Is there anyway to get a platform to move diagonally?

majortom writes...

A diagonal line is still a straight line, its the perspective of a particualr point of the platform that gives it the effect of moving ... well, diagonally.

Example:

Here is a platform moving in a straight line from A to B:



Here is the same platform moving in the same straight line, only the point of perspective has been shifted 45%:



So, to give a platform the diagonal perspective as it moves in a straight line, the angle of the platform needs to be offset by 45%.

Just make a script script_origin in your map and give it a targetname. In this case, place it diagonally from wherever the platform is going to be moving from. Then in the script make the platform move to the script_origins origin. It should then move diagonally in order to get to it.

Example script would be something like this:

main() {
thread move();
}
move() {
platform = getent("name", "targetname");
org = getent("orgname", "targetname");

platform moveto(org.origin);
}

ok, could i add more script_origins and make it move to them all?

yes just make sure 2 things. the targetnames of the platforms are different and that you have different gsc files for each door and place the command to load those seperate gsc files in your main gsc.

For it to move to all the platforms, just define each new origin like it was done in the above example script. Then just add more of the moveto functions. You don't need more than one gsc file for this.