[0.4.5] [Duke Caribbean] Post boss slides easily interrupted

[markanini]

Post boss slide show ends prematurely when using the 'use' key.
Save file: https://www.dropbox.com/transfer/AAAAAE ... 2kpzN2Q9H4

[sinisterseed]

You mean pressing "Use" or another key during the cutscenes?

I'm pretty sure this is intended behavior, which skips them and goes directly to the stats screen. This is also the same as it is in both Rednukem and EDuke32.

[markanini]

It's a user experience issue. Each slide lasts for six seconds, long enough that you might think you have to use a key to continue. When you find out it doesn't and you just skipped the entire sequence, you're forced to go back to your last save to see what you missed.

[Graf Zahl]

This is the same behavior as in the DOS EXE or EDuke, isn't it?

[sinisterseed]

This is the same behavior as in the DOS EXE or EDuke, isn't it?

I'm pretty sure this is intended behavior, which skips them and goes directly to the stats screen. This is also the same as it is in both Rednukem and EDuke32.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

[Graf Zahl]

Ok, case closed, then.

[markanini]

I understand if you don't consider it a bug. It's not a feature suggestion either, technically. Frankly I never had this issue with Dooms post-boss sequences. Take it as a suggestion for a user experience improvement.

[Enjay]

Frankly I never had this issue with Dooms post-boss sequences.

Although, in GZDoom (and other ports) you can skip the post-boss scenes. A press of [use] will force all exittexts to immediately fill the screen instead of having to wait for the text to "type" on to the screen.

Finish e3m8 in GZDoom and pressing [use] will skip to the end of the victory text message, pressing [use] again will skip to the start of the bunny scroller before the normal delay and pressing [use] again will skip to the end of the bunny scroller to see "The End" getting shot to pieces.

None of that skipping was possible in the original doom.exe but (IMO) it's a welcome enough feature in GZDoom.

[SanyaWaffles]

Give players the ability to skip a cutscene and make most of your game playable. It's why I hated Wolfenstein II TNC.

[markanini]

At the same time, Imagine if you hit a key after beating the Icon of Sin in the Doom 2 and it skipped the entire end sequence and dumped you into the main menu.
Here's my suggestion: Make the menu an overlay that lets you start a new game or continue the end sequence if you want.

[Kinsie]

This is just a side effect of the ending slideshows in the expansion packs just being quick-n-dirty replacements for the FMV that plays after beating Episode 3. Sunstorm didn't have any source code access (some things like episode name changes in the v1.3d version were handled with DEHACKED style EXE patching!) so a more graceful solution sadly wasn't possible.

[Graf Zahl]

At the same time, Imagine if you hit a key after beating the Icon of Sin in the Doom 2 and it skipped the entire end sequence and dumped you into the main menu.
Here's my suggestion: Make the menu an overlay that lets you start a new game or continue the end sequence if you want.

That may be, but I won't touch this code. It's too volatile.

[markanini]

That may be, but I won't touch this code. It's too volatile.

Maybe the use key could be rebound to Esc temporarily during cutscenes, that's how BuildGDX does it. Hopefully that's not too volatile.