I haven't seen this trick yet and I just discovered it.
Check it out:

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Nice. A one way ladder going up, and leads to your death if it's a longer ladder. Somewhere, I remeber, there's a ladder somewhere that goes up, and you can't go back down, Jack will just duck, instead of going down the ladder. I'm not sure if this is true, but I think it was in some puzzle or maze in a mansion with ladders and different levels of brick.

Nice discovery! When first saw the tread I thought it would be as surprising as the Dalton brothers mansion by Alexander.

I found the ladder trick yesterday as I was working on a new mansion http://actionsoft.com/forums/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif

Hi Nick,

I didn't quite get your "ladder trick"....   :-/

Or did you mean simply the fact that you included several of that broken bits of ladder, which (sometimes) gives the impression as if Jack "stumbled" or let go of the ladder ???

I say "sometimes" because when I tried it (in your "ladder trick" mansion) it only worked about 1 out of 3 times. The other times Jack just went down the ladder quite normally. (Maybe it's due to the height, and would work better on a longer ladder, but I'm not sure ?!)

However, did you know that you can use those broken bits of ladder to create  a ladder where it's possible that Jack can get off in the middle of it (or wherever you put the broken bit) ?    
I have built a ladder like that in my Palace Of Gore, if I remember correctly....

Simple example:

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aquaMat wrote on 12.09.2007 at 22:58:50:

When I tried it (in your "ladder trick" mansion) it only worked about 1 out of 3 times.

Really, it has worked every time for me.

Nick wrote on 13.09.2007 at 03:52:42:

Really, it has worked every time for me.

Oh yes ??  Strange.... it didn't for me. BTW, I had a similar issue in one of JoeB's mansions (Ghosthunter ?), where he had built a room where there was a succession of short ladders, surrounded by zippers....and you had to manoeuvre one of the ExP. "little man" creatures up and down the ladders to switch the zippers off.

As the short ladders were so close on top of each other, my little man always had problems with steppin' off. Usually he continued further down on the next ladder.

Back then I had the feeling, that apparently there's a "bug" in the ladders, where Jack (or a "little man") doesn't recognize that he can't step off it, when the ladder is too small..... very confusing ?!

I don't know why it would do that. Maybe vern knows. http://actionsoft.com/forums/Smilies/huh.gif

Yeah, AquaMat, that little man that helps you in Ghosthunter... you sort gotta hold down the ^> keys to get him on place to pull the lever.

When I tried the trick, worked everytime...  :-/

Wingy, by  > and < did you mean the normal arrows (for up, down, left and right) or something else ?

If you're talking 'bout the arrows, do you mean, while the little man climbs down the ladder, you're simultaneously holding the right key ?

If so, thanks for telling me, I'll try that.

Yes, I mean hold down the default ^> keys, (at the same time) which are the left and up arrow keys.

Anthony wrote on 08.10.2007 at 04:30:23:

Yes, I mean hold down the default ^> keys, (at the same time) which are the left and up arrow keys.

:o ehm, what?!?