Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This video is more a proof of concept than anything.

What does 'occluded' mean? It is the technical name for what happens when a room's textures unload. Sometimes called 'secretized' by the community, or, if you're real oldschool, we used to call it Where's The Room (WTR). This is performed by transitioning the map to an adjacent room and then closing the door. Since you're supposed to be inside the current room the map is on, things on the other side of a closed door stop behaving normally. The behavior of enemies changes when they're occluded. And, by "changes", I mean that they kind of just freeze in place after a moment. Some enemies respond to this situation slightly differently, but it appears that freezing certain enemies during specific parts of their animations or scripted sequences can have some nice benefits.

By going out of bounds, placing the map on the adjacent room, going back inbounds and eventually opening and closing the door at the right time, I was able to freeze Chykka in place while his weak point was revealed.

Oh, right, I almost forgot: I used the floaty jump glitch for this, which means it actually has a use now! If you're not familiar with what floaty jump is, don't worry about it. Samus just jumps real high.