Various/Other Mekorama Exploits Research

Yes, that's it. Sorry for the misunderstanding, but the photo you showed is the falling trick, as you double tapped.

Spoiler: What I meant

What I meant was that the level was supposed to be completed using the inertia trick and not the falling one.

 

@Block builder - thanks for starting this discussion. I agree with you, the naming is confusing and the two in discussion would be better called the other way around.

The Inertia Bug was so coined before my time in early June. Others were also calling it the Boogie Bot Bug. I like odd unique names more, because then we don't get hung up on the meanings of the words themselves and we're more likely to be on the same page.

In this case, I'd like to propose calling all falling tricks as one class: "Falling Tricks." Within that class, we know of at least three:
1. @Weders version; (which became known as the Boogie Bot Bug / Inertia Trick)
2. @meko 's version; and now
3. @vince 's version.

Did I miss any?

I will start off by re-iterating that, yes, vince's is more in line with the word inertia while Weders' is a more likely candidate for the word falling. So could we brainstorm some better names? I'll start:

1. Boogie Bot Bug (because that's what many have been using (or perhaps Dizzy Bot Bug) and stop using Inertia Bug even though that has been used a lot too);
2. Pillar to Stair trick (not cute, but definitely apt and descriptive);
3. Tripping on Air trick.

Update: I forgot a fourth falling trick: tap on a draggable and before B gets to it, move it out of the way. Suggested titles: Fake Floor, Pulled Rug, See You Later, Joke's on You, Trap Door, etc.

 

I have found ball pushing (pushing balls that are on the ground) to be very unstable (which is why people use the ball-on-pillar), but I was experimenting with a soccer level, and to my surprise, B was able to push the ball all the time, while it takes me 10-15 tries of zig-zagging to hit a ball in other levels. I experimented some more and found that B pushes balls when he travels at least 2 blocks from the west (I think. If B is facing in the direction of the ball, 1 block will work) and turns 2 blocks from the ball and hits it. You could try experimenting some more with it.

EDIT: If B is facing forward, he has to run 1 block from the west before turning. If you go from at least 2 blocks, he will not hit the ball.

 

It depends on the device your using, but I think this technique works on most devices (it worked on the 2 I tested it on).

 

See my comment in my level http://mekoramaforum.com/media/deserted-first-attempt.4414/. There are 2 bugs in that one (one only works on certain devices).

EDIT: Decided to post the first bug here:

Spoiler: May also spoil the level above

If you touch/cross the brick (its effect is not triggered by the bricks themselves. I just used them to mark the boundaries) circle, it will fall. The great thing about the bug is that it's completely stable, but I don't know what other structures have the same effect. As long as you copy the tree exactly as it is, it will always have that effect. Any moving/movable object (a stone block on the line won't activate it) will trigger it, but there can be slight differences (the only one I noticed so far is that a draggable couldn't activate it from a certain corner).

I don't know if I can replicate the second one. It seems VERY unstable.

EDIT 2: Some additional information: It seems that you can rotate the tree, so North South East West orientation doesn't matter. You have to make sure that you put the branches in the same order, though. The tree will fall in the direction of the longest (horizontally) branch.

B can trigger the tree even when he's up to 1 block higher or 2 blocks lower. You can also activate it from anywhere in between that.

So far, the only way I've been able to modify the tree without destroying the effect is making it one rail taller (I put another rail at the bottom).

 

I know it, but I don't think that many people know it too.

 

That's already discovered. There are actually a lot of levels using it now, since the way to do it just got out a couple of days ago.

 

Yes, they did. I discovered that they didn't need them