Moving sentries with one sentry (now possible)

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I just found a way to make moving sentries on platformer maps which unlocks possible apocalypse-styled maps on platformers.

In order to do this,
1st, set your map to fragility.
2nd, place your sentry down on a platform
3rd, fire at the sentry and when it respawns, it moves as if it also had fragility.

The one downside is that the sentry will respawn back to where it was placed even when it is moved.

Example:

Example

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some else has posted about his weird bug

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i wonder why it happens

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This is a neat way to use the bug though

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maybe contact gimkit

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Time to go into programmer mode…
I think the bug is caused because the sentries and players are assigned the same object and the same variables, so when fragility is on, both sentries and players are affected, but the players are just controllable.

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intresting thought

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The purpose of this topic was to take advantage of this bug for moving sentries.

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But won’t Gimkit find it and fix it now because you made a topic about it?

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Don’t you think this could be a community made guide?

Not to be rude…

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no, Devices is for research topics which is what this is about.

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So if you set your fragility to 999, then the sentry fragility is also 999?

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Theoretically, that should be what happens because both are “gims” that follow similar rules.

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Nice never thought about that

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But, in the gif, the sentry is only moved once. How do you plan to make them move? Also, the sentry moves away from you. So, how do we change this? Sorry to be pessimistic, but these are problems that should probably be addressed.

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Yes, because they are the same object, but not the same prototype. This may also be why when refill time is changed in map settings, the sentries have the same effect. While the sentry may be defined as:

gim.prototype.sentry

While the player might be defined as:

gim.prototype.player

I might go over this in a completely different topic.
You can also read more about it here.

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So we are assuming the variable for sentry fragility is the same one for player fragility.

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Did you mean to repost this?

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What how u got infinite ammo?? its speed up for video? or there’s a way

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Quantum portal spam. Put multiple quantum’s in ur inventory. set reload to instant in settings, then spam click while switching between the gadgets