Noclip

Noclip mode, short for "no clipping" mode, is a state in computer and video games whereupon the player's character is granted the ability to walk through walls and other obstacles. Such a state is usually enabled by means of a cheat code.

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First-person shooters are the games that most often contain these cheats, having originated in Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. Quake-engine games and their derivatives (such as Half-Life and its mods) usually grant the player's character flight as well when noclip mode is enabled.

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A benefit of noclip is that it allows players to access areas that might otherwise be inaccessible. In the case of Doom, for instance, there are numerous rooms that are not linked directly to any part of the game and are used only to hold monsters until a transporter retrieves them. In the No One Lives Forever game, a variation of Noclip allows the player to see characters and areas that are not intended to be accessed otherwise, including "sets" used for various cut scenes.

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In Doom and similar games, going outside of the level results in a Hall of Mirrors effect, whereby the game engine does not have any part of the level to render so just repeats the last rendered part over and over again.

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See also: God mode

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