tiggerthehun Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Haven't seen this one addressed before... Why does "time stop" while on the bridge? Yes, it does go on counting, and the time is added to your time once you're a certain distance from the bridge, but why is that? The bridge doesn't hide the clock, so that's not it... Is it some sort of programming neccessity? Always been curious about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerthehun Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 46 views and no theories? Or am I just sorta nuts for even giving this a second thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Crossing the bridge represents a "lap" and the clock freezes at that point so you know what your lap time was. I think it was in the manual... but I'll spare you the "RTFM" schtick because it's much dorkier to admit I remember something I read in a video game manual 22 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Here's the page from the manual that mentions it. Looking back on it with the wisdom of my years, it looks like the same type of excuse that was frequently written into game manuals as a "feature" to excuse a programming limitation or a bug, but I think in this case it was deliberate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerthehun Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 Huh... Very interesting. Guess I should be reading those manuals a little more closely. Checking your lap time, eh? Well, I suppose that'd work - but what happens with 2 and 3 bridges? You've got to do some real quick math for a lap time then. Unless, of course, you're just doing time checks. Thanks for the answer, 34! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Yeah, you're right... those aren't really lap times, are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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