Absorb Damage or Damage Reduction

[quadgamer]

My hard drive failed and I had to replace it. I didn't add my sample codes to my backup. I had a few ways to reduce damage but I can't find any. I appreciate the help.

[Serpens]

It depends if you want to change the values during a running game, or just give your modcharacter a default damage.

If  you want to change it during running game, read this and the following posts. You can also take a look how I did it in moy "Home Base Bonus" mod. It is not perfect, but much better than just set a new value

 

[quadgamer]

12 minutes ago, Serpens said:

It depends if you want to change the values during a running game, or just give your modcharacter a default damage.

If  you want to change it during running game, read this and the following posts. You can also take a look how I did it in moy "Home Base Bonus" mod. It is not perfect, but much better than just set a new value

 

 

Thanks. Those are good to know. But I was looking for protection. Like armor. I checked a couple other mods I have and found different ways. This is what I was kinda looking for.

    inst.components.health:SetAbsorptionAmount(0.10)

[Serpens]

it is the simular for absorption, except you have the function you mentioned and it is not a multiplier.

If you use this function during a running game, this will lead to problems with other mods that also do change it during running game.
In my home base bnous mod I used the following code (I'm sure someone could simplify it, but it works)

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-- Armor Bonus
if GetModConfigData("absorb_carpet")~=0 or GetModConfigData("absorb_checker")~=0 or GetModConfigData("absorb_wooden")~=0 then
    AddComponentPostInit("health", function(self)
        if self.inst:HasTag("player") then     
            self.AbsorbHomeBonus = nil
            self.UpdateAbsorptionHomeBase = function(inst)
                if self.absorb~= nil then  -- at beginning it is sometimes nil, so wait until it is not
                    local cachedinst = UpdateorGet(inst,"rain")-- str does not matter here -- returns a table like this {["base"]={false,0},["heat"]={0,0},["coordinates"]={{nil,nil,nil,nil},0}} 
                    local tile = cachedinst["coordinates"][1][4]
                    local isbase = cachedinst["base"][1]
                    local before = 0
                    if not (tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.CARPET or tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.WOODFLOOR or tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.CHECKER) then -- if not on a floor, hide the base icon
                        OnBaseBonus(inst,false)
                    end
                    if (tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.CARPET and GetModConfigData("absorb_carpet")~=0) or (tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.WOODFLOOR and GetModConfigData("absorb_wooden")~=0) or (tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.CHECKER and GetModConfigData("absorb_checker")~=0) then
                        if GetModConfigData("base_required_absorb")==0 or isbase then -- give bonus if no base is required or if there is a base
                            if tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.CARPET then
                                if self.AbsorbHomeBonus == nil then
                                    before = self.absorb
                                    self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb + GetModConfigData("absorb_carpet"),0,1)
                                    self.AbsorbHomeBonus = {mymathabs(before - self.absorb),"absorb_carpet"} -- can't be higher than 1, so if absorb is 0.6 before our change, we can olny add 0.4, and this is also what we have to remove after our bonus is gone
                                elseif self.AbsorbHomeBonus[2]~="absorb_carpet" then
                                    self.absorb = self.absorb - self.AbsorbHomeBonus[1] -- undo
                                    before = self.absorb
                                    self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb + GetModConfigData("absorb_carpet"),0,1)
                                    self.AbsorbHomeBonus = {mymathabs(before - self.absorb),"absorb_carpet"}
                                end
                            elseif tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.WOODFLOOR then
                                if self.AbsorbHomeBonus == nil then
                                    before = self.absorb
                                    self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb + GetModConfigData("absorb_wooden"),0,1)
                                    self.AbsorbHomeBonus = {mymathabs(before - self.absorb),"absorb_wooden"}
                                elseif self.AbsorbHomeBonus[2]~="absorb_wooden" then
                                    self.absorb = self.absorb - self.AbsorbHomeBonus[1] -- undo
                                    before = self.absorb
                                    self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb + GetModConfigData("absorb_wooden"),0,1)
                                    self.AbsorbHomeBonus = {mymathabs(before - self.absorb),"absorb_wooden"}
                                end
                            elseif tile == GLOBAL.GROUND.CHECKER then
                                if self.AbsorbHomeBonus == nil then
                                    before = self.absorb
                                    self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb + GetModConfigData("absorb_checker"),0,1)
                                    self.AbsorbHomeBonus = {mymathabs(before - self.absorb),"absorb_checker"}
                                elseif self.AbsorbHomeBonus[2]~="absorb_checker" then
                                    self.absorb = self.absorb - self.AbsorbHomeBonus[1] -- undo
                                    before = self.absorb
                                    self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb + GetModConfigData("absorb_checker"),0,1)
                                    self.AbsorbHomeBonus = {mymathabs(before - self.absorb),"absorb_checker"}
                                end
                            else
                                if self.AbsorbHomeBonus ~= nil then
                                    self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb - self.AbsorbHomeBonus[1],0,1)
                                    self.AbsorbHomeBonus = nil
                                end
                            end
                        else
                            if self.AbsorbHomeBonus ~= nil then
                                self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb - self.AbsorbHomeBonus[1],0,1)
                                self.AbsorbHomeBonus = nil
                            end
                        end
                    else
                        if self.AbsorbHomeBonus ~= nil then
                            self.absorb = mymathclamp(self.absorb - self.AbsorbHomeBonus[1],0,1)
                            self.AbsorbHomeBonus = nil
                        end
                    end
                end
                inst:DoTaskInTime(updatePlayer,self.UpdateAbsorptionHomeBase)
            end    
            
            local _SetAbsorptionAmount = self.SetAbsorptionAmount -- modify this function to make game uses of this function compatible to this mod changes
            self.SetAbsorptionAmount = function(inst,amount)
                -- if amount==0 then
                    -- inst:DoTaskInTime(10,self.SetAbsorptionAmount,0.4) -- simulate some game changes
                -- else
                    -- inst:DoTaskInTime(10,self.SetAbsorptionAmount,0)
                -- end
                
                if self.AbsorbHomeBonus == nil then -- no bonus from this mod, just return normal stuff
                    -- print("set armor to: "..amount)
                    return _SetAbsorptionAmount(self,amount)
                else
                    local before = self.absorb
                    self.absorb = mymathclamp(amount + GetModConfigData(self.AbsorbHomeBonus[2]),0,1)
                    self.AbsorbHomeBonus = {mymathmin(self.AbsorbHomeBonus[1],mymathabs((amount+GetModConfigData(self.AbsorbHomeBonus[2]))-1)),self.AbsorbHomeBonus[2]}
                    -- print("set armor with MOD to: "..self.absorb.." value: "..self.AbsorbHomeBonus[1])
                end
            end
            self.inst:DoTaskInTime(updatePlayer,self.UpdateAbsorptionHomeBase)
            -- self.inst:DoTaskInTime(10,self.SetAbsorptionAmount,0.4) -- simulate some game changes
        end
    end)
end

this code adds armor to players on floor if it is set in the mod settings.

Edited September 15, 2016 by Serpens