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Has anyone tested what happens when a pet is killed in the place of where another pet is supposed to start?  What happens in this case?  Does the pet with the invalid starting space just remain where he was at the end of the robbery?

I think you should also consider taking into account the intrinsic value of the house (the bricks and mortar).

Thus a beginner house of <$2000 would have a meagre earn rate calculated, and an established house valued at $10,000 odd (again, I am talking the raw elements, walls, traps, etc. and not just vault/wife money) would attract a higher income level.  Perhaps paintings value are also taken into account, based on original purchase amount.

This stops the established houses continually pushing themselves down to $0 by adding elements/paintings, so they are constantly a target.

So the house income bracket would be calculated as:

MONEY/TOOLS + BRICKS & MORTAR VALUE = INCOME BRACKET

N.B. I would also think that broken elements such as laddered trapdoors, dead dogs, broken walls, etc., would not be considered when calculating house value.

Don't mean to be the bearer of bad news but I can't see the new sprites on my browser..  They don't appear in the dropdown (just empty spaces) or the house layout.  The broken safe, all the robbers, hot wires and some of the pet states are missing.  The rest appears.  Also noticed the sleeping pit bull is mislabeled.. hmm..

Ukuko, castledraft is excellent.  I love all the different states of objects and ease of use.

All I can see missing are three things:

-Indicator light (on)

-Sticking Pressure Switch (down)

-Robber, both dead and alive (Although that is 4 variations: Pit bull death, electric floor death, pit death/trapdoor and  suicide)  Would also have to use the same rule as the safe and only allow one per map.

It would make it so you can set up EXACTLY what took place in a robbery, as in a freeze-frame.

Anyways, great work fella.

I would like to add my thoughts on the discussion:

I like trapdoors not passing power, but I think electric floors should, both thematically and gameplay-wise.  This still leaves the option of 'hallways of death', but at the cost of shorting the circuit if you want to check it out the wiring and only ending on a single trapdoor.
http://castledraft.com/editor/aUdwZ3

I was also thinking trapdoor behaviour could be tweaked, so that the mechanism to raise/lower the trapdoor is electric, but the mechanism is analog.  What I mean is, when a trapdoor receives power it triggers into 'up mode' and it is not until it is re-trigger (receives power again) that it drops.  This may seem counter intuitive, but not if you recognise that it is the mechanism itself that is activating to either lower or raise the trapdoor into a 'locked' state.  This would mean an unpowered trapdoor (after it has been triggered) can actually be safe to cross, and takes some of the overpowered-ness of trapdoors away.  Let me know if that makes sense.

I also am continuing to barrack for the on-only-when-pressed button (or the pressure plate) which would tie in with the new limitations and trapdoor behaviour nicely.

Let me just add, the nice thing I liked about sliding doors is that you close them behind you, so you are continually 'in the dark', as it were.  I think it would be lovely, and makes me feel gooey inside.

I think the argument here is not necessarily that dual accounts are the problem, just the possibility of the actual exploit of one player handing $2000 chunks out in succession.

The fact this exploit exists at all means that soon enough, it will be exploited and spoil lots of hard work.  It has already occurred quite a few times where many large houses were brute forced this way, myself being one of the perpetrators (thanks Ludi!).

Isn't there a 'is down' function you can call instead?

Taber.

Yes thank you.  Him and his bloody trapdoor deathtrap trap.

Consider that added to my sig.

What, a pet to protect your family that isn't a pit bull?  Hmm..  a gorilla?  What about a poodle?
What sort of behaviour are we talking about?

And what about a door that the robber and family can pass through, but not pets?  Like a sliding door that you close behind you?

edit: And I am sad for no potions.  Where will I find love now?