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> There is a customized VZZT.EXE available for use. [...] Run VARIETY.BAT to use it. It is not required; the game is fully backwards compatible and will play just fine with vanilla ZZT; however, it adds a number of enhancements to the experience. | > There is a customized VZZT.EXE available for use. [...] Run VARIETY.BAT to use it. It is not required; the game is fully backwards compatible and will play just fine with vanilla ZZT; however, it adds a number of enhancements to the experience. | ||
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+ | ===== Changes ===== | ||
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+ | VZZT.EXE makes the following changes to the ZZT engine: | ||
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+ | * The program skips the configuration screen and immediately begins engine execution with keyboard controls and color graphics. | ||
+ | * The sound effects for passage use, transporter use, item pickups, bomb activation, door unlocking, and cheat entry are changed to shorter sequences. | ||
+ | * If a torch is lit, the torch cycles will never deplete, even if the world sets the value to exactly 1, so the torch will remain lit. To compensate, the torch light is much smaller than in standard ZZT, creating a 9x7 circle as opposed to ZZT's 15x9. Collecting a torch or using the " | ||
+ | * For some reason, the darkness effect does not fully cover the first column of the screen; anything in the first column will be shown even if the room is dark. The game's dark boards all include light-grey water in the first column to cover this up, so this is not obvious unless you turn on darkness in a different board. | ||
+ | * Whenever the player scrolls a text window, there is a random chance that a line beginning with the character '' | ||
+ | * If the flag '' | ||
+ | * If the flag '' | ||
+ | * If the flag '' | ||
===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
- | * [[https:// | + | * [[https:// |
release/variety.txt · Last modified: 2021/08/28 07:12 by the_green_herring