16-bit Fighter
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When an enemy throws something which can damage the other enemies, it's not the case for the thrower. How to make it possible please?
How to make a bomb can damage its thrower?
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paulo.bender
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this is a parenting/owning thing. You can make the entity become "orphan" (and thus, not have a parent) to make it interact with whoever threw it.
Would you need a script for that?
Would you need a script for that?
16-bit Fighter
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Look carrefully, it's already the case in there. 
That only affects the enemies other than the thrower/parent.
That only affects the enemies other than the thrower/parent.
machok
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Look carrefully, it's already the case in there.
That only affects the enemies other than the thrower/parent.
Code:
@cmd candamage "type_player" "type_npc" "type_enemy" "type_obstacle"Why you used this and it's not on the enemy header?
sorry I just try to better understand the purpose
Code:
candamage player npc obstacle
You have a two pronged issue here. First, it doesn't matter what
When a projectile spawns, the engine populates the projectile's
To work around these, you need to use script to set up the
Note clearing the
HTH,
DC
candamage settings you give a projectile. When thrown using the native projectile system it is overridden using the thrower's candamage settings. Next, projectiles (including bombs) are designed to never hit their owner, no matter what the candamage settings are. This makes logical sense when you think about it, because when a projectile is first thrown, its hitbox is usually touching the thrower's body box.When a projectile spawns, the engine populates the projectile's
owner property with the entity that threw it. Hit detection logic looks for the owner property on the entity that is hitting, and if it's populated, compares owner to the target entity. If they match, the hit is canceled.To work around these, you need to use script to set up the
candamage after projectile spawns, and also clear the projectile's owner property.
C:
void acting_entity = getlocalvar("self");
int can_damage = openborconstant("TYPE_PLAYER") | openborconstant("TYPE_ENEMY") | openborconstant("TYPE_NPC") | openborconstant("TYPE_OBSTACLE");
changeentityproperty(acting_entity, "owner", NULL());
changeentityproperty(acting_entity, "candamage", can_damage);Note clearing the
owner property does have a side effect. The owner property is also how the engine knows who to give credit to when the projectile hits something. So if you want to get points for the bomb hitting enemies and have them show up in the HUD, you'll need to handle those manually with script as well.HTH,
DC
16-bit Fighter
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It's on purpose. When the enemy throws the dynamite stick it can't damage the other enemies, as if these ones avoid the danger. But when it exploses nobody near the blow can be safe. Maybe it's a stange logic. ATM I've decided that.
Besides that I wonder if it's realistic that a dynamite stick can explose by hitting something or someone. But I guess yes since TNT is an unstable explosive. That said I'm way far from being an expert of weapon. ^^'
@DCurrent
Thank you very much for the script and all the explanations!
Actually if I want the bomb can damage the thrower it's because between the moment when the dynamite stick touch the ground and it exploses, there's a certain time.