Quick question about different damage code

[dave9664]

Hey just wondering, I have a weapon that does different damage to different enemies:

 

 

local function ApplyExtraDamage(weapon, attacker, target)

    if target.prefab == "pigman" then

        target.components.health:DoDelta(-70)

     end

end

 

 

    AddPrefabPostInit("chainsword", function(inst)

    inst.components.weapon:SetOnAttack(ApplyExtraDamage)

    end)

 

 

If my character has a damage multiplier, of 1.25, will that be applied to the '70' damage that the pigman takes? For a total of 87.5 damage? Or does the code set the damage as 70?

 

Edited March 12, 2015 by dave9664

[DarkXero]

When somebody attacks something with a chainsword, if the target is a pigman, then the pigman gets his health reduced by 70. 70 true damage that bypasses armor and is unaffected by multipliers.

 

There is no damage multiplier or armor reduction involved (with should be, if enemies with armor are the target or you want to make a weapon for pvp).

 

If you want to apply your weapon's damage and your damage multiplier, to pve enemies (that none of them have armor), you can use:

local multiplier = attacker.components.combat.damagemultiplier or 1local damage = weapon.components.weapon.damagetarget.components.health:DoDelta(damage * multiplier)

If you want to make a weapon for pvp to acknowledge for armor, you will have to either copy some code and apply the damage reduction yourself or to toy with functions.

[dave9664]

Thanks so much! 

[rezecib]

@dave9664, As DarkXero suggested at the end, modifying some existing functions is probably a more robust way to do this. For example, I might do something like this (in the modmain):

bonus_targets = {    pigman = true,    rabbit = true,}AddComponentPostInit("combat", function(Combat)    local OldCalcDamage = Combat.CalcDamage    Combat.CalcDamage = function(self, target, weapon, ...)        local old_damage = nil        if weapon and weapon.prefab == "myfancyweapon" and target and bonus_targets[target.prefab] then            old_damage = weapon.components.weapon.damage            weapon.components.weapon.damage = old_damage + 70        end        local ret = OldCalcDamage(self, target, weapon, ...)        if old_damage and weapon then            weapon.components.weapon.damage = old_damage        end        return ret    endend)

What this does is it intercepts the function that calculates damage, checking if the target and weapon are right for the bonus damage, then sets the weapon's damage to have the bonus, runs the normal calculation, then resets the damage to normal.

 

By taking this approach you don't have to worry about damage multipliers, armor, etc, everything is still handled by the normal damage calculation function.

Edited March 12, 2015 by rezecib

[dave9664]

@rezecib That's awesome, thanks!