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* [[Stat order]] | * [[Stat order]] | ||
* [[Pascal string]]<nowiki/>s hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk | * [[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]] 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 | *[[Counter]] display bug: some digits left behind when counter goes from big to small | ||
* Black [[Key|keys]] and [[Door|doors]] | * Black [[Key|keys]] and [[Door|doors]] | ||
* [[Conveyor]] bugs (ability to delete player, etc) | * [[Conveyor]] bugs (ability to delete player, etc) | ||
* 1024-line maximum for all [[text window]]<nowiki/>s (including world selector) | * 1024-line maximum for all [[text window]]<nowiki/>s (including world selector) | ||
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* 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]] | ||
* [[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 | ||
* Dependencies on CPU speed for "fast" machines (e.g., [[sound effects]]) | * Dependencies on CPU speed for "fast" machines (e.g., [[sound effects]]) | ||
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* [[High score files]] | * [[High score files]] | ||
* Help files | * Help files | ||
Revision as of 15:17, 24 December 2025
Note that some of these links should probably be the same article: for example, we probably don't need separate articles for NORTH and SOUTH, but we should have redirects to a shared article.
Also, see Special:WantedPages for an automatically-generated list of linked-to but non-existent pages.
Categories to add
- Colors
- Fake labels (:endgame, :zapped) that are rumored to exist but don't
- Output stuff: Sound? Charsets? Colors?
- World, board, stat
- Special elements/redirects: Player Clone, Dummy, Black Hole
- ZZT itself: versions, Super ZZT
- Cheats
- Locks, especially those integrated with ZZT like the SECRET flag
ZZT behavior
Some of the categorization here is fuzzy (is X a bug or a technique?). You can help by writing the corresponding article, so we can get rid of the offending line on this page. :-)
Techniques
- Kangaroo effect
- Using player clones for teleportation
- Using statless players and board edges to control teleportation
- Colors accessible from ZZT
- Detecting game speed
- Using Medusa bugs (transporters, text, etc) to prevent anti-dark cheats
- Board illusion triggered by crossing to another board and immediately hitting a passage
- Sticking non-segment entities onto a centipede
- Using non-unit step values to, e.g., move diagonally
- Stat stacking
- Transferring data between worlds by overwriting board edges
- #cycle 0 Bombs as pushable text
Internals
- Stat order
- Pascal strings hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk
Bugs and limits
- Counter behavior when #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 keys and doors
- Conveyor bugs (ability to delete player, etc)
- 1024-line maximum for all text windows (including world selector)
- Blank lines in text windows sometimes appear as hyperlinks
- 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)
- Koopo bug
- Can't #send to a label on the first line
- Passages have the potential to delete each other if they are adjacent
ZZT itself
File formats
- World
- Board
- ZZT.DAT
- High score files
- Help files