Game freeze: Difference between revisions

 

==Types of game freezes==

===Softlock (Lock-up)===

A softlock, or lock-up, simply refers to when the player is stuck in a loop, either with the controls not responding or, for example, being infinitely forced to do an action. Music may still be playing.

* When a [[óË e Ái]] or similar Pokémon in Generation III is sent out.

* When the player triggers a [[glitch battle system]] in {{RBY}} and has a non-usable item in their first slot.

 

===Bar freeze===

 

Example: Stepping into the first column of 'grass' tiles east of Pallet Town.

 

===Black screen freeze===

 

Example: Can appear when the player uses returns to the overworld after using the Explorer Kit in an invalid area through accessing a '[[Out of bounds|void]]' in [[bp:Generation IV|Generation IV]]. This phenomenon is also referred to as a 'BSoD' (Black Screen of Death) in the [[Hall of Origin (community)|Hall of Origin]] community.

 

===White screen freeze===

 

Example: When the player uses the [[dokokashira door glitch]] in Pokémon Red/Green to enter a location which does not exist.