Enemy says something on hit

[Augustusc]

Hello! I need to make it so when my character hits something, they will say something.

I don't want to make it so that when any character hits something, it says "example", Only this one character

 

 

[Serpens]

use in your postinit from your character
inst:ListenForEvent("onattackother", OnAttackOther)

Then you define your OnAttackOther(inst,data). data contains data.target So you can check if your target is a player and make him say sth.

Edited May 5, 2017 by Serpens

[Augustusc]

Will that work if i hit other creatures that speak (like a pigman for example)?

[Serpens]

44 minutes ago, Augustusc said:

Will that work if i hit other creatures that speak (like a pigman for example)?

data.target is the thing you hit, it can be an animal, a structure or a player.
You have to check yourself what it is and if it has the "talker" component. If it has (I think pigs have it) then you can make it say something.

[Augustusc]

My lack of coding experience is making this seemingly simple task be as challenging as a mountain climb.. 

Any way you could put some code down to point me in the right direction?

[JohnWatson]

Put this in your character's OnLoad function:

inst:ListenForEvent("onattackother", OnHitEnemy)

Then add this function:

local function OnHitEnemy(inst, data)
	local saythese = {
		"Put words here",
		"And here",
		"Maybe here too",
	}
	
	local targ = data.target or nil
	if inst ~= nil and targ ~= nil then
		if targ.components.talker == nil then
			targ:AddComponent("talker")
		end
		targ.components.talker:Say( saythese[ math.random( 1, table.getn(saythese) ) ] )
		if targ.components.talker.offset == nil then
			targ.components.talker.offset = Vector3(0,
			((targ:HasTag("smallcreature") or targ:HasTag("small")) and -300)
			or (targ.components.explosiveresist and -900)
			or ((targ:HasTag("largecreature") or targ:HasTag("epic") or targ:HasTag("large")) and -700)
			or (-400), 0)
		end
	end
end

 

Edited May 5, 2017 by JohnWatson

[Augustusc]

I got a crash.. i think i put something in the wrong place..

onit.lua

[CarlZalph]

30 minutes ago, Augustusc said:

I got a crash.. i think i put something in the wrong place..

inst:ListenForEvent("onattackother", OnHitEnemy)

Should be after OnHitEnemy declaration.

So swap line 63 and 87.