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The Green Herring: zzt-oop name, byte

2021-02-13T19:10:21Z

zzt-oop name, byte

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	{{Element		{{Element
	\|id=28		\|zzt-oop name=invisible
			\|id={{Byte\|28}}
	\|char={{CharSwatch\|32}}		\|char={{CharSwatch\|32}}
	\|category=terrain		\|category=terrain

The Green Herring at 19:05, 13 February 2021

2021-02-13T19:05:11Z

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	The invisible has been frequently used to make invisible mazes and forcefields since the official worlds. However, most modern games use a [[ZZT-OOP]] program that performs an [[If\|#if]] [[any]] check on normals of a particular color, and then uses [[Change\|#change]] on invisibles to execute a fade effect displaying normals, [[breakable]]s and [[water]] before changing them back to invisibles. Besides being a more accurate depiction of forcefields, this allows the player to very briefly see the structure of the invisible maze, preventing frustration.		The invisible has been frequently used to make invisible mazes and forcefields since the official worlds. However, most modern games use a [[ZZT-OOP]] program that performs an [[If\|#if]] [[any]] check on normals of a particular color, and then uses [[Change\|#change]] on invisibles to execute a fade effect displaying normals, [[breakable]]s and [[water]] before changing them back to invisibles. Besides being a more accurate depiction of forcefields, this allows the player to very briefly see the structure of the invisible maze, preventing frustration.

	Invisibles can be placed by the engine, programmatically or not, in the seven default [[ZZT-OOP]] colors, and external editors allow them to be drawn in any available color. If the background is not black, the invisible initially ~~appears as~~ a solid ~~block~~ in the background color until it is touched, so such invisibles are best used around decorative [[fake]]s where both the foreground and background colors are the same.		Invisibles can be placed by the engine, programmatically or not, in the seven default [[ZZT-OOP]] colors, and external editors allow them to be drawn in any available color. If the background is not black, the invisible initially looks like a [[solid]] in the background color until it is touched, so such invisibles are best used around decorative [[fake]]s where both the foreground and background colors are the same.

	In the internal editor, invisibles are rendered with {{CharSwatch\|176}} for the benefit of the designer. External editors replicate this, though some applications make it optional.		In the internal editor, invisibles are rendered with {{CharSwatch\|176}} for the benefit of the designer. External editors replicate this, though some applications make it optional.

The Green Herring: +colors

2021-02-13T19:02:14Z

+colors

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	The invisible has been frequently used to make invisible mazes and forcefields since the official worlds. However, most modern games use a [[ZZT-OOP]] program that performs an [[If\|#if]] [[any]] check on normals of a particular color, and then uses [[Change\|#change]] on invisibles to execute a fade effect displaying normals, [[breakable]]s and [[water]] before changing them back to invisibles. Besides being a more accurate depiction of forcefields, this allows the player to very briefly see the structure of the invisible maze, preventing frustration.		The invisible has been frequently used to make invisible mazes and forcefields since the official worlds. However, most modern games use a [[ZZT-OOP]] program that performs an [[If\|#if]] [[any]] check on normals of a particular color, and then uses [[Change\|#change]] on invisibles to execute a fade effect displaying normals, [[breakable]]s and [[water]] before changing them back to invisibles. Besides being a more accurate depiction of forcefields, this allows the player to very briefly see the structure of the invisible maze, preventing frustration.

			Invisibles can be placed by the engine, programmatically or not, in the seven default [[ZZT-OOP]] colors, and external editors allow them to be drawn in any available color. If the background is not black, the invisible initially appears as a solid block in the background color until it is touched, so such invisibles are best used around decorative [[fake]]s where both the foreground and background colors are the same.

	In the internal editor, invisibles are rendered with {{CharSwatch\|176}} for the benefit of the designer. External editors replicate this, though some applications make it optional.		In the internal editor, invisibles are rendered with {{CharSwatch\|176}} for the benefit of the designer. External editors replicate this, though some applications make it optional.

The Green Herring: You are blocked by an invisible wall.

2021-02-13T18:56:59Z

You are blocked by an invisible wall.

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{{Element
|id=28
|char={{CharSwatch|32}}
|category=terrain
|stats=no
|effect on movement=wall
|destructible=no
|uses zzt-oop color=yes}}

The '''invisible''' element is one of the built-in wall materials in [[ZZT]]. It is a wall tile that, as indicated, initially appears invisible except for its background color. However, when the [[player]] touches it, the engine announces, "You are blocked by an invisible wall." and places a [[normal]] in its location.

The invisible has been frequently used to make invisible mazes and forcefields since the official worlds. However, most modern games use a [[ZZT-OOP]] program that performs an [[If|#if]] [[any]] check on normals of a particular color, and then uses [[Change|#change]] on invisibles to execute a fade effect displaying normals, [[breakable]]s and [[water]] before changing them back to invisibles. Besides being a more accurate depiction of forcefields, this allows the player to very briefly see the structure of the invisible maze, preventing frustration.

In the internal editor, invisibles are rendered with {{CharSwatch|176}} for the benefit of the designer. External editors replicate this, though some applications make it optional.

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