Which one do you prefer?

Dark Forces-style elevator doors by GBK:
Sector-based, the moving parts are 3DOs



Dark Forces-style elevator doors by FastGamerr:
100% 3DO

I don't really care so long as they open and close.

They both suck.

What kind of crazy elevator design works without a cable?

Who the **** cares

i would say GBK's have more replay-value, but FGR's have less ludonarrative dissonance.

There are new elevators concepts that are maglev, doing away with cables and counterweights.

There are also hydraulic elevators irl. But they only go up to ~60 feet if I recall.

+ pneumatic, and climbing elevators with more traditional tracks

Ah, yes. The vacuum pod is an iconic part of sci-fi which I should have recalled.

Based on the sound effects that JK plays when the elevator moves, though, I'm guessing they were going for a mechanical design.

OTOH, in A New Hope, the lift tubes on the death star seemed fancier.

Do remember that most elevators in JK (or Star Wars games) in general are like this.