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I think it's just something that will show up in the replays (mostly for debugging).  As for me, I've always felt strangely compelled to write "%" in them

Very, very clever, eppfel!  It does look like there's a bug with the confirmation, though- the "Press enter to confirm" doesn't go away until you mouse-over something and reset the tooltip.  Just something for whoever uses that method to be careful of.

For the kills since I've updated the map last, I'll show how accurate both your maps were.  Everything that you marked as a wall and was correct, I've shown as a wall.  Everything you marked as a wall but was not, I've marked as a sawed wooden wall.

And now, a big note and a big hint.  For those of you trying to crawl over to the vault- there's a powered door in the way.  My hint is that the dog in the top left is one of the keys to reaching the vault.

Here's the map:
http://castledraft.com/editor/U3SrV8

Shameless plug here, but you could check out the Fortress Theory mod.  Right now it has 5 new tools and 7 new house objects, a brand new set of paintings, and I'm hoping to have a way to save and load maps quickly in the next version.  If you have any features you want to see, feel free to suggest them in that thread, and I'll think about adding them!

It is stored at the top of Mount Olympus until next King arises (whoever has the painting displayed has the vault).

Wow, that's actually harder than I thought!  I knew you had to cross the trapdoors, see the CAD and combo the cats, but I assumed you had to do a magic dance to get back across the trapdoors.  I still haven't figured out quite how you can cross the commit gates back, though.  I also didn't expect there to be more dogs past the 2 that see you at first.

I'm guessing you have to get the chihuahua stuck where he starts out each time, and then somehow he'll let you back across the trapdoors.  I can't see how it works, though

Congrats, 42Dustman!  You have figured out through trial and error what I had trouble figuring out looking at the map!

Yep- it's one of the easter eggs that daVinci mentioned.  42dustman gave me the idea of having easter eggs a while back, and I figured I'd throw some in!  If you want to see the treasure chest, it's in 42's house now (Martin, I believe his name is). (Or you could look into the vaults folder)

I'd like to submit a complaint about the potential renovations.  Your last "renovations" resulted in a much less appealing entryway.  So unappealing, in fact, that I stopped visiting the gallery until recently.  I'm afraid that your new renovations will result in a similar drop in quality- I was just learning how to get around, and would be seriously disappointed if I had to relearn the paths to such interesting exhibits such as "The Dog, The Cat, and the Apparent Binary Choice" in the central northern section of the Gallery.

Thank you for your consideration,
Iceman

Well, congratulations- your house has multiple solutions!  My method seems to work, although it's a bit longer than yours.  Here's a video of both solutions, for those who want to seem them in action:

http://www.twitch.tv/iceman012/b/524253874

I start out dying, but Stefan's solution starts at 0:40, while mine starts at 2:15.  I killed a cat, though

Here's my solution:

Walk to the leap of faith, making sure the left-most dog survives.  Step on the button, electric floor, button.  Go to the left to pick up your dog, then cross the leap of faith.
Go up to the cat hallway, press the first button twice, open the door (the cat will get stuck on the lower powered door), and send the cat up into his prison.
Since the dog is following you, go down and get him to unpress both buttons on his side.  Press one of the buttons to open the top door, then run to the bottom one.  You'll get through, while the dog will get stuck.  Make sure the button on the right side of the door is pressed still, and that the hallway button is pressed after you pass it. Take the far right hallway past the powered doors.
In Galactus' mouth, get the cat stuck by the left powered door.  Open the door above him, then send him across the trapdoor as a sacrifice for your robbery.  He'll open the powered door, letting you see the dog.
We have to get the button in Galactus' neck pressed, though.  Move along his left cheek to dance the dog stuck at the bottom of the house, unpressing his side of the door.  Go back down, press the hallway button to open the door, and run back to Galactus.  The dog should be about 5 spaces behind you, so you can cross the powered door at the chin before the dog closes them.
Go up the left side of Galactus' head until the dog opens the door.  At this point, the cat that crossed the trapdoor has gone back down, putting that hallway back exactly the way it was.  Go up until you see the dog, head back down, and cross the trapdoor.  The dog will fall in, and you'll almost be at the safe!
Press the button at the middle of the top of the map twice.  Step into the cat's view, left once, right, then cross the trapdoors.  Make sure the powered door is open, continue down the hallway- the cat will shut it and get stuck. Open the door on the left going up, go back to get a cat, and send the cat up to his prison.
Go to the vault.
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PROFIT!!!

That was really fun to figure out I love how you have to do that dance with the dog you've forgotten about, and how you reuse that trap in Galactus' head three times!  Also, it's a bit amazing, but not a single cat died that day...

Actually, no... there aren't any easter eggs in Ichabod's house.

Anyways, we're up to 26 deaths, and every pit in the house has been filled in on the map.  Just to give you poor, lost souls a little sliver of hope, I've even shown where the vault is!

Good luck

Cullman, I don't think waiting is going to produce more people to try your idea; just the opposite, in fact.  I don't think there's going to be a very big increase in forum visiters.  I think that almost everybody who visits the forum said they'd support your idea (I'm actually a bit surprised you got 17 people, actually).  Almost everybody who plays the game but doesn't check the forums isn't going to come here when they get desperate.  They're just going to stop playing.  Like you said, 17 people might not make it worth going through with your plan... but I don't think you're going to get any more by waiting.

Yeah- the (valid) record so far has been 32 steps.  I do have a nice, 230 step tape, but it's one where the player can't decide whether they should go around the wooden walls or straight through them.  Considering he's seen my whole map, I suspect it's going to be broken soon.  Still, I'll keep on giving more information about the house- here's 12 pits for 12 deaths, as well as a few extra dogs thrown in

And now they've disconnect scouted me.  Really?

http://castledraft.com/editor/wOPHj5

You mean have every painting be the exact same?  Yeah- you'd just delete all of the folders in gameElements/gallery except the one you want, copy it 153 times (or whatever the painting count is), and then change the numbers in info to go from 2000 to 2152.