Simple DDS

[Karzama]

Hi,

I've recently tried importing the below DDS into my map, I seem to have a very large number of errors appear so not sure what I've done wrong...

Damage Engine 5.A.0.0

GUI Damage Engine

www.hiveworkshop.com

However before trying to fix this, all I want from a DDS if to detect abilities on the attacking and attacked units and change spell damage to be affected by armor. These seem pretty simply in comparison to what you COULD do with a DDS so not sure if this full system is the best thing to be trying to use?

 

[Uncle]

A trigger like this should work:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Takes damage
  • Conditions
    • (Damage From Normal Attack) Equal to False
  • Actions
    • Event Response - Set Damage Type of Unit Damaged Event to Normal
    • Event Response - Set Attack Type of Unit Damaged Event to Normal

You could also manually calculate armor:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Takes damage
  • Conditions
    • (Damage From Normal Attack) Equal to False
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet Armor = (Armor of (Damage Target))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Armor Greater than or equal to 0.00
      • Then - Actions
        • Set VariableSet ArmorMultiplier = ((0.06 x Armor) / ((0.06 x Armor) + 1.00))
        • Event Response - Set Damage of Unit Damaged Event to ((Damage taken) x (1.00 - ArmorMultiplier))
      • Else - Actions
        • Set VariableSet ArmorMultiplier = (1.00 - (Power((1.00 - 0.06), (Armor x -1.00))))
        • Event Response - Set Damage of Unit Damaged Event to ((Damage taken) x (1.00 - (Abs(ArmorMultiplier))))

My math may be off for the ArmorMultiplier calculation.

armor calculation formula

i guess this has been asked before allready but i couldnt find any answer (neither here nor on google) so, whats the formula that turns the armor amount into the percentage value? (including the parameters from gameplay constants)

www.hiveworkshop.com

 

[Duckfarter]

If you read the last 2-3 pages in the damage engine resource Im sure youll find a solution to the errors.

 

[Karzama]

A trigger like this should work:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Takes damage
  • Conditions
    • (Damage From Normal Attack) Equal to False
  • Actions
    • Event Response - Set Damage Type of Unit Damaged Event to Normal
    • Event Response - Set Attack Type of Unit Damaged Event to Normal

You could also manually calculate armor:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Takes damage
  • Conditions
    • (Damage From Normal Attack) Equal to False
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet Armor = (Armor of (Damage Target))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Armor Greater than or equal to 0.00
      • Then - Actions
        • Set VariableSet ArmorMultiplier = ((0.06 x Armor) / ((0.06 x Armor) + 1.00))
        • Event Response - Set Damage of Unit Damaged Event to ((Damage taken) x (1.00 - ArmorMultiplier))
      • Else - Actions
        • Set VariableSet ArmorMultiplier = (1.00 - (Power((1.00 - 0.06), (Armor x -1.00))))
        • Event Response - Set Damage of Unit Damaged Event to ((Damage taken) x (1.00 - (Abs(ArmorMultiplier))))

My math may be off for the ArmorMultiplier calculation.

armor calculation formula

i guess this has been asked before allready but i couldnt find any answer (neither here nor on google) so, whats the formula that turns the armor amount into the percentage value? (including the parameters from gameplay constants)

www.hiveworkshop.com

Could this be used to decrease damage? Even if the unit would normally have died?

 

[Uncle]

Could this be used to decrease damage? Even if the unit would normally have died?

You can set the Damage to whatever you want, these changes will take place before it actually gets applied to the (Damage Target).

• Event Response - Set Damage of Unit Damaged Event to X

Use the (Damage taken) function to get how much damage is going to be dealt:

• (Damage taken)

 

[Karzama]

You can set the Damage to whatever you want, this will change it before it actually gets applied.

• Event Response - Set Damage of Unit Damaged Event to X

That's awesome! Didn't know they added that, might have to look at using that for some other maps too!

 

[Nichilus]

You could also manually calculate armor:

It may be better to use the other event which runs when unit takes damage but before any armor/spell reductions are applied:

• Unit - A unit About to take damage

So you can create a trigger with the event above and just change the attack and damage type to normal there.
In the "unit takes damage" event you should see that the spell damage was lowered by armor

 

[Karzama]

It may be better to use the other event which runs when unit takes damage but before any armor/spell reductions are applied:

• Unit - A unit About to take damage

So you can create a trigger with the event above and just change the attack and damage type to normal there.
In the "unit takes damage" event you should see that the spell damage was lowered by armor

Changing the spell type seemed to do some weird stuff, so I've detected the spell damage in the original trigger and used the armor formula to do the same job. Seems to work and it still allows me to have units with armor that shows the % reduction and everything