Transporter

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Transporter
ZZT-OOP name	Transporter
Internal ID	30 (0x1E)
Character	#char 197 ┼ (0xC5)
Category	Terrain
Stats
X/Y-step	Direction
Default cycle	2
Other traits
Effect on movement	Transportation or Wall
Destructible?	No
Uses ZZT-OOP color names?	Yes

The transporter is device that moves the player or a pushable element to another location.

TODO: Describe how transporters function.

Draw Procedure

For standardly oriented transporters, the transporters cycle through the following frames of animation depending on their direction:

Animation frames

Frame	N	S	E	W
1	#char 94 ^ (0x5E)	#char 118 v (0x76)	#char 40 ( (0x28)	#char 41 ) (0x29)
2	#char 126 ~ (0x7E)	#char 95 _ (0x5F)	#char 60 < (0x3C)	#char 62 > (0x3E)
3	#char 94 ^ (0x5E)	#char 118 v (0x76)	#char 40 ( (0x28)	#char 41 ) (0x29)
4	#char 45 - (0x2D)	#char 45 - (0x2D)	#char 179 │ (0xB3)	#char 179 │ (0xB3)

The animation rate is controlled by the code (CurrentTick div Cycle) mod 4. Be aware that a cycle 0 transporter will crash the game due to a division-by-zero error if the transporter is drawn on-screen. This can be used as a particularly cruel form of anti-cheat in dark rooms if you can guarantee the transporter is always outside the torch-viewable area.

When using non-standard x/y-step values, transporters may use characters outside of the array bounds.