Most of the original levels are normal and everything about them is defined and configurable within the xml.
However there are a few exceptions, where the game exe is coded to do things a little differently. These tests and actions cannot be changed in the exe, so you will need to account for / avoid them as necessary.
The following are all the known “special” things.
Genetic Sorting Machine Music Change
If the level id is GeneticSortingMachine, then when a Beauty ball pops the level music is changed to a resource called SOUND_LEVEL_GENETICSORTINGMACHINE_ALTERNATE
Beauty and the Electric Tentacle Signpost
When a signpost with text="SIGNPOST_BEAUTYANDTHETENTACLE_3" is read, this unlocks a Steam achievement.
Note: This appears to work even if the signpost is in another level.
MOM
There are (obviously) many special things in this level, so many in fact that it really deserves its own page. [TBA]
Deliverance : Access denied Popup
When the player attempts to play a level with id Deliverance the game checks whether the "Terms and Conditions Accepted" flag is set in their profile.
If it is the level plays.
If not then a Popup Message box appears instead, which only allows the player to click OK, and the level does not play.
The popup uses the following Global Text resources
DELIVERANCE_BLOCKED_TITLE , DELIVERANCE_BLOCKED_BODY , DELIVERANCE_BLOCKED_BUTTON_TEXT
Undelete Pill
When an UndeletePill goo ball pops, the game displays a popup message (described in detail below) When the player clicks either button, the game executes the command undeletenow, which does the following.. in this order...
Modifies a linearforcefield
It enables a force field called skeletonfield (see Deliverance level).
Obviously if this field was already enabled then this has no effect, but if the level does not contain a linearforcefield item called skeletonfield, then the game crashes.
Switch to "movie" mode
It displays the letterbox bars, and prevents any further interaction with the Goo Balls, and prevents clicking on the Continue Handle, if already down.
Moves the camera
It pans the camera to a fixed position 0,1000
Pauses for about 5 seconds then pans again to 0,5550.
The camera will not leave the scene so if scenebounds maxy is less than 5850, then camera will stop when it reaches the top of the scene.
Sends an internal message : END_DELIVERANCE
If the level end condition is set to endonmessage END_DELIVERANCE the level ends normally.
If the level end condition is set to anything else… then the level is now stuck, and the player cannot finish it..
or retry or quit.
Undelete Pill Popup
Uses the following images and sounds.
IMAGE_GLOBAL_UNDELETE_DIALOG res/images/popup
IMAGE_GLOBAL_WIDEBUTTON_OVER res/images/widebutton_over
IMAGE_GLOBAL_WIDEBUTTON_UP res/images/widebutton_up
SOUND_GLOBAL_DIALOG res/sounds/popup
And these global text resources
UNDELETE_CONFIRM , UNDELETE_CONFIRM_TITLE , YES_BUTTON_TEXT , OK_BUTTON_TEXT
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Thu, 10/07/2010 - 14:45
I think the "Skeleton force field" has something to do with that weird robot type thing at the bottom of "Deliverance". If you take a look at it before the level ends, then you can see it acts differently. Maybe that is why?
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Thu, 10/07/2010 - 20:17
Do these only work in Deliverance? Or in any level?
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Fri, 10/08/2010 - 03:25
The UndeletePill will work in any level, so long as you have a "skeletonfield" and set the same end condition.
Oh.. and I figured out what it does to the skeletonfield... enables it.
Sat, 09/03/2011 - 07:03
I find that Fisty's Bog is also a special level.
The hands and the legs will move and the body will zoom.
Once you copy this level, the animation doesn't work.
Eureka!
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Sat, 09/03/2011 - 09:16
You need to copy the anim.binltl files into the new folder as well.
A feature that's only used in Fisty's Bog is that if you create an animation with a name, put it in a level folder, then give a SceneLayer the same id, the SceneLayer will animate. But WooGLE doesn't copy the anim files when you clone the level.
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Sat, 09/03/2011 - 13:49
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Sat, 09/03/2011 - 14:54
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Tue, 07/03/2012 - 22:18
Beauty and the Electric Tentacle Signpost also unlock an achievement in Game Center in iOS versions.
EDIT: It seems when the MOM have been destroyed, clicking a button with
onclick=showmomin any level will display "MOM has gone." and end the level immediately.endonmessagecan be removed at this time and it will still works well.When the MOM haven't been destroyed, clicking a button with
onclick=showmomin a level whoseid≠MOMwill cause game crash. Ifid=MOMbutendonmessageis removed or its id is neitherMOM_DESTROY_0, MOM_DESTROY_1, ... or MOM_DESTROY_11(these texts have to be visited before the MOM closed), the level will not end and you can't do anything with the goo balls.| Things I made | And even more |