Space Countdown

Player in a space countdown sector.

Sector type 12, Space Countdown, is a sector type which immediately starts an 11.5 second countdown when the player enters the affected sector, after which they will die. To visualize the countdown, bubbles that count down from 5 to 0 will appear above the player's head. As the name implies, the effect is used to mimic suffocation in the vacuum of outer space. Exiting the affected sector will end the countdown. The Elemental Shield provides protection from this effect. In NiGHTS levels, the effect is disabled entirely.

Type of sector	Behavior
In-level sector	Starts countdown when the player is anywhere in the sector (both midair and floor), unless they have an Elemental Shield; leaving the sector ends the effect
Solid FOF control sector	Starts countdown when the player is anywhere above the FOF top, unless they have an Elemental Shield (sides and bottom are safe); leaving the area ends the effect
Intangible FOF control sector	Starts countdown when the player is anywhere inside the FOF, unless they have an Elemental Shield; leaving the FOF ends the effect
Water FOF control sector	Starts countdown when the player is anywhere inside the FOF, unless they have an Elemental Shield; leaving the FOF ends the effect

Sample

Example file: ex_st00012_spacecountdown.wad (MAP01)

How to use

You may load this file into your favorite map editor, such as Zone Builder. Select MAP01 as the map to load. You may also load this file in the game: Save ex_st00012_spacecountdown.wad into the addons folder of your SRB2 directory. Start SRB2, go to the Addons menu, and then select ex_st00012_spacecountdown.wad. Start the game in Single Player mode. Press the Console button (~), and type in the command MAP MAP01 to access the example map. When you load this file in the game, it replaces Greenflower Zone Act 1.

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