if (global.dunes_flag[4] < 2)
{
    if (keyboard_multicheck_pressed(0) && scr_interact())
    {
        if (global.dunes_flag[4] == 0)
        {
            scr_text()
            with (msg)
            {
                message[0] = "* (A piece of wood is lodged#  in-between the elevator doors.)"
                message[1] = "* (What could fix this poor#  elevator?)"
            }
            elevator_menu_open = true
            global.dunes_flag[4] += 1
        }
        else if (global.dunes_flag[4] == 1)
            elevator_menu_open = true
    }
    if ((!global.dialogue_open) && elevator_menu_open == true)
    {
        instance_create(x, y, obj_item_use_menu)
        scr_cutscene_start()
        elevator_menu_open = false
    }
    if (global.item_used_overworld != undefined)
    {
        scr_text()
        with (msg)
        {
            switch global.item_used_overworld
            {
                case "Pickaxe":
                    message[0] = "* (You use the pickaxe to hack#  away at the wood.)"
                    other.elevator_solution = "Pickaxe"
                    break
                case "Steel Buckle":
                case "Flint":
                    if (scr_item_exists_check("Flint") && scr_item_exists_check("Steel Buckle"))
                    {
                        message[0] = "* (You start rubbing the steel#  buckle against the flint.)"
                        other.elevator_solution = "Flint & Steel"
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        message[0] = "* (You can't think of a way to#  make this work.)"
                        global.cutscene = false
                    }
                    break
                case "Matches":
                    message[0] = "* (You strike a match on the#  piece of wood.)"
                    other.elevator_solution = "Matches"
                    break
                default:
                    message[0] = "* (You can't think of a way to#  make this work.)"
                    global.cutscene = false
                    break
            }

        }
        if (!global.dialogue_open)
            global.item_used_overworld = undefined
    }
    if ((!global.dialogue_open) && elevator_solution != "none")
    {
        switch elevator_solution
        {
            case "Pickaxe":
                var newsprite = spr_dunes_13_elevator_pick
                var newmessage = "* (The pickaxe broke.)"
                var newsound = snd_elevator_pickaxe
                break
            case "Flint & Steel":
                newsprite = spr_dunes_13_elevator_burn
                newmessage = "* (The flint crumbled away and#  the buckle melted.)"
                newsound = snd_elevator_burn
                scr_item_remove("Flint")
                scr_item_remove("Steel Buckle")
                break
            case "Matches":
                newsprite = spr_dunes_13_elevator_burn
                newmessage = "* (The whole box of matches#  caught fire and burnt up.)"
                newsound = snd_elevator_burn
                break
        }

        if (sprite_index == spr_dunes_13_elevator)
        {
            scr_item_remove(elevator_solution)
            sprite_index = newsprite
            audio_play_sound(newsound, 1, 0)
            image_speed = 0.3
            timer = 30
        }
        else if (image_index >= (image_number - 1))
        {
            if (!scr_timer())
            {
                image_speed = 0
                return;
            }
            else if (sprite_index == newsprite)
            {
                audio_play_sound(snd_elevator_open, 1, 0)
                sprite_index = spr_dunes_13_elevator_fixed
                image_speed = 0.3
                image_index = 0
                return;
            }
            image_speed = 0
            instance_create(obj_pl.x, obj_pl.y, obj_npc_clover_dunes_12)
            global.dunes_flag[4] = 2
            scr_text()
            with (msg)
                message[0] = newmessage
        }
    }
}
else
{
    if (keyboard_multicheck_pressed(0) && scr_interact() && image_speed == 0)
    {
        if (image_speed == 0)
        {
            scr_cutscene_start()
            image_speed = 0.3
            audio_play_sound(snd_elevator_open, 1, 0)
            return;
        }
    }
    if (floor(image_index) <= 0 && image_speed < 0)
    {
        image_speed = 0
        image_index = 0
    }
    if (image_index >= (image_number - 1) && image_speed > 0)
    {
        image_speed = 0
        instance_create(obj_pl.x, obj_pl.y, obj_npc_clover_dunes_12)
    }
}