Buildings Still Dying

[zachhandley]

Hey Guys,
In my game you're supposed to destroy each others buildings but I can't for some reason figure out why the buildings are dying. They should be dying, but they still do. Any help? Here's what I'm using to determine if it's a building. It also fires on Unit Attacked so it should happen before the damage is dealt.

if ( GetWidgetLife(u) <= 20) and (IsUnitType(u, UNIT_TYPE_STRUCTURE)) then
            call SetUnitAnimation( u, "death" )
            call UnitAddAbility(u, 'Aloc')

Thoughts?

 

[Xonok]

Locust doesn't make the unit invulnerable. Only untargetable.
Also, the attack event doesn't catch spells.

 

[zachhandley]

No spells are cast. Just damage through attacks.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Locust doesn't make the unit invulnerable. Only untargetable.

This is your answer.


To prevent the death, you need to add life to the building equal to the damage dealt.

 

[Kazeon]

you need to add life to the building equal to the damage dealt.

right, then
( GetWidgetLife(u) <= 20)
=>
( GetWidgetLife(u) - damageAmount <= 20)

and guess this is not needed

It also fires on Unit Attacked

if you want a prevent death

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Huh? How should subtracting the damage dealt prevent the building from dying? He needs to HEAL the building by the amount of damage dealt to keep it from dying.

 

[IcemanBo]

Post all relevant code. GetWidgetLife(u) <= 20 what for?

It also fires on Unit Attacked

The other one is DEATH event?

 

[Kazeon]

Huh? How should subtracting the damage dealt prevent the building from dying? He needs to HEAL the building by the amount of damage dealt to keep it from dying.

I meant = if (GetWidgetLife(u) - damageAmount <= 0)
because I guess damage event occurs right before the damage is dealt, so if Current health - damageAmount is less than 0, that indicates that the damageTarget will die soon, so just heal the target by damageAmount then play the death animation and give it locust so people think it's actually death, but the fact the building is still alive..

 

[Xonok]

I have a feeling that this is exactly what I wrote my last submission for....

The difference is that my system doesn't actually make units untargetable. It is a possible future feature though.

Also, keep in mind that a unit dies when its health drops below 0.405, not 0. So some of the solutions posted here will occasionally bug.