my.skill10 = 0;

ENTITY* t_switch;
ENTITY* t_trigger[100]; // set a hard max and do not exceed

var trig_percentage;
var t_switch_range = 150;
var trigger_ids=0;

action trigger_switch()
{
	while (!player) {wait (1);} // wait until the player is loaded
	vec_set (my.skill61, my.x); // store the xyz initial position of the switch inside skill61... 63
	t_trigger = me; //this is a pointer defining the entity listed at the top
	//	var active_tri = 0; //variable defining where the switch is currently at.
	t_trigger[trigger_ids] = me; // index from 0-499
	trigger_ids+=1;

	my.skill10 = 0; /// active_tri must be moved to a skill not a var

	while(1)
	{
		c_scan(my.x, my.pan, vector(360, 180, t_switch_range), IGNORE_ME | SCAN_ENTS); // each switch scans around it, trying to detect the player
		if (you) // detected an entity?
		{
			if (you == player) // and that entity is the player?
			{
				if (key_enter)
				{
					if(my.skill10 == 0)
					{
						trig_percentage =0;
						while(trig_percentage < 100)  //stops an infinite loop. 
						{
							trig_percentage += 2*time_step;
							ent_animate(t_switch, "on", trig_percentage, ANM_SKIP);
							wait(1);
						}
						my.skill10 = 1;

					}

					else
					{
						trig_percentage = 0;
						while(trig_percentage < 100)  //stops an infinite loop. 
						{
							trig_percentage += 2*time_step;
							ent_animate(t_switch, "off", trig_percentage, ANM_SKIP);
							wait(1);
						}
						my.skill10 = 0;
					}
				}
			}
		}
		wait(1);
	}
}

action door_or_platform()
{
	wait(3); /// or other wait to make sure level is loaded
	var door_ids;
	door_ids += 1;
	my.skill80 = door_ids // 1-500 this id matches t_trigger +1. so t_trigger[2] == my.skill80=3;

	my.skill10 = 0;

	while(1)
	{

		my.skill10 = t_trigger[my.skill80-1].active_tri;
		

		if(my.skill10 == 0)
		{ 

my.x += 25
		}
		if(my.skill10 == 1)
		{

my.x -= 25
		} 
		wait(1);
	}
}