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====== ZZT 4.0 (Unofficial) ======

ZZT 4.0 is a hex edit of ZZT 3.2 created by WiL for widespread use. The executable was released on November 25th, 2004.

Note that the non-NoMsg variant is unstable/buggy - see below.

===== Launching =====

While there is nothing stopping this ZZT hex edit from running on pre-80386 machines - including Zeta - at face value, it has been compressed with UPX without enabling the ''--8086'' flag; as such, to run it on an 8086/80186/80286-class machine or Zeta, it must be decompressed first with ''upx -d''.

===== Documentation =====

>The major changes here:
>
>ZZT's notorious 20k board limit has now been increased to a healthier 32k.
>ZZT's equally notorious bottomw-row placement bug has been fixed.
>ZZT's annoying water-glink sound effect is now removed.
>ZZT is now 39k, smaller than the original executable.
>
>Minor changes include:
>
>Textual changes - also, untitled.zzt, temp.brd, and saved.sav will no longer be the default.  Now by >default you must put in a name of your own.  This means no more angst over accidentally saving over your >last board, saved game, or ZZT project.

In addition, ZZT 4.0 came with a separate NoMsg variant, additionally changing:

>  *  in-game messages and sound effects (that i have found so far) removed:  Except the invisible wall message and sound effect.  I coudln't justify removing that one.  And the key and door messages.
>  *  No yellow borders.

===== Changes =====

Some of the documented changes are inaccurate with regards to the in-executable changes.

==== Functional ====

  * The IoTmpBuf allocation calls have been patched to allocate a size of 0xFFFF (65535) rather than 0x4E20 (20000) bytes (offset 0x2387, 0x23E8).
  * The flag name SECRET is replaced with EDITED (offset 0x9651).
  * The ''Y < 25'' requirement from OopExecute's #PUT handling is replaced with ''Y < 26'', fixing the #PUT bottom row bug (offset 0xC9E1).

==== Branding ====

^ Description ^ Location ^ Original string ^ Modified string ^
| Configuration screen, second line (shareware) | 0x1C44 | ''Shareware version 3.2''' | ''New! ZZT Version 4.0'' |
| Configuration screen, second line (registered) | 0x1C7A | ''%%Version%%(nbsp)(nbsp)%%3.2%%'' | ''%%Version%%(nbsp)(nbsp)%%4.0%%'' |
| Copyright notice | 0x1CA9 | ''%%Created by Tim Sweeney%%'' | ''By Tim Sweeney and WiL'' |
| Copyright notice | 0x1D42 | ''Copyright %%(c)%% 1991 Epic MegaGames'', ''Press %%...%% to abort''' | ''Public Domain since 1997.(nbsp)(nbsp)ZZT 4.0 released in 2004'', ''(nbsp)(nbsp)(nbsp)(nbsp)(nbsp)(nbsp)%%...%% to quit(nbsp)''' |
| Shutdown notice (registered) | 0x217F | ''(nbsp)%%Registered version -- Thank you for playing ZZT.%%'' | ''(nbsp)Thanks for playing!(nbsp)(nbsp)ZZT 4.0 made by WiL.(nbsp)(nbsp)(nbsp)(nbsp)(nbsp)(nbsp).'' |

==== Graphics/Names ====

^ Description ^ Location ^ Original string ^ Modified string ^
| Default save filename | 0x2173 | ''SAVED'' | Empty (length set to 0) |
| Default exported board filename | 0x2179 | ''TEMP'' | Empty (length set to 0) | 
| Energizer pickup message | 0x4468 | ''Energizer - You are invincible'' | Empty (length set to 0) |
| Default object name | 0x4EF4 (ElementObjectTick), 0xBF4D (OopExecute) | ''Interaction'' | Empty (length set to 0) |
| Ammunition pickup message | 0x56C5 | ''Ammunition - 5 shots per container.'' | Empty (length set to 0) |
| Gem pickup message | 0x5750 | ''Gems give you Health!'' | Empty (length set to 0) |
| Fake wall message | 0x5D8B | ''A fake wall - secret passage!'' | ''A fake wall - secret passage!U'' |
| Editor board name prompt | 0x7AC0 | ''Room's Title:'', ''Board Name:'' (length edited) |
| Sidebar - default world name | 0x109C1 | ''Untitled'' | Empty (length set to 0) |

  * The fake wall message change seems to be an accident - the string length is incremented by one, causing the first byte of ElementFakeTouch's code to be added to the string.

==== Sounds ====

^ Description ^ Location ^ Original ^ Modified ^ Comment ^
| Water step sound | 0x5F40 | #64#1#80#1 | Empty (length set to 0) | |

==== Bugs ====

^ Location ^ Original ^ Modified ^ Comment ^
| 0x5BE0 | 0x00 | 0x2E | This makes ElementPusherTick remove 46 bytes from the stack every time it is called, causing a stack underflow and a crash after exactly seven pusher ticks if nothing else is done. The intent of adding this seems to be a misplaced hex edit pertaining to the torch's pickup message, which immediately follows said method. |

===== Changes (NoMsg variant) =====

  * The following messages have their lengths set to 0:
    * ''Bomb activated!'' (offset 0x3E38),
    * ''A path is cleared through the forest.'' (offset 0x5D0A),
    * ''A fake wall - secret passage!'' (offset 0x5D8B),
    * ''Your way is blocked by water.'' (offset 0x5F45),
    * ''Game over(nbsp)(nbsp)-(nbsp)(nbsp)Press ESCAPE'' (offset 0x6183),
    * ''Can't shoot in this place!'' (offset 0x619F).
  * The following sounds have their lengths set to 0:
    * Energizer melody (offset 0x43F7 - pickup, 0x625C - running out),
    * Scroll pickup (offset 0x54D0),
    * Key pickup failure (offset 0x5597),
    * Key pickup success (offset 0x55B4),
    * Ammo pickup (offset 0x56BE),
    * Gem pickup (offset 0x5747),
    * Door open success (offset 0x5815),
    * Door open failure (offset 0x5835),
    * Torch pickup (offset 0x5C0F),
    * Torch burnout (offset 0x6255),
    * Running out of time (offset 0x6280).
  * The yellow border tile definition is replaced with a white-on-black Empty (offset 0x175FE).
  * The misplaced torch pickup message hex edit is undone, removing the Pusher stack underflow crash bug (but not the message!).

===== Links =====

  * [[https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/ZZT40.zip|Download]]