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Revision as of 13:23, 4 April 2013

Command History

Available since v3.7


Allows you to stop any "called by other action" you include!


Syntax:

stopAction(action)


Example 1: basic stop action method

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!important: you must take care when using this method that there is only one instance of the action you are calling.
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-- shortened get action method; !important: see comment above!
stoptAction("Actions[action_name]")


-- full get action method; !recommended
stoptAction("Scenes[scene_name].SceneObjects[object_name].SceneActions[action_name]")

Example 2: stop action via a variable

-- you can of course use variables with actions stored in them instead!
local act = getObject("Actions[action_name]")
stoptAction(act)


Arguments

action: path
The path to the action to be stopped! ("path"."object_id"."action")


Flags

none


Return

none


Relevant Pages: startAction