X-Ray Climb - Revision history

Maddo at 15:27, 4 April 2026

2026-04-04T15:27:57Z

Bobbob: just putting some of my notes here so they are somewhere on the wiki

2024-01-30T15:56:03Z

just putting some of my notes here so they are somewhere on the wiki

GoldenChorizoCode: Added a video demonstrating the RBMBO Maridia Escape, with a tile viewer.

2023-01-15T20:11:36Z

Added a video demonstrating the RBMBO Maridia Escape, with a tile viewer.

GoldenChorizoCode: Added an example video of getting doorstuck right-to-left while suitless underwater.

2023-01-15T16:35:20Z

Added an example video of getting doorstuck right-to-left while suitless underwater.

Bobbob: Major change was a description of suitless leftwards transition method, since I was asked about it. Added a couple other things as well. Someone should get a clip of the RBMBO use in Mt. Everest, as the major use of this method in a category.

2021-11-05T04:26:15Z

Major change was a description of suitless leftwards transition method, since I was asked about it. Added a couple other things as well. Someone should get a clip of the RBMBO use in Mt. Everest, as the major use of this method in a category.

Chish: adding to new category

2021-04-22T00:20:27Z

adding to new category

UNHchabo: /* Door Stuck */ Video for a leftward doorstuck

2020-06-09T09:54:49Z

‎Door Stuck: Video for a leftward doorstuck

UNHchabo: /* Door Stuck */ Forced-crouch if the walljump check is too high

2020-02-13T08:10:02Z

‎Door Stuck: Forced-crouch if the walljump check is too high

UNHchabo: /* Door Stuck */ typo

2020-01-12T01:11:56Z

‎Door Stuck: typo

UNHchabo: Non-optimal x-climb can mess up the OOB layout

2019-10-10T22:16:27Z

Non-optimal x-climb can mess up the OOB layout

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	By pixel perfectly freezing an enemy just inside of a wall (the same as the Rinka position for Zebetite skip), it is possible to clip into a wall a single pixel. From this position, an X-Ray Climb can be initiated.		By pixel perfectly freezing an enemy just inside of a wall (the same as the Rinka position for Zebetite skip), it is possible to clip into a wall a single pixel. From this position, an X-Ray Climb can be initiated.
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		+	=X-Ray Climb Timing=
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		+	In air physics (including in water with Gravity), there is a 5-frame window to release X-Ray while turning around in order to get the X-Ray stand-up. There is a delay between the time that you release X-Ray and the time that it actually deactivates, and it works out that it is best to aim to release X-Ray on the same frame that you begin turning around. It will work if you release X-Ray anywhere between 2 frames before and 2 frames after the turnaround input.
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		+	In underwater physics, the turnaround animation takes longer. To aim for the center of the window in this case, release X-Ray 4 or 5 frames after the turnaround input.
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		+	X-Ray has a setup time of 12 frames, and if you release X-Ray while it is setting up, the release will not begin processing until after finishing setting up. For consistency of the timing, it's recommended to hold X-Ray at least those 12 frames. You don't have to wait for the X-Ray beam to fully widen; if the beam appears at all (e.g. as a tiny sliver) then you have waited at least 13 frames, and waiting any longer won't make any difference.
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		+	In underwater physics, your turnaround lasts long enough that if you release X-Ray anytime during the setup and press the turnaround input anytime during that window, it will work. In this case you could aim to just do a short tap of X-Ray (holding it anywhere between 1 and 12 frames) and a short tap of the turnaround input, between the same frame as initiating X-Ray or up to 14 frames after. With this method, the relative timing of the X-Ray release and the turnaround essentially don't matter, as long as both happen at some point in the setup window. This method also easily avoids falling out of the wall; the turnaround input just has to be released anytime on or before the 15th frame after X-Ray is initiated.
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		+	During the X-Ray setup, there are 3 lag frames, beginning 5 frames after pressing X-Ray. If you press and release the turnaround entirely inside those 3 lag frames, the input will not register. This can be avoided by tapping turnaround for at least 4 frames, or by tapping it no later than 4 frames after initiating X-Ray.
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		+	In [[R-Mode]], X-Ray deactivation happens more quickly (2 frames faster) which shifts the frame windows. This would apply for example when using Direct [[G-Mode]] to set up a Very Deep Stuck X-Ray climb. In R-Mode with air physics, to aim for the center of the window, you would release X-Ray 2 frames after the turnaround input. Also in R-Mode the X-Ray deactivation can begin even while it is still setting up, so there is no reason to wait the 12 frames for the setup to finish.

