Punching a button, no literally PUNCHING

[Hindsight2020]

Hello fellow DOOMERS!

It's been awhile since I posted here and I'm glad to see the community still buzzing right along!

Here's my question:
Does anyone know if it's possible to toggle a switch or button ONLY if it has been PUNCHED with the fist. Not shot or sawed, but punched with the fist. What scripting would I use for that?

Thanks for any and all help.

[Hindsight2020]

Figured it out. And for anyone who may be wondering:

CheckWeapon("Fist")

So simple.

[Matt]

I was going to suggest that, but consider:

faraway switch
rocket launcher
switching to fist while the rocket is in midair

If there' no line of fire from that distance it'll be fine though.

[RockstarRaccoon]

I suggest you make a test map with a wall that prints the saying that hits it, and use whatever that is. If you go look up my notes on how I made the destructible walls and special beam doors in Metroid Doom, that should work, I remember that you have to use the Hexen style of thing activation, and there is an ACS function that tells you what just hit a wall. You might have to to settle for just being the player, because I seem to recall the player being the one who activates when they punch a wall.

Also, make sure you telegraph that so the player isn't confused.

[RockstarRaccoon]

So... Did you ever get this working? I am curious...

[Hindsight2020]

Yeah, but I just stuck with CheckWeapon because there was no line of fire long enough so that the player could change weapons before hitting. So it works for my purposes.

[RockstarRaccoon]

You shouldn't trust that. I still think the Collision activator Method is the way to go.

That said, I am tempted to steal this idea on some level.

[Hindsight2020]

LoL That’s cool. I look forward to seeing that!