The Blue Screen of Death, also known as the BSOD is the name of fatal error and game breaking glitch in Tornado Outbreak. It was speculated that the glitch occurs due to the game failing a "safety check". In reality, a Lua runtime error was actually the culprit behind the death screen.
Causes[]
A Blue Screen of Death occurs when a specific Lua function goes haywire within the game's code. For instance, the level Chicken Con Carnage is programmed to go through two different dialogue sequences depending on the size of Zephyr's tornado size in the first portion of the level. If both of these occur at the same time, the game triggers the blue screen, terminating the game's process and forcing the player to restart the console. In the Wii version, this error is more severe, as it not only kills the game, but also disables the ability to turn off the console.
Another instances of triggering a blue screen in the same level can occur upon capturing all 100 Fire Flyers without triggering the first tutorial completion indicator. Since the game is designed to check for both 50 and 100 Fire Flyers and play the corresponding completion indicator, capturing all 100 Fire Flyers before this occurs will cause the game to blue screen.
Notes[]
- This is a glitch that is known to happen on three platforms.
- There's also a Purple Screen of Death and a Red Screen of Death. The Purple Screen of Death occurs when the game fails to read data on the game disc.
- Rarely occurring on the Wii, there's also a Red Screen of Death that only occurs whenever the player attempts to view unlockable concept art