	=Some more exact values=		=Some more exact values=

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	By pixel perfectly freezing an enemy just inside of a wall (the same as the Rinka position for Zebetite skip), it is possible to clip into a wall a single pixel. From this position, an X-Ray Climb can be initiated.		By pixel perfectly freezing an enemy just inside of a wall (the same as the Rinka position for Zebetite skip), it is possible to clip into a wall a single pixel. From this position, an X-Ray Climb can be initiated.
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		+	=Some more exact values=
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		+	Here I am putting some notes so they are somewhere on the wiki. They should be double-checked precisely by someone knowledgeable, and added to.
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		+	In the below, there are sometimes differences between left doors and right doors. A left door is one that entering a transition scrolls the screen to the left. They are usually on the leftside of the screen, and are right-facing. Right doors are, of course, opposite.
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		+	==Levels of stuck==
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		+	There are 16 pixels of stuck in a door, since tiles are 16 pixels wide. Not all of them are different. Below, the effects at every level are stated.
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		+	* 1 pixel: Can climb; pushed down by slopes next to the door; can CF past 45 degree slopes next to the door.
		+	* 2 pixels: Can climb; pushed down by slopes next to the door; can CF past 45 degree slopes next to the door.
		+	* 3 pixels: Can climb; pushed down by slopes next to the door; can CF past 45 degree slopes next to the door.
		+	* 4 pixels: Can climb; pushed down by slopes next to the door; can CF past 45 degree slopes next to the door.
		+	* 5 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to right doors; pushed down by slopes next to left doors; can CF past 45 degree slopes next to left doors.
		+	* 6 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors.
		+	* 7 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors.
		+	* 8 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors.
		+	* 9 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors; can trigger transition blocks with a difficult walljump check.
		+	* 10 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors; can trigger transition blocks with a walljump check from a buffered jump; wall crawling enemies will no longer damage Samus.
		+	* 11 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors; can trigger transition blocks with a walljump check from a buffered jump; Samus can't walk out of walls flat with the door.
		+	* 12 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors; can trigger transition blocks with a walljump check from a buffered jump; Samus can't walk out of walls flat with the door.
		+	* 13 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors; can trigger transition blocks with a walljump check from a buffered jump; Samus can't walk out of walls flat with the door.
		+	* 14 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors; can trigger transition blocks with a walljump check from a buffered jump; Samus can't walk out of walls flat with the door.
		+	* 15 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors; can trigger transition blocks with a walljump check from a buffered jump; Samus can't walk out of walls flat with the door.
		+	* 16 pixels: Can climb past slopes next to doors; can trigger transition blocks by walking into them; Samus can't walk out of walls flat with the door.
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		+	Thus, the above levels of stuck correspond as follows:
		+	* 1 to (4 or 5) pixels: Shallow stuck. Can CF past a 45 degree slope next to the door, but otherwise pushed down by slopes. This goes to 4 pixels on the right, but 5 pixels on the left.
		+	* (5 or 6) to 8 pixels: Deep stuck. Can climb past slopes next to the door. This start at 5 pixels on the right, but 6 pixels on the left.
		+	* 9 to 16 pixels: Very deep stuck. Can additionally trigger transition tiles in line with the door using a walljump check.
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		+	==Getting stuck==
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		+	Here, it is recorded how deep different ways of getting stuck can get. If it is not specified, it should be assumed this goes from an a room with air physics to a room with air physics.
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		+	Note these are not optimized at all. For example, maybe one more pixel could be squeezed out by correctly lining up subpixels.
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		+	* Standard shallow stuck (e.g., the standard left door stuck): 1 pixel.
		+	* Momentum mirroring without speed booster at full speed from an air room into a water room: 2 pixels on the right, 4 pixels on the left.
		+	* Dash speed stuck: 3 pixels on the right, 4 pixels on the left.
		+	* Shinespark deep stuck: 5 pixels on the right, 6 pixels on the left.
		+	* Mockball deep stuck: 5 pixels on the right, 6 pixels on the left.
		+	* Mockball deep stuck from an air room into a water room: 6 pixels on the right, 7 pixels on the left.
		+	* Momentum mirroring with speed booster with full speed available: 11 pixels on the right, 10 pixels on the left (most likely not optimal; it was simply tested that very deep stuck was possible).
		+	* Mockball deep stuck with speed booster: 15 pixels on the right, 16 pixels on the left (not optimized; it was simply tested that very deep stuck was possible).
		+	* Direct G-mode stuck: Any value from 1 pixel to 16 pixels can be achieved.
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		+	There are other methods of getting stuck that should perhaps be tested. For example, a knockback deep stuck is in the current Any% Glitched route.

