"collapsed tower" in vault causes erroneous level reversion
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 6:59 am
Version 1.6.7. That one early-game vault (often seen in Trollmire) with the two bears in its backyard and the golem guard just inside and the plants and skellingtons and magic turrets guarding the inside has caused erroneous alterations to the level for me. I've seen this with multiple characters, though it does seem to be somewhat rare. The problem occasionally occurs when I enter and leave the "collapsed tower" sub-level that's accessible via this vault.
Entering and leaving the tower the first time usually (maybe always?) causes no trouble. But entering and leaving it again may cause trouble. On my current run, I accidentally re-entered the tower while trying to depart from the finished dungeon. Auto-explore sends you to the tower stairway when you're trying to exit the area, so it's easy to make that mistake. I stepped back out of the tower and found that the Rhaloren level 2 area, which had previously been cleared, was now only halfway cleared. It appeared to have reverted to the state it had been in the very first time I entered the tower. I cleared it again, gaining an extra copy of Wyrmbreath and some other copied stuff. Then I entered and exited the collapsed tower again and the level reverted a second time to its partially cleared state.
This opens an opportunity for the player to cheat by repeatedly respawning the same enemies and taking XP from them. I imagine it could also possibly duplicate an important artifact - for instance, if you were extremely lucky and the Blood of Life were lying on the floor in that level, then I guess you'd gain access to infinite copies of it.
Entering and leaving the tower the first time usually (maybe always?) causes no trouble. But entering and leaving it again may cause trouble. On my current run, I accidentally re-entered the tower while trying to depart from the finished dungeon. Auto-explore sends you to the tower stairway when you're trying to exit the area, so it's easy to make that mistake. I stepped back out of the tower and found that the Rhaloren level 2 area, which had previously been cleared, was now only halfway cleared. It appeared to have reverted to the state it had been in the very first time I entered the tower. I cleared it again, gaining an extra copy of Wyrmbreath and some other copied stuff. Then I entered and exited the collapsed tower again and the level reverted a second time to its partially cleared state.
This opens an opportunity for the player to cheat by repeatedly respawning the same enemies and taking XP from them. I imagine it could also possibly duplicate an important artifact - for instance, if you were extremely lucky and the Blood of Life were lying on the floor in that level, then I guess you'd gain access to infinite copies of it.