Is anyone able to write a custom script(for GUI) to detect type of an attack?

[04gusigo]

Hello guys. I have searched everywhere in GUI but I cannot find any way to detect what type of an attack is is being carried out on a unit, can someone please write like 'Custom Script = ' in order to do that?

 

[bounty hunter2]

You can use triggers - like add an item to each unit. For each attack diffrent item. And then if a unit is attacked, and it has a item you specified for chaos attack it would maybe work.

 

[04gusigo]

I really think that it wouldn't work at all, and first of all you still didn't tell me how to detect the attack type. Because you want me to give a specific item to the attacker that would represent an attack type, but how will I know what one to give him if don't know his attack type??

 

[bounty hunter2]

This would only work on units you made ofcourse, I thought you wanted that. To detect any units attack I don't know.

 

[darkrider]

i had the same problem for a damage detection system i was using (made by me in gui... so it sucked xD) and i couldnt find an answer to that...

what bounty hunter said is that you can add an specific item to the unit that represents the attack type (but it will only work for damage made via normal attack not triggers neither spells) i would suggest a nicer way... instead of an item you can use a dummy armor ability with no armor bonus based on item armor bonus+1... change the name to the attack type of your hero and detect if the attacker has that type of ability... but what i understood that you wanted... i dont think it is possible :/

 

[04gusigo]

alright, I will just have to throw this idea away then even though I have a way of making it in my mind ^^

 

[darkrider]

if you can make this happen somehow tell me im eager to listen ^^

 

[04gusigo]

Well, what I had in my mind is to use the advantages of different types of armor and the different types of attack, because they do different damage to different armor right? So, I was thinking to first detect the amount of damage the unit has received, and then (only for specific units which armor type you know), then test that amount of damage on different hidden units and see how much damage they will receive from it.. But its pretty confusing..
you can use this table:
Light Medium Heavy Fort Hero Unarmored
Normal 100% 150% 100% 70% 100% 100%
Pierce 200% 75% 100% 35% 50% 150%
Siege 100% 50% 100% 150% 50% 150%
Magic 125% 75% 200% 35% 50% 100%
Chaos 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Spells 100% 100% 100% 100% 70% 100%
Hero 100% 100% 100% 50% 100% 100%

 

[TM-Magic]

Its impossible to detect damage though GUI (I'm not familiar with Jass) but once you get that the item thing should work (or dummy ability). You'd have to use an array for damage and set it for each unit.

Actually...If damage doesn't range, you could do is set say a unit's point value equal to their damage and use that to determine the damage they do. Then make the +armor an ability (you'd give this ability to your unit when its created and set the level accordingly).

Then to set the armor type / attack type, use the dummy ability or item or w/e u want.

So wait, ur doing all this to see how much damage a a hidden unit will take with dif armor types??? Hmm, I suppose you'd have to to deal damage to a hidden unit.

As you can see, it would be fairly complicated, I Just hope its worth it.



Edit: Btw, unless your units have constantly changing armor types, you can just do "if attacked unit type = (say footman), set 'armor_type' = 'Heavy' and set 'attack_type' = 'Normal'

if 'armor_type' of attacked unit = 'normal' and 'attack_type' of attacking unit = 'heavy'
then set HP of attacked unit = HP of attacked unit - 'point value of attacking unit' * '0.80'

So if the footman(normal, heavy, 10dmg) attacks say a knight(normal, heavy, 200hp),
it'll set the knights hp to 200-10*0.80) = 192.

 

[Restor]

one way is to check if attacker is type of units which have specific kind of attack

(and if some unit has more, check something else, like if both are air units, or distance etc)

 

[StaberFire]

Well, if you're not using Custom Values for anything else, you could set units with the attack type Chaos' custom value to 1, type Magic to 2, etc.