	= See also =		= See also =

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 This has a use in [[RBMBO]], where it is used in the top right door of [[Mt. Everest]] to leave Maridia (using Out of Bounds travel).
-TODO: Get a video of this.
+{{#ev:youtube|oTjfwwbu5O8}}
 ===Deep Stuck===

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 [[File:Suitless_right_door_stuck_summary.jpg|200px]]
 TODO: Get a video of this.
 ===Deep Stuck===

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-X-Ray Climbing is a technique that allows Samus to go [[Out of Bounds]]. It is mainly used while getting stuck inside of a door. Most categories that go Out of Bounds do so by means of X-Ray Climbing, such as [[Any% Glitched]] and [[RBMBO]].
+X-Ray Climbing is a technique that allows upward traversal while stuck in walls. It is most frequently used to go [[Out of Bounds]]. It is mainly used while getting stuck inside of a door. Most categories that go Out of Bounds do so by means of X-Ray Climbing, such as [[Any% Glitched]] and [[RBMBO]].
 {{#ev:youtube|kTZd2YybuSI}}
-To perform X-Ray Climbing, make sure to pick-up the [[X-Ray Scope]]. Get stuck in a door, and crouch. Use the X-Ray Scope, face the other direction and immediately stop scoping. If done right, Samus should now be forced into a standing position which moves her up by 5 pixels.
+To perform X-Ray Climbing, make sure to pick-up the [[X-Ray Scope]]. Get stuck in a wall (usually a door) while standing, and then crouch. Use the X-Ray Scope, face the other direction and immediately stop scoping. If done right, Samus should now be forced into a standing position which moves her up by 5 pixels.
 Runners will need to be careful not to morph part way through the X-Ray Climb, which would result in a softlock. To avoid this, many runners will pause and turn off [[Morphing Ball]] to avoid this.
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 {{#ev:youtube|0YQBAqf5ACI}}
 If you're trying to see if you're high enough to jump out of the wall, do it from a crouch. If you're still fully embedded in the wall and you jump while standing, it will put you in a crouched pose that won't allow further X-Ray use.
 Because of the properties of X-Ray Scope to change [[Out of Bounds]] blocks, non-optimal X-Ray Climbing that leaves X-Ray activated for seconds at a time can alter the layout of the Out of Bounds, causing standard routes or setups to have new blocks in their path.
 == Door Stuck ==
-There are 2 levels of being stuck in a door: Stuck and Deep Stuck.
+There are 3 levels of being stuck in a door: (Shallow) Stuck, Deep Stuck, and Very Deep Stuck.
 A stationary spinjump and walljump check inside the door shell of a rightwards transition is enough to get Stuck inside of a door for X-Ray climbing most rooms. You'll need to do the walljump check low enough to avoid having the top of the doorframe put you in a forced-crouch pose, which would prevent the use of X-Ray.
-However for leftward door transitions, or if the room geometry requires it (see the any% glitched X-Ray climb,) you need more backwards momentum during the transition.  Taking enemy damage or performing a precise shinespark as the transition begins both are ways to get Deep Stuck in doors.
+Note with some doors that may close faster, this may either be impossible or require a different height to get caught.
 For a leftward door transition that you don't need to be Deep Stuck, you will need to do a stationary spinjump with dash speed, followed by a precise walljump check. Once the next room loads, hold down, and your momentum will carry you into the door as it closes. This is most notably used in [[12%]] and some older routes of [[Any% Glitched]] and [[Low% Glitched]] in order to X-Ray Climb in [[Mother Brain's Room]].
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 {{#ev:youtube|o221jdmsxq8}}
-== See also ==
+For a leftward door transition suitless underewater (where dash speed cannot be used), a different set-up is required. The shortest description is that it is the same as a rightward transition, but Samus needs to downgrab the door.
 * [[General Movement]]
-== External links ==
+= External links =
 * [http://tasvideos.org/GameResources/SNES/SuperMetroid.html#XRayClimb TASVideos description]
 [[Category:X-Ray Scope Glitches]]

