since the game is technically a mod for a mod, i am surprised it works as well as it does its picking random locations on each map you visit to spawn these things, I have seen them spawn in totally unreachable places before, it happens sometimes

Originally posted by MilkTheCow:

since the game is technically a mod for a mod, i am surprised it works as well as it does its picking random locations on each map you visit to spawn these things, I have seen them spawn in totally unreachable places before, it happens sometimes

oh i thought it was just like, game was so old and unupdated the mechanics got a bit changed or something

Shard locations are based off entity locations in the map that aren't colliding with things. In that case, there's probably a sprite entity for that wall light that it decided was a good spot to spawn a shard at.

...Which can lead to some pretty wacky locations sometimes, since it doesn't try to do a "reasonableness check". This hopefully forces players to use their full suite of tools to get to some sneaky shards. Some are still impossible, but it keeps it interesting at least.

Originally posted by Foohy:

Shard locations are based off entity locations in the map that aren't colliding with things. In that case, there's probably a sprite entity for that wall light that it decided was a good spot to spawn a shard at.

...Which can lead to some pretty wacky locations sometimes, since it doesn't try to do a "reasonableness check". This hopefully forces players to use their full suite of tools to get to some sneaky shards. Some are still impossible, but it keeps it interesting at least.

oh ♥♥♥♥ a developer of the mod replied i thought the game was pretty much mostly abandoned besides rare updates