function create_crate();
function deform(vertex_number);

entity* terrain1;

var vertex_dist[1090];
var hit_coords;


action terrain
{
   terrain1 = my; // used by vec_for_mesh and vec_to_mesh
   my.ENABLE_SHOOT = ON; // triggers events if it is clicked
   my.event = create_crate;
   while(1)
   {
   	if (mouse_left == 1)
		{
			
			vec_set(temp, mouse_pos);
			temp.z -= 500; // trace downwards 500 quants below
			c_trace (mouse_pos,temp,ACTIVATE_SHOOT); 
			vec_set (hit_coords, target); // store rocket's coords before they get lost
		}
		wait(1);
	}
}


function create_crate()
{

	
 
    wait (1); 
    my.skill1 = 1; // set the index to 1 
    my.skill2 = 50000; // set a huge distance at first; skill2 will get smaller and smaller for the vertices that are closer and closer to the explosion
    while (my.skill1 < 1090) // go through all the vertices (1...1089) on the 33x33 grid (not using vertex_dist[0])
    {
       vec_for_mesh (temp, terrain1, my.skill1); // sets temp to vertex1, 2, 3...
       vertex_dist [my.skill1] = vec_dist (hit_coords.x, target); // measures the distance between temp (vertex1, 2, 3...) and hit_coords
       if (vertex_dist[my.skill1] < my.skill2) // this vertex is closer than the others?
       {
          my.skill2 = vertex_dist[my.skill1]; // then it might be the one, so store the distance
          my.skill3 = my.skill1; // and its index as well
       }
       my.skill1 += 1; // move on to the following vertex
    }
    deform (my.skill3); 
}


function deform(vertex_number)
{

	vec_for_mesh(temp, terrain1, vertex_number);
	vec_scale (temp, 0.7); 
	vec_to_mesh (temp, terrain1, vertex_number);
	ent_fixnormals (my, my.frame); // recalculate the normal vectors, not really needed
		beep();
} 

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maybe you use a chunked Terrain which you can not deform
(try var terrain_chunk = 0; to avoid this)
(sry for my bad eng ...)

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