Rock pushing in the original game
I was asking Skorn earlier about which rocks can actually be pushed in the main game and he informed me that along with the Bonca rock, there's a rock near Windemere that may be also pushed which forms part of an arrow. Apologies in advance if this has already been unravelled, however I think many people would have encountered said rock and had their OCD kick in as they notice quite clearly that it's out of place.
However, this is actually a developer oversight due to the reuse of the s1-roc.c file that controls the Bonca cave rock. What it does is use a global variable to keep track of the rock position to see if it has been moved or not. Now most people will of course move the Bonca rock and not put it back afterwards meaning that for just about everyone, the Arrow rock will always be out of place when they first encounter it as there's no real reason to move it back after killing the monster.
In theory, the arrow rock is supposed to conceal a barrel with a golden heart in it, but of course due to this oversight it'll just about always be visible. What this also means is that if you move the Arrow rock left, it'll move the Bonca rock back as well.
However, this is actually a developer oversight due to the reuse of the s1-roc.c file that controls the Bonca cave rock. What it does is use a global variable to keep track of the rock position to see if it has been moved or not. Now most people will of course move the Bonca rock and not put it back afterwards meaning that for just about everyone, the Arrow rock will always be out of place when they first encounter it as there's no real reason to move it back after killing the monster.
In theory, the arrow rock is supposed to conceal a barrel with a golden heart in it, but of course due to this oversight it'll just about always be visible. What this also means is that if you move the Arrow rock left, it'll move the Bonca rock back as well.
this is good news for smugglers who want to cut down on their suspicious activities by having the moving-the-rock-back part controlled from a distance.
I was asking Skorn earlier about which rocks can actually be pushed in the main game
I'm kinda curious how can anyone stumble upon a question like this... And when they do, they ask Skurn
I'm kinda curious how can anyone stumble upon a question like this... And when they do, they ask Skurn
it's because i know everything about every single object in the original game, including their coordinates.
So, pushing the bonca cave rock moves the windmere rock... quantum entanglement. Quite creepy.
You know, sometimes I feel that the vanilla game has actually more secrets. You know the pine tree that cannot be burned in windmere? I found an unused screen which is a cave, there is a sign, but you cant read it. There's a hole, once you enter it, you'll warp to the place where the pine tree is situated! I just discovered this thing after doing the walk-on-water glitch on koka isle. And now i just forgot how to ducking get there!
You know, sometimes I feel that the vanilla game has actually more secrets. You know the pine tree that cannot be burned in windmere? I found an unused screen which is a cave, there is a sign, but you cant read it. There's a hole, once you enter it, you'll warp to the place where the pine tree is situated! I just discovered this thing after doing the walk-on-water glitch on koka isle. And now i just forgot how to ducking get there!
