A question on "EVENT_UNIT_DAMAGE"

[HungryHusky]

This is just a little thing I discovered when I was developing my damage detection system and was wondering if it is suppposed to be this way or if the fault is in my map somewhere (though I doubt it).

It appears that the event

EVENT_UNIT_DAMAGED

is triggered BEFORE the damage is actually dealt.

When I tried to get the damaged unit's HP immediately after the event was triggered, the unit wasn't even damaged yet. When I inserted

call TriggerSleepAction(0.01)

the damaged unit's HP was lowered correctly by the damage.

I just thought it'd be good to share this discovery. Or maybe DDS developers already know this?

 

[AGD]

Or maybe DDS developers already know this?

They already do. This is what actually allows you to prevent a unit from dying if you want using a dds in cases where the damage dealt is greater than the unit's remaining HP. So yes, it is not a fault in the map.

 

[MyPad]

You could also detect when the unit actually loses the exact amount of health dealt by using a unit life event.

    native TriggerRegisterUnitStateEvent -> nothing (<trigger>, <unit>, <unit_state>, <limitop> {Such as EQUAL, NOT_EQUAL}, <amount>)