[JASS] Detecting the DamageType

[Vexen.X]

JASS Manual: API Browser - Type damagetype

Looking for a way to get the incoming damage type with the event:
call TriggerRegisterUnitEvent(trg,u,EVENT_UNIT_DAMAGED)

Unless I overlooked it, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this?

 

[PurplePoot]

A global variable?

//...
set myDT = DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL
call UnitDamageTarget(...,myDt,...)

//...
if myDt == DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL then
//...
endif

 

[Vexen.X]

not exactly

When a unit is attacked, it creates a trigger that fires when that unit actually takes damage. however, if you hit the target with a spell, when you goto auto attack, it counts the spell damage as the auto attack and fires anyway

I havent figured a way around this yet, so I was looking to detect the damage type to use as a condition

 

[PurplePoot]

Give every unit which needs attackdetect an orb ability such as Slow Poison. If they had the poison buff on them, remove it and you now know it was an attack. If they didn't, it was a spell.

 

[Vexen.X]

now there is an idea