force-quitting a script elegantly...

[bedges]

is there a way to break out of a script already running, without having a variable checked every second line?

i'd like to avoid this kind of thing -

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move camera to player

is it okay to continue?

display text

still okay to continue?

move camera to next character

we're continuing, right?

etc....
any nice and easy ways?

[Captain Wacky]

I'm not sure exactly what you want to achieve. Whether you want the script to quit because of a vast array of actions of just one? Or, how complicated the event that causes the script to quit will be? Or, whether you want this to just cover quitting a cutscene?

I'm going to assume it's to force quit a cutscene and I'm also making the assumption it's a simple event, you could create another smaller script, "scriptend.sqs", for example and run it from the player's init field. And, in it write something like:

; loop begins

#Loop

; wait 0.01 seconds

~0.01

; check if unit is still alive

? not alive unitname : GoTo "Next"

; reread code from loop

GoTo "Loop"

; continue reading code from next

#Next

; terminate the camera to stop cutscene

_cameraname cameraeffect ["terminate", "back"]
camdestroy _cameraname

; exit script

Exit

I'm not sure if that's any help, or if that's anything like what you wanted, though...

[bedges]

m'kay, well just to clarify, the situation is pretty much as you've guessed: i have a cutscene running, and some other event triggers the end of the mission. the cutscene however keeps going, causing a very messy mess indeed.

i have the sinking feeling this is going to be a case of checking the end-of-mission variable before every command in those last cutscenes. tedious, but at least it'll stay tidy... unless anyone has some bright idea?