OTABO'S PROFILE

author=nin8halos
Overgrown Obelisk:

PROS
It looks good.

CONS
The player is dropped right onto a fire flower at the start, whether they want it or not. Never force a power-up on the player.
There are only fire flowers in a level full of enemies that are immune to fireballs.
There are many sections where enemies are just all over the place. It's annoying.
Ravens hurt Mario when he jumps on them, but you can't tell right away. This is counter-intuitive.
Too much space between power-ups. I had to pass a couple switch-block sections before I could find the next one.
Way too long. I never even made it to the checkpoint because I got tired of replaying the first parts of the level.
There's a section where the player needs to pass through green blocks, but if they hit the green switch to reach the Flower in the previous section, they'll find that they cannot pass and need to backtrack quite a bit.

Okay, thanks for feedback. But what I don't understand is this: how was everything immune to fireballs when there were only the shyguys and ravens that were immune to it? I can tone down the enemies - again. Also, will probably change ravens back to classic spike tops to make them move obvious. Too much space between powerups? Ok, that can be changed, but I hate spamming powerups on the player personally; I guess I'll need to make stuff a lot more simpler. Will remove some switchblocks too, but NOT all of them.

Was the first room really THAT bad, though? I mean, besides the whole not enough power-ups thing. I would've thought that at least the rotating spike platforms after the checkpoint would get a lot of players, but the entire first room made you quit?

author=Proffessor_Buglean
In the latest version, flowers and vines seem to be invisible.

Edit: And then, I jumped onto a seemingly empty pipe and died. It looks like fiery pirahna plants are invisible, too.

This version should be working perfectly. Did you have an earlier version prior to this one or did you merge SA's SMBX folder with one you already have or something?

author=deni-amaral
It may be that I have not upgraded of the correct way!

That's probably what happened. The difference between the two patch files is that the actual 2.0011 patch (the smaller file) is just for those who have 2.0010. But if you had 2.0009 or earlier, you'd need the other patch file (the complete one). The Complete Patch is for those who haven't updated since the very beginning.

No problem.

Just found out that those directions aren't actually in the walkthrough, so it will be put in there now.

Yeah, I guess so.