Lit Bomb

Lit Bomb # 37
Robotic name	LitBomb
Default color	8
Default param	p80 (select) Strength: high Fuse length: 7
ID char	0 (#37)
ID anim. chars	Lit Bomb anim (#169-#175)
Attributes	Active Pushable: any Explode when bombed

Lit Bomb (ID 37, LitBomb) is a MegaZeux built-in element. Lit Bombs have a fuse that shortens every cycle until they finally explode.

Lit Bombs are created either when the Player lays a bomb, a Robot lays a bomb, or when the Player touches a Bomb when the board setting Collect bombs is disabled. They can also be placed directly in the editor.

Behavior

The Fuse length of a Lit Bomb will shorten every cycle (parameter increases by 1). Once the Fuse length reaches 0 (lower nibble of parameter is 6 at the start of the cycle), the Lit Bomb will explode, playing SFX 36 (Explosion) and leaving an Explosion of radius 2 (if Strength is low) or of radius 4 (if Strength is high).

The display character of a Lit Bomb is derived from (parameter MODULO 16) + 169, which references the Lit Bomb animations section of the ID animations (#169-#175).

Parameter

pXX → x yyy zzzz
      | ||| ++++- Fuse length: 0-6 = 7 through 1,
      | |||                    7-15 = undefined
      | +++------ Unused
      |
      +---------- Strength: 0 = low strength,
                            1 = high strength

Unintended behavior

If the internal Fuse length value is greater than or equal to 7, some unintended effects will occur:

• 7: the Lit Bomb will detonate as intended, but may briefly display using a character derived from ID animation index #176 (Energizer color 1).
• 8-15: the Lit Bomb will animate using ID animation positions #177-#184 (Energizer colors 2-8, Explosion Stage 1 color). When the internal Fuse length value starts the cycle at 14 or 15, it will detonate.

Edit Characters quirks

As of MegaZeux 2.93d, it is not possible to edit all of the ID animation chars of Lit Bomb from the Edit Characters dialog. The first index (#169) is provided; all following animation chars are derived sequentially using the chars following the first (modulo 256).

All of the Lit Bomb animation chars can be set during gameplay via the CHANGE CHAR ID command.

ZZT connection

In ZZT, the equivalent element to Lit Bomb is zzt:Bomb.