Player Levitation?

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

I picked up Trine a few days ago (massive sale and I love puzzle games) for myself and my friend. Having a blast with it, trying out different settings, great experience so far. One thing though. We can't figure out what the Player Levitation setting actually does. And I like playing the wizard, so it's kind of annoying the heck out of me.

There's a good chance I'm just being stupid, but can someone just lay out what it actually controls if it is set to self/friend/whatever?

[JLarja]

If set to self, you can levitate the object you are standing on. If set to friend, you can levitate an object your friend is standing on.

-JLarja / Frozenbyte

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

I have it set to "All" and I cant levitate an object I'm standing on. My cursor turns red when I try.

[MarjutFB]

I tried this and seems like you just can't levitate the object you're standing on. So, if you want to levitate yourself you need to have an object under that and lift that one. You can however directly lift an object your friend is standing on. Neither works if you have the levitation setting off.

I am actually not sure why it's built this way, but I can try asking around for the answer if you'd like. However I'll note that levitating yourself generally doesn't really improve the game as every puzzle can be solved without that as well.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but let me know if you have any questions! :)

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Yeah we figured out the "friend" setting. It's the "self" thing that's weird. We're a little OCD -- levitating each other is the only way to get to the very top of the screen to make absolutely sure we've seen everything :p

Also interesting note, two wizards cannot simultaneously levitate each other, even with levitation set to all.

[Magmarock]

Is this setting considered cheating? It sure feels like it. It's fun to play with but I waited until finishing the game to use it.

[EllaFB]

It is not a feature designed to be used during "normal play" but maybe it is not "cheating" as we have decided to include an option to be able to do it. :)

Unfortunately no player levitation in Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince.