Asie: Created page with "{{Element |name=Head |zzt-oop name=head |category=creature |id={{Byte|44}} |color= |char={{CharSwatch|233}} |stats=yes |cycle=2 |p1=Intelligence |p2=Deviance |score=1 |destructible=yes |effect on movement=damaging |uses zzt-oop color=yes }} '''Heads''' lead and control the body of a Centipede. They have historically been considered the most complex of the built-in ZZT elementswep. (2005, June 26) [https://zzt.org/fora/viewtopic.php?p=41947#p41947 centipede..."

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Created page with "{{Element |name=Head |zzt-oop name=head |category=creature |id={{Byte|44}} |color= |char={{CharSwatch|233}} |stats=yes |cycle=2 |p1=Intelligence |p2=Deviance |score=1 |destructible=yes |effect on movement=damaging |uses zzt-oop color=yes }} '''Heads''' lead and control the body of a Centipede. They have historically been considered the most complex of the built-in ZZT elements<ref>wep. (2005, June 26) [https://zzt.org/fora/viewtopic.php?p=41947#p41947 centipede..."

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|name=Head
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|category=creature
|id={{Byte|44}}
|color=
|char={{CharSwatch|233}}
|stats=yes
|cycle=2
|p1=Intelligence
|p2=Deviance
|score=1
|destructible=yes
|effect on movement=damaging
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'''Heads''' lead and control the body of a [[Head|Centipede]]. They have historically been considered the most complex of the built-in ZZT elements<ref>wep. (2005, June 26) [https://zzt.org/fora/viewtopic.php?p=41947#p41947 centipede movement in zzt++ 0.8.48]. z2.</ref><ref>Dr. Dos. (2009, December 28) [https://zzt.org/fora/viewtopic.php?p=64046#p64046 Tyger]. z2.</ref>.

The first thing a Head does is try and update its movement direction:

* If aligned with the player, it has a chance (more likely with higher Intelligence) of switching to move towards it.
* In addition, the Head has a chance (more likely with higher Deviance) of switching to a random direction.
* If the Head has not decided on a direction to move in, it will choose to move in a random direction.

It will then try to move:

* First, it will try to move in the current direction.
* Failing that, it will try turning by moving in one of the two perpendicular directions, chosen randomly.
* Failing that, it will try turning around; if necessary, the Head will be moved to the end of the centipede body.

These movements may attack the player in the process.

Finally, the centipede will move all of its Segments towards the new Head location, using a linked list - each Segment has a Leader and Follower value, which point to a specific stat in the chain. Notably, it is never verified whether the centipede is comprised only of other Segments - by taking advantage of engine quirks (TODO), any stat can be moved in this manner.

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