I was playing Sonic 3D blast DX (The guy who post this on the workshop is keep this up do to date) and I got to act 1 and this happened:
If your confused, then you are not the only one. That is the pink flickey with the lava colo(u)r plate. Also if you wondering, yes, this happened in act 2, no, I don't have screenshot of this in act 2.
Level Details:
Sonic 3d blast DX on steam via Sega classics workshop (Version 0.3), Level Volcano Valley act 1 & 2.
There are only a limited amount of colour palettes the Genesis can handle at the same time. This has been already showcased when Super Sonic yellowed Green Grove's water. Volcano Valley uses the most palettes in the game; the purple Flicky's palette just doesn't fit.
I believe this is because the badnik palette (the one the gold shield and various badniks may use) isn't loaded on maps that use fire / lava because the palettes for those features are loaded in its place. This means gold shields wouldn't display correctly if placed in these levels just like the pink flicky.
Not gonna lie thou, even thou it's a glitch, I kinda like it. :p
This glitch has been talked about multiple times on this forum. I'm kind of surprised Jon hasn't fixed it yet. Though, maybe he can't. You never know.
Okay, maybe. but still, it appears in every version of this game. it's not a bug exclusive to this one. But now that you've brought up the palette thing, let's see if MAYBE he can fix it..? Though, if he doesn't it's no big deal, at all.
No, it's a bug. The lava accidentally uses the purple Flicky pallet and changes it..
This is supposed to happen. It's not a bug or a glitch as far as I'm aware. it happens in EVERY version of Sonic 3D.