• Opcode: 0x16C
• Short name: COUNTERCLOCKWISETURN
• Long name: Counterclockwise Turn

Argument

none

Stack

Angle

Duration of turn (frames)

COUNTERCLOCKWISETURN

Description

Turns this entity to face a target direction, always sweeping in the counter-clockwise sense. Pops the turn duration (entity+578) and the target angle (entity+478), records the current facing as the start angle (entity+476), and forces the counter-clockwise sweep by adding 256 to the target when the start angle is above it (256 = one full FF8 field turn). This is the mirror of CLOCKWISETURN (which uses the < / −256 test instead).

The difference from COUNTERCLOCKWISETURN2 is a single byte: this opcode writes turn-mode 1 into entity+580, whereas COUNTERCLOCKWISETURN2 writes 2 (selecting a different rotation-update path in the per-frame movement tick). The rest is byte-for-byte identical. Yields until the turn finishes (tick sets entity+580 to 3).

PC handler: SCRIPT_COUNTERCLOCKWISETURN at 0x527070.