Internal Strings
A list of internal string messages displayed on the bottom of the screen, along with their durations and whether or not they are set to only appear once.
Note that the duration variable here is scaled according to the game speed, with the formula being Time/TickTimeDuration.
| Message | Duration | Show Once |
|---|---|---|
| Bomb activated! | 200 | No |
| Energizer - You are invincible | 200 | Yes |
| Gems give you Health! | 200 | Yes |
| Ammunition - 5 shots per container. | 200 | Yes |
| Can't shoot in this place! | 200 | Yes |
| You don't have any ammo! | 200 | Yes |
| You now have the [color] key. | 200 | No |
| You already have a [color] key! | 200 | No |
| The [color] door is now open. | 200 | No |
| The [color] door is locked! | 200 | No |
| Torch - used for lighting in the underground. | 200 | Yes |
| Don't need torch - room is not dark! | 200 | Yes |
| Room is dark - you need to light a torch! | 200 | Yes |
| You don't have any torches! | 200 | Yes |
| You are blocked by an invisible wall. | 100 | No |
| A path is cleared through the forest. | 200 | Yes |
| A fake wall - secret passage! | 150 | Yes |
| Your way is blocked by water. | 100 | No |
| Running out of time! | 200 | No |
| Ouch! | 100 | No |
| Game over - Press ESCAPE | 32000 | No |
| ERR: [error] | 200 | No |
| [object/scroll messages] | 200 | No |
Note that the Game Over message (a) has a leading space character, and (b) is not displayed if a message is currently displayed onscreen.
Colors
The list of valid ZZT-OOP colors:
| Blue |
| Green |
| Cyan |
| Red |
| Purple |
| Yellow |
| White |
The color black is technically the color 0, which is out of bounds of the color name array. ZZT attempts to read a string that starts 8 characters before the first one, and it's length end up being 46 (corresponding to the character #char 46 . (0x2E) in an unrelated string). The full string for the color black is as follows:
.-♣....\♦Blue ♣Green ♦Cyan ♥Red ♠P
(The clubs and diamonds and such are the length parameters for the other color strings.)
Messages limited to 58 characters in length. Thus, the messages that use this string end up being truncated. Also, due to an off-by-one error, collecting/using a black key will visually overwrite one tile of the sidebar with a black tile.
ZZT-OOP Errors
Errors thrown is an invalid command is encountered:
| Bad Direction |
| Bad object kind |
| Bad #BECOME |
| Bad #PUT |
| Bad #CHANGE |
| Bad command [command] |