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== ZZT behavior == | == 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 === | === Techniques === | ||
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* Detecting [[game speed]] | * 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 | |||
* 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 | |||
=== | === Internals === | ||
* [[Counter]] behavior when [[Give|#giving]] very large numbers | * [[Stat order]] | ||
* [[Counter]] display bug | * [[Tick]]<nowiki/>s modulo 420 | ||
* [[Label]] behavior with numerals | * [[32-command limit]] | ||
* [[Restore|#restore]] sometimes doesn't restore all labels | * [[Pascal string]]<nowiki/>s hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk | ||
=== Bugs and limits === | |||
*[[Counter]] behavior when [[Give|#giving]] very large numbers | |||
*[[Counter]] display bug | |||
*[[Label]] behavior with numerals | |||
*[[Restore|#restore]] sometimes doesn't restore all labels | |||
* Black [[Key|keys]] and [[Door|doors]] | * Black [[Key|keys]] and [[Door|doors]] | ||
* Inaccuracies in frequencies used by [[Play|#play]] | * Inaccuracies in frequencies used by [[Play|#play]] | ||
* [[Conveyor]] bugs (ability to delete player, etc) | |||
* 1000-line maximum for all [[text dialog]]<nowiki/>s (including world selector) | |||
* Shooting changes [[step value]] of 150th stat | |||
* Moving while paused via [[mouse movement]] | |||
* 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 | |||
* [[Built-in editor]] and stat deletion bugs, if we ever figure out why that one happens | |||
* Dependencies on CPU speed (e.g., [[sound effects]]) | |||
* [[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 | |||
== ZZT itself == | == ZZT itself == | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 18 January 2021
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
Internals
- Stat order
- Ticks modulo 420
- 32-command limit
- Pascal strings hold partial previous contents in memory/on disk
Bugs and limits
- Counter behavior when #giving very large numbers
- Counter display bug
- Label behavior with numerals
- #restore sometimes doesn't restore all labels
- Black keys and doors
- Inaccuracies in frequencies used by #play
- Conveyor bugs (ability to delete player, etc)
- 1000-line maximum for all text dialogs (including world selector)
- Shooting changes step value of 150th stat
- Moving while paused via mouse movement
- Vertical blink wall can toss the player east on top of a wall/obstruction
- Blank lines in text dialogs sometimes appear as hyperlinks
- #put doesn't work on bottom row
- Built-in editor and stat deletion bugs, if we ever figure out why that one happens
- Dependencies on CPU speed (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
Tile types
- Empty
- Edge
- Monitor
- Player
- Ammo
- Torch
- Gem
- Key
- Door
- Scroll
- Passage
- Duplicator
- Bomb
- Energizer
- Star
- Conveyor
- Bullet
- Water
- Forest
- Solid
- Normal
- Breakable
- Boulder
- Slider
- Fake
- Invisible
- Blink wall
- Transporter
- Line
- Ricochet
- Blink wall ray
- Bear
- Ruffian
- Object
- Slime
- Shark
- Spinning gun
- Pusher
- Lion
- Tiger
- Head
- Segment
- Text
ZZT-OOP
Prefixes/statement types
- Centered text ($)
- Object name (@)
- Command (#)
- Slash move (/) (Should this be combined with #GO?)
- Question move (?)
- Label (:)
- Comment/Zapped label (')
- Hyperlink (!)