On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:

>
> I hadn't noticed the fall part, but it makes sense since those falls are not
> really straight down, how the heck does that occur? Update synching between
> client and server? Of course jumping off the ramps in E Karana is not a

I think the game makes some rudimentary attempt to account for
the gradient in terms of distance traveled. That is, if you
climb up and down a hill, it will take you longer to cover the
same horizontal distance than someone running on a flat
surface. Your observation with mobs climbing trees seems to
support this. So when you "fall" down a hill, you are
covering distance faster than you could by running down it.

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John H. Kim
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