Item Bestowal: Difference between revisions

'''Item Bestowal''' is a [[glitch]] in [[Chip's Challenge 2]]. This glitch makes it possible, under certain circumstances, for [[monster]]s and [[block]]s to obtain [[item]]s they should not be able to obtain.

For most items, most [[movable object|actors]] are not supposed to be able to enter tiles containing them. As such, these actors were never specifically programmed to handle cases in which their destination tile does have such an item. When this happens, the item will be added to the actor's inventory, and the actor will be able to use it (with some exceptions, described later). This can allow actors to [[flippers|swim]], [[speed boots|move at twice their normal speed]], and [[helmet|be nonlethal]] to [[player character|players]], among other things. This glitch is about various methods of causing these situations and the resulting properties and behavior of the actors.

In this method, also known as '''item pinning''' or '''item nailing''', the item must be placed on top of a [[force floor]], and the actor must be on top of the item. Additionally, the actor must be unable to move when the level begins: the force floor must face an [[acting wall]]. This causes the game to think the actor is "re-entering" the tile, allowing the actor to pick up the item. Each actor can obtain only one item this way.

If the item is [[suction boots]], the actor can walk off the force floor on the third [[frame]] (first movement frame) in any open direction. Otherwise, either the obstruction in front of the force floor must be removed (e.g. a monster walking away (even immediately) or a [[toggle wall]] opening), or the force floor must change direction (e.g. an [[inverter]] gate to flip the force floor on the second frame, or a [[random force floor]] with an appropriate initial setting).

== Animation method ==

In this method, the actor must slide into a tile containing the item while an [[animation delay|animation]] (splash or explosion) occupies that tile. The actor will erase the animation, then "forget" to check the item and enter the tile. If the actor is not sliding, it will erase the animation without entering the tile. Actors can obtain any number of items this way, but like the player, can hold only four [[tool]]s before dropping the oldest one.

For [[yellow tank]]s in particular, a variation of the animation method can also be used in which, instead of erasing an animation, the yellow tank pushes a block.

For the most part, items have the same effects on other actors as they do on the player. This section will focus on the exceptions to this rule.

An item can not be bestowed to an actor if, in normal situations, the actor [[acting floor|treats it like floor]] and does not pick it up. Consequently, red [[key]]s can be bestowed only to players and [[player mirror]]s, no items can be bestowed to [[directional block]]s, and [[ice block]]s can not be bestowed items directly, though they can be [[transmogrifier|transformed]] to and from [[block|dirt blocks]], which can.

The force floor method works even when the actor can pick up the item normally (i.e. this method lets them pick up the item without leaving and re-entering the tile), except for [[ghost]]s, as ghosts treat force floors like floor.

Yellow [[teleport]]s can not be bestowed via the force floor method since they are [[terrain]], but they can be picked up normally by all actors anyway (except ice blocks and directional blocks). [[Bonus flag]]s can be bestowed, but are counted only when picked up by players; they otherwise have no effect. [[Computer chip]]s, [[toggle chip and bomb|green chips]], and [[time modifier|time bonuses and penalties]] can be bestowed only to players. Attempting to bestow a [[time modifier|stopwatch]] to a player or player mirror using the force floor method will pause the timer on every other frame, causing the timer to tick down half as fast as normal. Attempting to bestow a [[toggle chip and bomb|green bomb]] will cause the actor to explode.

Any terrain other than [[railroad track]]s that is an acting wall to an actor that can not step on the corresponding item normally will still be an acting wall when the actor has the item. In particular, items will not help such actors enter [[fire]], [[gravel]], [[dirt]], or [[lock]]s. Note that ice blocks are not part of this group, and can open locks with the appropriate keys. Furthermore, this does not prevent actors with [[foil]] from converting [[wall]]s to [[steel wall]]s.