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Hey. Uhh...the intended purpose of this topic was to give basic help with all aspects of ZZT. TIPS AND TRICKS, YOU KNOW. Programming shortcuts, Graphical tricks, etc. Examples can be seen here:

http://www.zeuxworld.com/index.php?act=article&id=24

http://www.zeuxworld.com/index.php?act=article&id=28

There were more, but they were written by people like ZZDevelin. Here is a BAD example of what to post:


Obviously Hello, it's me. ZZDevelin. Yep, I'm 14, here's your proof.

Yeah. This is probably a retarded idea, BUT IF ANYONE GETS ANY USE OUT OF IT, HOORAH.

Oh, and PLEASE try to stay on topic, as hard as it may be. Excessive Off-Topicness here will be deleted.

Well, I was halfway through a tutorial on doing ZZT graphics. But then my computer decided to blow up, leaving me sans both tutorial, and any inclination to restart the damn thing.

Which is a shame, because it wasn't looking too shabby. MadTom still has some of the screenshots I was going to use in it, though =(

Basically, to make graphics, you mix different colors of solids, normals, breakables, and waters until they look like something. There, I saved you the trouble.

...Well actually, you can use lines and objects, too. Objects can be any character! Whee! And nobody uses lines. Whee.

I use lines often. Not in art much though...

I use lines! But only in actual game boards, and even then sparingly.

Just on the subject, I've just uploaded Z2's very own user articles page, having already secured permission to establish it from the other staff members.

Originally, I was going to wait until Zenith had finished his graphics tutorial (the little I've seen having just been sent to him via e-mail) so that I could start it with at least some content, but since he's lost it, I guess there isn't much point. The sytem for it is pretty simple; just check the page for details.

Meny uv that stuf in the article I alredy no. I also hav stuf to ad to that articles. 1 thing is that if ther is no time limit, the time counter dus NOT increse. And GEMS is stored just before blu key is mi ges, and the numbers ar stored so that 0001 is 256 and FF00 is 255 (backwerds bytes). Becuse uv wat hapens with black keys. Ther is more stuf to put in article look at the SIENSE-ZZT wich I make

zzo38, I love you more than you can possibly imagine.

I CONCUR. ZZO FOR PRESIDENT.

Yes...exept what are you saying with the gems and blue key? The time thing needs to get out though. Just remeberer, it resets itself when you enter a board.

Meboo wrote:Yes...exept what are you saying with the gems and blue key?

Wen you put a black key on the bord, and get black key it ads 256 to gems. Wat I rote is a thery uv wy that hapens. It is simple to figer out wy it shows strange mesiges, it is becuse you use like ColorWords[0] and only 1 to 7 ar set, so it go's back a few bytes, finds a hi number and that is how meny caracters in the string, so it shows all colors.

zzo38 wrote:

Meboo wrote:Yes...exept what are you saying with the gems and blue key?

Wen you put a black key on the bord, and get black key it ads 256 to gems. Wat I rote is a thery uv wy that hapens. It is simple to figer out wy it shows strange mesiges, it is becuse you use like ColorWords[0] and only 1 to 7 ar set, so it go's back a few bytes, finds a hi number and that is how meny caracters in the string, so it shows all colors.

Ok...I think I get it...

ooh! ooh! here's a tip: if you want to take a key away from the player with an object, you can have the object #put the proper door somewhere.
BUT,
a more ingenious way to do an object/door would be to have a normal door, and to the right/left of it (hidden in the wall) have an object in a loop like:

:loupe
#if contact gogogo
#loupe

and have gogogo contain whatever you want the object to do once you get the key and open the door!

I have now done my civil newbie - helping deed for the week.

That was almost as helpful as my Town of ZZT tip.

In WiL's realm in Deathgate, he made an object that took away all function of the keyboard. Does anyone know the code for that object?