Reintroduce AutoPathFollow as cleaner base class of MovingPlatform

props/moving_platform.gd

@@ -1,35 +1,17 @@
-class_name MovingPlatform extends PathFollow3D
+class_name MovingPlatform extends AutoPathFollow
 
-@export var speed: float = 1.0
-@export var pause_at_ends: float = 1.0
 @export var body: AnimatableBody3D
 @export var area: Area3D
 
-@onready var _prev_position := global_position
 @onready var _area_bodies: Array[Character] = []
 
-var direction: float = 1.0
-var pause_timer: float = 0.0
-
 func _ready() -> void:
 	if area:
 		area.body_entered.connect(_on_area_body_entered)
 		area.body_exited.connect(_on_area_body_exited)
 
 func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
-	if pause_timer > 0.0:
+	super(delta)
-		pause_timer -= delta
-	else:
-		progress += direction*speed*delta
-		if !loop && (
-			(direction > 0.0 && progress_ratio >= 1.0) ||
-			(direction < 0.0 && progress_ratio <= 0.0)
-		):
-			progress_ratio = clamp(progress_ratio, 0.0, 1.0)
-			direction *= -1.0
-			pause_timer = pause_at_ends
-	var velocity := (global_position - _prev_position).normalized()*speed
-	_prev_position = global_position
 	if body:
 		body.global_position = global_position
 		body.constant_linear_velocity = velocity

util/auto_path_follow.gd

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+class_name AutoPathFollow extends PathFollow3D
+
+@export var speed: float = 1.0
+@export var pause_at_ends: float = 1.0
+
+@onready var _prev_position := global_position
+
+var _velocity := Vector3.ZERO
+
+var direction: float = 1.0
+var pause_timer: float = 0.0
+var velocity: Vector3:
+	get():
+		return _velocity
+var paused: bool:
+	get():
+		return pause_timer > 0.0
+	set(value):
+		if value:
+			pause_timer = INF
+		else:
+			pause_timer = 0.0
+
+func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
+	if pause_timer > 0.0:
+		pause_timer -= delta
+	else:
+		progress += direction*speed*delta
+		if !loop && (
+			(direction > 0.0 && progress_ratio >= 1.0) ||
+			(direction < 0.0 && progress_ratio <= 0.0)
+		):
+			progress_ratio = clamp(progress_ratio, 0.0, 1.0)
+			direction *= -1.0
+			pause_timer = pause_at_ends
+	_velocity = (global_position - _prev_position).normalized()*speed
+	_prev_position = global_position

util/auto_path_follow.gd.uid

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://dbbkfe87bos0n