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2025-12-24T18:32:17Z

Techniques

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	=== Techniques ===		=== Techniques ===

	* [[Kangaroo effect]]
	* Using [[Player clone\|player clones]] for teleportation		* Using [[Player clone\|player clones]] for teleportation
	* Using [[Statless player\|statless players]] and board [[Edge\|edges]] to control teleportation		* Using [[Statless player\|statless players]] and board [[Edge\|edges]] to control teleportation

2025-12-24T16:23:44Z

Bugs and limits

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	* Dependencies on CPU speed for "fast" machines (e.g., [[sound effects]])		* Dependencies on CPU speed for "fast" machines (e.g., [[sound effects]])
	* [[Koopo bug]]		* [[Koopo bug]]
	* Can't [[Send\|#send]] to a [[label]] on the first line
	* [[Passage]]<nowiki/>s have the potential to delete each other if they are adjacent		* [[Passage]]<nowiki/>s have the potential to delete each other if they are adjacent

2025-12-24T15:52:29Z

Techniques

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	* Using [[Statless player\|statless players]] and board [[Edge\|edges]] to control teleportation		* Using [[Statless player\|statless players]] and board [[Edge\|edges]] to control teleportation
	* [[Colors accessible from ZZT]]		* [[Colors accessible from ZZT]]
	* Detecting [[game speed]]
	* Using [[Medusa bug\|Medusa bugs]] (transporters, text, etc) to prevent anti-dark cheats		* Using [[Medusa bug\|Medusa bugs]] (transporters, text, etc) to prevent anti-dark cheats
	* [[Board illusion]] triggered by crossing to another board and immediately hitting a passage		* [[Board illusion]] triggered by crossing to another board and immediately hitting a passage
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	* [[Stat]] stacking		* [[Stat]] stacking
	* Transferring data between worlds by overwriting board edges		* Transferring data between worlds by overwriting board edges
	* #cycle 0 [[Bomb]]s as pushable text

	=== Internals ===		=== Internals ===

2025-12-24T15:20:21Z

Internals

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	* [[Stat order]]		* [[Stat order]]
			* Sound priority
	* [[Pascal string]]<nowiki/>s hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk		* [[Pascal string]]<nowiki/>s hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk

2025-12-24T15:17:43Z

remove the stuff which has been populated

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 * [[Stat order]]
 * [[Pascal string]]<nowiki/>s hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk
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 *[[Counter]] behavior when [[Give|#giving]] very large numbers (32 bits in size and beyond)
 *[[Counter]] display bug: some digits left behind when counter goes from big to small
 * Black [[Key|keys]] and [[Door|doors]]
 * [[Conveyor]] bugs (ability to delete player, etc)
 * 1024-line maximum for all [[text window]]<nowiki/>s (including world selector)
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 * Shooting changes [[step value]] of 150th stat
 * Moving while paused via [[mouse movement]]
 * [[Built-in editor]] and stat deletion bugs, if we ever figure out why that one happens
 * Dependencies on CPU speed for "fast" machines (e.g., [[sound effects]])
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 * [[High score files]]
 * Help files

2025-12-24T11:17:10Z

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	* Inaccuracies in frequencies used by [[Play\|#play]] (two rounding bugs)		* Inaccuracies in frequencies used by [[Play\|#play]] (two rounding bugs)
	* [[Conveyor]] bugs (ability to delete player, etc)		* [[Conveyor]] bugs (ability to delete player, etc)
	* 1024-line maximum for all [[text ~~dialog~~]]<nowiki/>s (including world selector)		* 1024-line maximum for all [[text window]]<nowiki/>s (including world selector)
			* Blank lines in [[text window]]<nowiki/>s sometimes appear as hyperlinks
	* Shooting changes [[step value]] of 150th stat		* Shooting changes [[step value]] of 150th stat
	* Moving while paused via [[mouse movement]]		* Moving while paused via [[mouse movement]]
	* Vertical [[blink wall]] can toss the player east on top of a wall/obstruction		* Vertical [[blink wall]] can toss the player east on top of a wall/obstruction
	* Blank lines in [[text dialog]]<nowiki/>s sometimes appear as hyperlinks
	* [[Put\|#put]] doesn't work on bottom row		* [[Put\|#put]] doesn't work on bottom row
	* [[Built-in editor]] and stat deletion bugs, if we ever figure out why that one happens		* [[Built-in editor]] and stat deletion bugs, if we ever figure out why that one happens

2025-12-24T09:21:24Z

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	* [[Stat order]]		* [[Stat order]]
	* [[Tick]]<nowiki/>s modulo 420		* [[Tick]]<nowiki/>s modulo 420
	* [[32-command limit]]
	* [[Pascal string]]<nowiki/>s hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk		* [[Pascal string]]<nowiki/>s hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk

2025-12-24T08:04:50Z

Prefixes/statement types

2025-12-24T01:59:42Z

Prefixes/statement types

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	* [[Object name]] (@)		* [[Object name]] (@)
	* [[Command]] (#)		* [[Command]] (#)
	* [[Slash move]] (/) (Should this be combined with #[[GO]]?)		* [[Slash move]] (/) (Should this be combined with [[Go\|#Go]]?)
	* [[Question move]] (?)		* [[Question move]] (?)
	* [[Label]] (:)		* [[Label]] (:)
	* [[Comment]]/[[Zapped label]] (')		* [[Comment]]/[[Zapped label]] (')
	* [[Hyperlink]] (!)		* [[Hyperlink]] (!)

	==== Built-in [[Message]]s ====		==== Built-in [[Message]]s ====
	* [[Touch]]		* [[Touch]]

2021-02-23T06:56:28Z

idle (direction) now just says idle, indicating it's "filled"