[Feature Request] Platform Interruption

[Assmaster]

I dont know how difficult (or possible) it is to implemet this. But I think it would be really great if there were some way to interrupt a raising or lowering sector before it finishes its movement. I realize there are methods you could use to try and simulate this. But depending on the situation, they may fail.

[HotWax]

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script 100 (int tag, int inc, int wait, int count) {
   // tag is tag of sector to move, inc is amount of units to move each
   // iteration, wait is how long to wait between iterations.
   // count is the number of iterations (floor will move count * inc units if
   // the script is not interrupted)
   int i;
   for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
      FloorRaise(tag, inc, inc*1000);
      delay(wait);
   }
}

script 101 (void) {
   ACS_terminate(100);
}

Standard disclaimer: I have no idea if those are the right function names, as I don't use ACS.

[Assmaster]

Ahem...

I realize there are methods you could use to try and simulate this. But depending on the situation, they may fail.

I tried something very similar to what you suggested (using both a for loop and a simple restart with a var decrementation). It was in a stuation where the player could use something in order to activate the appropriate scripts. But if they mashed the use key fast enough the platform would raise and lower inappropriately.

[HotWax]

Then you did it wrong...

[cccp_leha]

Have you tried floor_cruchStop() (just in case)? If not that, have one sidedef of the plat sector reference a dummy sector outside that map, which has its floor height changed as needed. That should make the plat stop at proper places, and it isn't really a workaround.

[Lexus Alyus]

I'm sure you could just use a certain command to just stop it dead when you pushed a switch or something... although I don't really see what use it would be...