obtaining crouch status in decorate?

[|ndußtrial]

is there a way to identify the player as either crouching or not crouching?

[edward850]

Crouching isn't an on/off status, so no. You can grab the viewhight indirectly from ACS, however that's a dynamic value because the player can be halfway crouching in a sector that's only tall enough to let them.
It also doesn't necessarily reflect that you are crouching at all, as it's not the only thing that modifies viewhight.

[|ndußtrial]

would it make sense to somehow track the player's pressing the crouch key and store the status apparent in a user variable? i apologize if i sound as if i am regurgitating half-researched ideas (i am)

[edward850]

That doesn't confirm if the player is actually crouching, as that doesn't return if they could crouch (although that's technically confirmable), if they are forced to (low ceiling, as stated above) or if they have toggled it (crouch toggle, self explanatory).

[|ndußtrial]

alright, thank you dude

[Nash]

Here's how I did it.

DECORATE:

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//===========================================================================
//
// Player Flags
//
//===========================================================================

Actor Z_PlayerFlag_Base : Inventory
{
    Inventory.Amount 1
    Inventory.MaxAmount 1
    +INVENTORY.QUIET
    +INVENTORY.UNDROPPABLE
    +INVENTORY.HUBPOWER
    +INVENTORY.PERSISTENTPOWER
    -INVENTORY.INVBAR
    -INVENTORY.PICKUPFLASH
    States
    {
        Spawn:
            TNT1 A 1
            Loop
    }
}

Actor Z_PlayerFlag_IsCrouching : Z_PlayerFlag_Base
{
}

ACS:

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// player view height
#libdefine PLAYER_VIEWHEIGHT 45

// check for crouching
function bool CheckIsPlayerCrouching(void)
{
    if (GetActorViewHeight(0) <= PLAYER_VIEWHEIGHT / 2 << 16)
        GiveInventory("Z_PlayerFlag_IsCrouching", 1);
    else
        TakeInventory("Z_PlayerFlag_IsCrouching", 1);

    return CheckInventory("Z_PlayerFlag_IsCrouching");
}

If you're being crushed by a ceiling then this might trigger the crouch check, so depending on what you're trying to do, this may or may not solve your problem.