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Yadda · 04/24/2010, 07:50 pm

I think this speaks for itself...

Basically, at the point where Sam & Max were in the Penal Zone, Sam at one point flung Max upward, as is usual for when they overlap in an area... And Max 'landed' in midair and stayed there until I switched to Max mode and back (since this seems to place Sam & Max in default positions).

Thought you guys'd get a kick out of it.
(click for full size, I guess)

LuigiHann · 04/24/2010, 07:55 pm

Yeah, I think I remember noticing Max ending up floating slightly just by walking around in that place. Not sure if it's intentional or not, given the nature of that area

Yadda · 04/24/2010, 07:57 pm

He was just... Stuck up there, and didn't move, no matter what I did. So I call glitch on this one.

lombre · 04/24/2010, 09:06 pm

I always assumed it was intentional. Though even if it wasn't, Telltale would do best to claim it was, since I thought it was one of the funniest moments in the game.

light_rises · 04/24/2010, 09:52 pm

Yeah, I thought it was on purpose too. If not ... well, at least the glitch happened in the once place where it would make sense!

Yadda · 04/24/2010, 10:38 pm

I figured it was an issue with the level compilation. Especially considering that Sam throwing Max into the air sped up the whole deal, and the fact that there was no in-game dialogue acknowledging that everyone's favorite hyperkinetic rabbity thingie took an all-expenses-paid vacation to halfway-up.

SHODANFreeman · 04/24/2010, 10:50 pm

Same thing happened in my playthrough

Sausy Gibbon · 04/24/2010, 10:57 pm

I wouldn't make sense if it were a glitch, you can see Sam is looking up at him not looking straight ahead.

Lena_P · 04/24/2010, 11:06 pm

Actually, Max will also just walk up to that spot on his own if you leave him be. I'm guessing there's a "Max-only" ledge up there or something.

Yadda · 04/24/2010, 11:10 pm

Meh, we'll get an answer eventually. And I would assume that Sam just autotargets Max wherever he may be.

Either way, I figured it was a glitch since I kept getting game-ending bugs and various other glitchery with the DeSoto earlier, as well as some other general issues.

adventureaddict · 04/25/2010, 12:23 am

Didn't consider it a glitch, but now I'm curious as to whether it is or not. Telltale?

Hassat Hunter · 04/25/2010, 01:32 am

Yeah, thought it was intentional too (and the bug is he drops down if you wait around for a while)...

LogicDeLuxe · 04/25/2010, 07:03 am

I punched him there, too. But he didn't get stuck for me. He just walked down again.
It didn't occur to me that this could be a glitch at all. That particular room has no floor, so there is no reason why everyone should stand in the same height either, I guess.

Yadda · 04/25/2010, 09:34 am

Well actually, I considered the purple part on the bottom the 'floor.' So, eh.

Zonino · 04/25/2010, 11:52 am

I don't think it's a glitch, because when you enter Max's head he's standing up there anyway, since if you look about you can tell cause Sam is lower than you.

Dandi8 · 04/25/2010, 01:27 pm

Am I the only who got Sam stuck up there right after teleporting to that zone? Seriously, it did happen. I was scared as sh*t because it looked like I'd have to restart from the last save but thankfully Max vision solved the problem.

Shwoo · 04/25/2010, 05:51 pm

I assumed it was deliberate. It's really obvious, so I'm sure it would've been noticed when the game was tested.

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Originally Posted by Sausy Gibbon

I wouldn't make sense if it were a glitch, you can see Sam is looking up at him not looking straight ahead.

I assumed that Sam was programmed to make eye contact with Max when he speaks to him, not matter where Max's eyes are.

thatdude98 · 04/25/2010, 05:54 pm

I assumed it was obvious, too. :P

splash1 · 04/25/2010, 06:08 pm

I bet he unlocked the Toy of Levitation and didn't bother to tell Sam, or the fans. Which is a shame because I always wanted to make Max fly...

Yadda · 04/25/2010, 06:10 pm

Maybe it's like that screw-up in Half-Life 2: Episode One, where there was an animation glitch in one of the scripted scenes, but they left it in because everyone thought it was deliberate, and it added to the scene in a positive way. Or something like that.

