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: all Explode when bombed

A Lit Bomb is a MegaZeux built-in element. A Lit Bomb has a fuse that shortens every cycle until the Lit Bomb finally explodes.

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 until the internal Fuse length value overflows back to zero (carrying into parameter bits 4-7, which potentially changes the Strength), using ID animation positions #177-#184 (Energizer colors 2-8 and Explosion Stage 1 color) for its character.

ZZT connection

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