Adding an “Exit Level” Option

[Lunar Chris]

Hi all. I feel many people are annoyed by this, myself included, but I really hate how the only way you can exit mid-level in an episode is by exiting the game itself. Does anyone know if there exists a script that adds in the option to exit the level, just so nobody has to exit the episode itself, or if there exists something similar?

[deice]

to exit a level without triggering any type of victory, use:

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Level.exit(LEVEL_WIN_TYPE_NONE)

where this is called is up to individual implementation. most likely either through a hotkey or through a custom pause menu. while there aren't any ready-made scripts that have been published here that provide such functionality (to my knowledge), some lua-heavy episodes (e.g. maglx3) likely have good examples.

[Lunar Chris]

to exit a level without triggering any type of victory, use:

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Level.exit(LEVEL_WIN_TYPE_NONE)

where this is called is up to individual implementation. most likely either through a hotkey or through a custom pause menu. while there aren't any ready-made scripts that have been published here that provide such functionality (to my knowledge), some lua-heavy episodes (e.g. maglx3) likely have good examples.

So without changing this, all I have is an endless cycle of loading screens. How do I set up a hotkey for the function to work?

[deice]

How do I set up a hotkey for the function to work?

something like this should work:

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local checkKey = VK_CONTROL  --which key to exit on

function onKeyboardPress(keyCode)
	if(checkKey == keyCode) then
		Level.exit(LEVEL_WIN_TYPE_NONE)
	end
end

the full list of usable keys to assign can be found here.
please note though that while this is the easier option when compared to making a custom pause menu, it has the potential to absolutely ruin people who use alternative control schemes, and making it configurable by the user is probably comparable in complexity to implementing your own navigatable pause menu, so for inexperienced lunalua users it's a bit of a "pick your poison" kind of situation.