Snippet PeriodicDamage

[Jesus4Lyf]

Happy to graveyard this until then. :thup:

 

[TriggerHappy]

Happy to graveyard this until then. :thup:

Dude check the code, it's updated. I just forgot to bump :nuts:

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

Eh. It's done poorly. It should be like Blizzard, not like mass shadow strike (damage the area over time, not each unit that was in it).

I'm not sure if this is useful anyway. I'd still like to hear others' opinions.

 

[TriggerHappy]

Plenty of people have told me this was useful.

Alright, I understand what you mean by damaging a point.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

set d.c = d.c + 1
            if d.c == d.times then

Should be able to make this (with some changes):

set d.c = d.c - 1
            if d.c == 0 then

I just think this is too simple to actually be a resource. I'd struggle to justify approving it because all it does is select your timer system for you, write a simple struct type, and implement a simple callback. There's no mapping knowledge or research behind it beyond simple timer attachment.

Aside from that the application is terribly limited, and if it wasn't it would probably skip straight to over engineered. I don't think this is the sort of thing that should be submitted as a resource because it is faster to write yourself than learn, more flexible, and more suited to the individual case and map author's preferences.

For example, what if I wanted a unit to be damaged over time through a lightning bolt? Or wanted to detect the damage type? Or even just wanted a projectile to hit the unit from the caster, or wanted to deal damage based on the health of the unit, or unit type, or didn't want the damage to stack (like in a buff) or ...

And we don't need a system to accomplish those things. It's just called mapping.
So I'll probably leave this here, you will most likely have to find another moderator's support to get this approved.

 

[GetTriggerUnit-]

Loale, Jeezus, this is useful.

Ungravayard this; when it will be done well.