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	* [http://tasvideos.org/GameResources/SNES/SuperMetroid.html#XRayClimb TASVideos description]		* [http://tasvideos.org/GameResources/SNES/SuperMetroid.html#XRayClimb TASVideos description]
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		+	[[Category:X-Ray Scope Glitches]]

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	However for leftward door transitions, or if the room geometry requires it (see the any% glitched X-Ray climb,) you need more backwards momentum during the transition. Taking enemy damage or performing a precise shinespark as the transition begins both are ways to get Deep Stuck in doors.		However for leftward door transitions, or if the room geometry requires it (see the any% glitched X-Ray climb,) you need more backwards momentum during the transition. Taking enemy damage or performing a precise shinespark as the transition begins both are ways to get Deep Stuck in doors.
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		+	For a leftward door transition that you don't need to be Deep Stuck, you will need to do a stationary spinjump with dash speed, followed by a precise walljump check. Once the next room loads, hold down, and your momentum will carry you into the door as it closes. This is most notably used in [[12%]] and some older routes of [[Any% Glitched]] and [[Low% Glitched]] in order to X-Ray Climb in [[Mother Brain's Room]].
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		+	{{#ev:youtube\|o221jdmsxq8}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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 There are 2 levels of being stuck in a door: Stuck and Deep Stuck.
-A stationary sping jump inside the door shell of a rightwards transition is enough to get Stuck inside of a door for X-Ray climbing most rooms.  However for leftward door transitions, or if the room geometry requires it (see the any% glitched X-Ray climb,) you need more backwards momentum during the transition.  Taking enemy damage or performing a precise shinespark as the transition begins both are ways to get Deep Stuck in doors.
+A stationary spin jump inside the door shell of a rightwards transition is enough to get Stuck inside of a door for X-Ray climbing most rooms.  However for leftward door transitions, or if the room geometry requires it (see the any% glitched X-Ray climb,) you need more backwards momentum during the transition.  Taking enemy damage or performing a precise shinespark as the transition begins both are ways to get Deep Stuck in doors.
 == See also ==

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	If you're trying to see if you're high enough to jump out of the wall, do it from a crouch. If you're still fully embedded in the wall and you jump while standing, it will put you in a crouched pose that won't allow further X-Ray use.		If you're trying to see if you're high enough to jump out of the wall, do it from a crouch. If you're still fully embedded in the wall and you jump while standing, it will put you in a crouched pose that won't allow further X-Ray use.
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		+	Because of the properties of X-Ray Scope to change [[Out of Bounds]] blocks, non-optimal X-Ray Climbing that leaves X-Ray activated for seconds at a time can alter the layout of the Out of Bounds, causing standard routes or setups to have new blocks in their path.

	== Door Stuck ==		== Door Stuck ==