04/24/2010, 07:50 pm	#1
Yadda Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 110	Odd (and hilarious) Penal Zone graphical glitch I think this speaks for itself... Basically, at the point where Sam & Max were in the Penal Zone, Sam at one point flung Max upward, as is usual for when they overlap in an area... And Max 'landed' in midair and stayed there until I switched to Max mode and back (since this seems to place Sam & Max in default positions). Thought you guys'd get a kick out of it. (click for full size, I guess)

04/24/2010, 07:55 pm	#2
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,686	Yeah, I think I remember noticing Max ending up floating slightly just by walking around in that place. Not sure if it's intentional or not, given the nature of that area __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

04/24/2010, 09:06 pm	#4
lombre Commando Crusher Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: O, Hi, and sometimes O! Posts: 906	I always assumed it was intentional. Though even if it wasn't, Telltale would do best to claim it was, since I thought it was one of the funniest moments in the game. __________________ "Always expect the best of others... And watch as your hope is crushed like crackers in a fat man's bed. And the fat man is angry. And the fat man has a sledgehammer. And the fat man is yelling 'DIE, CRACKERS, DIE!!'" - Rat, Pearls Before Swine

04/24/2010, 09:52 pm	#5
light_rises Spore-tastic! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Back in SoCal Posts: 528	Yeah, I thought it was on purpose too. If not ... well, at least the glitch happened in the once place where it would make sense! __________________ "Plato was a bore." You crack me up, Nietzsche!

04/25/2010, 01:32 am	#12
Hassat Hunter Fluffy monkey/Cute kitten Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,804	Yeah, thought it was intentional too (and the bug is he drops down if you wait around for a while)... __________________ Sam: "We're 98% certain General Skun-ka'pe is evil." Stinky: "And the other 2%?" Max: "That he's crazy and we have to shoot him! But that may be wishful thinking on our part." (Any resemblance to KOTOR is purely coincidential, really!)

04/24/2010, 07:57 pm	#3
Yadda Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 110	He was just... Stuck up there, and didn't move, no matter what I did. So I call glitch on this one.

04/24/2010, 10:38 pm	#6
Yadda Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 110	I figured it was an issue with the level compilation. Especially considering that Sam throwing Max into the air sped up the whole deal, and the fact that there was no in-game dialogue acknowledging that everyone's favorite hyperkinetic rabbity thingie took an all-expenses-paid vacation to halfway-up.

04/24/2010, 10:50 pm	#7
SHODANFreeman Mute Ruler of Insects Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,741	Same thing happened in my playthrough

04/24/2010, 10:57 pm	#8
Sausy Gibbon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In a cave Posts: 687	I wouldn't make sense if it were a glitch, you can see Sam is looking up at him not looking straight ahead.

04/24/2010, 11:06 pm	#9
Lena_P Capricious, Quirky Kook Join Date: May 2008 Location: West of Mount Diablo! Posts: 2,003	Actually, Max will also just walk up to that spot on his own if you leave him be. I'm guessing there's a "Max-only" ledge up there or something.

04/24/2010, 11:10 pm	#10
Yadda Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 110	Meh, we'll get an answer eventually. And I would assume that Sam just autotargets Max wherever he may be. Either way, I figured it was a glitch since I kept getting game-ending bugs and various other glitchery with the DeSoto earlier, as well as some other general issues.

04/25/2010, 12:23 am	#11
adventureaddict Pirate Spunk. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 655	Didn't consider it a glitch, but now I'm curious as to whether it is or not. Telltale?

04/25/2010, 07:03 am	#13
LogicDeLuxe Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 280	I punched him there, too. But he didn't get stuck for me. He just walked down again. It didn't occur to me that this could be a glitch at all. That particular room has no floor, so there is no reason why everyone should stand in the same height either, I guess.

04/25/2010, 09:34 am	#14
Yadda Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 110	Well actually, I considered the purple part on the bottom the 'floor.' So, eh.

04/25/2010, 11:52 am	#15
Zonino Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 279	I don't think it's a glitch, because when you enter Max's head he's standing up there anyway, since if you look about you can tell cause Sam is lower than you.

04/25/2010, 01:27 pm	#16
Dandi8 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 33	Am I the only who got Sam stuck up there right after teleporting to that zone? Seriously, it did happen. I was scared as sh*t because it looked like I'd have to restart from the last save but thankfully Max vision solved the problem.

04/25/2010, 05:54 pm	#18
thatdude98 Professional Hobo Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dirt Hole, USA Posts: 755	I assumed it was obvious, too. :P __________________ "The world's gone to shit." Said every Walking Dead character ever.

04/25/2010, 06:08 pm	#19
splash1 Electric Tuna Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Jungle Subway Posts: 2,588	I bet he unlocked the Toy of Levitation and didn't bother to tell Sam, or the fans. Which is a shame because I always wanted to make Max fly... __________________ *inFamous, is the best game ever and you can't say it isn't cause it would a lie!!! SO THERE! Sam: "This goes down to fiery bowls of America's filthiest city." Max*: "You've been listening to my inner bathroom narration again!"

04/25/2010, 06:10 pm	#20
Yadda Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 110	Maybe it's like that screw-up in Half-Life 2: Episode One, where there was an animation glitch in one of the scripted scenes, but they left it in because everyone thought it was deliberate, and it added to the scene in a positive way. Or something like that. Last edited by Yadda; 04/25/2010 at 06:12 pm.

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