Editing Glitch

A '''glitch''' in [[Chip's Challenge]] is a fault in the program which is caused by a coding error. The majority of glitches occur in [[Microsoft's version of Chip's Challenge]], and in [[Chip's Challenge 2]]. The MS emulation version of Tile World deliberately reproduces most MSCC glitches in order to maintain a fair basis for scorekeeping.

== MS ruleset glitches ==
=== Boosting ===
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This glitch can cause Chip to move faster than usual after exiting a sliding tile.

=== Button Smash ===
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This glitch can prevent buttons from working when [[block]]s are [[flick|flicked]] onto them.

=== Controller and Boss ===
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This glitch can sometimes prevent monsters from exiting [[trap]]s, as well as prevent [[clone machine]]s from working, or causing them to clone in an unexpected direction.

=== Convergence ===
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This glitch, involving [[block]]s and [[teleport]]s, can sometimes result in the creation of a second [[Chip]] in the level.

=== Cross-checking ===
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This glitch sometimes causes sliding [[block]]s to go through [[ice corner]]s.

=== Frankenstein ===
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This glitch sometimes causes [[tank]]s on top of [[clone machine]]s to switch direction.

=== Mouse Panel ===
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This glitch allows Chip to [[ram]] or [[flick]] a [[block]] without stopping to move, when using the mouse.

=== Non-Existence ===
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This glitch occurs when there is no [[Chip]] on the map at the beginning of the level.

=== Slide Delay ===
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This glitch causes some slipping [[block]]s or [[creature]]s to get moved twice while others do not move at all during a tick.

== Advanced MS glitches ==
These glitches exist in [[MSCC]] but are are not correctly emulated by [[Tile World]]. They may, however, be added to Tile World in the future.

=== 00Floor ===
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This [[acting wall]] looks like a North-facing [[bug]] over a white background. In [[Tile World]], this tile is displayed like a regular wall.

=== Data resetting ===
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This glitch, responsible for many [[insane level]]s, relies on clone connections beyond the map to produce unexpected results.

=== Knight ===
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This glitch, related to the [[Controller and Boss Glitch]], sometimes causes monsters to move like a knight in chess.

=== Multiple Tank ===
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This glitch, responsible for many [[insane level]]s, sometimes causes sliding [[tank]]s to create other tiles.

=== Tank Top ===
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This glitch sometimes causes tanks sliding onto [[tank button]]s to turn in an unexpected direction.

== Illegal MS glitches ==
These glitches are banned from [[optimization|competitive scoring]], and are therefore excluded from [[Tile World]].

=== Long First Second ===
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This glitch sometimes causes a second in the in-game timer (not always the first) to be longer than usual, sometimes allowing higher scores.

=== Time Dilation ===
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This glitch sometimes occurs after Chip dies using a mouse move.

=== Twice Step ===
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This glitch results in unusual timing of buffered mouse moves. The legality of this glitch is still disputed, but currently only certain aspects of this glitch are legal.

== MSCC crashes ==
These games, when triggered in [[Microsoft's version of Chip's Challenge]], cause the game to crash. They are intentionally absent from [[Tile World]].

=== Data Size ===
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This glitch causes the game to crash due to running out of memory.

=== Termination ===
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This glitch causes the game to crash when playing a set that does not have 144 or 149 levels.

=== Transparency ===
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This glitch causes the game to crash when Chip steps on two transparent tiles at once (usually a [[monster]] on top of a [[key]]).

== Lynx glitches ==
The [[Lynx ruleset]] has relatively few glitches, and many of those that exist do not have wiki pages or even names yet.

=== Failed Move ===
''Official name pending''. The '''Failed Move Glitch''', often referred to informally as '''The Stupid Glitch''', is not actually a glitch, but an exploit of the way Lynx [[move order|processes movement]]. This term refers to a specific application in which a monster sees a direction as open, turns to face that direction, then finds that for whatever reason it is no longer able to enter the tile. The most notable cases of this are when a [[bug]], [[paramecium]], [[glider]], or [[fireball]] turns around because a [[block]] just moved into a space beside it or a [[toggle wall]] changed from open to closed, whereas if the block were always there, or the toggle wall were always closed, the monster would choose a different direction. An example of this is in the [[public TWS]] for [[Stratagem]].

=== Release Desynchronization ===
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This glitch, also known as '''clone desynchronization''' due to the way it was discovered, causes some cloning streams to desynchronize over time when they would synchronize in MS.

=== Teleport Stacking ===
''Official name pending''. Some of this behavior is demonstrated [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKoKZwFj3rM here].
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== Chip's Challenge 2 ==
While [[Chip's Challenge 2]] is coded much more professionally than MSCC, it has its fair share of bugs and bizarre behaviors as well. Most of these behaviors do not have wiki pages yet.

=== Despawning and Respawning ===
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This glitch allows entities to "disappear," remaining invisible and intangible while still occupying a physical location. These entities can reappear later, even after the level resets or changes.

=== Explosion Sneaking ===
This glitch allows [[movable object]]s within the explosion radius of a [[time bomb]] to escape unharmed if moving at the precise [[tick]] of the explosion. The Chip and Melinda variant is banned in [[optimization]], but the monster variant remains legal.

=== Item Bestowal ===
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This glitch makes it possible for [[monster]]s to pick up items when they normally should not be able to.

=== Monster Hooking ===
{{dablink|See: [[Item#Hook]]}}
When an entity with a hook attempts to move away from another moving entity, the hook will attempt and fail to pull that entity. For the player, this often results in death, as their inability to move allows the other entity to collide with them.

=== Salmon ===
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This glitch makes it possible to override [[force floor]]s in directions that would normally be impossible. A demonstration can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al5CGczBpNY here].

=== Simultaneous Character Movement ===
By switching between playable characters at high speed in-between tiles, it can be possible to essentially move several characters at once. This glitch is banned in [[optimization]].

=== Spring mining ===
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This glitch lets Chip (or other monsters that can push) move onto a tile with a block when pushing the block, in cases where they would normally stay behind while the block moves forward. The glitch is named after the level [[Spring Mines]], in which it can easily be triggered.

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