Auto Scroller

Auto Scroller

Animated GIF of the Auto Scroller gimmick in action.

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The Auto Scroller is a gimmick in the classic Mega Man series, first appearing briefly in the first Wily stage of Mega Man 2, but more well-known for its use in the third Cossack stage in Mega Man 4. It causes the screen to scroll by itself, at its own pace.

Auto Scrollers appeared in the original Make a Good Mega Man Level as a gimmick unique to the Wily stage Cannon Deck. Make a Good Mega Man Level Remastered added it to the revised iteration of the Wily stage Everything's Blowing Up, as part of its difficult secret route.

Auto Scrollers returned as a devkit gimmick in Make a Good Mega Man Level 2, where they appeared in eight entries, as well as the Wily stages Water Ducts and Reality Core, the Tier X stage Hardcore Parkour, the Pit of Pits sub-levels "To the top" and "Trash Dash", and in Null and Void. They also appeared in the Make a Good 24 Hour Mega Man Level entries X Factory and Breaking Ground (including the former entry's reappearance as one of the Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 Judge Application Levels), and the Wily stage Up 'n' Duck. In Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero, they were used in seven stages.

Behavior

Auto Scrollers will scroll the screen in the designated direction at a consistent speed, disregarding Mega Man's position. Mega Man will be pushed to stay on screen if he lingers to the side during a horizontal Auto Scroller, and he can be crushed by solid objects if caught between them and the side of the screen being scrolled away from. Auto Scrollers stop once they reach the end of the room.

Auto Scrollers have four creation code values:

• dir - The direction the screen scrolls in. Setting this to "h" (quotation marks included) will make it scroll horizontally (the default direction), while setting it to "v" makes it scroll vertically.
• mySpeed - How fast the screen scrolls, measured by pixels per frame. Setting this to a default value will make the screen scroll to the left for horizontal Auto Scrollers, or up for vertical Auto Scrollers. Default value is 0.5.
• waitFrames - How many frames to wait before activating the Auto Scroller once Mega Man is in range. Default value is 64.
• unlockBounds - Determine whether or not the camera will unlock (i.e. allow Mega Man to around the entire room instead of just the final portion) once the Auto Scroller stops. Default value is false.