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Board Information Menu
To bring up the board
information menu, press [I].
Listed in this menu are all of
the characteristics unique to
the board being edited.
Title
Each board has a unique
title, which you can change as
desired. The title of the
board you are editing is dis-
played at the top of the
screen.
Can fire (#) shots
This option determines
the number of bullets that
the player can fire at the
same time.
A value of 1
indicates that the player
can only have one bullet on
the screen at any time. The
player can not fire again until the bullet disappears.
A value of zero indicates
that the player cannot fire
any shots on the board.
Board is dark
Altough this function is
listed in the Board Information menu, it can't be accessed.
This function only
works in ZZT.
Board up/down/left/right
Use these options to link
board together so that the
player can move from one room
to another by moving off the
screen.
Note: When you link one
board to another, the other is
not automatically linked to
the first. You must manually
switch to the second board and
then link it to the first.
Re-enter when zapped
When this option is on
and the player is shot or
touched by an enemy, he will
be moved back to the position
where he entered the room.
Otherwise, the player
will remain the same place
when shot.
Time limit
A limit can be imposed on
the amount of time the player
can spend in a room.
Once
that time expires, the player
is zapped and the counter
starts over.
A time limit of 0 implies
that there is no limit to the
amount of time the player can
spend in a room.
When you impose a time
limit on a room, be sure you
also turn on the "Re-enter
when zapped" option, or else
the time limit becomes somewhat meaningless.
TIME can also be used
in #give and #take statements.
However, #give takes the time
closer to 0, even cycling back
to the limit and harming the
player, and #take will give the
player more time. If #take would
give the player more time than
the time limit, it does not work
and the message in #take is sent.