to figure out if something works is to build it and give it a go. You can even run experiments with an established house - just delete large parts and then quit out of the game to reset your house once you've finished.

In this case it won't work - firstly clocks don't work like this. The clock will only send a single substep "pulse" every 8 turns and this isn't enough to cause full power. To turn it into full power you need to use something like a bit storage unit, but this will create continuous power from then on. If you want something to be on every 8 turns  the easiest way is to connect it in such a way that it will power whenever every bit is in a particular state. This can be done by making the bits power voltage and inverted switches that the power must pass through.

Secondly, as electric floors conduct power the door can never be open when they are on. Pit traps would be more useful (though expensive) here.

For the second question - I'd say the clock is as small as you'll get it to achieve this without thinking up a better binary counter bit design than my one.

I've robbed many $40k houses with much less than "five ladders, torches, explosives". It really depends on the house - do a good scouting run first to get an idea of what you are in for. Also I rarely bring more than 5 wire cutters, the only exception is if it is obvious that they have lots of electric floors. Also, as Jabloko says, dog meat are pretty much a must have in any house - guns are too expensive to be your only defence against dogs. Also, guns are not necessary for most houses unless you are intent on taking out the wife.