Answer 1

Can someone explain this one to me...

Answer 2

Uhh, just a quick ramen to create a gimmick map that forced the "spikes on dustblocks generate meter when cleared" that was discussed in chat yesterday.  I'll probably play around with a couple more.

Answer 3

Oh so it's not a vanilla tech, I got confused for a second.

Answer 4

It is a vanilla tech.  Assuming I didn't accidentally hit a dustmod flag in the editor, this level would run the same in vanilla, and could be created in vanilla.  (obviously it isn't in any stock levels)  Spikes on dust-blocks are just strange in general though.

Answer 5

yep. can confirm that the map works in vanilla as well.

My guess as to why it's working is because:
- spikes aren't supposed to be allowed on dustblocks, so the game wants to remove them
- The game only checks for them when its updating those blocks, which is triggered by the heavy attack, and removes the spikes
- because spikes and dust are both coded as "filth" on surfaces, when spikes disappear, the game thinks you collected dust, and gives you combo