[Trigger] Detecting Damage Type

[dansaDisco]

Is there any way to detect what type of damage (normal, chaos etc) the damage source deals in a trigger with the event
Unit - Takes Damage

?

If it's possible, through (v)Jass or GUI, telling me how would be kind

 

[The Reborn Devil]

It isn't possible unless you make your own damage system.

 

[dansaDisco]

You mean, I'd have to make it so that when a unit attacks the damage dealt is decided by triggers and not the damage that is in the object editor?

 

[Bu113t]

well, Unit - A Unit Takes Damage is only availble in GUI in the WEU, but thats not recommended. And making a damage detection sustem in GUI is haaaaard, espesially making it leak free and mui.
Allthoug it is postet damage detection system on the nett somewhere in Jass, dunno the site though.

 

[ap0calypse]

well, Unit - A Unit Takes Damage is only availble in GUI in the WEU, but thats not recommended. And making a damage detection sustem in GUI is haaaaard, espesially making it leak free and mui.
Allthoug it is postet damage detection system on the nett somewhere in Jass, dunno the site though.

Damage detection in GUI isn't really hard and most of the time, they don't leak (?)
Maybe you can add a standard ability for every damage type (aura or something that you can check and doesn't do anything), then create a damage detection system (unit enters map area, add event to "damage trigger" unit - unit takes damage).

Then, inside the damage trigger, you can add a few if/then/else-actions that check which ability the attacking unit has (use "Damage source").

If you want me to eplain it further, I will... but this should be understandable

 

[dansaDisco]

Point is, i wanted to check if the damage was spell-based damage or just regular

 

[ap0calypse]

Point is, i wanted to check if the damage was spell-based damage or just regular

Do you mean whether it's a spell, or spell damage (like the... you know, damage with the spell icon ).
Well, it's the same idea I guess, but then you only need to create 1 ability, call it "Spell Damage" or something (I'm thinking you can better use the attribute bonus, since you can hide that icon).

Then create only 1 if/then/else, that checks if the unit has the ability, if he doesn't, just don't do anything, if he does... do whatever you want

 

[dansaDisco]

I'm speaking of a spell, yes.

But it doesn't really matter. I can barely remember what I was gonna use this for anyway.

Although, a little rep for your effort

 

[The Reborn Devil]

Do you want to check if the source of the damage was a spell? If so, you could check the current order of the damaging unit. If it's "attack" or "smart" it's an attack, if not, it's a spell.

 

[Justify]

That will bug if the attack damage is a projectile and you start a spell afterwards.
The best solution imo is a damage detection system and give an orb ability (frostorb without %-effects (0), a duration of 0.01s and black32.blp as icon) to all units that are able to attack. Just check for the orb effect (buff) in the damage event
The biggest problem with this is, that it requires an orb and since most of them don't stack, it limits the possibilities in your map.