[SOLVED] Detecting skipping a cutscene

Kweepa · Sun 22/08/2004 21:09:01

Is there some way to detect if a cutscene is being skipped (fast-forwarded through)?
I'm doing some expensive calculations in repeatedly_execute_always that are purely visual and it's slowing down the skip (it takes several seconds on an Athlon 2100).

I'd like to be able to do something like this:

if (!game.skipping_cutscene)
{
Ã,Â FireUpdate();
}

Cheers,
Steve

strazer · Sun 22/08/2004 22:13:47

Try

if (game.fast_forward) {
FireUpdate();
}

Kweepa · Sun 22/08/2004 22:26:29

Perfect, thanks!

if (!game.fast_forward)
{
FireUpdate();
}

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Mon 23/08/2004 13:05:45

game.fast_forward ?

Sorry, it's just... I haven't found any mention of this in the manual...

Pumaman · Mon 23/08/2004 20:47:10

It's undocumented, because I wanted to change its name to a better one and tidy it up before documenting it.

Kweepa · Tue 24/08/2004 00:50:59

Too late!
We've found it!

Gregjazz · Wed 25/08/2004 04:27:47

How on earth did you discover that? More importantly, what else is undocumented?

strazer · Wed 25/08/2004 04:41:05

When I re-joined the community, I read the entire beginner's and technical forum and wrote down interesting stuff.
I remembered having this in my notes. I guess the original post is gone by now.

Check out http://americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/index.php/Category:Tidbits_and_Snippets for some more stuff I found.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Wed 25/08/2004 07:59:44

Whoa. Strazer, my man, thanks for that blast from the past. I've been checking out AC v1.00.

Whoa. Talk about memory lane... even before there WAS a lane! The farthest one I remember is... erm, 2.55, I think. That was still DOS, right?

Blimey, time flies.