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The Green Herring: explain why you can programmatically place water in any ZZT-OOP color (i.e. its default color is > COLOR_SPECIAL_MIN)

2021-12-06T00:33:44Z

explain why you can programmatically place water in any ZZT-OOP color (i.e. its default color is > COLOR_SPECIAL_MIN)

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	\|id={{Byte\|19}}		\|id={{Byte\|19}}
	\|char={{CharSwatch\|176}}		\|char={{CharSwatch\|176}}
			\|color={{ColorSwatch\|fg=blue\|bg=gray\|blinking}}
	\|stats=no		\|stats=no
	\|category=terrain		\|category=terrain
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	The '''water''' element is one of the built-in materials in [[ZZT]]. It impedes all movement, but unlike other wall tiles, it can be crossed by [[bullet]]s or [[star]]s. In addition, the [[shark]] can only move within water. Whenever the [[player]] touches water, the engine plays a special [[sound effects\|sound effect]] and announces "Your way is blocked by water." Neither of these can be removed without editing the engine, or using a fork that does so like [[CleanZZT]].		The '''water''' element is one of the built-in materials in [[ZZT]]. It impedes all movement, but unlike other wall tiles, it can be crossed by [[bullet]]s or [[star]]s. In addition, the [[shark]] can only move within water. Whenever the [[player]] touches water, the engine plays a special [[sound effects\|sound effect]] and announces "Your way is blocked by water." Neither of these can be removed without editing the engine, or using a fork that does so like [[CleanZZT]].

	By default, when placed by the built-in editor, water is {{ColorSwatch\|fg=blue\|bg=gray\|blinking}}, which, unless blinking is turned off, results in default-color sharks appearing as solid blocks. However, in [[DEMO.ZZT]], water is shown as {{ColorSwatch\|fg=white\|bg=dark blue\|blinking}}, where the sharks are clearly visible, suggesting this was the default color at the time. Water does not assume either color when placed programmatically, so an [[object]] can place water in any of the default [[ZZT-OOP]] colors, or overwrite an item or colored [[empty]] to use its color. It can be drawn in any of the available colors with an external editor.		By default, when placed by the built-in editor, water is {{ColorSwatch\|fg=blue\|bg=gray\|blinking}}, which, unless blinking is turned off, results in default-color sharks appearing as solid blocks. However, in [[DEMO.ZZT]], water is shown as {{ColorSwatch\|fg=white\|bg=dark blue\|blinking}}, where the sharks are clearly visible, suggesting this was the default color at the time. Water does not assume either color when placed programmatically because its default color value of 0xF9 is greater than 0xF0, which is defined as the minimum special color setting for an element that can have its color changed. This means an [[object]] can place water in any of the default [[ZZT-OOP]] colors, or overwrite an item or colored [[empty]] to use its color. It can be drawn in any of the available colors with an external editor.

	The [[forest]] uses the same character as water, {{CharSwatch\|176}}, but is traversible.		The [[forest]] uses the same character as water, {{CharSwatch\|176}}, but is traversible.

The Green Herring: byte

2021-02-13T19:07:47Z

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	{{Element		{{Element
	\|zzt-oop name=water		\|zzt-oop name=water
	\|id=19		\|id={{Byte\|19}}
	\|char={{CharSwatch\|176}}		\|char={{CharSwatch\|176}}
	\|stats=no		\|stats=no

The Green Herring: Your way is blocked by water.

2021-02-10T22:13:05Z

Your way is blocked by water.

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{{Element
|zzt-oop name=water
|id=19
|char={{CharSwatch|176}}
|stats=no
|category=terrain
|effect on movement=wall
|destructible=no
|uses zzt-oop color=yes
}}

The '''water''' element is one of the built-in materials in [[ZZT]]. It impedes all movement, but unlike other wall tiles, it can be crossed by [[bullet]]s or [[star]]s. In addition, the [[shark]] can only move within water. Whenever the [[player]] touches water, the engine plays a special [[sound effects|sound effect]] and announces "Your way is blocked by water." Neither of these can be removed without editing the engine, or using a fork that does so like [[CleanZZT]].

By default, when placed by the built-in editor, water is {{ColorSwatch|fg=blue|bg=gray|blinking}}, which, unless blinking is turned off, results in default-color sharks appearing as solid blocks. However, in [[DEMO.ZZT]], water is shown as {{ColorSwatch|fg=white|bg=dark blue|blinking}}, where the sharks are clearly visible, suggesting this was the default color at the time. Water does not assume either color when placed programmatically, so an [[object]] can place water in any of the default [[ZZT-OOP]] colors, or overwrite an item or colored [[empty]] to use its color. It can be drawn in any of the available colors with an external editor.

The [[forest]] uses the same character as water, {{CharSwatch|176}}, but is traversible.

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