Script Collection for moving Things/Actors in all directions

[vedan]

Hi,

 

so I wanted to move a thing in all directions in an easy, comfortable way (and smooth).

 

Since only three parameters can be used, I chose "TID", "distance" and "speed".

 

I started with 6 scripts: north, east, south, west, up and down.

 

I ended with 26 scripts for all possible combinations of those directions (I went clockwise):

script 1    Move North (Y+)
script 2    Move East (X+)
script 3    Move South (Y-)
script 4    Move West (X-)
script 5    Move Up (Z+)
script 6    Move Down (Z-)
script 7    Move North-East (X+ Y+)
script 8    Move South-East (X+ Y-)
script 9    Move South-West (X- Y-)
script 10    Move North-West (X- Y+)
script 11    Move North and Up (Y+ Z+)
script 12    Move East and Up (X+ Z+)
script 13    Move South an Up (Y- Z+)
script 14    Move West and Up (X- Z+)
script 15    Move North and Down (Y+ Z-)
script 16    Move East and Down (X+ Z-)
script 17    Move South an Down (Y- Z-)
script 18    Move West and Down (X- Z-)
script 19    Move North-East and Up (X+ Y+ Z+)
script 20    Move South-East and Up (X+ Y- Z+)
script 21    Move South-West and Up (X- Y- Z+)
script 22    Move North-West and Up (X- Y+ Z+)
script 23    Move North-East and Down (X+ Y+ Z-)
script 24    Move South-East and Down (X+ Y- Z-)
script 25    Move South-West and Down (X- Y- Z-)
script 26    Move North-West and Down (X- Y+ Z-)

 

...and an example script to check it out. Works like a charm :)

 

As in most of my posts, I commented almost every line in the code explicitely, so everybody can understand what is going on.

 

I had the problem of only being able using e.g. 16 dormant lights in combination with a sequence activator script, now I can use one single light and just move it along an object or a hallway.

 

So if you had the issue of moving objects around in Doom, now you can. In any direction and speed you like (e.g. lasers, or imagine a megasphere flying further away each time a player wants to pick it up to lure him into a trap)^^

 

Have fun!

 

move test.zip

Edited July 12, 2021 by vedan