Detect Damage event

[micca]

How can I detect whether a unit has taken damage from any source? There is only event "is atttacked" bit this fires immediatelly before actually taking any damage.

Thank you for help.

 

[wc3neverdies]

You need a Damage Detection System

Or you can use another function but only with JASS

Or with GUI the first thing that comes to my mind is to create a timer, and check for the unit life, if the life is lower than it's initial value, then the unit has taken damage

 

[micca]

And didn't they integrated some kind of damage detection to the Editor in the newest patch? I just wonder how that works.

 

[Pyrogasm]

Pretty sure it’s a generic unit event now:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit takes damage

But really just use a DDS, it does all the hard work for you: Damage Engine 5.4.2.3

 

[wc3neverdies]

Yeah...

• Unit - No unit Takes damage

This is the function you are looking for in GUI i think.

It's under specific unit event.

 

[micca]

oh its only in specific unit event, I don't have it in generic where I was looking for. Thanks for help.

 

[micca]

So is there a way I can do it for generic units using built in functions? Because specific is useless for me I think.

 

[pOke]

I think the generic GUI event is missing still, but it is available.

call TriggerRegisterAnyUnitEventBJ( myTrigger, EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_DAMAGING )
GetTriggerUnit() for who was damaged
GetEventDamageSource() for who did the damage

Using a DDS is still advisable.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Use the generic unit event that was added in 1.31.

Anyone claiming it does not exist either is using GUI, or is using a pirated version of Warcraft III so have not updated to 1.31.

1.31 added generic player events for taking damage as well as a new event which fires before damage is reduced by armor allowing the damage to be modified directly. However it did not added either events to GUI, meaning one has to use JASS/Lua directly to use them. If you can only use GUI then use a recently updated damage detection system and let that handle all the custom script work.

Do note that the community may stop calling these "DDS" seeing how they are not Direct Draw Surface textures which Warcraft III Reforged uses.

 

[micca]

Yes, I use GUI. I should probably learn Jass sometime, but I am just too lazy I guess. :d Also I don't really see why they didn't add it to GUI too. It already exists for specific so why not for generic.

 

[MasterBlaster]

This is a really nice damage detection system - it's easy to use, regularly updated and flexible:

Damage Engine 5.4.2.3

 

[Dr Super Good]

Also I don't really see why they didn't add it to GUI too. It already exists for specific so why not for generic.

GUI is still a work in progress. It will likely be added to GUI with a later patch when other massive GUI changes are implemented to try and bring GUI closer to StarCraft II.