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Title: Ending a switchmove
Post by: Triggerhappy on 03 Dec 2005, 01:22:19

i know i should know this by now, but i can't get it to work.

in a script im making, i give a man this command:

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_unit switchmove "EffectStandTalk"
i want, after 2 seconds (i know that part  ;D) to end the switchmove, and set the unit back to normal control (not stuck in the anim)
I've tried

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_unit switchmove ""and

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_unit switchmove "null"
but neither one will get him out of the effectstandtalk anim

Title: Re:Ending a switchmove
Post by: Planck on 03 Dec 2005, 01:34:28

I'm not sure these things work properly from a script.

Did you try using a trigger to test it instead.


Planck

Title: Re:Ending a switchmove
Post by: Triggerhappy on 03 Dec 2005, 02:45:18

no i didn't, but it has to be scripted, so even if i could get it to work in a trigger, it wouldn't help me (didn't think about that though), thx, i'll give it a go just to see if what im doing works at all

Title: Re:Ending a switchmove
Post by: Raptorsaurus on 03 Dec 2005, 04:01:17

If the unit is not the player, then you can reset all his parameters (including ending switchmoves and disableAI) by doing this in the script:

_unit setDamage 1; _unit setDamage 0

He will die and revive so fast that the player will not even see it happen, but any switchMoves he is "stuck in" will end and all disableAI conditions will also turn off.

Title: Re:Ending a switchmove
Post by: Triggerhappy on 03 Dec 2005, 06:03:02

lol, he is the player as well  ;D :P :-\

Title: Re:Ending a switchmove
Post by: THobson on 03 Dec 2005, 12:31:23

I have tried to fight this problem - and failed - many times.  The "null"  or some other switchmove  sometimes works - for a time - but then they sometimes go back to finish off what they were doing.  My solution has been:  if I can't beat it after a bit of experimenting , find some other way round it, like moving the camera

Title: Re:Ending a switchmove
Post by: LoomChild on 03 Dec 2005, 14:56:14

Just a thought. You need to do this in a script, which fails. You can (probably) do it with a trigger, but can't use triggers.

So why not combine the best of two worlds?

Just make the script set a global variable and make a trigger check for that variable and do it's thing when it's set. Should work...in theory. ;)

Hope this is a good idea and not my "n00b" brain trying to be smart again. ;)

Title: Re:Ending a switchmove
Post by: RujiK on 03 Dec 2005, 17:52:43

The only way I've found to end a switchmove is override it by having the switcher do another switchmove!

So if hes stuck in effectstandtalk
Have him when you want him to stop do "_dude switchmove "CivilWalkF"

Also whether this is in a script or in a trigger it doesnt matter.

Title: Re:Ending a switchmove
Post by: Triggerhappy on 03 Dec 2005, 20:07:20

alright thx