Disco War Machine / Disco WM

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**Disco War Machine (Disco WM)** is a War Machine that can be found out of bounds in the Underground level, notable for its flickering colors.

### What is it?

   The name comes from the flashing colors on that frozen (not moving) machine.

It can be found in the Out of Bounds area of the Underground level, at the Southeast corner of the level somewhat below the surface level. The "disco" effect varies by platform.

  On those platforms the effect is rather strong. The color and flickering is (often) clearly visible.

 The effect is rather subtle, but the War Machine is there and sometimes a slight flickering can be observed.

 “
*The colors of this WM differs, depending on the way/route before approaching it.*
 „
 **— zzZZzzenTraveler, before testing**

 “
*.. well, guess what i said counts for the PS4. did two checks on the PS3 now. first attemp ended with a strange shadow layer on the wm, second one with a clean texture and no "effects" at all.*
 „
 **— zzZZzzenTraveler, after testing**

### How and where to do it

A possible route and explanation to that place should be added.

The exact point is marked on the map, at the Southeast corner of the OOB.

Use any exit, before the Ambush Room.

Almost directly from the level start gate towards East, at the edge where the surface becomes invisible.

Depending on circumstances, the Disco WM may not be there for a player or both.
It is only there, if no other WM triggers are activated.
See Disco WM#Missing Disco WM.

    Even if the location of the Disco WM is found, it might be hard to see it:

At this place the camera strongly points to the wrong directions. The WM lies below an invisible ground and you have to trial and error to get a view on the WM. This can be seen in the short clip above.

It is not visible from distance and appears only when the player is rather close. As if thick fog is covering that area below.

The easiest way to "land" on the Disco WM is by walking South-East off the last visible corner of terrain, this will drop the Wayfarer below terrain level with the camera facing downward. The WM will be right below.

Note to the image shown: As mentioned above, due to forced camera ("camera going crazy") it will be hard to see the WM like that.

#### First Steps/Setup

Exit to OOB with CB-ing up to the top of the entrance gate or even directly to the top of the wall.

See Underground (OOB), Entrance: At the start of the level.

### Missing Disco WM

Quotes and information, about when the Disco WM dissapears and is visible to only one player:

"This War Machine (Disco WM) stays in the South-East corner of the map (XYZ 0,0,0) until any of the War Machines triggers are activated by the player, in which case it is placed within the level boundaries (where exactly depends on which area the player are in).

Players reported that Disco WM is sometimes missing, that’s because after it’s being moved from its original spot it will no longer appear in the South-East.

Even if the player restart the level or start a new game. This can cause desynched WM position, in which case one player can see Disco WM in the usual spot, while the other cannot (desync disco WM requires verification).

The only way to reset that is a complete relaunch of the game. "

## Trivia

* Disco WM is in fact two WMs that appear in the Underground, simply “merged” together at the same spot. That’s the cause of texture flickering as two models interfere one with another.
* Disco WM disappears as soon as any WM-related trigger is activated (in a normal play-through, this would be the Ambush Room trigger).

## See also

 Other general Out of Bounds (OOB) articles

Blackness • Chapter Select (OOB) • Crash Zones • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dune settings and PC glitches • Hidden chirp symbol • Hidden symbol • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Level Cube / Sky Box • Liquid Sand • Out of Bounds (OOB) • Out of Bounds Levels • Paradise (OOB) • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Pink Desert (OOB) • Snow (OOB) • Starfields • Sunken City (OOB) • Tower (OOB) • Underground (OOB)
 About OOB and more links
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* Category:Challenges , Category:Tricks

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Expert Mode
**Expert Mode** introduction article to everything beyond the most basic gameplay.
Expert Mode topics:

 Challenges  Fancy Flying  Glitches & OOB  OOB-Levels Surfing, Slides and Drops  Tricks

Expert Mode Glossary

Black Cloth • Black Sand • Blackness • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet Chase • Carpet Warp • Crash Zones • Dirty robe trick • Disco Wayfarer • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dragonfly War Machine • Faceplant (FP) • Faceplant Jump (FPJ) • Fancy Flying • Ghost • Glossary • Happy War Machine • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Level Cube / Sky Box • Low FPS glitch • Off-sync • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • Starfields • The ID rule • The Tumbler • Triggers • Unmotivated War Machine • War Machine Capture (WM capture) • Zen Jump • Zimcloak

 Other general Out of Bounds (OOB) articles

Blackness • Chapter Select (OOB) • Crash Zones • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dune settings and PC glitches • Hidden chirp symbol • Hidden symbol • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Level Cube / Sky Box • Liquid Sand • Out of Bounds (OOB) • Out of Bounds Levels • Paradise (OOB) • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Pink Desert (OOB) • Snow (OOB) • Starfields • Sunken City (OOB) • Tower (OOB) • Underground (OOB)
 About OOB and more links
Broadly speaking, a **glitch** is where something in the game does something it wasn't meant to. We do not distinguish between a "wanted Glitch" and actual bugs.

Browse Categories (bottom of articles) to find more related articles:

* Category:Out of Bounds, Glitch per Level: Category:OOB-Levels
* Category:Challenges , Category:Tricks

**Robins Guide for Newcomers** . 26 Minutes, full of tips, tricks, dos and don'ts.

Expert Mode
**Expert Mode** introduction article to everything beyond the most basic gameplay.
Expert Mode topics:

 Challenges  Fancy Flying  Glitches & OOB  OOB-Levels Surfing, Slides and Drops  Tricks

Expert Mode Glossary

Black Cloth • Black Sand • Blackness • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet Chase • Carpet Warp • Crash Zones • Dirty robe trick • Disco Wayfarer • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dragonfly War Machine • Faceplant (FP) • Faceplant Jump (FPJ) • Fancy Flying • Ghost • Glossary • Happy War Machine • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Level Cube / Sky Box • Low FPS glitch • Off-sync • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • Starfields • The ID rule • The Tumbler • Triggers • Unmotivated War Machine • War Machine Capture (WM capture) • Zen Jump • Zimcloak

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paleologos, prompted by Pipimpipim, who asked about missing disco WM.
2. ↑ Rebi, on discord: "Its pretty magical the last location of the [Disco] wm is not reset when you enter again".