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Lesser Known Features

Lesser Known Features

Listed here are some things about Build and the game itself of which many people may not be aware. This game may be over a decade old, but I'm still discovering incredible new things every so often.

  • An ActivatorLocked will silence any ambient MusicAndSFX sprites within the sector until it is unlocked.
  • Lizard Troopers can fake death. After a few seconds, a faking trooper will come back to life. Apparently they can even fake the fatal head wounds associated with death (since they use the regular death sprite).
  • You can hold the Spacebar to drink from water sources (rather than continuously pressing it). The only exception is the drinking fountain.
  • NEWBEASTJUMP (#4690) and NEWBEASTSTAYPUT (#4611) are affected in-game by their Build sprite size.
  • Protozoid slimers can devour enemies.
  • Holodukes don't cast shadows or glow in nightvision.
  • You can use the Spacebar on the pool balls (For the longest time I used guns to play pool).
  • Teleporters can be locked/unlocked with an ActivatorLocked (but oddly enough won't work with an Activator).
  • Players on steroids will be invulnerable to shrinkers, and shrunken players can use steroids to grow back to full size immediately.
  • You can pan the texture of a parallaxed ceiling just like a regular ceiling (using Keypad 2/4/6/8).
  • Lizard Troopers defecate randomly.
  • Teleporters work on everything including Sector Effectors, Activators, MusicandSFX sprites, security cameras, etc.
  • Shrunken players are not subject to fall damage.
  • If you use a transparent texture (pink) on a solid wall, the pink will become black in-game.
  • Try placing a FORCESPHERE (#2590) mid-air in a large room, then see what it does in-game.
  • Security camera perspectives are slightly zoomed out when viewed by a shrunken player.
  • Change the Overtile value of a wall to 663 (W_FORCEFIELD), and the wall texture will pan diagonally and cause damage to any player who gets too close. I don't know how to assign this in Build, and I don't even know if it's possible. I use Mapster32.



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