Slimy Slug
Slimy slugs are a fictional extraterrestrial lifeform in the LEGO Rock Raiders theme.
Depiction
Slimy slugs are alien creatures resembling large gastropods. They are usually shown as green with a yellowish-white foot and dark green spots.
Game information
LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows)
In the Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders, the Slimy Slug is one of the creatures that the player can encounter during certain missions. Slimy Slugs suck power from buildings and completely drain the Energy Crystals powering them. They do not attack Rock Raiders or equipment, and Rock Raiders are not scared by them. Though they are one of the rarest creatures in the game, they can be the most frustrating to deal with.
The Slimy Slug can travel across land and moves at a speed of 0.3 blocks per second.[1] This sluggish speed makes it the slowest creature in the game, and it is tied with the Chrome Crusher as the slowest entity in the game. It has a Rubble coefficient of 0.3, lowering its speed to 0.09 blocks per second, the slowest speed used by any entity in the game.[1]
Slimy Slugs emerge from Slimy Slug Holes, and will attempt to path towards any powered buildings within a radius of 280 distance units (7 blocks).[1] Upon reaching a building, the Slimy Slug will start to suck power out of it, continuing until all Energy Crystals that the player has collected have been drained.[2] When Action Stations! is turned on, armed Rock Raiders will pursue and begin firing on any advancing Slimy Slugs. Laser Beams do 5 points of damage to Slimy Slugs, and Pusher Beams both do 5 points of damage and push them 60 distance units (1.5 blocks) away. They are immune to Freezer Beams and are not affected by Electric Fences. They are scared away by Sonic Blasters, though only temporarily (despite what the training mission Defending Rock Raider HQ claims). They retreat back towards Slimy Slug Holes when they reach 50% health remaining.[1]
Technical details
In the game's configuration file, the Slimy Slug is defined as Slug[1] under RockMonsterTypes {}.[3] Its files are located in the Creatures\Slug folder in LegoRR0.wad, and its animations are controlled by the AE file Slug.ae.[4]
LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Main Lego Config File, line 2380–2408.
Slug {}section. - ↑ Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. Tutorial Mission "8. Defending Rock Raider HQ". File path: Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Levels\TutorialLevels\DefenceTuto_01\DE2.txt.
- ↑ Main Lego Config File, lines 2042–2056.
RockMonsterTypes {}section. - ↑ Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. Slug AE file. File path: Rock Raiders\LegoRR0.wad\Buildings\Barracks\Slug.ae.
<ref> tag with name "manual PC" defined in <references> is not used in prior text.- Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). Main Lego Config File. LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. File path: Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Lego.cfg.
- Grant, Alan (2000). Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground. LEGO Systems, Inc. ISBN 1-903276-05-5.
