Is there a way to check if the unit is getting attacked from the side or back?

[James7]

Is there a way to check if the unit is getting attacked from the side or back? I'm trying to develop a system and I need to be able to tell if a unit is getting attacked from pretty much anywhere besides face to face. A kind of flanking system.

This is kinda what I came up with:

• Events
• Unit - A unit Is attacked
• Conditions
• Actions
• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
• If - Conditions
• (Facing of (Attacking unit)) Greater than or equal to ((Facing of (Attacked unit)) + 270.00)
• (Facing of (Attacking unit)) Equal to (Facing of (Attacked unit))
• Then - Actions
• Unit - Kill (Attacked unit)
• Unit - Create 1 Peasant for Player 2 (Blue) at (Center of (Playable map area)) facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
• Else - Actions

The create a peasant is only in there for testing and I'll probably end up changing the "kill" to removing a great % of life.

So is there any other way of detecting it? Because this way isn't very effective.

 

[TheBlooddancer]

Well, there is ways to do such, and one is to check the facing of target/attacker.
Just add to condition

• (Facing of (Attacking unit)) Greater than or equal to ((Facing of (Attacked unit)) + 20.00)

• (Facing of (Attacking unit)) Less than or equal to ((Facing of (Attacked unit)) + 20.00)

Or such.
This would check if the attacker is facing ca. same way.

 

[bounty hunter2]

Hmm okay so let say that a unit is attacking another one:

--> <--

They are faced to each other and we don't want that
soo maybe

if facing of attacking unit not equal to facing of attacked unit + 180

 

[TheBlooddancer]

That would only trigger when the unit is not, facing the exact oposite.

 

[darkrider]

are you making it mui? or else you can use instead of unit is attacked, unit takes damage.