How to make my chracter hurt herself in combat.

[Proc]

So, I'm making a combat oriented character, and her charcter trait is being very clumsy, so I figured a fun way to represent it would be for her to have a 5% or so chance to hit herself whenever she's attacking something. Of course I intend to balance this with above average health and perhaps a custom healing item, but for now, I first want to figure out this perk.

I searched the forums but I couldnt find anythign related to self-harm, could I get some help? I am unfortunately new to scripting.

It would be best if the character can play the animation and sound for being hit whenever this happens, but if it complicates things too much, then just adding an "ouch" message to notify the player when the self damage triggers would be workable.

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in yourchar.lua above master_postinit

local function HitSelf(inst)
	local rng = math.random(1,10) -- 10%
	
	if rng == 1 then
		inst.components.combat:GetAttacked(inst, 999, nil) -- Hurt myself
		inst.components.talker:Say("Ow! I hit myself!")
	end
end

inside master_postinit

inst:ListenForEvent("onattackother", HitSelf)

 

Edited June 24, 2019 by Warbucks

[Proc]

thanks, i will test this out.

 

Edit: Alright, i tested it out and it works!, guess i will have to test values in gameplay to find a happy medium between health risked and damage and healing compensations.

Edited June 24, 2019 by Proc