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Game freeze: Difference between revisions
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=="Softlocking"== | =="Softlocking"== | ||
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Certain [[glitch]]es do not cause the game to completely freeze, but rather make it so that no buttons have any effect despite the game continuing to function in other ways. Examples of this include the music still being played, sprites still being animated, and NPCs continuing to move. During such a "softlock," all inputs fail to work and the player must reset the game. However, the game can still be [[soft resetting|soft reset]]. | Certain [[glitch]]es do not cause the game to completely freeze, but rather make it so that no buttons have any effect despite the game continuing to function in other ways. Examples of this include the music still being played, sprites still being animated, and NPCs continuing to move. During such a "softlock," all inputs fail to work and the player must reset the game. However, the game can still be [[soft resetting|soft reset]]. Other forms of softlocking result in the game appearing to have full functionality, but, through a sequence of deliberate actions by the player, result in the game becoming unplayable by rendering further progress impossible. | ||
===In Generation I=== | ===In Generation I=== | ||